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Barbara Bomfim

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Building 084, Room 0118D

M/S 74R316C

Phone: 530-220-3291

bbomfim@lbl.gov

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Biography

I am currently a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Climate & Ecosystem Sciences Division of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. I received my M.S. in Tropical Forest Management from the University of Brasilia, Brazil, and my Ph.D. in Soils and Biogeochemistry from the University of California, Davis. I spent one year as a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Institute of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Oregon, Eugene, conducting field and laboratory experiments focused on drought and warming effects on soil biogeochemistry in prairies along a latitudinal gradient in the Pacific Northwest.

At Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, I am part of the Next Generation Ecosystem Experiments-Tropics project, focusing on quantifying the effects of major wind disturbances on tropical forest nutrient cycling.

   

Research Interests

My research aims to advance knowledge on biogeochemical cycling responses to disturbance in terrestrial ecosystems, with a main focus on integrating field observation, laboratory experimentation, data synthesis, stable isotope tracers, and statistical modeling tools. Currently interested in understanding how nutrient availability modulates tropical forest resistance to and recovery from wind disturbance across temporal scales. I am using litterfall mass and nutrient flux data, in addition to stocks, to quantify wind disturbance effect sizes pan-tropically.

Education

  • Ph.D., Soils and Biogeochemistry, University of California (Davis, California, USA), 2013-2018
  • MS. Forest Management, University of Brasilia (Brasilia, Brazil), 2011-2013
  • BS. Forest Engineering, University of Brasilia (Brasilia, Brazil), 2003-2010

Experience

  • Postdoctoral Scholar, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2019-Present
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Oregon, Eugene, 2018-2019
  • Teaching Assistant, University of California, 2018
  • Teaching Assistant, University of Brasilia, 2011
  • Teaching Assistant, University of Brasilia, 2009
  • Laboratory Assistant, Plant Ecology Laboratory, University of Brasilia, Brazil, 2009-2010
  • Outreach Project Assistant, University of Brasilia, Brazil, 2008-2009

Awards

  • National Science Foundation: NEON-ESA Early Career Scholarship
  • University of California (Davis, USA): Henry A. Jastro Graduate Research Scholarship, 2017-2018
  • University of California (Davis, USA): Graduate Student Research Fellowship, 2013-2017
  • University of California (Davis, USA): Graduate Student Association Travel Award, 2016
  • Brazil’s Higher Education Improvement Cooperation (CAPES, Brazil): Graduate Student Fellowship, 2013-2017
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