Member Since 2010
Laura K. Meredith
I am an interdisciplinary scientist working at the intersection of functional microbiology and atmospheric chemistry.
Professional Experience
University of Arizona
Assistant Professor
2017 - Present
University of Arizona
Associate Research Scientist
2015 - 2016
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Doctorate
2013
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Doctorate
2013
California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo
Bachelors
2005
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Current Roles
Member
Fall Meeting Program Committee
Member
Biogeosciences Fall Meeting Program Committee
Associate Editor
Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Honors & Awards
Thomas Hilker Early Career Award for Excellence in Biogeosciences
Received 2022
I am extremely happy to announce that Asst. Prof. Dr. Laura Meredith is the recipient of the 2022 Thomas Hilker Award for her exceptional work connecting the atmospheric science and molecular biology communities to elucidate fundamental questions on ...
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Publications
Biogeosciences Perspectives on Integrated, Coordinated, Open, Networked (ICON) Science
This article is composed of three independent commentaries about the state of Integrated, Coordinated, Open, Networked (ICON) principles in the Ame...
March 24, 2022
AGU Abstracts
Isoprene-degrading bacteria in tropical rainforest soil: diversity and sensitivity to drought investigated using DNA stable isotope probing
FROM TRAITS TO PREDICTIONS: NOVEL APPROACHES TO UNDERSTAND AND DISTILL THE COMPLEXITY OF EARTH'S MICROBIOMES III POSTER
biogeosciences | 15 december 2023
Parker Geffre, Juliana Gil-Loaiza, Gemma Purser, A...
The increasing frequency and intensity of drought events is a predicted consequence of climate change. In tropical rainforests, evidence suggests that...
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Root volatile organic compound emission variations with plant species, rhizosphere, and drought stress
SECRETS OF THE SUBTERRANEAN: DECIPHERING PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS IN THE RHIZOSPHERE FROM MOLECULES TO ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING II ORAL
biogeosciences | 14 december 2023
Qunli Shen, Juliana Gil-Loaiza, Lars Erik Daber, J...
Plant root-emitted volatile organic compounds (VOC) are hypothesized to play crucial roles in the soil rhizosphere by rapidly diffusing in the gas and...
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VOC-plant-microbe interactions in the subsurface: Observations on the transport and fate of volatile organic compounds in soil
SECRETS OF THE SUBTERRANEAN: DECIPHERING PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS IN THE RHIZOSPHERE FROM MOLECULES TO ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING I POSTER
biogeosciences | 14 december 2023
Gemma Purser, Joseph R. Roscioli, Elizabeth Lunny,...
The transport and fate of biogenic volatile organic compounds (VOCs) produced by plant-soil-microbe interactions in the subsurface is not well defined...
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Volunteer History
2022 - 2026
Associate Editor
Global Biogeochemical Cycles
2020 - 2023
Fall Meeting Program Representative
Biogeosciences Executive Committee
2023 - 2023
Member
Biogeosciences Hilker Award
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