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Caroline A. Masiello

Caroline A. Masiello

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
51
Citations
19600
World Ranking
4624
National Ranking
1705

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Caroline A. Masiello is affiliated with Rice University in the United States and has contributed to research primarily within Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans various subfields including Molecular Biology, Ecology, Soil Science, Global and Planetary Change, as well as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The scientist's research topics encompass:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Gene Regulatory Network Analysis
  • Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence Research
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction

Recent papers authored with contributions from Caroline A. Masiello include:

  • Biochar in climate change mitigation, 2021, Nature Geoscience
  • Soil organic matter attenuates the efficacy of flavonoid-based plant-microbe communication, 2020, Science Advances
  • Translating New Synthetic Biology Advances for Biosensing Into the Earth and Environmental Sciences, 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Water cost savings from soil biochar amendment: A spatial analysis, 2020, GCB Bioenergy
  • Rapid Simulation of Decade-Scale Charcoal Aging in Soil: Changes in Physicochemical Properties and Their Environmental Implications, 2022, Environmental Science & Technology

Frequent co-authors in their research efforts include:

  • Jonathan J. Silberg
  • Xiaodong Gao
  • Emily M. Fulk
  • Ilenne Del Valle
  • Pedro J. J. Alvarez

Common publication venues where Caroline A. Masiello has contributed are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • ACS Synthetic Biology
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • mSystems
  • Frontiers in Microbiology

The scientist has been recognized as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Biochar effects on soil biota – A review

    Johannes Lehmann;Matthias C. Rillig;Janice Thies;Caroline A. Masiello

  • New directions in black carbon organic geochemistry

    C.A. Masiello

  • Comparison of quantification methods to measure fire-derived (black/elemental) carbon in soils and sediments using reference materials from soil, water, sediment and the atmosphere

    Karen Hammes;Michael W.I. Schmidt;Ronald J. Smernik;Lloyd A. Currie

  • Young organic matter as a source of carbon dioxide outgassing from Amazonian rivers

    Emilio Mayorga;Anthony K. Aufdenkampe;Caroline A. Masiello;Alex V. Krusche

  • New approaches to measuring biochar density and porosity

    Catherine E. Brewer;Victoria J. Chuang;Caroline A. Masiello;Helge Gonnermann

  • Black Carbon in Deep-Sea Sediments

    C. A. Masiello;E. R. M. Druffel

  • Hydrologic properties of biochars produced at different temperatures

    T.J. Kinney;C.A. Masiello;B. Dugan;W.C. Hockaday;W.C. Hockaday

  • Temperature sensitivity of black carbon decomposition and oxidation.

    Binh Thanh Nguyen;Johannes Lehmann;William C. Hockaday;Stephen Joseph

  • Cycling and composition of organic matter in terrestrial and marine ecosystems

    J.A. Baldock;C.A. Masiello;C.A. Masiello;Y. Gélinas;J.I. Hedges

  • Controls on black carbon storage in soils

    Claudia I. Czimczik;Caroline A. Masiello

  • Biochar particle size, shape, and porosity act together to influence soil water properties.

    Zuolin Liu;Brandon Dugan;Caroline A. Masiello;Helge M. Gonnermann

  • Towards a global assessment of pyrogenic carbon from vegetation fires

    Cristina Santín;Stefan H. Doerr;Evan S. Kane;Caroline A. Masiello

  • Reburial of fossil organic carbon in marine sediments

    Angela F. Dickens;Yves Gélinas;Caroline A. Masiello;Caroline A. Masiello;Stuart Wakeham

  • Physical Disintegration of Biochar: An Overlooked Process

    K. A. Spokas;K. A. Spokas;J. M. Novak;C. A. Masiello;M. G. Johnson

  • Aromaticity and degree of aromatic condensation of char

    Daniel B. Wiedemeier;Samuel Abiven;William C. Hockaday;Marco Keiluweit

  • Biochar-induced changes in soil hydraulic conductivity and dissolved nutrient fluxes constrained by laboratory experiments.

    Rebecca T. Barnes;Morgan E. Gallagher;Caroline A. Masiello;Zuolin Liu

  • Thermal Treatment of Hydrocarbon-Impacted Soils: A Review of Technology Innovation for Sustainable Remediation

    Julia E. Vidonish;Kyriacos Zygourakis;Caroline A. Masiello;Gabriel Sabadell

  • Carbon isotope geochemistry of the Santa Clara River

    Caroline A. Masiello;Ellen R. M. Druffel

  • Biochar and microbial signaling: production conditions determine effects on microbial communication

    Caroline A. Masiello;Ye Chen;Xiaodong Gao;Shirley Liu

  • Weathering controls on mechanisms of carbon storage in grassland soils

    C. A. Masiello;C. A. Masiello;O. A. Chadwick;J. Southon;J. Southon;M. S. Torn

  • Biochar for Climate Change Mitigation : Navigating from Science to Evidence-Based Policy

    Dominic Woolf;Johannes Lehmann;Annette Cowie;Maria Luz Cayuela

Frequent Co-Authors

Brandon Dugan
Brandon Dugan Colorado School of Mines
Ellen R. M. Druffel
Ellen R. M. Druffel University of California, Irvine
Jeff Baldock
Jeff Baldock Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Oliver A. Chadwick
Oliver A. Chadwick University of California, Santa Barbara
Jennifer W. Harden
Jennifer W. Harden United States Geological Survey
John I. Hedges
John I. Hedges University of Washington
John Southon
John Southon University of California, Irvine
James T. Randerson
James T. Randerson University of California, Irvine
George N. Bennett
George N. Bennett Rice University
Johannes Lehmann
Johannes Lehmann Cornell University

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