Mary E. Stromberger Professor, Soil Microbiology

Department of Soil and Crop Sciences Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80823-1170 EDUCATION 2000 1996 1994

Ph.D. Soil Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. M.S. Soil Science, University of Delaware, Newark, DE. B.S. Biology/Microbiology, West Chester University, West Chester, PA.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS 2015-present 2007-2015 2001-2007 2000

Professor, Soil Microbiology, Colorado State University Associate Professor, Soil Microbiology, Colorado State University Assistant Professor, Soil Microbiology, Colorado State University. Instructor, Nutrient Management and Cycling, Oregon State University.

SABBATICALS 2009

CIES, Fulbright Scholar, University of College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

OTHER POSITIONS 2000-2001 1996-2000 1994-1996

Soil Scientist, USDA-ARS, Water Management Laboratory, Fresno, CA. Graduate Research Assistant, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. Graduate Research Assistant, University of Delaware, Newark, DE.

CURRENT APPOINTMENT 2007- 2014 2014-2015

40% Teaching 40% Research 20% Service/Outreach 90% Administration 10% Teaching (Temporary as Chair of Faculty Council)

HONORS AND AWARDS 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2013 2012

Soil Biology and Biochemistry journal’s John S. Waid Review award for most influential paper of 2013 (Burns et al. 2013, Soil Biol. Biochem. 58:216-234) Invited presenter, Heat and Drought Wheat Improvement Consortium International meeting, Frankfurt, Germany Invited panelist, The Reinvention Center National Conference, Arlington, VA 2014 Lead editor, Soil Ecosystem Services text book, Soil Science Society of America Conference organizer, Soil’s Role is Restoring Ecosystem Services, a single-topic conference of Soil Science Society of America, March 6-9, Sacramento, California Chair, Soil Biology and Biochemistry Division, Soil Science Society of America Chair Elect, Soil Biology and Biochemistry Division, Soil Science Society of America Invited co-author of Soil Science Society of America’s white paper on Soil Ecosystem

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2011 2011 2011 2011 2009 2008 2008 2008 2000 2000 2000 1999 1997

Services Invited participant, National Academies Keck Future Initiatives (NAKFI) conference on Ecosystem Services, Irvine, CA, November 10-13. Invited speaker, Annual meeting of the Soil Science Society of America, San Antonio, TX, October 16-20. Invited speaker, International Enzymes in the Environment Conference, Bad Nauheim, Germany Editor’s Citation of Excellence for Associate Editor, Soil Science Society of America Journal Fulbright Scholar Award, Council for International Exchange of Scholars Invited speaker, Purdue University Charles N. Shepardson Faculty Teaching Award, College of Agricultural Sciences, CSU Faculty Merit Award, CSU Chapter of Gamma Sigma Delta, CSU Performance Award, USDA-ARS, Fresno, CA. Performance Award, USDA-ARS, Fresno, CA. Outstanding Teacher of the Year, Department of Crop and Soil Science, Oregon State University. Graduate Student Conference award, Oregon State University. Geraldine K. Lindsay Award for Excellence in the Natural Sciences, Pacific Division AAAS.

PUBLISHED WORKS Refereed Journal Articles: Elzobair, K.A., M.E. Stromberger, J.A. Ippolito, and R.D. Lentz. Contrasting effects of biochar versus manure on soil microbial communities and enzyme activities in an Aridisol. Chemosphere DOI 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.06.044. Elzobair, K.A., M.E. Stromberger, and J.A. Ippolito. 2015. Stabilizing effect of biochar on soil extracellular enzymes after a denaturing stress. Chemosphere DOI 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.03.018. Ippolito, J.A., M.E. Stromberger, R.D. Lentz and R.S. Dungan. 2015. Hardwood biochar and manure co-application to a calcareous soil. Chemosphere DOI 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.05.039. McDaniel, J.P., G. Butters, K.A. Barbarck, and M.E. Stromberger. 2015. Effects of Aporrectodea caliginosa on soil hydraulic properties and solute dispersivity. Soil Science Society of America Journal 79:838-847. Bertini, S.C.B., L.C.B Azevedo, M.E. Stromberger, and E.J.B.N. Cardosa. 2015. Soil properties discriminating Araucaria forests with different disturbance levels. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 187:194 DOI 10.1007/s10661-015-4398-5. Ippolito, J.A., M.E. Stromberger, R.D. Lentz, and R.S. Dungan. 2014. Hardwood biochar influences calcareous soil physicochemical and microbiological status. Journal of Environmental Quality 43:681-689.

