Michael N. Weintraub
Education:
Ph.D. Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology March 2004
University of California, Santa Barbara
Concentration in Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology / Soil Microbial Ecology
M.A. Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology December 1999
University of California, Santa Barbara
Concentration in Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology / Soil Microbial Ecology
B.A. Biology May, 1994
Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Professional Experience:
August 2006 – Present
University of Toledo
Assistant Professor of Soil Ecology
Studying nutrient cycling, decomposition, plant-soil interactions, and soil microbial ecology
April 2004 – July 2006
University of Colorado, Boulder
Postdoctoral Research Associate with Dr. Russ Monson and Dr. Steve Schmidt
Studying the controls on soil carbon dynamics in the front range of the Rocky Mountains, Colorado
June 1996 - March 2004
University of California, Santa Barbara
Ph.D. Student in Ecology with Dr. Josh Schimel
Studying soil nutrient dynamics in the arctic tundra of Alaska
June 1993-May 1996
Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY
Research Assistant for Dr. Peter Groffman
Responsible for everything from sampling to data preparation, including a variety of chemical and microbial analyses
Teaching Experience:
Principles of Ecology Laboratory: an introduction to ecology for Biology majors
Instructor Spring Semester 2004 – responsible for developing and
implementing lab syllabus and overseeing the teaching assistants
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Colorado, Boulder
Ecosystem Processes: an upper division class for Ecology majors
Teaching Assistant for Dr. Josh Schimel, Spring Quarter 1998
Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology
University of California, Santa Barbara
The Biological Environment: an introduction to ecology for Environmental Studies majors
Teaching Assistant for Dr. Josh Schimel, Winter Quarter 1996-1997
Department of Environmental Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara
Research Interests:
I am working toward a mechanistic understanding of key soil processes
such as decomposition and nutrient cycling to gain insight into how
terrestrial ecosystems function, and to predict how they will respond
to disturbances.
Honors:
Arctic Research Consortium of the United States Award for Arctic Research Excellence
2003 Winner in the Interdisciplinary Category
Awarded for 2003 Ecosystems paper
Bard College Distinguished Scientist Scholarship 1990-1994
Professional Service:
Member of the Advisory Board to the University of Toledo’s Plant Science Research Center
I have been a reviewer for the National Science
Foundation and the following journals: Arctic Antarctic and Alpine
Research, Biogeochemistry, Ecology, Ecosystems, Global Biogeochemical
Cycles, Oecologia, and Oikos.
Publications:
Weintraub MN,
Scott-Denton LE, Schmidt SK, Monson RK in press. The effects of tree rhizodeposition on soil exoenzyme
activity, dissolved organic carbon, and nutrient availability in a subalpine
forest ecosystem. Oecologia.
Grandy
AS, Neff JC, Weintraub MN in
press. Carbon Structure and Enzyme Activities in Alpine and Forest Ecosystems. Soil Biology and Biochemistry.
Schmidt
SK, Costello EK, Nemergut DR, Cleveland CC, Reed SC, Weintraub MN, Meyer AF, Martin AM 2007. Biogeochemical consequences
of microbial turnover and seasonal succession in soil. Ecology 88(6): 1379-1385.
Allison
SD, Gartner TB, Holland K, Weintraub MN,
Sinsabaugh RL 2007. Soil enzymes: linking proteomics and ecological
process. Pages 704-711 in Manual of
Environmental Microbiology. 3rd Edition. American Society of
Microbiology Press, Washington
D.C.
Monson RK, Burns SP, Williams MW, Delany AC, Weintraub MN,
Lipson DA 2006. The contribution of beneath-snow soil respiration to
total ecosystem respiration in a high-elevation, subalpine forest.
Global Biogeochemical Cycles 20: GB3030, doi:10.1029/2005GB002684.
Nemergut DR, Costello EK, Meyer AF, Pescador MY, Weintraub MN,
Schmidt SK 2005. Structure and function of alpine and arctic soil
microbial communities. Research in microbiology 156 (2005)
775–784.
