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Soil Health and Biogeochemistry in Agricultural Soils
Postdoctoral fellow: University of South Carolina - PI: Dr. Andrea Jilling
Conducting an experiment examining how soil organic matter fractionation data can be incorporated into and used as soil health indicators in agricultural systems.
Identifying microbial mechanisms involved in soil priming and carbon mineralization across particulate organic matter and mineral associated organic matter fractions using transcriptomics.
Plant-microbe-mineral Interactions in Thawed Permafrost Systems
Doctoral research: University of New Hampshire -PI: Dr. Jessica Ernakovich
Characterized rhizosphere and mycorrhizal communities of tundra plants using amplicon barcoding to determine the relative influence soil mineralogy and host plant identity has on rhizosphere composition. https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2025-0012
Quantified taxon-specific growth rates of rhizosphere communities and their affinity for exudate or SOM degradation in thawed permafrost systems using quantative stable isotope probing. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.02.691861v1 (in review)
Conducted a mesocosm incubation study using a customized isotope labeling cabinet to determine how plant types, permafrost mineralogy, and elevated CO2 levels influence SOM priming in thawed permafrost. (In prep)
Gene Expression in Plasmodial Slime Molds
Master's research: DePaul University - PI: Dr. Margaret Silliker
Extracted and identified novel genes expressed during plasmogamy in the plasmodial slime mold Didymium iridis using various molecular biology techniques, including suppressive subtractive hybridization and Southern blotting. https://via.library.depaul.edu/csh_etd/322/
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