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Assistant Professor, Soil Carbon Dynamics

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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

# overview
My research focuses on how physical, biological and chemical processes interact at fine scales (soil aggregate or pore scale) to alter the flow of carbon and nutrients at larger scales (field or landscape scale). I am especially interested in how global change (land use- and climate change) and extreme weather (droughts, floods) alters the soil microbiome and their role in fundamental biogeochemical processes, such as nutrient and soil carbon cycling in both natural and agro-ecosystems. Microorganisms largely determine the fate of organic carbon in soils, as they are the agents controlling the majority of decomposition processes and organic matter transformations. Equally as important, the soil matrix (i.e. the 3D arrangement of particles and pores), ultimately governs those processes and interactions. As such, research in my lab couples organic matter and microbiome characterization with soil physical properties to better understand how molecular, microbial and moisture properties interact with their physical environment to control the stabilization and destabilization of soil carbon.

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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Fourier-transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry

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3002 Agriculture, Land And Farm Management

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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University of Washington - (Seattle, Washington, United States)

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University of Wisconsin - Madison - (Madison, Wisconsin, United States)

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Yale University - (New Haven, Connecticut, United States)

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Response to 'Stochastic and deterministic interpretation of pool models'.

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Microscale water distribution and its effects on organic carbon decomposition in unsaturated soils.

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Data for Bailey, Smith et al. 2017.Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 107, 133-143.

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Water-soluble nitrogen and organic carbon for DWP, FL soils collected in 2014

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Temperature and moisture effects on greenhouse gas emissions from deep active-layer boreal soils

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Nondestructive root exudate sampling using aeroponics throughout progressive drought stress and recovery

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Effects of Microbial-Mineral Interactions on Organic Carbon Stabilization in a Ponderosa Pine Root Zone: A Micro-Scale Approach

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Water-dispersible nanocolloids and higher temperatures promote the release of carbon from riparian soil

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Temperature and moisture effects on greenhouse gas emissions from deep active-layer boreal soils

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Shifts in pore connectivity from precipitation versus groundwater rewetting increases soil carbon loss after drought.

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Microbial community structure varies across soil organic matter aggregate pools during tropical land cover change

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Molecular and Microscopic Insights into the Formation of Soil Organic Matter in a Red Pine Rhizosphere

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Editorial: Forest Rhizosphere Interactions: Cascading Consequences for Ecosystem-Level Carbon and Nutrient Cycling

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Moisture-mineral interactions drive bacterial and organic matter turnover in glacier-sourced riparian sediments undergoing pedogenesis

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Climate, as well as branch-level processes, drive canopy soil abundance and chemistry

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Response to "Connectivity and pore accessibility in models of soil carbon cycling".

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Aeroponic approach for nondestructive root exudate collection and simulation of variable water stress trialed on cotton (Gossypium hirsutum).

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MICROBIAL AND MOLECULAR INSIGHTS INTO HOW SHIFTS IN HYDROLOGIC PORE CONNECTIVITY FROM DROUGHT OR FLOODS REGULATE THE ROLE OF SOIL IN THE TERRESTRIAL CARBON CYCLE

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Post-agricultural tropical forest regeneration shifts soil microbial functional potential for carbon and nutrient cycling

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Spatial access and resource limitations control carbon mineralization in soils

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The Interactive Effects of Drought and Fire on Soil Microbial Communities in a Semi-Arid Savanna

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Data for Smith et al. Nature Communications

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MOLECULAR AND MICROSCOPIC INSIGHTS INTO THE FORMATION OF SOIL ORGANIC MATTER IN A RED PINE RHIZOSPHERE

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Soil texture and environmental conditions influence the biogeochemical responses of soils to drought and flooding

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Running an open experiment: transparency and reproducibility in soil and ecosystem science

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Successional and seasonal variations in soil and litter microbial community structure and function during tropical postagricultural forest regeneration: a multiyear study.

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Differences in soluble organic carbon chemistry in pore waters sampled from different pore size domains

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From pools to flow: The PROMISE framework for new insights on soil carbon cycling in a changing world.

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Toward a Generalizable Framework of Disturbance Ecology Through Crowdsourced Science

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Crowdsourcing Global Perspectives in Ecology Using Social Media

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Sampling for Biological Indicators of Soil Health:How Does Sampling Methodology Effect Research Results?

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A meta-analysis of tropical land-use change effects on the soil microbiome: Emerging patterns and knowledge gaps

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Cropping system diversity and tillage intensity affects wheat productivity in Texas

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Sensing the unseen consequences of global change: Deciphering microbial and matrix interactions mediating carbon stabilization in soils

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National Institute of Food and Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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GETTING TO THE ROOT OF DROUGHT: UNLOCKING PLANT-SOIL-MICROBIOME INTERACTIONS IN THE RHIZOSPHERE THAT REGULATE DROUGHT RESPONSES

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National Institute of Food and Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Texas A&M University; Soil & Crop Science; 2474 TAMU

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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences