Kelly Moran
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Bldg: 203 Room:
E-133 |
> Education:
- 2003, M.S., University of California-Davis, Soil Science
- 2001, B.S., University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
> Professional Experience:
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Laboratory Manager, Terrestrial Ecology Group, Argonne National Laboratory |
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Graduate Research Assistant in Agroecology and Biogeochemistry, Dept. of Agronomy & Range Science and Dept. of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California-Davis |
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Summer Internship, Terrestrial Ecology Group, Argonne National Laboratory |
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Undergraduate Research Assistant, Soil Fertility Lab, Dept. of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois-Champaign-Urbana |
> Honors/Awards:
- First Place, Student Poster Competition, Soil Ecology Society Conference, Palm Springs, CA, May 11-14, 2003
- Parkinson Student Travel Grant, Soil Ecology Society Conference, 2003
- Golden Agricultural Research Assistantship, 2001-2002 and 2002-2003
- Jastro-Shields Graduate Research Scholarship Award, 2002
- Graduated with “Highest Honors” University of Illinois, 2001
> Research Interests:
Soil biogeochemistry and in particular soil carbon storage and dynamics. Applications include land management to promote carbon sequestration, understanding the effects of elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide on soil carbon in different ecosystems, and generating data to improve models that predict the rate of global climate change. Involvement in research on a diversity of projects including: several FACE (Free Air Carbon Dioxide Enrichment) projects that study the effects of elevated CO2 on row-crop agriculture and forest ecosystems, a restored prairie chronosequence, an enriched background 14C study of forest carbon dynamics, and the sustainability and potential for soil C sequestration of switchgrass cultivated for biofuel.
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