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Selected PublicationsAddressing the soil carbon dilemma: Legumes in intensified rotations regenerate soil carbon while maintaining yields in semi-arid dryland wheat farms
Continental-scale measurements of soil pyrogenic carbon in Europe, Yamina Pressler,Claudia Boot,Samuel Abiven,Emanuele Lugato,M. Francesca Cotrufo
Different climate sensitivity of particulate and mineral-associated soil organic matter (vol 14, pg 295, 2021), Emanuele Lugato,Jocelyn Marie Lavallee,Michelle Haddix,Panos Panagos,M. Francesca Cotrufo
Divergent belowground carbon allocation patterns of winter wheat shape rhizosphere microbial communities and nitrogen cycling activities, Courtland Kelly,Michelle Haddix,Patrick F Byrne,M. Francesca Cotrufo,Meagan M. Schipanski,Cynthia M Kallenbach,Matthew Wallenstein,Steven John Fonte
Essential outcomes for COP26, Pete Smith,Linda Beaumont,Carl J. Bernacchi,Maria Byrne,William Cheung,Richard T. Conant,Francesca Francesca Cotrufo,Xiaojuan Feng,Ivan Janssens,Hefin Jones, Kirschbaum, Miko U. F.,Kazuhiko Kobayashi,Julie LaRoche,Yiqi Luo,Andrew McKechnie,Josep Penuelas,Shilong Piao,Sharon Robinson,Rowan F. Sage,David J. Sugget,Stephen J. Thackeray,Danielle Way,Stephen P. Long
Grassland soil carbon sequestration: Current understanding, challenges, and solutions, Yongfei Bai,M. Francesca Cotrufo
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AwardsWeb of Science Highly Cited Researcher , 2022, Received, Web of Science
August T Larsson Guest Researcher, 2021, Received, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Leu Distinguished Lecturer, 2021, Received, University of Nebraska Lincoln
Robert Gardner Faculty Award, 2021, Received, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
Soil Expert, 2021, Received, Expertscape's PubMed
Eminent Ecologist, 2021, Received, Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University
Francis E. Clark Distinguished Lecturer, 2020, Received, Soil Science Society of America
Graduate Degree Program in Ecology Distinguished Resident Ecologist , 2020, Received, Graduate Degree Program in Ecology
Provost Awards for Faculty Excellence: 14’er Award , 2020, Received, Colorado State University
Soil Science Society of America Research Award , 2020, Received, Soil Science Society of America
Nutrien Distinguished Scholar of Agricultural Sciences , 2019, Received, Nutrien
Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher , 2018, Received, Web of Science
2017 NREL Best Mentor , 2017, Received, Natural Resource Ecology laboratory
Best Graduate Student Mentor, 2017, Received, Colorado State University
2017 ASA-CSSA-SSSA Mentoring Award , 2017, Received, ASA-CSSA-SSSA
Most Publication, 2016, Received, NREL
2014 OECD Research Fellow, 2013, Received, OECD
Outstanding Advisor, 2010, Received, NREL
Francesca Cotrufo
Professor
Soil and Crop Sciences
Education
University of Naples, Italy, Biology, , BS
Lancaster Univ/Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, UK, Soil Ecology, , Ph D
CV
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Biography
Earned a B.Sc. from the University of Naples, Italy and a PhD from the University of Lancaster, UK. Prior to work at CSU, she was professor of ecology at the Second University of Naples, Italy.
Selected Publications
Continental-scale measurements of soil pyrogenic carbon in Europe, Yamina Pressler,Claudia Boot,Samuel Abiven,Emanuele Lugato,M. Francesca Cotrufo
Different climate sensitivity of particulate and mineral-associated soil organic matter (vol 14, pg 295, 2021), Emanuele Lugato,Jocelyn Marie Lavallee,Michelle Haddix,Panos Panagos,M. Francesca Cotrufo
Divergent belowground carbon allocation patterns of winter wheat shape rhizosphere microbial communities and nitrogen cycling activities, Courtland Kelly,Michelle Haddix,Patrick F Byrne,M. Francesca Cotrufo,Meagan M. Schipanski,Cynthia M Kallenbach,Matthew Wallenstein,Steven John Fonte
Essential outcomes for COP26, Pete Smith,Linda Beaumont,Carl J. Bernacchi,Maria Byrne,William Cheung,Richard T. Conant,Francesca Francesca Cotrufo,Xiaojuan Feng,Ivan Janssens,Hefin Jones, Kirschbaum, Miko U. F.,Kazuhiko Kobayashi,Julie LaRoche,Yiqi Luo,Andrew McKechnie,Josep Penuelas,Shilong Piao,Sharon Robinson,Rowan F. Sage,David J. Sugget,Stephen J. Thackeray,Danielle Way,Stephen P. Long
Grassland soil carbon sequestration: Current understanding, challenges, and solutions, Yongfei Bai,M. Francesca Cotrufo
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Awards
August T Larsson Guest Researcher, 2021, Received, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Leu Distinguished Lecturer, 2021, Received, University of Nebraska Lincoln
Robert Gardner Faculty Award, 2021, Received, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
Soil Expert, 2021, Received, Expertscape's PubMed
Eminent Ecologist, 2021, Received, Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University
Francis E. Clark Distinguished Lecturer, 2020, Received, Soil Science Society of America
Graduate Degree Program in Ecology Distinguished Resident Ecologist , 2020, Received, Graduate Degree Program in Ecology
Provost Awards for Faculty Excellence: 14’er Award , 2020, Received, Colorado State University
Soil Science Society of America Research Award , 2020, Received, Soil Science Society of America
Nutrien Distinguished Scholar of Agricultural Sciences , 2019, Received, Nutrien
Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher , 2018, Received, Web of Science
2017 NREL Best Mentor , 2017, Received, Natural Resource Ecology laboratory
Best Graduate Student Mentor, 2017, Received, Colorado State University
2017 ASA-CSSA-SSSA Mentoring Award , 2017, Received, ASA-CSSA-SSSA
Most Publication, 2016, Received, NREL
2014 OECD Research Fellow, 2013, Received, OECD
Outstanding Advisor, 2010, Received, NREL