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Congratulations Dr. VanderRoest!<\/h1>\n

Last week, our very own Jacob VanderRoest successfully defended his dissertation titled Wildfire Impacts on Soil Organic Matter Biodegradability, Metabolomics, and Biogeochemical Carbon Cycling. In his dissertation, Jacob explored post-fire changes in soil organic matter composition and dissolved organic matter composition using high-resolution mass spectrometry and various incubation techniques. Read more about his work (and see his recent publications) here<\/a>. Jacob will continue studying in the Borch lab for a few more months, then he is off to begin work as a post-doctoral researcher in Dr. Scott Fendorf\u2019s lab at Stanford University. Congratulations Dr. VanderRoest!<\/p>\n

Keep up with Jacob\u2019s work on LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/borch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/150\/2026\/03\/Jacob-VanderRoest1-1080×700-1.jpg” alt=”Jacob VanderRoest and Thomas Borch” title_text=”Jacob VanderRoest1-1080×700″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ border_width_top=”4px” border_color_top=”#F15625″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/borch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/150\/2026\/03\/Jacob-VanderRoest3-1080×700-1.jpg” alt=”Jacob VanderRoest in front of his defense presentation” title_text=”Jacob VanderRoest3-1080×700″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ border_width_top=”4px” border_color_top=”#F15625″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/borch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/150\/2026\/03\/Jacob-VanderRoest2-1080×700-1.jpg” alt=”Jacob VanderRoest giving his defense in front of an audience” title_text=”Jacob VanderRoest2-1080×700″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ border_width_top=”4px” border_color_top=”#F15625″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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