NSF Biographical Sketch - Knoepp, Jennifer
 

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Name: Knoepp, Jennifer
Telephone: 828.524.2128 x103; Fax: 828.369.6768
Email: jknoepp@fs.fed.us
Organization:
USDA Forest Service
Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory
3160 Coweeta Lab Road
Otto, North Carolina 28763

http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/coweeta/staff/knoepp/

Position at Coweeta LTER: Principal Investigator
Specialty: Soil Processes
Habitat: Forest
Organism: Soils
Core Area(s): Organic Matter/Decomposition (3), Inorganic Fluxes (4)

Education:
B.A., University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, General Horticulture, 1980
M.A., University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, Forest Soils,
Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia, Forest Soils, 1987
Post Doctoral, National Research Council Fellowship USEPA / CERL, Oregon, Acid Rain Research, 1989

Appointments:
Research Soil Scientist, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station; Coweeta Hydrologic Lab.; 1989-present
NRC Post-Doctoral Fellow, USEPA/CERL, Corvallis, Oregon, 1987-1989
Research Assistant, School of Forestry, Fisheries and Wildlife; University of Missouri-Columbia, 1982-1987
Research Assistant, Department of Horticulture and Forestry; University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, 1980-1982
Part-time Laboratory Technician, Forest Ecology Lab; Department of Horticulture and Forestry; University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, 1978-1980

Publications (Five as examples of research foci):
Knoepp, J.D., J.M. Vose, and W.T. Swank. 2008. Nitrogen deposition and cycling across an elevation and vegetation gradient in southern Appalachian forests. International Journal of Environmental Studies (in press).

Knoepp, J.D. and J.M. Vose. 2007. Regulation of Nitrogen Mineralization and Nitrification in Southern Appalachian Ecosystems: Separating the Relative Importance of Biotic vs. Abiotic Controls. Pedobiologia 51:89-97.

Knoepp, J.D., Reynolds, B.C., Crossley, D.A., W.T. Swank. 2005. Long-term changes in forest floor processes in southern Appalachian forests.
Forest Ecology and Management 220:300-312.

Knoepp, J.D.; D.C. Coleman, D.A. Crossley, Jr., J.S. Clark. 2000. Soil biological indicators: an ecosystem case study of their use.
Forest Ecology and Management 138:357-368.

Knoepp, J.D. and W.T. Swank. 1998. Rates of nitrogen mineralization across an elevation andvegetation gradient in the southern
Appalachians. Plant and Soil 204:235-241.

Synergistic Activities
1. Division Chair - Forest, Range and Wildland soils, Soil Science Society of America. 2006.

2. Associate Editor - Soil Science Society of
America Journal; 1999-2002

3. Soils Certification Board member of the American Registry of Certified Professionals in Agronomy, 1996-1999