Mark P Waldrop, Ph.D.
Mark's research expertise is in soil microbial ecology and biogeochemistry in response to global change phenomenon. He leads a team focused on studies of microbial, chemical, and biophysical controls on carbon cycling in permafrost, boreal, and wetland ecosystems of Alaska as well as forest and grassland ecosystems of the Western U.S.
Synergistic Activities
USGS Menlo Park Science Advisory Council Member
US Permafrost Association President
Affiliate/Graduate Faculty, University of Alaska Fairbanks & University of Guelph
Bonanza Creek LTER and Alaska Peatland Experiment (APEX), Principal Investigator
International Soil Carbon Network (NSCN) member
Integrated Ecosystem Model data contributor, AK Climate Science Center
Permafrost Research Coordination Network contributor
Environmental Microbiome Project (EMP) member
North American Carbon Program (NACP), affiliated project lead
Professional Experience
2013- current Project Chief, Mechanisms of Soil Carbon Sequestration
2007- current Research Soil Scientist, USGS, Menlo Park, CA.
2005-2007 Mendenhall Research Fellow, USGS, Menlo Park, CA.
2002-2004 Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Michigan
Education and Certifications
2002-University of California at Berkeley, Ph.D., Soil Science
1997-University of California at Berkeley, M.S., Soil Science
1995-New Mexico State Univ, B.S. Biology/Ecology, and B.S. Soil Science
Science and Products
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A pan-Arctic synthesis of CH4 and CO2 production from anoxic soil incubations
Relationships between protein-encoding gene abundance and corresponding process are commonly assumed yet rarely observed
Controls on ecosystem and root respiration across a permafrost and wetland gradient in interior Alaska
Extreme CO2 disturbance and the resilience of soil microbial communities
Expert assessment of vulnerability of permafrost carbon to climate change
Bacterial and enchytraeid abundance accelerate soil carbon turnover along a lowland vegetation gradient in interior Alaska
Estimating aboveground biomass in interior Alaska with Landsat data and field measurements
Vulnerability of high-latitude soil organic carbon in North America to disturbance
Metagenomic analysis of a permafrost microbial community reveals a rapid response to thaw
Molecular investigations into a globally important carbon pool: Permafrost-protected carbon in Alaskan soils
Short-term response of methane fluxes and methanogen activity to water table and soil warming manipulations in an Alaskan peatland
Interactive effects of wildfire and permafrost on microbial communities and soil processes in an Alaskan black spruce forest
Science and Products
Below are Mark's related science projects
Below are Mark's related publication