Research Awards 2013

Thanks to all who submitted applications for the 2013 awards! Nine student projects and four post-doc projects were selected for research awards this year.

We plan on holding similar competitions at least annually, so get on our technical update list or sign up to receive an email when our next award competition is open.

Student award winners of 50 free PRS™-probe analyses

• Omar Gutiérrez del Arroyo, University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras. "Explaining diel and seasonal patterns of soil respiration in a moist subtropical forest."
• Hathai Sangsupan, Oregon State University. "Investigating the limitations to regeneration in a restored, seasonally dry tropical forest in northern Thailand."
• Elizabeth Jarrell, Tulane University. "Effects of plant-microbe interactions on plant productivity, marsh accretion, nutrient cycling, and degradation of oil in salt marshes of Louisiana."

Student award winners of 25 free PRS™-probe analyses

• Nick Harre, Southern Illinois University. "Tracking nutrient release from senescing weeds following post-emergent herbicide application."
• Jamal Taghavmehr, University of Alberta. "Effect of biochar on nutrient availability in wastewater-amended bioenergy crops in Alberta."
• Kate Gallagher, University of California, Irvine. "Effects of global climate change-induced shifts in abiotic resources on plant-pollinator mutualisms."
• Luke Browne, Tulane University. "Do Long-wattled Umbrellabirds fertilize the seeds they disperse beneath display perches?"
• Kira Hoffman, University of Victoria. "Effects of drought and rainfall on ecosystem processes in open blanket bogs."
• Thomas McKenna, University of North Dakota. "Endophyte effect on soil nitrogen availability in prairie reconstruction and forage production cool-season grasses."

Post-doc award winner of 100 free PRS™-probe analyses

• Marie-Cecile Gruselle, University of Maine. "The long-term effects of soil acidification and nitrogen enrichment on the availability of, and interaction among, nitrogen, phosphorus, base cations, and metal ions."

Post-doc award winners of 50 free PRS™-probe analyses

• Romulus Okwany, Washington State University. "Nutrient contribution of green pea to canola in a double-crop system in the south Columbia Basin."
• Stephanie Grand, Michigan State University. "Understanding tree species coexistence: Density-dependent seedling growth across resource gradients."
• Susan Kraemer, University of Ottawa. "Effects of soil biotic and abiotic factors on soil bacterial adaptation across multiple temporal and spatial scales."