Jennifer Bell
Rangeland Ecology and Watershed Management
Assistant Professor

I am broadly interested in how microbial communities adapt and change. I look at how restoration and reclamation change microbial communities and their associated biogeochemical cycling. I am interested in how land management practices, soil amendments, and plant communities impact and steer these restoration trajectories. I am also interested in the plant microbiome and how it can be harnessed for sustainable agriculture and the impact of different agriculture practices on soil microbial communities and biogeochemical cycling.
Education
- B.S. Molecular Biology and Spanish Literature, University of Wyoming 2011
- Msc. Biology, University of Mississippi, 2015
- PhD, Soil Science, University of Saskatchewan, 2021
Research Interests
- Soil Microbial Ecology
- Restoration Ecology
- Plant-Soil Interactions
- Mycorrhizal Fungi
- Invasive Species
Teaching
- REWM 4200 – Reclamation of Drastically Disturbed Lands
- SOIL 4140/5140 – Soil Microbiology