Area of Expertise: ecosystem science
Rich Conant
An ecosystem ecologist at the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory and associate director of the School of Global Environmental Sustainability at CSU, Conant focuses on understanding how land use and land management practices impact carbon and nitrogen cycling in agricultural and grassland ecosystems.
Matthew Wallenstein
Wallenstein is a soil microbial ecologist who studies how microbes drive nutrient cycling, soil formation and decomposition, and affect crop health and productivity.