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Research Summary from the 2019 TES/SBR Joint Investigators Meeting

2019 Environmental System Science (ESS) PI Meeting

The Terrestrial Ecosystem Science and Subsurface Biogeochemical Research programs within the Department of Energy’s Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) held their annual joint investigators meeting April 30-May 1, 2019, in Potomac, Maryland.

Abstracts of ongoing research projects in or associated with the SBR and TES programs in 2019 are included in this PDF.

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Last Name First Name Poster Title Institution Program Area Project
Alves Ricardo The Role of Microbial Traits in the Response of Soil Respiration to Warming Through the Soil Profile in the LBNL TES SFA Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory TES LBNL TES SFA
Babey Tristan SLAC Groundwater Quality SFA: Modeling and Scaling of Biogeochemical Responses to Hydrologic Transitions in Floodplain Aquifers Stanford University SBR SLAC SBR SFA
Bailey Vanessa Pore- to Core-Scale Controls on Ecosystem CO2 fluxes: Water Dynamics Drive the Microbial Cycling of Soil Carbon Pacific Northwest National Laboratory TES PNNL TES
Bao Jie Mechanistic Models of Hydrologic Exchange Flows in Diverse Hydromorphic Settings Pacific Northwest National Laboratory SBR PNNL SBR SFA
Beisman James Observation-Informed Watershed-Scale Simulation of Terrestrial Processes Using ATS at the NGEE Teller Site Oak Ridge National Laboratory TES NGEE-Arctic
Berkelhammer Max  Forest Stress in the Rocky Mountains During the Last Interglacial Warm Period University of Illinois, Chicago SBR University Award
Bianchi Thomas The Influence of Microbial Priming Effects on the Hydro-bio-geochemistry in the Columbia River and its Tributary Confluences University of Florida SBR University Award
Biraud Sebastian  The AmeriFlux Rapid Response System Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory TES AmeriFlux
Bond-Lamberty Ben  Soil Moisture Control on the Temporal Scaling and Prediction of Soil Respiration  Pacific Northwest National Laboratory TES PNNL TES
Bouskill Nick Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Nitrogen within a Mountainous Watershed Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory SBR LBNL SBR SFA
Boyanov Maxim Savannah River Site Sediments: Biogeochemistry and U Speciation Argonne National Laboratory SBR ANL SBR SFA
Boye Kristin  SLAC Groundwater Quality SFA: Impact of Reduced Zones and Hydrological-Biogeochemical Coupling on Solute Transport and Groundwater Quality SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory SBR SLAC SBR SFA
Breen Amy  Vegetation-Permafrost-Hydrology-Climate Relationships Along Three Hillslopes in the Low Arctic: Synthesis of NGEE Arctic Observational Studies University of Alaska, Fairbanks TES NGEE-Arctic
Brodie Eoin Snowpack Dynamics and Coupled Plant-Soil-Microbial Processes in a Mountainous Watershed Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory SBR LBNL SBR SFA
Brooks Scott Ecosystem Controls on Methylmercury Production by Periphyton Biofilms in a Contaminated Freshwater Stream Oak Ridge National Laboratory SBR ORNL SBR SFA
Brzostek Edward Quantitative, Trait-Based Microbial Ecology to Accurately Model the Impacts of N Deposition on Soil C Cycling in the Anthropocene West Virginia University TES University Award
Burge Scott Long-Term, Real-Time Monitoring of Water and Sediments using Microbial Sensors Burge Environmental, Inc. SBR SBIR  
Cabugao Kristine  A Synthetic Community Approach to Understanding Root-Bacterial Interactions During Drought in Clusia pratensis Oak Ridge National Laboratory TES NGEE-Tropics
Campbell Elliott Space-Based Estimates of Amazon Basin GPP Using Atmospheric Carbonyl Sulfide University of California, Santa Cruz TES University Award
Cardenas M. Bayani Respiration in Hyporheic Zones: Advancing the Understanding of Coupled Transport and Microbial Biogeochemistry and their Representation in Open-source Mechanistic Models University of Texas, Austin SBR University Award
Cardon Zoe Sticky Roots—Implications of Widespread Viral Infection of Plants for Soil Carbon Processing in the Rhizosphere Marine Biological Laboratory TES University Award
Carrara Joseph  Nitrogen Fertilization Increases Carbon Use Efficiency of Soil Microbial Communities Across 10 Long-term N Fertilization Studies West Virginia University TES Student
