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Overview

Steven K. Schmidt is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with notable contributions in subfields such as Ecology, Plant Science, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Molecular Biology.

Within these fields, the main topics covered in their work include:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Polar Research and Ecology
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
  • Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology

Schmidt's research has been published in a variety of scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Ecology (4 publications)
  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry (3 publications)
  • Scientific Reports (3 publications)
  • Cancers (2 publications)
  • FEMS Microbiology Ecology (2 publications)

Their recent papers illustrate a focus on microbial and environmental studies alongside biofabrication. Notable recent papers are:

  • Standardized multi-omics of Earth's microbiomes reveals microbial and metabolite diversity, 2022, published in Nature Microbiology
  • Cryoconite - From minerals and organic matter to bioengineered sediments on glacier's surfaces, 2021, published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • A hole in the nematosphere: tardigrades and rotifers dominate the cryoconite hole environment, whereas nematodes are missing, 2020, published in Journal of Zoology
  • A New Printable Alginate/Hyaluronic Acid/Gelatin Hydrogel Suitable for Biofabrication of In Vitro and In Vivo Metastatic Melanoma Models, 2021, published in Advanced Functional Materials
  • Effects of natural and experimental drought on soil fungi and biogeochemistry in an Amazon rain forest, 2021, published in Communications Earth & Environment

Schmidt frequently collaborates with other researchers, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Clifton P. Bueno de Mesquita (18 collaborations)
  • Dorota L. Porazinska (16 collaborations)
  • Pacifica Sommers (12 collaborations)
  • Adam J. Solon (12 collaborations)
  • Lara Vimercati (11 collaborations)

Best Publications

  • Patterns and Processes of Microbial Community Assembly

    Diana R. Nemergut;Steven K. Schmidt;Tadashi Fukami;Sean P. O'Neill

  • A temporal approach to linking aboveground and belowground ecology

    Richard D. Bardgett;William D. Bowman;Ruediger Kaufmann;Steve K. Schmidt

  • Seasonal dynamics of previously unknown fungal lineages in tundra soils.

    Christopher W. Schadt;Andrew P. Martin;David A. Lipson;Steven K. Schmidt

  • Winter forest soil respiration controlled by climate and microbial community composition

    Russell K. Monson;David L. Lipson;Sean P. Burns;Andrew A. Turnipseed

  • Phosphorus Limitation of Microbial Processes in Moist Tropical Forests: Evidence from Short-term Laboratory Incubations and Field Studies

    Cory C. Cleveland;Alan R. Townsend;Steven K. Schmidt

  • Global patterns in the biogeography of bacterial taxa

    Diana R. Nemergut;Elizabeth K. Costello;Micah Hamady;Catherine Lozupone

  • Increases in soil respiration following labile carbon additions linked to rapid shifts in soil microbial community composition

    Cory C. Cleveland;Diana R. Nemergut;Steven K. Schmidt;Alan R. Townsend

  • LINKS BETWEEN MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS AND NITROGEN AVAILABILITY IN AN ALPINE ECOSYSTEM

    David A. Lipson;Steven K. Schmidt;Russell K. Monson

  • Inorganic nitrogen and microbial biomass dynamics before and during spring snowmelt

    Paul D. Brooks;Mark W. Williams;Steven K. Schmidt

  • Seasonal Changes in an Alpine Soil Bacterial Community in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

    David A. Lipson;Steven K. Schmidt

  • Microbial Community Succession in an Unvegetated, Recently Deglaciated Soil

    Diana R. Nemergut;Suzanne P. Anderson;Cory C. Cleveland;Andrew P. Martin

  • Changes in assembly processes in soil bacterial communities following a wildfire disturbance

    Scott Ferrenberg;Sean P O'Neill;Sean P O'Neill;Joseph E Knelman;Joseph E Knelman;Bryan Todd

  • Microbial activity under alpine snowpacks, Niwot Ridge, Colorado.

    Paul D. Brooks;Mark W. Williams;Steven K. Schmidt

  • Winter production of CO2 and N2O from alpine tundra: environmental controls and relationship to inter-system C and N fluxes.

    Paul D. Brooks;Steven K. Schmidt;Mark W. Williams

  • BIOGEOCHEMICAL CONSEQUENCES OF RAPID MICROBIAL TURNOVER AND SEASONAL SUCCESSION IN SOIL

    S. K. Schmidt;E. K. Costello;D. R. Nemergut;D. R. Nemergut;Cory C. Cleveland

  • Changes in Soil Microbial Community Structure and Function in an Alpine Dry Meadow Following Spring Snow Melt

    David A. Lipson;C.W. Schadt;Steven K. Schmidt

  • TOPOGRAPHIC PATTERNS OF ABOVE- AND BELOWGROUND PRODUCTION AND NITROGEN CYCLING IN ALPINE TUNDRA

    Melany C. Fisk;Steven K. Schmidt;Timothy R. Seastedt;Timothy R. Seastedt

  • The earliest stages of ecosystem succession in high-elevation (5000 metres above sea level), recently deglaciated soils.

    S.K Schmidt;Sasha C Reed;Sasha C Reed;Diana R Nemergut;A Stuart Grandy

  • The effects of chronic nitrogen fertilization on alpine tundra soil microbial communities: implications for carbon and nitrogen cycling

    Diana R. Nemergut;Alan R. Townsend;Sarah R. Sattin;Kristen R. Freeman

  • Carbon availability and temperature control the post-snowmelt decline in alpine soil microbial biomass

    David A. Lipson;Steven K. Schmidt;Russell K. Monson

  • Microbial growth under the snow: Implications for nutrient and allelochemical availability in temperate soils

    S. K. Schmidt;D. A. Lipson

Frequent Co-Authors

Dorota L. Porazinska
Dorota L. Porazinska University of Florida
Diana R. Nemergut
Diana R. Nemergut University of Colorado Boulder
David A. Lipson
David A. Lipson San Diego State University
Mark W. Williams
Mark W. Williams Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
Katharine N. Suding
Katharine N. Suding University of Colorado Boulder
Cory C. Cleveland
Cory C. Cleveland University of Montana
Christopher W. Schadt
Christopher W. Schadt Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Russell K. Monson
Russell K. Monson University of Colorado Boulder
Alan R. Townsend
Alan R. Townsend University of Montana
Paul D. Brooks
Paul D. Brooks University of Utah

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