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Steven J. Hall is affiliated with Iowa State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, contributing extensively in these fields through numerous publications.

The core of their work lies in soil science, ecology, and environmental chemistry, with additional contributions in plant science and geochemistry and petrology. Key research topics cover soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, soil and water nutrient dynamics, peatlands and wetlands ecology, microbial community ecology and physiology, iron oxide chemistry and applications, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, as well as soil erosion and sediment transport.

Their recent publications include:

  • Iron-mediated organic matter decomposition in humid soils can counteract protection (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Where and why do particulate organic matter (POM) and mineral-associated organic matter (MAOM) differ among diverse soils? (2022, Soil Biology and Biochemistry)
  • Molecular trade-offs in soil organic carbon composition at continental scale (2020, Nature Geoscience)
  • Lignin lags, leads, or limits the decomposition of litter and soil organic carbon (2020, Ecology)
  • From pools to flow: The PROMISE framework for new insights on soil carbon cycling in a changing world (2020, Global Change Biology)

Steven J. Hall coauthors frequently with:

  • Wenjuan Huang
  • Wenjuan Yu
  • Samantha R. Weintraub
  • Bo Yi
  • Chaoqun Lü

Their work is published predominantly in venues specializing in ecological and environmental sciences, including:

  • Global Change Biology
  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Biogeochemistry
  • Journal of Environmental Quality
  • Soil Science Society of America Journal

Steven J. Hall's research advances understanding of soil organic matter dynamics and nutrient cycling, with implications for ecosystem ecology and environmental change. Their multidisciplinary approach integrates aspects of microbiology, chemistry, and biogeochemical processes, addressing critical issues related to soil health and carbon cycling at various scales.

Best Publications

  • Iron-mediated organic matter decomposition in humid soils can counteract protection.

    Chunmei Chen;Steven J. Hall;Elizabeth Coward;Aaron Thompson

  • Reconciling multiple impacts of nitrogen enrichment on soil carbon: plant, microbial and geochemical controls.

    Chenglong Ye;Chenglong Ye;Dima Chen;Steven J. Hall;Shang Pan

  • Iron oxidation stimulates organic matter decomposition in humid tropical forest soils

    Steven J. Hall;Whendee L. Silver

  • Elevated moisture stimulates carbon loss from mineral soils by releasing protected organic matter.

    Wenjuan Huang;Steven J. Hall

  • Where and why do particulate organic matter (POM) and mineral-associated organic matter (MAOM) differ among diverse soils?

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  • When Wet Gets Wetter: Decoupling of Moisture, Redox Biogeochemistry, and Greenhouse Gas Fluxes in a Humid Tropical Forest Soil

    Steven J. Hall;William H. McDowell;Whendee L. Silver

  • Revisiting streamside trees that do not use stream water: Can the two water worlds hypothesis and snowpack isotopic effects explain a missing water source?†

    David R. Bowling;Emily S. Schulze;Emily S. Schulze;Steven J. Hall;Steven J. Hall

  • Molecular trade-offs in soil organic carbon composition at continental scale

    Steven J. Hall;Chenglong Ye;Chenglong Ye;Samantha R. Weintraub;William C. Hockaday

  • Order from disorder: do soil organic matter composition and turnover co-vary with iron phase crystallinity?

    Steven J. Hall;Asmeret A. Berhe;Aaron Thompson

  • Enrichment of Lignin-Derived Carbon in Mineral-Associated Soil Organic Matter

    Wenjuan Huang;Wenjuan Huang;Kenneth E. Hammel;Jialong Hao;Aaron Thompson

  • Reducing conditions, reactive metals, and their interactions can explain spatial patterns of surface soil carbon in a humid tropical forest

    Steven J. Hall;Steven J. Hall;Whendee L. Silver

  • Lignin lags, leads, or limits the decomposition of litter and soil organic carbon.

    Steven J. Hall;Wenjuan Huang;Vitaliy I. Timokhin;Kenneth E. Hammel

  • Nitrous oxide emissions from agricultural soils challenge climate sustainability in the US Corn Belt.

    Nathaniel C. Lawrence;Carlos G. Tenesaca;Andy VanLoocke;Steven J. Hall

  • From pools to flow: The PROMISE framework for new insights on soil carbon cycling in a changing world.

    Bonnie G. Waring;Benjamin N. Sulman;Sasha Reed;A. Peyton Smith

  • Trade‐offs in soil carbon protection mechanisms under aerobic and anaerobic conditions

    Wenjuan Huang;Chenglong Ye;Chenglong Ye;William C. Hockaday;Steven J. Hall

  • Interactive global change factors mitigate soil aggregation and carbon change in a semi‐arid grassland

    Tongshuo Bai;Peng Wang;Steven J. Hall;Fuwei Wang

  • Iron addition to soil specifically stabilized lignin

    Steven J. Hall;Whendee L. Silver;Vitaliy I. Timokhin;Kenneth E. Hammel

  • Lignin decomposition is sustained under fluctuating redox conditions in humid tropical forest soils

    Steven J. Hall;Whendee L. Silver;Vitaliy I. Timokhin;Kenneth E. Hammel

  • Breaking the Enzymatic Latch: Impacts of Reducing Conditions on Hydrolytic Enzyme Activity in Tropical Forest Soils

    Steven J. Hall;Jonathan Treffkorn;Whendee L. Silver

  • Soil health recovery after grassland reestablishment on cropland: The effects of time and topographic position

    Mriganka De;Jason A. Riopel;Larry J. Cihacek;Michael Lawrinenko

  • Differential effects of canopy trimming and litter deposition on litterfall and nutrient dynamics in a wet subtropical forest

    Whendee L. Silver;Steven J. Hall;Grizelle González

  • Drivers and Patterns of Iron Redox Cycling from Surface to Bedrock in a Deep Tropical Forest Soil: A New Conceptual Model

    Steven J. Hall;Daniel Liptzin;Heather L. Buss;Kristen DeAngelis

Frequent Co-Authors

Whendee L. Silver
Whendee L. Silver University of California, Berkeley
David R. Bowling
David R. Bowling University of Utah
Shuijin Hu
Shuijin Hu North Carolina State University
Kenneth M. Kemner
Kenneth M. Kemner Argonne National Laboratory
Gabriel J. Bowen
Gabriel J. Bowen University of Utah
Paul D. Brooks
Paul D. Brooks University of Utah
Markus Kleber
Markus Kleber Oregon State University
Julie D. Jastrow
Julie D. Jastrow Argonne National Laboratory
Jennifer Pett-Ridge
Jennifer Pett-Ridge Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Sasha C. Reed
Sasha C. Reed United States Geological Survey

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