Weintraub MN, Schimel JP 2005. Nitrogen
Cycling and the Spread of Shrubs Control Changes in the Carbon Balance
of Arctic Tundra Ecosystems. Bioscience 55(5): 408-415.
Weintraub MN, Schimel JP 2005. Seasonal protein dynamics in Alaskan arctic tundra soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 37: 1469-1475.
Weintraub MN, Schimel JP 2005. Seasonal dynamics of amino acids and other nutrients in arctic tundra soils. Biogeochemistry 73: 359-380.
Doyle A, Weintraub MN, Schimel JP
2004. Persulfate digestion and colorimetric analysis of carbon and
nitrogen in soil extracts. Soil Science Society of America Journal 68:
669-676.
Weintraub MN, Schimel JP 2003. Interactions
between carbon and nitrogen mineralization and soil organic matter
chemistry in Arctic tundra soils. Ecosystems 6: 129-143.
Schimel JP, Weintraub MN 2003. The
implications of exoenzyme activity on microbial carbon and nitrogen
limitation in soil: a theoretical model. Soil Biology and Biochemistry
35: 1-15.
Invited Presentations:
Weintraub MN, Schmidt SK, Monson RK 2006. The Effects of Climate and
Tree Rhizodeposition on Exoenzyme Activity, Organic Matter
Decomposition, and Soil Respiration in a Subalpine Forest Ecosystem.
Eos Trans. American Geophysical Union, 87(36), Jt. Assem. Suppl.,
Abstract B53A-05.
Weintraub MN 2006. Soil organic matter does not
break itself down: Enzymes as the agents of decomposition. Invited
seminar presented to the Department of Plant and Soil Science,
University of Vermont, Burlington.
Weintraub MN, Schimel JP 2003. Interactions
between carbon and nitrogen mineralization and soil organic matter
chemistry in Arctic tundra soils. Seventh Annual Arctic Forum of the
Arctic Research Consortium of the United States Program and Abstracts.
Weintraub MN, Schimel JP 2002. Interactions
between carbon and nitrogen mineralization and soil organic matter
chemistry in Arctic tundra soils. American Geophysical Union 83(47),
Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract B51C-03, 2002.
Submitted Presentations:
Weintraub MN, Schmidt SK, Monson RK 2006. Wintertime dynamics of
microbial exo-enzymes in a sub-alpine forest in the Rocky Mountains of
Colorado. Eos Trans. American Geophysical Union, 87(52), Fall Meet.
Suppl., Abstract B22A-04.
Weintraub MN, Monson RK, Schmidt SK 2005. Root
carbon inputs and soil enzyme activity in the sub-alpine forest of the
front range of the Rockies, Colorado. Ecological Society of America
90th annual meeting, Program and Abstracts.
Weintraub MN, Monson RK, Schmidt SK 2005.
Seasonal dynamics of soil enzyme activity in the sub-alpine forest of
the front range of the Rockies, Colorado. Tenth International
Conference of the Soil Ecology Society, Program and Abstracts.
Weintraub MN, Schimel JP 2004. Protein dynamics
in Arctic tundra soils. Ecological Society of America 89th annual
meeting, Program and Abstracts.
Weintraub MN, Schimel JP 2003. Plant uptake of
amino acids in the Arctic tundra of Alaska. Ecological Society of
America 88th annual meeting, Program and Abstracts.
Weintraub MN, Schimel JP 2003. Soil amino acid
dynamics in the Arctic tundra of Alaska. Ninth International Conference
of the Soil Ecology Society, Program and Abstracts.
Weintraub MN, Schimel JP 2001. Amino Acids in the
Nitrogen Economy of Arctic Tundra Communities. Ninth International
Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Program and Abstracts.
Weintraub MN, Schimel JP 1998. Dynamics of
biologically available C and N in tundra communities. Eighth
International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Program and Abstracts.
Weintraub MN, Bohlen PJ, Groffman PM 1995. Spatial
and temporal variation in soil C and N pools in a northern hardwood
forest. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 76(2):280.
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