Mel Knorr

Melissa Knorr

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

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

  • Knorr, M. A., Contosta, A. R., Morrison, E. W., Muratore, T. J., Anthony, M. A., Stoica, I., . . . Frey, S. D. (2024). Unexpected sustained soil carbon flux in response to simultaneous warming and nitrogen enrichment compared with single factors alone.. Nat Ecol Evol, 8(12), 2277-2285. doi:10.1038/s41559-024-02546-x

  • Muratore, T. J., Knorr, M. A., Simpson, M. J., Stephens, R. B., Phillips, R. P., & Frey, S. D. (2024). Response of Root Respiration to Warming and Nitrogen Addition Depends on Tree Species.. Glob Chang Biol, 30(10), e17530. doi:10.1111/gcb.17530

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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