Melissa Knorr

Melissa Knorr
Supervisor - Lab Research
Natural Resources and the Environment
Phone: (603) 862-4433
Office: Natural Resources & the Environment, James Hall Rm 176, Durham, NH 03824
Mel Knorr

Manage the soil ecology laboratory, actively participate in soil community composition analyses, as well as oversee graduate research

Areas of Specialty:

  • Soil Science
  • Lab Management

Hobbies:

being active and creative

Favorite Part of the Job:

learning new research techniques and collaborating with fellow scientists

Staff Award Winner:

Award Type:  Research Support
Year:  2010

Education

  • M.S., Environmental Science, Ohio State University
  • B.S., Plant Sciences, Ohio State University

Selected Publications

Pastore, M. A., Classen, A. T., English, M. E., Frey, S. D., Knorr, M. A., Rand, K., & Adair, E. C. (2023). Soil microbial legacies influence freeze–thaw responses of soil. Functional Ecology, 37(4), 1055-1066. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.14273

Domeignoz-Horta, L. A., Pold, G., Erb, H., Sebag, D., Verrecchia, E., Northen, T., . . . DeAngelis, K. M. (2023). Substrate availability and not thermal acclimation controls microbial temperature sensitivity response to long-term warming.. Glob Chang Biol, 29(6), 1574-1590. doi:10.1111/gcb.16544

Anthony, M. A., Knorr, M., Moore, J. A. M., Simpson, M., & Frey, S. D. (2021). Fungal community and functional responses to soil warming are greater than for soil nitrogen enrichment. ELEMENTA-SCIENCE OF THE ANTHROPOCENE, 9(1). doi:10.1525/elementa.2021.000059

Pec, G. J., van Diepen, L. T. A., Knorr, M., Grandy, A. S., Melillo, J. M., DeAngelis, K. M., . . . Frey, S. D. (2021). Fungal community response to long-term soil warming with potential implications for soil carbon dynamics. ECOSPHERE, 12(5). doi:10.1002/ecs2.3460

Uyizeye, O. C., Thiet, R. K., & Knorr, M. A. (2019). Effects of community-accessible biochar and compost on diesel-contaminated soil. BIOREMEDIATION JOURNAL. doi:10.1080/10889868.2019.1603139

Melillo, J. M., Frey, S. D., DeAngelis, K. M., Werner, W. J., Bernard, M. J., Bowles, F. P., . . . Grandy, A. S. (2017). Long-term pattern and magnitude of soil carbon feedback to the climate system in a warming world. SCIENCE, 358(6359), 101-104. doi:10.1126/science.aan2874

Contosta, A., Frey, S. D., & Knorr, M. A. (2009). SEASONAL VARIATION IN MICROBIAL AND BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES IN CHRONICALLY WARMED AND FERTILIZED SOILS.. JOURNAL OF NEMATOLOGY, 41(4), 320-321. Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/

Knorr, M., Frey, S. D., & Curtis, P. S. (2005). Nitrogen additions and litter decomposition: A meta-analysis. ECOLOGY, 86(12), 3252-3257. doi:10.1890/05-0150

Frey, S. D., Knorr, M., Parrent, J. L., & Simpson, R. T. (2004). Chronic nitrogen enrichment affects the structure and function of the soil microbial community in temperate hardwood and pine forests. FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, 196(1), 159-171. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2004.03.018

Knorr, M. A., Boerner, R. E. J., & Rillig, M. C. (2003). Glomalin content of forest soils in relation to fire frequency and landscape position. MYCORRHIZA, 13(4), 205-210. doi:10.1007/s00572-002-0218-1

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