Carroll Rosemary Snow and Landscape Controls on Recharge and Groundwater Flux to Streams Desert Research Institute SBR LBNL SBR SFA
Catalano Jeffery Trace Metal Dynamics and Limitations on Biogeochemical Cycling in Wetland Soils and Hyporheic Zones Washington University, St. Louis SBR University Award
Chambers Jeffery Next-Generation Ecosystem Experiments (NGEE)—Tropics Overview Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory TES NGEE-Tropics
Chaudhary Aashish From Data to Models and Analytics: An Integrated Scientific Computing Platform to Accelerate Environmental Research Kitware, Inc. SBR SBIR  
Chen Min Characterization of Snow Distribution at Teller and Kougarok Sites of Seward Peninsula Los Alamos National Laboratory TES NGEE-Arctic
Christianson Danielle  Scaling AmeriFlux Data Activities to Support Network Growth Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory TES AmeriFlux
Chu Housen Simple Footprint Approximation for Better Interpretation of the Spatiotemporally Dynamic Eddy Covariance Flux Data Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory TES AmeriFlux
Colwell Frederick Quantifying Subsurface Biogeochemical Variability in a High Altitude Watershed During Winter Isolation Oregon State University SBR University Award
Condon Laura IDEAS-Watersheds Continental Modeling Platform and Simulations University of Arizona SBR IDEAS-Watersheds
Conner Abigail Water Management Impacts on Groundwater-River Water Exchanges University of Colorado SBR University Award
Conroy Nathan Conceptual Model of Surface Water Hydrology in Polygonal Terrain Using Stable Isotopes Los Alamos National Laboratory TES NGEE-Arctic
Covino Tim Persistent Effects of Forest Harvest on Dissolved Organic Matter Composition in Subsurface Hillslope Runoff Colorado State University SBR University Award
Cusack Daniela  Soil Carbon Storage and Loss Across a Tropical Forest Rainfall and Nutrient Gradients with Drying University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles TES Early Career
Dafflon Baptiste  Quantifying Ecosystem Functional Zones and Associated Relationships between Permafrost, Soil, Land Surface and Vegetation Properties in Arctic Systems using Geophysical Datasets Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory TES NGEE-Arctic
Deangelis Kristen Resolving Conflicting Physical and Biochemical Feedbacks to Climate in Response to Long-Term Warming University of Massachusetts, Amherst TES University Award
Deems Jeffery Snow Accumulation and Melt Simulations in Dry Through Wet Years in the East River University of Colorado SBR University Award
Demers Jason Use of Stable Mercury Isotopes to Assess Mercury and Methylmercury Transformation and Transport across Critical Interfaces from the Molecular to the Watershed Scale University of Michigan SBR University Award
Dengel Sigrid  Characterizing Sources and Sinks of CO2 and CH4 Across Polygonal Tundra: A Multi-Scale Approach Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory TES NGEE-Arctic
Dewey Christian Impacts of Transient Hydrologic Conditions on Metal and Carbon Cycling in the East River Floodplain Stanford University SBR Student
Druhan Jennifer A Radioisotope-Enabled Reactive Transport Model for Deep Vadose Zone Carbon University of Illinois SBR University Award
Elias Dwayne A Multi-Pronged Approach to Identifying the Biochemical Function of Hg Methylation Proteins in Desulfovibrio desulfuricans ND132 Oak Ridge National Laboratory SBR ORNL SBR SFA
Fendorf Scott Metabolic Constraints of Organic Matter Mineralization and Metal Cycling During Flood Plain Evolution Stanford University SBR University Award
Feng Xue Peatland Hydrology Across Scales: Coupling Carbon Emissions with Water Table Fluctuations University of Minnesota TES University Award
Ferencz Stephen Effect of Hydropeaking Operations on Hyporheic Zone Thermal Regime  University of Texas, Austin SBR Student
Fisher Joshua Carbon-Nutrient Economy of the Rhizosphere: Improving Biogeochemical Prediction and Scaling Feedbacks from Ecosystem to Regional Scales  University of California, Los Angeles TES University Award
Forrester Mary Understanding Total Water Storage Anomalies Across the United States with Integrated Hydrologic Modeling and Satellite Estimates Colorado School of Mines SBR Student
Francis Christopher Molecular and Genomic Insights into Nitrogen-Cycling Microbial Communities within the Terrestrial Subsurface at Riverton, WY Stanford University SBR University Award
