Kirsten Hofmockel

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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Projects

Bonding strength of plant and microbial precursors to mineral-associated soil organic matter

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Sarah Leichty

Soil organic matter (SOM) provides ecosystem services such as soil fertility and climate mitigation, holding the key to agricultural sustainability in a rapidly changing world. Despite the important…

Solid-state NMR Investigation into the Transformation of Necromass to SOM

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Stephen Callister

NMR will be utilized to help bridge the knowledge gap between carbon cycling and storage of carbon within soil organic matter (SOM). Specifically, NMR will help address the questions: (1) how much…

Identifying Multi-omics of Microbial Function

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Kirsten Hofmockel

Project type

Limited Scope

Soil microorganisms are key drivers of global biogeochemical cycles, impacting the flow of nutrients to all life on Earth and many ecosystem services we depend on, such as crop production and carbon…