Staff Profile

Biography

I'm interested in the ways microbial communities alter ecosystem functions and how microbe-plant and microbe-microbe interactions can play critical roles in biogeochemical cycles.  I have studied nutrient and greenhouse gas cycling in natural and agricultural soils and at SERC I am researching a novel methane source in tree stems.  I measure stem fluxes and related microbial communities.  I often utilize measurements of stable isotopes, trace gases, environmental DNA/RNA, and microbial habitat properties.

For publications see:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Paul_Brewer

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=DQTZE-YAAAAJ&hl=en

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2715-5286