What drives the coupling (and decoupling) of plant-microbial-ecosystem interactions across increasing scales of physical, environmental, and biological organization?
Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology
2017 - 2022University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignB.S. in Integrative Biology (with Highest Distinction)
2013 - 2017University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignB.S. in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
2013 - 2017University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignUniversity of Tennessee - Knoxville
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
PUBLICATIONS (*Co-first author)
1. Seyfried, G.S., Edwards, J.D., Kent, A.K., Dalling, J.W., Yang, W.H. Interactions between fungal communities and localized conservative N cycling in mixed mycorrhizal tropical forests. In revision at Plant and Soil.
2. Fahey, C., Choi, D., Wang, J., Domke, G.M., Edwards, J.D., … & Parker, J.D. Canopy complexity drives positive effects of tree diversity on productivity in two tree diversity experiments. Ecology, 106(1): e4500
3. *Edwards, J.D., *Love, S.J., Phillips, R.P., Parker J.D., … & Kivlin, S.N. (2024) Long- and short-term soil storage methods other than freezing can be useful for DNA-based microbial community analysis. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 191: 109329.
4. Edwards, J.D., Krichels, A.H., Seyfried, G.S., Dalling, J.W., Kent, A.D., & Yang, W.H. (2024) Soil microbial community response to ectomycorrhizal dominance in neotropical montane forests. Mycorrhiza, 1-11.
5. *Love, S.J., *Edwards, J.D., … Bailey, J.K. & Kivlin, S.N. (2023) Identifying ecological and evolutionary research targets and risks in climate change studies to break barriers to broad inference. PLOS Climate, 2(12), e0000320.
6. Lang, A.K., LaRue, E.A., Kivlin, S.N., Edwards, J.D., … & Fei, S. (2023) Forest structural diversity is linked to soil microbial diversity. Ecosphere. 14(11): e4702.
7. Edwards, J.D., Cook, A.H., Yannarell, A.C., & Yang, W.H. (2022) Accelerated gross nitrogen cycling following garlic mustard invasion is linked with abiotic and biotic changes to soils. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 5: 1050542.
8. Edwards, J.D., Yang, W.H., Yannarell, A.C. (2022) Soil microbial communities are not altered by garlic mustard in recently invaded central Illinois forests. Ecosphere. 13(4), e3967.
9. Edwards, J.D., Pittelkow, C.M., Kent, A.D, & Yang, W.H. (2018) Dynamic biochar effects on soil nitrous oxide emissions and underlying microbial processes during the maize growing season. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 122: 81-90.