Dr. Mary Stromberger Curriculum Vitae RANK: Associate Professor DATE OF APPOINTMENT: 2001 EDUCATION: Ph.D. 2000 Oregon State University - Soil Science M.S. 1996 University of Delaware - Soil Science B.S. 1994 West Chester University, West Chester, PA - Biology/Microbiology AREAS OF EXPERTISE: Soil microbiology with an emphasis on managing microbial communities for soil ecosystem services. Currently, I am identifying important ecosystem service providers within microbial communities, major abiotic and biotic factors that regulate their activities, and the spatial and temporal scales over which these microbes and their activities occur. PUBLICATIONS: Shaner, D., M. Stromberger, R. Khosla, A. Helm, B. Bosley, and N. Hansen. 2011. Spatial distribution of enhanced atrazine degradation across northeastern Colorado cropping systems. J. Environ. Qual. 40:46-56. Stromberger, M.E., Z. Shah, and D.G. Westfall. 2011. High specific activity in low microbial biomass soils across a no-till evapotranspiration gradient in Colorado. Soil Biol. Biochem. 43:97-105 Sharvelle, S., L.A. Roesner, Y. Qiang, and M. Stromberger. 2010. Long-term study on landscape irrigation using household graywater – experimental study. Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) document no. 06-CTS-1CO (Technical report). Ippolito, J.A., K.A. Barbarick, M.E. Stromberger, M.W. Paschke, and R.B. Brobst. 2009. Water treatment residuals and biosolids long-term co-applications effects to semi-arid grassland soils and vegetation. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 73:1880-1889. Bayley, R.M., J.A. Ippolito, M.E. Stromberger, K.A. Barbarick, and M.W. Paschke. 2008. Water treatment residuals and biosolids coapplications affect phosphatases in a semi-arid rangeland soil. Commun. Soil Sci. Plan. 39:2812-2826. Bayley, R.M., J.A. Ippolito, M.E. Stromberger, K.A. Barbarick, and M.W. Paschke. 2008. Water treatment residuals and biosolids coapplications affect semiarid rangeland phosphorus cycling. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 72:711-719.

Jiménez-Esquilín, A.E., M.E. Stromberger, W.D. Shepperd, 2008. Soil scarification and wildfire interactions on microbial communities and carbon. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 72:111-118. Hamman, S.T., I.C. Burke, and M.E. Stromberger. 2007. Relationships between microbial community structure and soil environmental conditions in a recently burned system. Soil Biol. Biochem. 39:1703-1711. Jiménez-Esquilín, A.E., M.E. Stromberger, W.J. Massman, J.D. Frank, and W.D. Shepperd. 2007. Microbial community structure and activity in a Colorado Rocky Mountain Forest soil scarred by slash pile burning. Soil Biol. Biochem. 39:1111-1120. Stromberger, M., Z. Shah, and D. Westfall. 2007. Soil microbial communities of no-till dryland agroecosystems across an evapotranspiration gradient. Appl. Soil Ecol. 35:94-106. Sullivan, T.S., M.E. Stromberger, and M.W. Paschke. 2006. Parallel shifts in plant and soil microbial communities in response to biosolids in a semi-arid grassland. Soil Biol. Biochem. 38:449-459. Sullivan, T.S., M.E. Stromberger, M.W. Paschke, and J.A. Ippolito. 2006. Long-term impacts of infrequent biosolids applications on chemical and microbial properties of a semi-arid rangeland soil. Biol. Fertil. Soils 42:258-266. Roesner, L., M. Criswell, Y. Qian, M. Stromberger, and S. Klein. 2006. Long-term study on landscape irrigation using household graywater: literature review. Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) document no. 03-CTS-18CO (Technical report). Ippolito, J., M. Stromberger, K. Barbarick, and R. Bayley. 2006. Water residuals and biosolids: effect of co-application on soil phosphorus. American Water Works Association Research Foundation, Denver, CO (Technical report). Stromberger , M.E. , S. Klose, H. Ajwa, T. Trout, and S. Fennimore. 2005. Microbial populations and enzyme activities in soils fumigated with methyl bromide alternatives. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 69:1987-1999. Stromberger, M.E. 2005. Fungal communities of agroecosystems. p. 813-832. In J. Dighton et al. (ed.) The Fungal Community. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. Stromberger , M.E. 2005. Fire vs. metal: a laboratory study demonstrating microbial responses to soil disturbances. J. Nat. Resour. Life Sci. Educ. 34:1-7. Schutter , M.E. , and R.P. Dick. 2002. Microbial community profiles and activities among aggregates of winter fallow and cover-cropped soil. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 66:142-153. Schutter , M.E. , J.M. Sandeno, and R. P. Dick. 2001. Seasonal, soil type, and alternative management influences on microbial communities of vegetable cropping systems. Biol.