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Bell, C., M. Stromberger, and M. Wallenstein. 2014. New insights into enzymes in the environment. Biogeochemistry 117:1-4. Arnosti, C., C. Bell, L. McCallister, D. Moorhead, B. Sinsabaugh, M. Stromberger, M. Wallenstein, and M. Weintraub. 2014. Extracellular enzymes in terrestrial, freshwater, and marine environments: New perspectives on system variability and common research needs. Biogeochemistry 117:5-21. Nelson, S.D., H.A. Ajwa, T. Trout, M. Stromberger, S.R. Yates, and S. Sharma. 2013. Water and methyl isothiocyanate distribution in soil after drip fumigation. Journal of Environmental Quality 42:1555-1564. McDaniel, J.P., K.A. Barbarick, M.E. Stromberger, and W. Cranshaw. 2013. Survivability of Aporrectodea caliginosa in response to drought stress in a Colorado soil. Soil Science Society of America Journal 77:1667-1672 . Mellor, N., E. Paul, M. Stromberger, and S. Morris. 2013. Changes in ecosystem carbon following afforestation of native sand prairie. Soil Science Society of America Journal 77:1613-1624. McDaniel, J.P., M.E. Stromberger, K.A. Barbarick, and W. Cranshaw. 2013. Survival of Aporrectodea caliginosa and its effects on nutrient availability in biosolids amended soil. Applied Soil Ecology 71:1-6. Comerford, N., A. Franzleubbers, M.E. Stromberger, L. Morris, D. Markewitz, and R. Moore. 2013. Assessment and evaluation of soil ecosystem services. Soil Horizons 54 doi: 10.2136/sh1210-0028. Burns, R.G., J.L. DeForest, J.C. Marxen, R.L. Sinsabaugh, M.E. Stromberger, M.D. Wallenstein, M.N. Weintraub, and A. Zoppini. 2013. Soil enzymes in a changing environment: Current knowledge and future directions. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 58:216-234. Hurisso, T., J.G. Davis, J.E. Brummer, M.E. Stromberger, M.M. Mikha, M.L. Haddix, M.R. Booher, and E.A. Paul. 2013. Rapid changes in microbial biomass and aggregate size distribution in response to changes in organic matter management in grass pasture. Geoderma 193-194:68-75. Hurisso, T.T., J.G. Davis, J.E. Brummer, M.E. Stromberger, M.M. Mikha, and M.R. Booher. 2012. Short-term nitrogen mineralization during transition from conventional to organic management is unchanged by composted dairy manure addition in perennial forage systems. Organic Agriculture 2:219-232. Neghaban-Azar, M., M.E. Stromberger, and S. Sharvelle. 2012. Fate of graywater constituents after long-term application for landscape irrigation. Water Air Soil Pollut. 223:4733-4749. Busby, R.R., M.W. Paschke, M.E. Stromberger, and D.L. Gebhart. 2012. Seasonal variation in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi root colonization of downy brome (Bromus tectorum), an invasive winter annual. J. Ecosys. Ecograph. S8:001 doi: 10.4172/2157-7625.S8-001. Busby, R.R., M.W. Paschke, M.E. Stromberger, and D.L. Gebhart. 2012. Arbuscular mycorrhizal

