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Education/Academic qualification

PHD, University of Georgia

… → 2007

BA, Goucher College

… → 2002

Research interests

  • Soil biogeochemistry
  • ecosystem ecology
  • Sonoran Desert
  • polar desert
  • desert ecology
  • Antarctica
  • decomposition
  • soil ecology
  • climate change

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  • Open letter: A global call to strengthen national soil biodiversity action through coordination and harmonization

    Marín, C., Barreto, C., Singh, B. K., de Ruiter, P. C., Brown, G. G., Battigelli, J., Bagnara, G. L., González, R., Guerra, C., Sun, X., Dirilgen, T., Ulzen, J., Malorgio, G., Montanarella, L., Coleine, C., Vilonen, L., Parnell, J. J., Edwards, J., Alfares, H. & Kafle, G. & 108 others, Gadallah, N. A. H., Karuri, H., Roy, A., Yeboah, E., Bhadury, P., Kothamasi, D., Agarwala, N., Debnath, S., Surasinghe, T., Ashwood, F., Kumar, T., Kumar, P., Siddiqui, S., Gicheha, J., Heděnec, P., Sabbahi, R., Wubs, J., Ge, Z., Zaitsev, A., Galli, L., Mundra, S., Ramalingam, P. V., Buckeridge, K., Chakravorty, P. P., Juan-Ovejero, R., Pfingstl, T., Eziuzor, S., Elliott, D., Lai, D. Y. F., Thiele-Bruhn, S., Peguero, G., Bhattacharyya, N., Bonnett, S., Osemwegie, I., Kutuzović, D. H., Ikoyi, I., Abdelrahman, H., La Terza, A., Bendada, M., Gongalsky, K., Moreno, M. L., Blackburn, D., Oliveira Filho, L. C. I., Taiti, S., Hernandez, M. F. C., de Souza, L. F., Klarenberg, I., Novo, M., Chauvat, M., Ribeiro-Barros, A., Dunfield, K. E., Flores, G. S. L., Rai, S., Shanmugam, S. G., Hale, B., Kamalam, D. G., Wall, L., Briones, M. J. I., He, J. Z., Kumar, R., Ghaderi, R., Sharma, R., Gómez-Brandón, M., Rashid, M. I., Pappas, M., Egerton-Warburton, L., Szlavecz, K., Borruso, L., Bongiorno, G., Birnbaum, C., Mang'oka, S., Khan, R., Alisi, C., Mumladze, L., Burton, V., Naikoo, N. B., Dumont, M., Oktaba, L., Schmidt, O., Mayad, E. H., Jacobs, K., Ernest, C., Chandrappa, D. B., Santander-Mendoza, S., Medina-Orozco, L., Schloter, M., Winowiecki, L., Lumini, E., Bastias, C. C., Bakker, M., Zucconi, L., Canini, F., Tsiafouli, M., Muda, M. A., Sierra, S. S., Posada, R. H., Jacomini, C., Thant, M., Neher, D. A., Nurbaity, A., Daveta, M., Latif, R., Roohi Aminjan, A., Thordarson, H. N., Diallo, M. T., Ball, B., Adl, S. & Lindo, Z., Jan 2026, In: Plants People Planet. 8, 1, p. 8-13 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterpeer-review

    Open Access
  • Soil microbial responses to simulated climate change across polar ecosystems

    Khan, A. & Ball, B. A., Jan 20 2024, In: Science of the Total Environment. 909, 168556.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

    Open Access
  • Soil resources vs. physicochemical soil properties as drivers of abundance and diversity of low Arctic soil mesofauna communities

    Klein, R. R. & Ball, B. A., Jun 2024, In: Polar Biology. 47, 6, p. 617-627 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  • “Two Sides of the Same Coin”: Benefits of Science–Art Collaboration and Field Immersion for Undergraduate Research Experiences

    Sandrin, S., Ball, B. & Arora, I., Jun 2024, In: Education Sciences. 14, 6, 620.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

    Open Access
  • Ecological stoichiometry drives the evolution of soil nematode life history traits

    Xue, X., Adhikari, B. N., Ball, B. A., Barrett, J. E., Miao, J., Perkes, A., Martin, M., Simmons, B. L., Wall, D. H. & Adams, B. J., Feb 2023, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 177, 108891.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  • Soil Ecology Society

    Ball, R. (Member)

    1800

    Activity: Other activity typesTypes of External academic engagement - Membership of external research organization

  • Ecological Society of America

    Ball, R. (Member)

    1800

    Activity: Other activity typesTypes of External academic engagement - Membership of external research organization