Professor
Environmental Studies & EEMB
https://www.eemb.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/schimel
Noble Hall 1108
About
Specialization:
Education:
Bio:
Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology, Microbial Ecology, and Organismal Ecology
Education:
- Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Bio:
My research sits at the interface of ecosystem and microbial ecology. I am interested in the role of soil microbes in controlling ecosystem scale processes. I am particularly interested in the linkages between plant and soil processes, and how changes in microbial community structure affects ecosystem-scale dynamics. My work is now focusing on three ecosystems: the Arctic tundra in Alaska, the taiga forest of Alaska, and the California annual grassland-oak savanna.