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fungal community differs between a coexisting native shrub and introduced annual grass. Mycorrhiza DOI 10.1007/s00572-012-0455-x. Stromberger, M.E., A.M. Keith, and O. Schmidt. 2012. Distinct microbial and microeukaryotic communities and translocated carbon in Lumbricus terrestris drilospheres. Soil Biol. Biochem. 46:155-162. Busby, R.R., D.L. Gebhart, M.E. Stromberger, P.J. Meiman, and M.W. Paschke. 2011. Early seral plant species’ interactions with an arbuscular mycorrhizal community are highly variable. Appl. Soil Ecol. 48: 257-262. Hurisso, T.T., J.G. Davis, J.E. Brummer, M.E. Stromberger, F.H. Stonaker, B.C. Kondratieff, M.R. Booher, and D.A. Goldhamer. 2011. Earthworm abundance and species composition in organic forage production systems of northern Colorado receiving different soil amendments. Appl. Soil Ecol. 48:219-226. 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. 43:97105. 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 co-applications 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 co-applications affect semi-arid rangeland phosphorus cycling. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 72:711-719. Jiménez Esquilín, A.E., M.E. Stromberger, and 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

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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. 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 Science Society of America Journal 69:1987-1999. Stromberger, M.E. 2005. Fire vs. metal: a laboratory study demonstrating microbial responses to soil disturbance. J. Nat. Res. Life Sci. Ed. 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 R.P. Dick. 2001. Shifts in substrate utilization potential and structure of soil microbial communities in response to carbon substrates. Soil Biol. Biochem. 33:1481-1491. 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. 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 R.P. Dick. 2000. Comparison of Fatty Acid Methyl Ester (FAME) methods for characterizing microbial communities. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 64:1659-1668. Schutter, M.E. and J.J. Fuhrmann. 1999. Microbial responses to coal fly ash under field conditions. J.Environ. Qual. 28:648-652. Non-refereed Journal Articles/Chapters/Proceedings: Wallenstein, M., M. Stromberger, and C. Bell. 2012. Bridging the gap between modelers and experimentalists. Eos 93:312. Sharvelle, S., M.N. Azar, M. Stromberger, L. Roesner, and C. Olson. 2010. Effect of graywater application for landscape irrigation on soil quality. In: Proceedings of the 2010 WEFTEC Conference, New Orleans, LA, October 2-6, 2010, 6 p.

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Stromberger, M.E., R. Khosla, and D. Shaner. 2010. Spatio-temporal analysis of atrazine degradation and associated attributes in eastern Colorado soils. In: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Precision Agriculture, Denver, CO, July 18-21, 2010, 15 p. Shaner, D.L., R. Khosla, and M. Stromberger. 2010. Spatial and temporal changes in atrazine degradation rates in soil. In: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Precision Agriculture, Denver, CO, July 18-21, 2010, 11 p. Sharvelle, S., M.N. Azar, M. Stromberger, and L. Roesner. 2009. Graywater irrigation as a means to meet water demands in arid regions. In: Proceedings of the 2009 World Environment and Water Resources Congress, Kansas City, KS, May 17-21, 2009, 10 p. Stromberger, M., K. Coffin, and N. Hansen. 2008. Microbial communities and C cycling under deficit-irrigated maize. In: Proceedings of the 2008 Great Plains Soil Fertility Conference, International Plant Nutrition Institute, Denver, CO, March 4-5, 2008, 6 p. Massman, W.J., J.M. Frank, A.E. Jiménez Esquilín, M.E. Stromberger, and W.D. Shepperd. 2006. Long term consequences of a controlled slash burn and slash mastication to soil moisture and CO2 at a southern Colorado site. In: Proceedings of the 27th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, San Diego, CA, May 22-26, 2006, 6 p. Stromberger, M.E. 2005. Fungal communities of agroecosystems. In: J. Dighton, J.F. White, Jr., and P.V. Oudemanset (eds.) The fungal community. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. p. 813-832. Criswell, M.C., L.A. Roesner, Y. Qian, M. Stromberger, S. Klein, and C. Marjoram. 2005. Experimental design of a long-term study on landscape irrigation using household graywater. In: Proceedings of the World Water and Environmental Resource Congress, Anchorage, Alaska, May 15-19, 2005. Ajwa, H.A., M.E. Schutter, S.D. Nelson, T. Trout, and C.Q. Winterbottom. 2001. Efficacious application rates of propargyl bromide and iodomethane/chloropicrin for strawberry production. In: Proceedings of the Annual International Research Conference on Methyl Bromide Alternatives and Emissions Reductions, Nov. 5-8, San Diego, CA, 24:1-3. Ajwa, H. A., T. Trout, S. D. Nelson, and M. Schutter. 2001. Drip fumigation: water and fumigant distribution in soil. In: Proceedings of the Annual International Research Conference on Methyl Bromide Alternatives and Emissions Reductions. Nov. 5-8, San Diego, CA, 50:1-2. Other/Technical Reports: Sharvelle, S., L.A. Roesner, Y. Qiang, M. Stromberger, and M.N. Azar. 2012. Long-term study on landscape irrigation using household graywater – experimental study. Final Report. Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) document no. 06-CTS-1CO. 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.

