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Please join us today for our Enviro-lunch seminar series. Today our guest speaker is Dr. Darian Smercina from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) who will present her research about soil microbes and nitrogen cycling. Please join us today between 12-1
pm (PST) via zoom.
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<a href="https://ucmerced.zoom.us/j/175736103" target="_blank" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(5, 99, 193);text-decoration:underline"><span style="margin:0px">https://ucmerced.zoom.us/j/175736103</span></a><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(5, 99, 193);text-decoration:underline"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"></span></span></span></p>
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<b>Title:</b><span> </span>Micro to Macro: Soil Microbial Communities and Biogeochemistry</p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 9, 2022 12:03 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Enviro-lunch] Enviro-Lunch (3/14): Dr. Darian Smercina on soil microbial nitrogen fixation</font>
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<span>Next Monday (3/14) Dr. Darian Smercina from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will present her research about soil microbes and nitrogen cycling. Please join us between 12-1 pm (pacific) via zoom.
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<a href="https://ucmerced.zoom.us/j/175736103" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193); text-decoration:underline"><span>https://ucmerced.zoom.us/j/175736103</span></a><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193); text-decoration:underline"><span><span></span></span></span></p>
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<b>Title:</b> Micro to Macro: Soil Microbial Communities and Biogeochemistry<span></span></p>
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<b>Abstract</b>: Soil microorganisms are the engines that drive global biogeochemical cycles, impacting the flow of nutrients to all life on Earth and many ecosystem services we depend on, such as crop production and carbon sequestration. Yet, while ecosystem
processes are measured at macroscales, the underlying microbial functions occur at micro-scales over a million times smaller than that of their impact. Linking soil microorganisms and microbial scale processes to macroscale ecosystem function remains one of
the greatest challenges in soil microbial ecology, necessitating multi-scale approaches to link soil microorganisms and ecosystem processes. My work has used a multi-scale approach to study the controls on and contributions from free-living nitrogen fixation
(FLNF). FLNF, biological nitrogen fixation carried out by heterotrophic bacteria in soils, is an important ecosystem process and terrestrial N source. Globally, FLNF is estimated to contribute approximately one-third of all biological fixed N each year. However,
the controls on this process and the mechanisms of resulting nitrogen contributions remain poorly understood. I will present on a series of studies examining these controls and contributions from FLNF across scales from macroscale field studies to microscale
microbial studies. <span></span></p>
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I am a Linus Pauling Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow at Pacific Northwest National Lab in the Biological Sciences division. I received my PhD in crop and soil sciences from Michigan State University in 2020 following completion of my BS in Biology from the
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">Sincerely,</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>
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<span>co-host: KJ Min & Manisha Dolui<span></span></span></p>
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<span>Faculty coordinator: Asmeret Asefaw Berhe<span></span></span></p>
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<span>Spring 2022 Enviro-Lunch Schedule<span></span></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">1/31</span><span></span></b></p>
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<span style="color:black">Mariela Garcia Arrendondo<br>
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<span style="color:black">Rethinking carbon and nitrogen isotope fractionation during soil organic matter decomposition</span><span></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">2/14</span><span></span></b></p>
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<span style="color:black">The role of coastal marine sediments in carbon cycling from local to global scales</span><span></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:red">2/21</span><span style="color:red"><span></span></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">2/28</span><span></span></b></p>
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<span style="color:black">Katherine Heckman<br>
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<span style="color:black">Density fractionation and soil carbon stabilization</span><span></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">3/7</span><span></span></b></p>
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<span>Bhavna Arora<br>
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<b><span style="color:black">3/14</span><span></span></b></p>
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<span style="color:black">Darian Smercina <br>
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<span style="color:black">Free N fixing under switchgrass (Linking microbial scale processes to ecosystem function)</span><span></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:red">3/21</span><span style="color:red"><span></span></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">3/28</span><span></span></b></p>
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<span style="color:black">Meng Zhao<br>
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<span style="color:black">Plant-water relationship (evapotranspiration) modeling</span><span></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">4/4</span><span></span></b></p>
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<span>Hannah Naughton<br>
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<span style="color:black">Root vs. topographic generation of redox anomalies on a subalpine hillslope and floodplain</span><span></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">4/11</span><span></span></b></p>
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<span style="color:black">Michael Rowley<br>
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<span style="color:black">Ca-mediated soil organic carbon stabilization</span><span></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">4/18</span><span></span></b></p>
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<span>Weiyu Li*<br>
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<b><span style="color:black">4/25</span><span></span></b></p>
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<span style="color:black">Daniel Zuleta</span><span><span></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:8pt; color:black">@ Smithsonian Institute</span><span></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Tree mortality in tropical ecosystems</span><span></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">5/2</span><span></span></b></p>
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<span>Genevieve Noyce<br>
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