UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., May 12 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news release:
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - A Penn State soil scientist has received a $1.6 million, five-year grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund her team's study of how increasing temperature fluctuations impact the biocrust microbiome - the complex, thin-layer microbe community that stabilizes soil, fixes nitrogen and drives nutrient cycling in drylands.
Estelle Couradeau, assistant professor of soils and environmental microbiology in the College of Agricultural Sciences, is the recipient of the award from NSF's Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER). She said she is extremely grateful for the opportunity to expand her team'...