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Member Since 2006
Kate Lajtha
Professor, Oregon State University
Professional Experience
Oregon State University
Professor
1995 - Present
Education
Duke University
Doctorate
1986
Honors & Awards
Union Fellow
Received December 2020
Citation
For sustained impact on long-term soil carbon research and fundamental biogeochemical processes of soil carbon and nitrogen cycling
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Current Roles
Member
Macelwane Medal Committee
Publications
The Path From Litter to Soil: Insights Into Soil C Cycling From Long-Term Input Manipulation and Hig...
The path of carbon (C) from plant litter to soil organic matter (SOM) is key to understanding how soil C stocks and microbial decomposition will re...
May 09, 2018
AGU Abstracts
Composition of Soil Organic Matter Changes After 20 Years of Detrital Manipulation in a Temperate Forest in Central Europe
SOILS IN THE ANTHROPOCENE: MECHANISMS OF STABILIZATION AND CHANGE II ORAL
biogeosciences | 12 december 2022
Isla Wrightson, Maryam Tabatabaei Anaraki, István ...
Global climate change is anticipated to lead to warmer temperatures and increased atmospheric nitrogen deposition to forest soils, which is expected t...
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Responses of Soil Organic Matter Molecular Biogeochemistry to Altered Detrital Inputs are Determined by Site-specific Ecosystem Properties: A Comparison Across Temperate Forests.
SOILS IN THE ANTHROPOCENE: MECHANISMS OF STABILIZATION AND CHANGE ACROSS SCALES V POSTER
biogeosciences | 16 december 2021
Laura C. Gómez, Myrna J. Simpson, Kate Lajtha, Ric...
Forest ecosystems are important global soil carbon (C) sinks but their capacity to sequester C is susceptible to climate change factors influencing th...
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Integrative Molecular Biogeochemistry of Soil Organic Matter After 15 Years of Detrital Manipulation in a Temperate Forest
SOILS IN THE ANTHROPOCENE: MECHANISMS OF STABILIZATION AND CHANGE ACROSS SCALES III ORAL
biogeosciences | 15 december 2021
Isla Wrightson, Maryam Tabatabaei Anaraki, Knute J...
Global climate change is anticipated to increase forest productivity due to warmer temperatures and increase atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition to fo...
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Volunteer Experience
2024 - 2025
Member
Macelwane Medal Committee
2020 - 2024
Editor-in-Chief
AGU Book Series
2019 - 2020
Member
Biogeosciences-Hydrology Soil Systems and Critical Zone Processes Technical Comm
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