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About Dr. Ingham

Scholarship and Creative Activities

Research Interests and Activities

My overall goal is to understand soil foodweb structure and function in terrestrial ecosystems, from arctic to tropical climates, and in agricultural, grassland, and forest ecosystems. Current research includes determining biomass, activity and identification of bacteria, fungi, protozoa, nematodes and mycorrhizal fungi in soils. Current projects include:

  1. Soil Foodweb Inc. provides enumeration of soil organism biomass and activity to researchers and commercial endeavors around the world. Between 1991 to 1995, about 20,000 soil samples were processed as part of a University service provided in the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology. From 1996 to present, Soil Foodweb Inc has assessed foodweb structure in some 100,000 soil samples.
  2. "The Soil Primer" with the Natural Resource Conservation Service, Soil Quality Institute. A publication for the general public about complexity and soil food webs.
  3. Work with graduate, undergraduate students and Research Institute affiliates on soil, compost, compost tea, and biological stimulants.

Honors and Awards

Departmental Honors in Biology, St. Olaf College, 1974

Phi Sigma Honor Society

Sigma Xi, Colorado State University

Technology Award, Biohumanetics Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, 1995.

 
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Benefits of the Soil foodweb

The soil food web is a complex, interdependent, mutually beneficial group of organisms

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