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Hannah Naughton

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Phone: 510-486-6584

hnaughton@lbl.gov

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Biography

I am an NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow working in the Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.  My expertise is in soil biogeochemistry with a focus on microbial carbon processing.  I am interested in how the physical heterogeneity of soil environments affects local chemistry and ability of microorganisms to decompose and respire organic carbon, thus linking the terrestrial and atmospheric carbon cycles.  My ultimate goal is to improve predictions of microbial carbon processing from spatially and temporally short timescales using field and laboratory work to landscape scales using machine learning and remote sensing.

I received a Ph.D. in Earth System Science from Stanford University in 2020 after completing an M.S. degree in Conservation Ecology from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 2014 with a focus on biodiversity and ecosystem function.  My alma mater is the College of William & Mary, where I received a B.S. in Chemistry and Biology in 2012.  I have extensive experience TAing inorganic, physical and organic chemistry in addition to soil science courses and have mentored teachers, high school and undergraduate students in both research and professional development contexts.

Publications

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Education

  • Ph.D., Stanford University, Earth System Science, 2020
  • M.S., University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, Conservation Ecology, 2014
  • B.S., The College of William & Mary, Chemistry and Biology, 2012

Experience

  • Program Assistant, Summer Undergraduate Research in Geoscience and Engineering (SURGE), Stanford University (Stanford, CA), Summer, 2017; 2019
  • Teaching Assistant, Earth System Science Department, Stanford University (Stanford, CA), Spring 2015-Spring 2018
  • Graduate Student Instructor, Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI), January 2013-May 2013
  • Teaching Assistant, Chemistry Department, The College of William & Mary (Williamsburg, VA), January 2011-May 2012

Awards

  • National Science Foundation Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2020
  • Certificate of Achievement in Mentoring in the School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences, 2018
  • ARCS (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists) Northern California Scholarship, 2017-2018
  • McGee and Levorsen Research Grant, Stanford School of Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences, 2015
  • National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2013
  • School of Natural Resources and the Environment Fellowship, University of Michigan, 2012
  • William George Guy Prize in Chemistry, The College of William & Mary, 2012
  • Alice and Samuel Bessman Foundation Scholarship, The College of William & Mary, 2011-2012
  • Phi Beta Kappa, 2011
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute Freshman Research Program, The College of William & Mary, 2008-2009
  • James Monroe Scholar, The College of William & Mary, 2008-2012
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