Fertil. Soils 34:397-410. Schutter , M.E. , and J.J. Fuhrmann. 2001. Soil microbial community responses to fly ash amendment as revealed by analyses of whole soils and bacterial isolates. Soil Biol. Biochem. 33:1947-1958. Schutter , M.E. , and R.P. Dick. 2001. Shifts in substrate utilization potential and structure of soil microbial communities in response to carbon substrates. Soil Biol. Biochem. 33:14811491. Schutter , M.E. , and R.P. Dick. 2000. Comparison of Fatty Acid Methyl Ester (FAME) methods for characterizing microbial communities. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 64:1659-1668. Ritchie, N., M. Schutter, R. Dick, and D. Myrold. 2000. Use of length heterogeneity-PCR and FAME to characterize microbial communities in soil. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 66:1668-1675. Schutter , M.E. and J.J. Fuhrmann. 1999. Microbial responses to coal fly ash under field conditions. J. Environ. Qual. 28:648-652. RESEARCH GRANTS: Interactions between winter wheat and ACC deaminase positive bacteria in relation to drought tolerance. M. Stromberger, M. Moragues, and T. Weir. Colorado Wheat Research Foundation. $10,000. 2010-2011. Mitigating environmental risk associated with over application of pesticides due to enhanced degradation in crop fields across EPA Region 8. R. Khosla, D. Shaner, and M. Stromberger. EPA. $50,000. 2010-2012. Summer Soil Institute: Addressing environmental challenges with current and emerging techniques. J. Moore, D. Wall, M. Wallenstein, T. Borch, F. Cotrufo, and M. Stromberger. USDA-ARS. $149,000. 2009-2011. RCN: Enzymes in the environment. M. Wallenstein, M. Stromberger, and R. Dick. NSF. $499,833. 2009-2013. Long-term study on landscape irrigation using household graywater - experimental study. L. Roesner, S. Sharvelle, M. Stromberger, and Y. Qian. Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF). $372,882. 2008-2011. Sustainability of molybdenum mine tailing reclamation using biosolids at Urad, Colorado. E. Redente, K. Barbarick, J. Ippolito, M. Stromberger, and T. Engle. EPA and Denver Metro Wastewater Reclamation District. $199,898. 2005-2008. Therapeutic agents as emerging contaminants in biosolids: persistence and impact on soil microbial communities. M. Stromberger. EPA. $57,883. 2004-2006.

Long-term effects of biosolids on arbuscular mycorrhizae in a rangeland soil. M. Stromberger. EPA. $19,524. 2004-2006. Long-term study on landscape irrigation using household graywater. L. Roesner, S. Klein, Y. Qian, M. Stromberger, and S. Newman. WERF. $49,560. 2004-2005. The effect of long-term water treatment residuals-biosolids coapplications on native rangeland soil phosphorus. J. Ippolito, M. Stromberger, and K. Barbarick. AwwaRF. $117,844. 2003-2005. Microbial ecology of fire-affected soil. M. Schutter. USDA Forest Service. $134,334. 20032007. Wildfire impacts on soil microbial communities, soil hydrophobicity, and interactions of linear polyacrylamide with fire-affected (hydrophobic) soils. M.E. Schutter, G.L. Butters, and T.A. Bauder. EPA. $39,886. 2002-2004. Above- and below-ground community responses to rangeland biosolids applications. M. Schutter, E. Redente and M. Paschke. EPA. $84,852. 2002-2004. CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS: Jacob McDaniel, M.S. (co-advised with Dr. Ken Barbarick). Jacob is investigating the influence of a soil endogeic earthworm, Aporrectodea caliginosa, on soil structure, microbial communities, and N cycling processes. Ibrahem Abduelafez, M.S. Ibrahem is studying the abundance, diversity and activity of beneficial rhizobacteria that can enhance crop tolerance to drought stress. Specifically, he is studying culturable ACC-deaminase positive bacteria their activities as influenced by winter wheat genotype and irrigation management practice. Asma Elamari, Ph.D. Asma is applying molecular techniques to study the structural and functional diversity of ACC-deaminase positive bacteria in soils across spatial and temporal scales. PREVIOUS GRADUATE STUDENTS: Crystal Freeman, M.S. 2008 (co-advised by Dr. Jim Ippolito). Thesis title: Biosolids Use for Reclaiming Alluvial Affected Mine Tailings near Leadville, Colorado. Crystal is currently employed by the Environmental Protection Agency in Denver. Aida Jiménez-Esquilín, Ph.D. 2006. Thesis title: Fire Effects on Soil Microbial Community Structure and Function in a Ponderosa Pine Ecosystem. Aida is currently an Assistant Professor of Biology in the School of Arts and Sciences at Mountain State University. She can be reached by emailing her at [email protected] Tarah Sullivan, M.S. 2004. Thesis title: Above- and Belowground Response to Biosolids in Rangeland Soils. Tarah is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Crop and Soil

Sciences at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. COURSES TAUGHT: SOCR 341 Soil Ecology, Spring semester, even-numbered years SOCR 455 Soil Microbiology, Fall semester SOCR 456 Soil Microbiology Laboratory, Fall semester SOCR 478 Environmental Soil Sciences, co-taught, Spring semester SOCR 478 Environmental Soil Science Laboratory, co-taught, Spring semester SOCR 755 Advanced Soil Microbiology, Spring semester, even-numbered years AWARDS: Fulbright Scholar Award, Council for International Exchange of Scholars, 2009. Charles N. Shepardson Faculty Teaching Award, College of Agricultural Sciences, 2008. Gamma Sigma Delta Faculty Award merit, CSU chapter, 2008. SCIENTIFIC AFFILIATIONS: Soil Science Society of America Agronomy Society of America Soil and Water Conservation Society Soil Ecology Society Gamma Sigma Delta