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ARS Home Pacific West Area Parlier, California San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center Water Management Research People





- Dong Wang - Research Leader
- James Ayars
- Gary Banuelos
- Suduan Gao
- James Gerik
- Ruijun Qin

Lauren  Hale    RES SOIL SCNTST 9611 S. Riverbend Avenue
Parlier, CA 93648
Phone: (559) 596-2865
Fax: (559) 596-2851
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/ARSUserFiles/53818/IMG_20190722_074754 650x350.jpg **Research Interests:** Sustainable agriculture and profiling biological soil health Impacts of cover crops, organic amendments, and deficit irrigation on soil microbial community composition and function Biochar and plant-growth promoting rhizobacteria as soil amendments for agriculture Microbial drivers of soil organic matter cycling Interactive effects of above and below ground biodiversity Development of tools to assay microbial functions at the microscale  **Education:** 2014          University of California, Riverside; major, Environmental Sciences; Ph.D. 2007          North Carolina State Univ.; major, Microbiology; B.S. 2006          University of Hawaii at Hilo, National Student Exchange; major, Microbiology  **Work Experience:** 2018-Present
Soil Scientist, Water Management Research Unit, San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center, USDA-ARS Parlier, CA2014-2018
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK2009-2014
Research Assistant, Environmental Sciences Department, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA2003-2007
Undergraduate Researcher, Department of Microbiology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC **Selected Professional Affiliations and Service:** Member, Association for Women in Science Member, Soil Science Society of America Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science Reviewer for journals (International Society of Microbial Ecology Journal, Nature Climate Change, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Geoderma, PlosONE, Frontiers in Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Scientific Reports, Rhizosphere, and Science of the Total Environment) and proposals (NSF-LTREB and CDFA-SCBP)  **Honors and Awards:** University of Oklahoma Vice President for Research Award for Exceptional Post-Doc Researcher (2017) Institute of Environmental Genomics Award for Outstanding Post-Doctoral Researcher (2017) Association of Women Soil Scientists Travel Award (2013) EPA Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Fellowship (2010-2013) National Science Foundation East Asia Pacific Summer Institute Fellowship (2011) Hilda and George Liebig Environmental Sciences Summer Fellow (2010) Homer and Daisy Chapman Scholarship (2010) Dean’s Distinguished Fellowship (2010)


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