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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. 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. CONTRACTS AND GRANTS Funded Projects as PI Years (2013) Metabolomic profiling of root exudates involvedin winter wheat-ACC deaminase positive bacteria interaction, with T. Weir (Horticulture and Landscape Architecture), P. Byrne and S. Haley (Soil and Crop Sciences, CWRF, $10,000. Years (2011)

Interactions between winter wheat and ACC deaminase positive bacteria for drought tolerance, with M. Moragues (Soil and Crop Sciences) and T. Weir (Horticulture and Landscape Architecture), CWRF, $10,000.

Years (2005-2010)

Impact of land use management on soil microbial structural and functional diversity, Agricultural Experiment Station, $2,000.

Years (2004-2005)

Therapeutic agents as emerging contaminants in biosolids: persistence and impact on soil microbial communities, EPA, $57,883.

Years (2004-2005)

Long-term effects of biosolids on arbuscular mycorrhizae in a rangeland soil, EPA, $19,524.

Years (2003-2006)

Microbial ecology of fire-affected soil, USDA-Forest Service, $134,334.

Years (2002-2005)

Soil microbial taxonomic and functional diversity as affected by land use and management, Agricultural Experiment Station, $4,500.

Funded Projects as CoPI Years 2015-2018 The feasibility of cover crops in dryland cropping systems in SW Colorado and SE Utah, with Abdel Berrado (CSU) et al., WSARE, $247,864. Years 2015-2016

CSU viticulture and enology program for the Colorado wine industry, with H. Caspari (Horticulture), N. Doesken (Atmospheric Science), S. Menke (Horticulture), and M. Schipanski (Soil and Crop Sciences), Colorado Wine Industry Development Board, $270,421.

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Years 2013-2014

Drought stress adaptation in winter wheat through soil microbial interactions and root architecture, with P. Byrne (Soil and Crop Sciences), Tiffany Weir (Horticulture), M. Wallenstein (DESS), and Daniel Manter (USDA-ARS), CSU Water Center, $23,280.

Years 2010-2012

Mitigating environmental risk associated with over-use of herbicides, with R. Khosla (Soil and Crop Sciences) and D. Shaner (USDA-ARS), EPA, $50,000.

Years 2009-2011

Summer Soil Institute: Addressing environmental challenges with current and emerging techniques, with J. Moore, D. Wall, M. Wallenstein (NREL), T. Borch, and F. Cotrufo (Soil and Crop Sciences), USDA-NRI, $150,000.

Years 2009-2013

RCN: Enzymes in the environment, with M. Wallenstein (NREL) and R. P Dick (University of Ohio), NSF, $499,833.

Years 2008-2011

Long-term study on landscape irrigation using household graywater – experimental study, with L. Roesner and S. Sharvelle (Civil Engineering, and Yaling Qian (Horticulture), WERF, $372,883.

