Dr. Jorge Vivanco, Director

Associate Professor, Department of Horticulture
Colorado State University

Research Interests:
• Rhizosphere community interactions
• Root exudation
• Biology and biochemistry of invasive weeds
• Plant-organism interactions
• Plant models for animal pathogenesis

email: j.vivanco@colostate.edu

Dr. Mark Paschke, Co-Director

Research Interests:
• Restoration and ecology of disturbed ecosystems
• Soil and rhizosphere biology
• Ecology of invasive plant species
• Nitrogen biogeochemistry
• Biology of Frankkia and actinorhizal plants
• Ecology of plant-microbe interactions

Herb P. Schweitzer, Affiliate Faculty

Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology
Colorado State University

Research Interests:
• Molecular genetics and biology and of pathogenic bacteria
• Cell-cell communication
• Multidrug resistance

Dr. Frank Stermitz, Affiliate Faculty

Research Interests:
• Chemistry of bioactive root exudates
• Biosynthesis of root exudates

Mary Stromberger, Affiliate Faculty

Assistant Professor, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
Colorado State University

Research Interests:
• Soil microbiology
• Structural and functional diversity of mycorrhizal fungi
• Soil microbial ecology of disturbed ecosystems
• Crop rotation effects on soil microorganisms in agroecosystems

Dr. Diana Wall, Affiliate Faculty

Director, Natural Resource Ecology Lab
Professor, Rangeland Ecosystem Science
Colorado State University

Research Interests:
• Soil ecology
• Soil biodiversity
• Nematode community structure and function