Dr. Morrissey, Principal Investigator
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
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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
Chansotheary Dang
Chansotheary is interested in all things microbial, especially how microorganisms contribute to soil carbon sequestration.
Graduate Students
Ronnie Schartiger
Ronnie is a PhD student studying plant microbe interactions in the rhizosphere of bioenergy crops.
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
Tanner is a PhD student studying the the effects of climate change on microbial interactions and soil carbon cycling.
Research Technicians
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Jillian Vance
Ivelysse Gracia
Undergrads !
Rebecca Ozbolt
Aidan Aird
Bret Jutze
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Makayla Smith
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Kaitlyn Miller
Nicholas Doza
Alumni
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Damon LeMaster, Undergrad, 2021-2024
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Hannah Bentley, Undergrad, 2022-2024
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Jeth Walkup, M.S., Ph.D., 2016-2023
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Md Shafiul Islam Rion, M.S., 2021-2023
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Rachel Winslett, Undergrad, Technician, 2019-2023
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Zachary Moats, Undergrad, 2022-2023
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Teagan Kuzniar, Undergrad, 2019-2023
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Jennifer Kane, Ph.D., 2019-2022
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Gregory Martin, Ph.D., 2020-2022
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Kieran Liseski, M.S., 2019-2021
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Juan Pineiro Nevado, Postdoc, 2019-2021
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Chao Wang, Visiting Scholar, 2019-2020
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Rachel Michaels, M.S., 2019-2020
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Rene Miller, M.S., 2016-2018
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Clark Robinson, Undergrad, 2019-2021
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Nathaniel Beck, Undergrad, 2017-2018
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Logan Webb, Undergrad,2017-2019
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April Kessel, Undergrad,2017-2019
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