Fraterrigo Jennifer Shrub Expansion Alters Root Traits in the Arctic University of Illinois TES University Award
Fratkin Mulu Topographic and Climatic Controls on Peri-Glacial Hillslope Sediment Transport: A Regional Study of Solifluction Los Alamos National Laboratory TES NGEE-Arctic
Fung Inez On Dry Season Transpiration University of California, Berkeley SBR University Award
Ghosh Ruby Transient Anoxic Micro-zone Development in an Alpine Stream OptiO2, LLC SBR SBIR  
Ghosh Ruby Probing Biogeochemical Processes in Coastal Ecosystems with High-Resolution/Long-term Dissolved Oxygen Measurements OptiO2, LLC SBR SBIR  
Gilbert Benjamin  Subsurface Rock Records and Water Signatures of Metal and Nutrient Mobilization from Mancos Shale at East River Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory SBR LBNL SBR SFA
Gomez-Velez Jesus Exploring the Synchrony of Hydrologic Exchange Processes Along River Corridors Vanderbilt University SBR PNNL SBR SFA
Gonzalez-Pinzon Ricardo Physical, Resource Supply, and Biological Controls on Nutrient Processing Along the River Continuum University of New Mexico SBR University Award
Griffiths Natalie  Whole-Ecosystem Warming in a Boreal Peatland Ecosystem Alters Stream Flow and Total Organic Carbon Fluxes Oak Ridge National Laboratory TES ORNL TES SFA
Gu Lianhong Sun-induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence and Its Importance for Modeling Photosynthesis from the Side of Light Reactions Oak Ridge National Laboratory TES ORNL TES SFA
Gu Baohua Complex Biogeochemical Mechanisms Controlling Mercury Species Transformation and Methylmercury Production in the Environment Oak Ridge National Laboratory SBR ORNL SBR SFA
Hanbury-Brown Adam  A Novel Forest Regeneration Submodel for Vegetation Demographic Models University of California, Berkeley TES NGEE-Tropics
Hanson Paul ORNL’s Terrestrial Ecosystem Science — Scientific Focus Area (TES SFA): A 2019 Overview Oak Ridge National Laboratory TES ORNL TES SFA
Hanson Paul Peatland Vegetation Responses to 3-Years of Warming and Elevated CO2 Oak Ridge National Laboratory TES ORNL TES SFA
Henry Chris New Pipeline for Multi-omics Data Integration and Discovery in KBase to Identify the Mechanism Driving Metabolic/OTU Dynamics in a Microbiome Argonne National Laboratory BER User Facility
Hess Nancy EMSL: A DOE Scientific User Facility for Earth System Science Research EMSL BER User Facility
Hoffman Forrest  Tropical Ecological Forecasting for ENSO Using a Global Modeling Framework Oak Ridge National Laboratory TES NGEE-Tropics
Huang Mayoi Exploring the Complex Interactions among Land Use, Vegetation Dynamics, and Hydrology in the Tropics by Incorporating Preferential Flow into FATES-ELM Pacific Northwest National Laboratory TES NGEE-Tropics
Huang Maoyi  Understanding Influences of Hydrologic Exchange Flows on River Corridor Function in a Managed Watershed through Integrated Modeling and Observations Pacific Northwest National Laboratory SBR PNNL SBR SFA
Hubbard Susan Watershed Function SFA: Hydrological and Biogeochemical Dynamics from Genomes to Watershed Scales Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory SBR LBNL SBR SFA
Iversen Colleen  Warming Increases Plant-Available Nutrients in the SPRUCE Bog Oak Ridge National Laboratory TES ORNL TES SFA
Jafarov Elchin  Estimation of Soil Properties by Coupled Inversion of ERT and Hydrothermal Measurements Los Alamos National Laboratory TES NGEE-Arctic
Jan Ahmed Evaluating Soil Thermal Hydrology Models Against Field Observations in Arctic Polygonal Tundra Oak Ridge National Laboratory TES NGEE-Arctic
Jastrow Julie Assessing the Degradation State of Soil Organic Matter in the Permafrost Region Argonne National Laboratory TES ANL TES SFA
Jian Siyang  Comparison of Microbial Parameters Parameterized based on Short-term and Long-term Incubation Tennessee State University TES Student
Johnson Timothy Field Observations of Hydrologic Exchange Flows and Biogeochemical Impacts Pacific Northwest National Laboratory SBR PNNL SBR SFA
Johnston Eric Genome-resolved Metagenomics Enables Fine-Resolution Assessments of SPRUCE Peatland Microbial Communities Oak Ridge National Laboratory TES ORNL TES SFA
Johs Alexander Biomolecular Processes Contributing to Hg Transformations at Critical Interfaces Oak Ridge National Laboratory SBR ORNL SBR SFA
