Gund Fellow, Research Assistant Professor, UVM Extension

Joshua Faulkner is a Research Assistant Professor with UVM Extension and also coordinates the Farming and Climate Change Program in the UVM Extension Center for Sustainable Agriculture. Faulkner does applied research and outreach on soil, water, and nutrient related issues across Vermont and the Northeastern US. 

Joshua works with governmental and non-governmental organizations to improve agricultural programs and educate stakeholders, and provides technical assistance and outreach to farmers on practices and innovative solutions to improve management and build resilient, sustainable farming systems.  A changing climate, and its effect on agriculture and resulting water quality, is a key theme in much of his work. Joshua's work spans from the farmstead to the watershed scale, and has included projects in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed and West Africa.  

Publications

Selected

  • Twombly, C.R., J.W. Faulkner, Z.M. Easton, and A.S. Collick. 2021. Identification of Phosphorus Index improvements through model comparisons across topographic regions in a small agricultural watershed in Vermont, U.S. Soil Science Society of America Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/saj2.20254
  • Twombly, C.R., J.W. Faulkner, and S. Hurley. 2021. The effects of soil aeration prior to dairy manure application on edge-of-field hydrology and nutrient fluxes in cold climate hayland agroecosystems. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 76(1):1-13; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.2021.00158
  • Sarazen, J.C., J.W. Faulkner, and S.E. Hurley. 2020. Evaluating nutrient removal performance of a denitrifying woodchip bioreactor treatment system receiving silage bunker runoff. Applied Sciences. 10:4789. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10144789
  • Shrestha, P, J.W. Faulkner, J. Kokkinos, and S. Hurley. 2020. Bioretention systems for stormwater treatment in dairy farm production area: influences of low-phosphorus compost and P. virgatum on nutrient and sediment retention. Ecological Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2020.105821
  • Porterfield, K.K., J.W. Faulkner, E.D. Roy. 2020. Nutrient Recovery from Anaerobically Digested Dairy Manure Using Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF). ACS Sustainable Chemistry + Engineering. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b06419

Associations and Affiliations

  • Research Assistant Professor in Extension
  • Farming and Climate Change Program Coordinator in Center for Sustainable Agriculture
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor in Department of Plant and Soil Science
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor in Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Areas of Expertise and/or Research

Agriculture, water quality, climate change, hydrology, soil and water engineering

Education

  • PhD, Biological & Environmental Engineering, Cornell University
  • MS, Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Cornell University
  • BS, Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech

Contact

Email:

joshua.faulkner@uvm.edu

Phone:
  • 802-656-3495
Office Location:

264 Jeffords Hall

Website(s):
  1. UVM Extension
  2. UVM Farming & Climate Change Program