Current Competitive Grant

Transitioning to ecologically functional production systems

Project ID: E2010-10

This 3-year grant for $116,130 was awarded in 2010.

Location: Boone county

The project seeks to quantify how the composition of different biomass production systems influences above- and below-ground carbon allocation, soil microbial dynamics and greenhouse gas emissions. The goal is to better understand the below-ground mechanisms that regulate carbon and nitrogen cycling in agricultural soils.

Kirsten S. Hofmockel

Kirsten Hofmockel is an assistant professor in the ISU Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology. A native of State College, she earned her undergraduate degree in environmental resource management from Penn State. She has a master's in wetland ecology from the Nicholas School of the Environment and a Ph.D. from Duke University. Prior to coming to Iowa State, she worked at the Water Resources Research Institute documenting the effects of confined animal operations on groundwater resources in the Peidmont region of North Carolina. [Contact lead investigator]

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This competitive grant project is part of the Leopold Center's Ecology Initiative.

The Leopold Center was established by the 1987 Iowa Groundwater Protection Act as a research and education center at Iowa State University to develop sustainable agricultural practices that are both profitable and conserve natural resources. Iowa State does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, age, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, sex, marital status, disability, or status as a U.S. Vietnam Era Veteran. Any persons having inquiries concerning this may contact the Director of Affirmative Action, 3210 Beardshear Hall, (515) 294-7612.

This page was found at http://www.leopold.iastate.edu/grants/e2010-10 on 01/20/2013