Karniadakis George M&M: A Multi-Fidelity & Machine-Learning Approach to Model Hydrologic-Biogeochemical Processes in the Groundwater-Surface Water Interaction Zone Brown University SBR University Award
Keiluweit Marco  Root Influences on Mobilization and Export of Mineral-bound Soil Organic Matter University of Massachusetts, Amherst SBR University Award
Keller Jason How do Whole-Ecosystem Warming and Elevated Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Concentrations Affect Peatland Methane Production Chapman University TES University Award
Kemner Kenneth Argonne Wetland Hydrobiogeochemistry SFA Argonne National Laboratory SBR ANL SBR SFA
Kersting Annie Plutonium Migration Behavior at Hanford - Trench 216-Z-9 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory SBR LLNL SBR SFA
Kersting Annie Actinide Mobility at the Ravenglass Site: The Role of Iron and Redox Cycling Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory SBR LLNL SBR SFA
King Anthony Temperature Response of Foliar Dark Respiration and Consequences for the Stand Carbon Budget Oak Ridge National Laboratory TES ORNL TES SFA
Kostka Joel Whole Ecosystem Warming Stimulates Greenhouse Gas Production and the Mobilization of Ancient Peat Carbon in Northern Peatlands Georgia Institute of Technology TES University Award
Koven Charles Benchmarking and Parameter Sensitivity of FATES Predictions of Ecosystem Structure and Function at Barro Colorado Island, Panama Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory TES NGEE-Tropics
Kunert Norbert  First Results from the ForestGEO Hydraulic Trait Initiative Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute TES NGEE-Tropics
Li Yaoming  Seasonal Dynamics of Arctic Tundra Microbes Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory TES NGEE-Arctic
Li  Li  Distinct Source Water Chemistry Shapes Contrasting Concentration — Discharge Patterns Pennsylvania State University SBR University Award
Liao Chang Improving Hydrological and Surface Energy Fluxes by Incorporating Plant Hydraulics and Hillslope Based Drainage Function in Earth System Models Pacific Northwest National Laboratory TES NGEE-Tropics
Liberty Lee Regolith, Rock and Fluid Distributions at the Upper Colorado River Basin via a Multicomponent Seismic Imaging Approach Boise State University SBR University Award
Liu Yao  Short- and Long-Term Dynamics of Leaf, Wood, and Fine-Root Production at the ORNL FACE Site Oak Ridge National Laboratory TES ORNL TES SFA
Longo Marcos  Tropical Forest Degradation Modulates Energy, Water, and Carbon Cycles in the Amazon NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory TES NGEE-Tropics
Lu Dan Advancing Predictive Understanding of Terrestrial Ecosystem through Machine Learning Oak Ridge National Laboratory TES ORNL TES SFA
Lyu Zhou A Site- to Global-Scale Soil Biogeochemical Model in ELM with Vertically-Resolved Microbe- and Mineral-Surface Representations: Application to the LBNL TES SFA Warming Experiment Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory TES LBNL TES SFA
Maher Kate Soil Respiration Across Scales Stanford University SBR University Award
Manning Andrew 2018 Geologic, Hydrologic, Borehole Geophysical, and Geochemical Data Collection in Redwell Basin, Colorado: Overview and Preliminary Results U.S. Geological Survey SBR LBNL SBR SFA
Mao Jiafu Phenological Improvement and Evaluation of ELM Using the SPRUCE Observations Oak Ridge National Laboratory TES ORNL TES SFA
Martinuzzi Sebastian  Biomass Accumulation in Second Growth Forests of Puerto Rico Using Airborne Lidar University of Wisconsin TES NGEE-Tropics
Matamala Roser Soil Morphology and Organic Matter Distributions of Alaskan Arctic Foothills Toposequences Argonne National Laboratory TES ANL TES SFA
Matheus Carnevali  Paula Factors Governing Microbially-Mediated Geochemical Processes and Microbial Community Composition Across Watershed Ecosystem Compartments University of California, Berkeley SBR LBNL SBR SFA
Maxwell Reed Measuring the Link Between Energy and Water: Latent Heat Flux in Heterogeneous Mountain Environments Colorado School of Mines SBR University Award
Mayes Melanie Topographic Controls over Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Puerto Rican Tropical Rainforest Soils Oak Ridge National Laboratory TES Early Career
Mayes Melanie Phosphorus Sorption to Tropical Soils with Relevance to Earth System Model Needs Oak Ridge National Laboratory TES NGEE-Tropics