Years 2008-2010

Monitoring enhanced atrazine degradation in wheat-fallow fields of Colorado for developing alternative strategies to weed control, with R. Khosla, P. Westra, R. Reich, B. Bosley (CSU), and D. Shaner (USDAARS), Colorado Wheat Research Foundation, $25,908.

Years (2005-2007)

Sustainability of molybdenum mine tailing reclamation using biosolids at Urad, Colorado, with R. Patterson (Metro Wastewater Reclamation District), E. Redente (Forest, Rangeland and Watershed Stewardship, J. Ippolito and K. Barbarick (Soil and Crop Sciences), and T. Engle (Animal Science), EPA, $199,898.

Years (2004-2005)

Long-term study on landscape irrigation using household graywater, with L. Roesner and S. Klein (Civil Engineering), Y. Qian and S. Newman (Horticulture and Landscape Architecture), WERF, $49,560.

Years (2003-2005)

The effect of long-term water treatment residuals-biosolids coapplications on native rangeland soil phosphorus, with J. Ippolito (Soil and Crop Sciences), AwwaRF, $117,844.

Years (2002-2004)

Wildfire impacts on soil microbial communities, soil hydrophobicity, and interactions of linear polyacrylamide with fire-affected (hydrophobic) soils, with G.L. Butters and T.A. Bauder (Soil and Crop Sciences), EPA, $39,886.

Years (2002-2004)

Above- and below-ground community responses to rangeland biosolids applications, with E. Redente and M. Paschke (Rangeland Ecosystem Science), EPA, $84,852.

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TEACHING AND MENTORING Courses: SOCR 341 Microbiology for Sustainable Agriculture, Spring semester, even-numbered years SOCR 441 Soil Ecology, Spring semester SOCR 455 Soil Microbiology, Fall semester SOCR 456 Soil Microbiology Laboratory, Fall semester SOCR 755 Advanced Soil Microbiology, Spring semester, even-numbered years Current Graduate Students: Carolyn Hoagland (PhD) Asma Elamari (PhD) Galal Saleh (PhD; coadvised with Dr. Tiffany Weir) Previous Graduate Students: Khalid Elzobair (MS 2013) Jacob McDaniel (MS 2012; co-advised) Ibraham Abduelafez (MS 2012) Crystal Freeman (MS 2008; co-advised) Aida Jiménez (PhD 2006) Tarah Sullivan (MS 2004) Visiting Scholars: Dr. Muhammad Akmal (PhD), Arid Agriculture University in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

COMMITTEES University Faculty Council Chair, 2014-2016 University Faculty Council Vice Chair, 2012-2014 University Academic Advisory Committee for Undergraduate Affairs, 2012-2014 University Faculty Council, 2011-2012 University Committee on Scholarship, Research and Graduate Education, 2007-2014 Chair, 2011-2012 University Committee on Libraries, 2008-2014 College Committee, Student Affairs, 2010-2013 Departmental Committee, Graduate Studies Advisory Panel, 2001-2008 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES

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Memberships: Soil Science Society of America Agronomy Society of America Crop Science Society of America Soil Ecology Society Review/editorial boards: Associate editor, Soil Science Society of America Journal, Division S3 (2009– 2014) Associate editor, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation (September 2006 – present) Editorial Board, Applied Soil Ecology journal (January 2007 – present) Committees: Chair, Soil Biology & Biochemistry Division, SSSA (2014) Chair Elect, Soil Biology & Biochemistry Division, SSSA (2013) Member, S490, Francis and Evelyn Clark Soil Biology Scholarship committee (2011 – 2012) Member ACS-538, ASA Committee on Organic and Sustainable Agriculture (2008-2010) Member S495, Soil Science Society of America Fellows committee (2008 – 2009) Member, S475, Emil Truog Soil Science Award committee of SSSA (2006 – 2007). Member, S711.11, Francis E. Clark Distinguished Lectureship committee of SSSA (2003 – 2005).

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