Iris Marion Young

Iris Marion Young was affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their research contributions primarily spanned the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with a notable emphasis on subfields such as Plant Science, Soil Science, Ecology, Biomaterials, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The main topics covered throughout their work included Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Clay minerals and soil interactions, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Soil Geostatistics and Mapping, Plant responses to water stress, and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism.

Young's publication record included several recent papers addressing various aspects of soil science and environmental impacts. Noteworthy papers included:

• Ensuring planetary survival: the centrality of organic carbon in balancing the multifunctional nature of soils (2022), published in Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology
• Soil organic carbon is significantly associated with the pore geometry, microbial diversity and enzyme activity of the macro-aggregates under different land uses (2021), published in The Science of The Total Environment
• Greater, but not necessarily better: The influence of biochar on soil hydraulic properties (2021), published in European Journal of Soil Science
• PlantACT! - how to tackle the climate crisis (2023), published in Trends in Plant Science
• Which multispectral indices robustly measure canopy nitrogen across seasons: Lessons from an irrigated pasture crop (2021), published in Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Frequent co-authors who collaborated with Young included Sheikh M. F. Rabbi, Alex B. McBratney, Budiman Minasny, Charles R. Warren, and Paul Collinson. These collaborations suggest a strong interdisciplinary approach to research topics involving soil properties, plant science, and agricultural systems.

The scientist's work appeared frequently in specific publication venues, reflecting focused dissemination within their discipline. These venues included Geoderma, European Journal of Soil Science, Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, The Science of The Total Environment, and Trends in Plant Science.