Mayes Melanie The Role of Soil Moisture on Soil Carbon Decomposition Oak Ridge National Laboratory TES ORNL TES SFA
McDowell Nate Global Drivers of Vegetation Mortality Pacific Northwest National Laboratory TES NGEE-Tropics
McFarlane Karis  Tropical Forest Response to a Drier Future: Synthesis and Modeling of Soil Carbon Stocks and Age Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory TES Early Career
McFarlane Karis  Soil Radiocarbon Measurements Across Climatic, Edaphic, and Physiographic Gradients in Tropical Forests Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory TES Early Career
Megonigal Patrick Building Coastal Models with the Salt Marsh Accretion Response to Temperature eXperiment (SMARTX) Smithsonian Environmental Research Center TES University Award
Mekonnen Zelalem  Interactions Between Climate Warming and Fire Will Drive Expansion of High-Latitude Deciduous Vegetation Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory TES NGEE-Arctic
Minsley Burke Regional Airborne Geophysical Data Analysis and New 2018 Ground-Based Geophysical Data Collection in Redwell Basin, Colorado U.S. Geological Survey SBR LBNL SBR SFA
Mishra Umakant  Harmonized High-Resolution Estimates of Soil Organic Carbon Stocks and Its Uncertainties in the Permafrost Region Argonne National Laboratory TES ANL TES SFA
Molins Sergi IDEAS-Watersheds: Partnership with the Watershed Function SFA and Fine-Scale Reaction Network Activities Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory SBR IDEAS-Watersheds
Morton Douglas Quantifying Forest Growth, Mortality, and Canopy Closure following Hurricane Maria NASA Goddard Space Flight Center TES NGEE-Tropics
Moulton J. David IDEAS-Watersheds: Accelerating Watershed Science Through A Community-Driven Software Ecosystem Los Alamos National Laboratory SBR IDEAS-Watersheds
Negrón-Juárez Robinson  FATES Sensitivity to Forests Disturbance and Regrowth in the Amazon Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory TES NGEE-Tropics
Newman Brent Quantifying Soil Percolation Dynamics and Biogeochemical Transport in Tropical Soils near Manaus, Brazil Los Alamos National Laboratory TES NGEE-Tropics
Nico Peter  River Corridor Processes Impacting Nutrient and Metal Export in the East River Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory SBR LBNL SBR SFA
Nico  Peter  Temperature and Soil Moisture Impacts on Decomposition of Mineral-Associated Carbon: LBNL TES SFA Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory TES LBNL TES SFA
Nicolsky Dmitry  Modeling Soil Temperature Change in Seward Peninsula, Alaska  University of Alaska, Fairbanks TES NGEE-Arctic
Nippert Jesse Using Root and Soil Traits to Forecast Woody Encroachment Dynamics in Mesic Grassland Kansas State University TES University Award
Noel Vincent SLAC Groundwater Quality SFA: Mechanisms Controlling Colloid Formation and Impact on Water Quality in Alluvial Sediments SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory SBR SLAC SBR SFA
Nuzzio Donald New Analytical Tools for in-situ Research of Biogeochemicals and Trace Metals Analytical Instrument Systems, Inc. SBR SBIR  
O’Loughlin Edward Iron Flocs as Biogeochemically Dynamic Reservoirs of Uranium in Tims Branch Wetlands, Savannah River Site Argonne National Laboratory SBR ANL SBR SFA
Painter Scott IDEAS-Watersheds Partnership with the Critical Interfaces SFA: Progress and Plans Oak Ridge National Laboratory SBR IDEAS-Watersheds
Parks Jerry Structure Determination of the HgcAB Complex Using Metagenome Sequence Data Oak Ridge National Laboratory SBR ORNL SBR SFA
Pastorello Gilberto New AmeriFlux data products using the ONEFlux pipeline Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory TES AmeriFlux
Pegoraro Elaine  Inter-annual Variation in Radiocarbon Age of Ecosystem Respiration over Ten Years of Permafrost Warming Northern Arizona University TES Student
Peruski Kathryn  NpO2(s) Dissolution Under Vadose Zone Conditions Clemson University SBR Student
Petty Rick ARM Scientific User Facility Overview ARM BER User Facility
Philben Michael  Hillslope Biogeochemistry Controls on Anaerobic Soil Organic Matter Decomposition in a Tundra Watershed Oak Ridge National Laboratory TES NGEE-Arctic
Pierce Eric Biogeochemical Transformations at Critical Interfaces in a Mercury-Perturbed Watershed Scientific Focus Area Oak Ridge National Laboratory SBR ORNL SBR SFA
