JING GAO KELLER WILLAM DRIVERS

BA 1995, University of Nevada, Reno MA 1997, The George Washington University PhD 2008, George Mason University.īaker, Courtney K., Assistant Professor, Mathematics Leadership, School of Education. BS 1998, MA 2003, PhD 2006, The Ohio State University.īaily, Supriya, Professor, School of Education. Associate Professor, School of Sport, Recreation, and Tourism Management. BS 1998, Colorado State University MA 2000, University of Northern Colorado.Īylsworth, Julie Higgins. Assistant Professor, School of Education. BA 1988, Saint Leo University.Īvila, Kimberly A. Medical College, India MS 2003, Springﬁeld College PhD 2006, University of North Carolina at Greensboro.Īnderson, Jacqueline, Director, Human Resources, College of Education and Human Development. BA 1986, West Virginia University MA 1988, University of Wyoming MEd 1999, PhD 2014, George Mason University.Īmbegaonkar, Jatin, Professor, Athletic Training, School of Kinesiology. BA 1997, University of Ghana MHRD 2002, Clemson University PhD 2010, University of Delaware.Īinsworth, Melissa, Assistant Professor, School of Education. BS 1973, District of Columbia’s Teachers’ College MA 1974, The George Washington University EdD 2006, University of Virginia.Īidoo Hewton, Abena, Associate Professor, Tourism and Events Management, School of Sport, Recreation, and Tourism Management. To this end, we go back to the centers of origin of the wild relatives of our crop species to identify the ‘missing microbes’ and their beneficial traits.Addison, Patricia, Assistant Professor, Keller Institute for Human disAbilities, College of Education and Human Development.

We developed the concept of microbiome ‘rewilding’, which posits that plant health can be improved by reinstating key members of the diverse (ancestral) microbiota that were lost through domestication. To harness the largely unexplored functional diversity, we investigate how plants under stress recruit beneficial microorganisms for protection and how introduction or augmentation of soil microorganisms can be used as a sustainable practice to minimize fertilizer and pesticide use to enhance soil quality.

JING GAO KELLER WILLAM DRIVERS

Sustainable use of land: ME research has shown that microorganisms living on and inside plants are drivers of plant growth and health.

The ME department adopts this knowledge to pinpoint major biogeochemical indicators of environmental disturbance and to steer microbial communities to minimize greenhouse gas emissions. We integrate(meta)genomic, isotopic and biogeochemical approaches to: a) identify key microorganisms, genes and pathways involved in these processes, and b) assess their distribution, functioning and controls in various ecosystems, including lakes, peatlands, forests and agricultural soils.

Climate change: microorganisms are key drivers of global nutrient (carbon, nitrogen) cycles, thereby catalyzing the emission of specific greenhouse gases such as nitrous oxide and methane.

For soil and plant-associated viruses (including bacteriophages), we investigate the functional implications of their genome diversity and their fascinating role as guardians of plant and microbial biodiversity. Key questions are how soil bacteria and fungi interact in decomposition of recalcitrant organic matter and what the underlying diversity of chemical communication is within soil microbial communities and between microorganisms and plants. We use an interdisciplinary approach to illuminate the ‘microbial dark matter’ and to understand its impact on ecosystem functioning. The ME-department studies microbial diversity and functions in national long-term ecological field sites (LTERs) as well as internationally such as the Amazon forest, the Andes Mountains and the Galapagos Islands.

Biodiversity: with the development of new ‘omics technologies, we have become even more aware of the vast, yet largely unknown diversity of microorganisms in natural and managed ecosystems.

We are actively involved in each of the three NIOO-wide research themes:

Our goals are to advance the mechanistic understanding of the multipartite relationships between microorganisms and their environment, and to contribute to the development of new strategies for sustainable management of natural and man-made ecosystems. We closely collaborate with various national and international universities, institutes, and diverse stakeholders. We use an interdisciplinary approach, combining microbiology, molecular biology, chemistry, modelling and computational methods to study the taxonomic and functional diversity of bacteria, archaea, fungi (including yeasts) and viruses. ecology and evolution of soil and plant-associated microorganisms.the role of microorganisms in biogeochemical cycles and greenhouse gas emission.The overall aim of the ME-department is to understand the diversity and functions of microorganisms in natural and managed ecosystems.

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