Friday, April 16, 2021 - noon to 1 p.m.
NRESS PHD PROGRAM PROPOSAL DEFENSE
Presenter: EMILY WHALEN
Title: A TRAIT-BASED FRAMEWORK FOR THE FORMATION AND PERSISTENCE OF FUNGAL-DERIVED SOIL ORGANIC MATTER
Advisor: Professor Serita Frey
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Presented online via Zoom: Contact Emily for Zoom link: edw1002@wildcats.unh.edu
More about Emily’s
research:
Soils contain twice as much carbon as the atmosphere and vegetation combined in
the form of soil organic matter (SOM). Soil microbes (fungi and bacteria) are
important agents of both SOM formation and destabilization, the latter often
leading to the loss of carbon from soils as carbon dioxide. My research
examines the microbial traits that favor SOM formation, with a focus on fungi.
Understanding the factors that render soil microbes net SOM accumulators may
make the management of soils for carbon accrual possible, with implications for
climate change mitigation and soil fertility.
