Noah Fierer

Assistant Professor

noah.fierer@colorado.edu
303-492-5615
CIRES 1B56
Fierer Lab

Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, 2003

Research Interests

My work intersects the disciplines of microbial ecology and terrestrial ecosystem ecology. In particular, I am interested in understanding the role of microbial communities in terrestrial ecosystem processes. Recent research focuses on the biogeography of soil microbial communities, the impacts of global change factors (N deposition, climate change) on microbial communities/processes, and the assessment of microbial community structure (including archaea, fungi, bacteria, and viruses) in soil and other microbial habitats

Recent Publications

N. Fierer , R.B. Jackson. In Press. The diversity and biogeography of soil bacterial communities. PNAS.

N. Fierer , O.A. Chadwick, S.E. Trumbore. 2005. Production of CO2 in soil profiles of a California annual grassland. Ecosystems. 8: 412-429.

N. Fierer , J.A. Jackson, R. Vilgalys, R.B. Jackson. 2005. Assessment of soil microbial community structure by use of taxon-specific quantitative PCR assays. Applied & Environmental Microbiology. 71 (7): 4117-4120.

N. Fierer , J. Craine, K. McLauchlan, J.P. Schimel. 2005. Carbon quality and the temperature sensitivity of litter decomposition. Ecology. 86 (2): 320-326.

N. Fierer , A.S. Allen, J.P. Schimel, P.A. Holden. 2003. Controls on microbial CO2 production: a comparison of surface and subsurface soil horizons. Global Change Biology. 9: 1322-1332.

N. Fierer , J.P. Schimel, P.A. Holden. 2003. Variation in microbial community composition through two soil depth profiles. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 35: 167-176.

N. Fierer , J.P. Schimel, P.A. Holden. 2003. Influence of drying-rewetting frequency on soil bacterial community structure. Microbial Ecology. 45: 63-71.

N. Fierer , E.J. Gabet. 2002. Carbon and nitrogen losses by surface runoff following changes in vegetation. Journal of Environmental Quality. 31: 1207-1213.

N. Fierer , J.P. Schimel, R.G. Cates, J. Zou. 2001. The influence of balsam poplar tannin fractions on carbon and nitrogen dynamics in Alaskan taiga floodplain soils. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 33: 1827-1839