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Dr. Morrissey, Principal Investigator

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Postdoctoral Scholars

Binu Tripathi

Binu is working on an NSF funded project investigating the ecological strategies and decomposition activity of microbes in soil. He is also interested in microbial biogeography and metagenomic analyses.

Jen Kane

Jen is a USDA Postdoctoral Fellow studying in microbial ecology, soil carbon storage, and plant-microbe interactions. Her research includes studies of plant -microbe interactions in the rhizosphere of bioproduct crops and the biodiversity of canopy soils. Find out more about Jen and her research by visiting her website: biogeojen.Wordpress.com

Graduate Students

Kinsey Reed

Kinsey is a PhD candidate studying pasture diversity and soil health on farms across West Virginia.

Sara Zecca

Sara is a PhD student studying the effects of organic amendments on soil microbes, nutrient cycling, and plant microbe interactions in organic agriculture.

Tanner Hoffman

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Tanner is a PhD student studying the the effects of climate change on microbial interactions and soil carbon cycling.

Ronnie Schartiger

Ronnie is a PhD student studying plant microbe interactions in the rhizosphere of bioenergy crops. His reserach focuses on how microbes can aid in drought tolerance.