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Kelly C. Wrighton
Professor, Colorado State University Fort Collins
Professional Experience
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2024 - Present
Colorado State University Fort Collins
Professor
2020 - Present
Education
Doctorate
2010
Doctorate
Honors & Awards
Thomas Hilker Early Career Award for Excellence in Biogeosciences
Received December 2020
James B. Macelwane Medal
Received December 2020
Citation
For pioneering research on the role of microorganisms in carbon cycling in the deep subsurface and in controlling methane emissions from wetlands.
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For pioneering research on the role of microorganisms in carbon cycling in the deep subsurface and in controlling methane emissions from wetlands.
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Union Fellow
Received December 2020
Publications
Relationships Between Methane and Carbon Dioxide Fluxes in a Temperate Cattail-Dominated Freshwater ...
Wetlands are the most important natural source of methane (CH4) to the atmosphere, and there is still considerable uncertainty of CH4 flux and net ...
July 13, 2019
AGU Abstracts
Classification of Louisiana marshes vegetation based on a vegetation-greenness time series from the Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 dataset
ONLINE POSTER SESSION FOR BIOGEOSCIENCES VI
biogeosciences | 24 january 2024
Gil Bohrer, Oleksandr Shchehlov, Theresia Yazbeck,...
Wetlands are composed of a mosaic of ecosystem patches with different vegetation types and hydrologic regimes that collectively contribute to the whol...
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Assessing Local Drivers of Microbial Decomposer Structure and Functional Capabilities Across Eastern US forests
FROM TRAITS TO PREDICTIONS: NOVEL APPROACHES TO UNDERSTAND AND DISTILL THE COMPLEXITY OF EARTH'S MICROBIOMES III POSTER
biogeosciences | 15 december 2023
Alexander Polussa, Fiona Jevon, Emily Bechtold, Ka...
Terrestrial ecosystems are critical for global carbon cycling, but the complex processes controlling rates of carbon fluxes remain challenging to pred...
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Synthesizing a Decade of Permafrost Thaw Measurements in Alaska: Lessons Learned and Pressing Questions
REMOTE SENSING SYNERGISMS IN REDUCING NORTHERN PERMAFROST METHANE UNCERTAINTY POSTER
atmospheric sciences | 15 december 2023
Merritt R. Turetsky, Catherine M. Dieleman, Thomas...
Cross-scale feedbacks between permafrost thaw, vegetation, and hydrology will drive the amount, type, and speed of permafrost carbon release to the at...
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Volunteer Experience
2022 - 2023
Chair
Biogeosciences Hilker Award
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