Pivovaroff  Alexandria  Homeostasis of Drought Tolerance Traits at the End of the Dry Season Among Trees Species at the Daintree Research Observatory in Australia Pacific Northwest National Laboratory TES NGEE-Tropics
Podar Mircea Microbial Mercury Methylators in East Fork Poplar Creek: From the Field to the Laboratory Oak Ridge National Laboratory SBR ORNL SBR SFA
Pold Grace  Effects of Phenotypic Diversity on Litter Decomposition are Contingent on Linked Traits University of Massachusetts, Amherst TES Student
Powell Thomas Plant Hydraulic Trait Trade-offs and Species Invasion Dynamics in Moist Tropical Forests Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory TES NGEE-Tropics
Powell Brian The Influence of Microbial Exudate s on Actinide Fate and Transport: Pond B, Savannah River Site Clemson University SBR LLNL SBR SFA
Powell Brian Influence of Redox Reactions and Organic Ligand Complexation on Uranium, Neptunium, Technetium Subsurface Transport: Upscaling Laboratory Experiments to Understand Field Lysimeter Data Clemson University SBR University Award
Powers Jennifer Extrapolating Ecosystem Processes of Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests Across Geographic Scales and into Future Climates University of Minnesota TES University Award
Raff Jonathan Flux Chamber and Metagenomic Studies Provide Insights into Biogeochemical Mechanisms of Reactive Nitrogen Cycling in Soils of Mixed Hardwood Forests Indiana University SBR Early Career
Rawlins Michael Changing Characteristics of Runoff and Freshwater Export From Watersheds Draining Northern Alaska University of Massachusetts, Amherst TES University Award
Rempe Daniella Investigating Bedrock Fractures as a Dynamic Hydrologic Reservoir Across a Gradient in Climate and Erosion Rate University of Texas, Austin SBR University Award
Ricciuto Daniel Implications of SPRUCE Results for the Long-term Carbon Balance of Boreal Peatlands: A Modeling Study Using ELM-SPRUCE Oak Ridge National Laboratory TES ORNL TES SFA
Rietl Anthony Modeling Tidal Marsh Carbon Cycling Under Sea Level Rise and Elevated CO2 Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences TES University Award
Riley William Topographical Controls on Hillslope-Scale Hydrology Drive Shrub Distributions on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory TES NGEE-Arctic
Rodríguez-Ramos Josue More than Meets the Eye: Microbial Communities and their Viral Predators Govern Carbon and Nitrogen Transformations in the Hyporheic Zone Colorado State University SBR Student
Roe Stephanie  Warming Effects on Litter Decomposition and Soil Respiration in a Tropical Forest University of Virginia TES Student
Rogers Alistair  The Response of Photosynthesis and Respiration to Experimental Warming in the High Arctic Brookhaven National Laboratory TES NGEE-Arctic
Rowland Joel An Investigation of How Floodplain Deposit Ages and Permafrost Distributions Influence the Patterns, Rates, and Age of Soil Organic Carbon Fluxes to the Koyukuk River Los Alamos National Laboratory SBR Early Career
Rutishauser Ervan  Testing for Changes in Biomass Dynamics in Large-Scale Forest Datasets Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute TES NGEE-Tropics
Salmon Verity  Effects of Short-Term Warming on Allocation and Nutrient Acquisition in an Arctic Grass Oak Ridge National Laboratory TES NGEE-Arctic
Santelli Cara Influence of Hyporheic Exchange on Coupled S-Fe-C Biogeochemical Cycling in Riparian Wetland Sediments University of Minnesota SBR University Award
Santschi Peter  Natural Organic Matter and Microbial Controls on Mobilization/Immobilization of I and Pu in Soils and Waters Affected by Radionuclide Releases in USA and Japan Texas A&M University SBR University Award
Scheibe Tim Pacific Northwest National Laboratory SFA: Influences of Hydrologic Exchange Flows on River Corridor and Watershed Biogeochemical Function Pacific Northwest National Laboratory SBR PNNL SBR SFA
Schuur Ted Coupled Long-Term Experiment and Model Investigation of the Differential Response of Plants and Soil Microbes in a Changing Permafrost Tundra Ecosystem Northern Arizona University TES University Award
Serbin Shawn  Evaluating Leaf Photosynthesis and Stomatal Conductance Models against Diurnal and Seasonal Data from Two Contrasting Panamanian Tropical Forests Brookhaven National Laboratory TES NGEE-Tropics
Shirley Ian  How Variations in Vegetation Cover, Micro-topography, and Snow Depth Impact Soil Temperature and Respiration in an Arctic Watershed Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory TES NGEE-Arctic
