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Mary K. Firestone
Professor, University of California Berkeley
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University of California Berkeley
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1979
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Plant–microbe interactions in the rhizosphere and detritusphere mediate soil organic matter dynamics under drought
THE EFFECTS OF PLANT AND MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES ON SOIL BIOGEOCHEMISTRY II ORAL
biogeosciences | 19 december 2025
LEGACY MOISTURE REGIME IMPACTS MICROBIAL CARBON USE EFFICIENCY IN A CALIFORNIA GRASSLAND
SOILS IN THE ANTHROPOCENE: CROSS-SCALE MECHANISMS OF STABILIZATION AND CHANGE III POSTER
biogeosciences | 12 december 2024
Soil microbial community response to corrinoids is shaped by a natural reservoir of vitamin B12
NUTRIENT CYCLES UNDER GLOBAL CHANGE: MICROBIAL DIVERSITY AND BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING I POSTER
biogeosciences | 11 december 2024
The biogeographical distribution of bacterial genomic traits and their relationship to growth and activity in soils
FROM TRAITS TO PREDICTIONS: NOVEL APPROACHES TO UNDERSTAND AND DISTILL THE COMPLEXITY OF EARTH'S MICROBIOMES I ORAL
biogeosciences | 15 december 2023
Unveiling Drivers of Plant-Nitrifier Interactions and N Cycling in Mediterranean Grassland
SECRETS OF THE SUBTERRANEAN: DECIPHERING PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS IN THE RHIZOSPHERE FROM MOLECULES TO ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING I POSTER
biogeosciences | 14 december 2023
Fungal Root Endophytes Mediate Microbial Activity and Carbon Cycling in Moisture-Limited Soil
SOILS IN THE ANTHROPOCENE: CROSS-SCALE MECHANISMS OF STABILIZATION AND CHANGE I ORAL
biogeosciences | 11 december 2023
Perennial grass conversion as rapid C sinks: Evaluation of deep soil responses
SCIENCE-BASED CARBON REMOVAL STRATEGIES: MONITORING, MEASUREMENTS, REPORTING, AND VERIFICATION ACROSS TERRESTRIAL, ATMOSPHERIC, OCEANIC, AND SOCIETAL DIMENSIONS IV POSTER
biogeosciences | 13 december 2022
Microbes Persist: How Soil Moisture Regimes Shape the Ecophysiology and Biogeochemical Effects of Wild Soil Microbiomes
LAND BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING UNDER GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: PATTERNS, DRIVERS, AND MECHANISMS II ORAL
global environmental change | 13 december 2022
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2020 - 2021
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Union Fellow
Received December 2016
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For defining the role of soil microbial communities in ecosystem structure and function.
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