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Description: Page about research in ecological chemistry at Claudia Boot's Lab at CSU.
The Materials and Molecular Analysis (MMA) Center is housed in the Analytical Resources Core (ARC) at Colorado State University. MMA is a core facility with the a mission to provide state-of-the-art research infrastructure and education services in support of advanced chemical and materials sciences. I am a Research Scientist at the MMA providing analytical training and consultation in mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
My research centers on using the collection of small molecules in environmental systems to learn how microbial communities in soils, plants and aquatic systems respond to drivers such as moisture, nutrients, and temperature. Using this approach I have developed new theories linking microbial processing and biogeochemical cycling.
I am interested in solving complex biological problems in nature, yet crave the concreteness of understanding systems at the molecular level. This is why I do research that sits at the interface of ecology and chemistry. Working across discipline is challenging, and through my work I have a developed a way to apply concrete chemical analyses to the complexity of ecological systems.
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