Shuai Pin Reach-Scale Hydrologic Exchange Flows and Their Impacts on Hyporheic Thermal Regimes Pacific Northwest National Laboratory SBR PNNL SBR SFA
Sihi Debjani  Improved Representations of Methane Emissions from Wet Tropical Forest Soils using a Microbial Functional Group-Based Model Oak Ridge National Laboratory TES Early Career
Siirila-Woodburn Erica Energy Balance Dynamics, Plant Water Use, and Subsurface Residence Times in the East River, Colorado Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory SBR LBNL SBR SFA
Singer Esther JGI: Genomic Resources for Advancing Environmental System Science  JGI BER User Facility
Skiles R. McKenzie Constraining Physical Understanding of Aerosol Loading, Biogeochemistry, and Snowmelt Hydrology from Hillslope to Watershed Scale in the East River Scientific Focus Area University of Utah SBR University Award
Smith Jeremy  Multiscale Modeling of Mercury Geochemistry University of Tennessee, Knoxville SBR University Award
Solander Kurt Reconstructing Pan-Tropical Precipitation Recycling Based on Stable Isotopes Los Alamos National Laboratory TES NGEE-Tropics
Song Hyun-Seob Metabolic Network and Multi-omics Integration for Predictive Biogeochemical Modeling Pacific Northwest National Laboratory SBR PNNL SBR SFA
Sonnenfroh David A Ceilometer for Boundary Layer Height and Ceiling Retrievals for the Ameriflux Network Physical Sciences Inc. TES SBIR  
Steefel Carl Watershed Function Simulation and Aggregation Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory SBR LBNL SBR SFA
Stegen James Spatiotemporal Variation in Organic Matter Chemistry in Global Rivers Modulates Biogeochemistry Pacific Northwest National Laboratory SBR PNNL SBR SFA
Steltzer Heidi Phenological Responses to Earlier Snowmelt and Potential Impacts on Evapotranspiration in a Colorado River Headwater Basin Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory SBR LBNL SBR SFA
Sulman Benjamin  Refining ELM Simulations of Arctic Field Sites Using Vegetation Community and Biomass Measurements Oak Ridge National Laboratory TES NGEE-Arctic
Swanson Rand A Compact, Broad-Band Hyperspectral SpectroRadiometer Resonon Inc. TES SBIR  
Tang Jinyun  A Mechanistic Explanation of the Hysteretic Temperature and Moisture Dependence of Soil Carbon Decomposition Dynamics Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory TES NGEE-Arctic
Tartakovsky Daniel Assimilation of Multiscale Data into Multifidelity Biogeochemical Models Stanford University SBR University Award
Thornton Peter  Integrated Modeling for NGEE-Arctic Phase 3: New Modules of Predictive Capability for E3SM Oak Ridge National Laboratory TES NGEE-Arctic
Tokunaga  Tetsu  Hillslope Responses to Snowmelt: Approaches for Constraining Predictions of Subsurface Flow and Transport Distributions, and their Downgradient Contributions to Surface Waters Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory SBR LBNL SBR SFA
Tolar Bradley SLAC Groundwater Quality SFA: Biogeochemical Redox Responses of Soil Microbial Communities to Seasonal Hydrological Transitions at Riverton, WY Stanford University SBR SLAC SBR SFA
Torn Margaret  The Berkeley Lab Terrestrial Ecosystem Science SFA on Belowground Biogeochemistry: Five Years of Deep Soil Warming Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory TES LBNL TES SFA
Torn Margaret  The AmeriFlux Management Project: Overview and the Year of Methane Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory TES AmeriFlux
Trettin Carl Wood Decomposition: Understanding Processes Regulating Carbon Transfer to Soil Carbon Pools Using FACE Wood at Multiple Scales  USDA Forest Service TES University Award
Uhlemann  Sebastian  Geophysical Characterization of Bedrock Properties of the East River Watershed: From Subsystem to Watershed Scale Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory SBR LBNL SBR SFA
Varadharajan Charuleka  NGEE-Tropics Data Management and Synthesis Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory TES NGEE-Tropics
Varadharajan Charuleka  Data Management Framework for LBNL’s Watershed Function Scientific Focus Area Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory SBR LBNL SBR SFA
Vaughn Lydia  Very Old and Very New Soil Organic Carbon in the Arctic is Equally Sensitive to Warming: 14C Evidence in the NGEE Arctic Project Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory TES NGEE-Arctic
Versteeg Roelof Cloud Based Cyber Infrastructure to Enable Process Understanding Subsurface Insights SBR SBIR  
Villa Jorge Methane and Nitrous Oxide Pore-Water Concentration and Flux at the Hyporheic Zone of a Large River Ohio State University SBR University Award
Wainwright Haruko  4D Digital Watershed: Advanced Bedrock-to-Canopy Characterization Across Watersheds Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory SBR LBNL SBR SFA
Walker Anthony Multi-assumption Modeling and MCMC Parameter Estimation for Testing Hypotheses of the Drivers of Seasonality in Sphagnum Gross Primary Production Oak Ridge National Laboratory TES ORNL TES SFA
Wang Dali A Multiscale, Multifidelity Land Model Testbed Assisted by Machine Learning Oak Ridge National Laboratory TES ORNL TES SFA
Ward Adam  Coupled Investigation of Hyporheic Transport and Transformation Dynamics in Headwater Streams: Preliminary Findings and Experimental Design Indiana University SBR ORNL SBR SFA
Warren Jeffery Whole Ecosystem Warming Induces Divergent Ecophysiological Responses in Co-Occurring Boreal Tree and Shrub Species — Observations and Model Simulations Oak Ridge National Laboratory TES ORNL TES SFA
Weber Karrie Influx of Oxidants into Reduced Zones: Microbiological Controls Governing Metal Oxidation and Reduction University of Nebraska, Lincoln SBR University Award
Weisenhorn Pamela Modeling Microbial Controls on Biogeochemical Processes at the Savannah River Site Argonne National Laboratory SBR ANL SBR SFA
Weston David  The Consequences of Warming on Sphagnum Peat Moss Productivity and Microbial Community Composition Oak Ridge National Laboratory TES ORNL TES SFA
Wilson Cathy Understanding Controls on Soil Moisture Using In-Situ TDR, Airborne SAR and UAS Lidar Data at the NGEE-Arctic Teller Field Site Los Alamos National Laboratory TES NGEE-Arctic
Wood Tana In the Eye of the Storm: Warmer Temperatures Affect Tropical Forest Recovery Following Hurricane Disturbance USDA Forest Service TES University Award
Wullschleger Stan Next-Generation Ecosystems Experiment (NGEE Arctic): Progress and Plans Oak Ridge National Laboratory TES NGEE-Arctic
Xu Chonggang  The Importance of Hydraulic Traits to Tropical Forest Dynamics Los Alamos National Laboratory TES NGEE-Tropics
Xu Chonggang  Homeostasis of Tropical Forest Carbohydrates Los Alamos National Laboratory TES NGEE-Tropics
Yaffar Daniela Fine-Root Traits by Succession Level in Puerto Rico Oak Ridge National Laboratory TES NGEE-Tropics
Yang Xiaojuan  What Drives Phosphatase Activity in Tropical Forests — A Modeling Study Using E3SM Land Model Oak Ridge National Laboratory TES NGEE-Tropics
Yang Xiaojuan  The Responses of Nitrogen and Phosphorus Cycling Dynamics to Warming and the Feedbacks to Carbon Cycling in Peatland Ecosystems Oak Ridge National Laboratory TES ORNL TES SFA
Yang Yu Complex Effects of Redox Reactions on the Release and Degradation of Organic Carbon University of Nevada, Reno SBR University Award
Ye  Ming Using Global Sensitivity Analysis to Identify Controlling Processes of Complex Systems Florida State University SBR University Award
Yuan Fengming  Preliminary Assessment of E3SM Land Model (ELM) in Northern High-Latitude Regions and Its Improvements by MODEX Approach Oak Ridge National Laboratory TES NGEE-Arctic
Zavarin Mavrik The LLNL BioGeoChemistry of Actinides SFA Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory SBR LLNL SBR SFA
Zheng Zianqiu Pore- to Core-Controls on Ecosystem CO2 fluxes: Soil Microscale Hydrology Drives Thermodynamic Controls on Carbon Decomposition Pacific Northwest National Laboratory TES PNNL TES
Zhu Qing Evaluation of High-Latitude CH4 Emissions and their Functional Responses in the E3SM Land Model Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory TES University Award

2019 TES Awards Announced

Summary of projects awarded in summer 2019 (PDF) [9/19]

2019 ESS PI Meeting

Research summaries from the April 30-May 1, ESS PI Meeting are now available.

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DE-FOA-0002184 – Environmental System Science
Now accepting applications. Pre-Application Due: December 5, 2019, 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program
Now accepting applications for the 2019 Solicitation 2. Applications due 5:00pm Eastern November 14, 2019.

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