Earth and Environmental Sciences Area Logo Earth and Environmental Sciences Area Logo
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Logo
Menu
  • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • Organizational Charts
    • Virtual Tours
    • EESA Strategic Vision
  • Our People
    • A-Z People
    • Alumni Network
    • Area Offices
    • Committees
    • Directors
    • IDEA Working Group
    • Paul A. Witherspoon
    • Postdocs & Early Careers
    • Search by Expertise
  • Careers & Opportunities
    • Careers
    • Intern Pilot w/CSUEB
    • Mentorship Program
    • Recognition & Funding Opps
    • EESA Mini Grants
    • S&E Metrics for Performance and Promotion
    • Student Opportunities
    • Supervisor EnRichment (SupER) Program
    • Promotion Metrics (Scientific)
  • Research
    • Area-Wide Program Domain
      • Earth AI & Data
    • Our Divisions
    • Climate & Ecosystem Sciences Division
      • Environmental & Biological Systems Science
        • Programs
        • Environmental Remediation & Water Resources
        • Ecosystems Biology Program
        • Bioenergy
      • Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions
        • Programs
        • Climate Modeling
        • Atmospheric System Research
        • Terrestrial Ecosystem Science
      • Climate & Atmosphere Processes
        • Programs
        • Climate Modeling
        • Atmospheric System Research
      • Earth Systems & Society
        • Programs
        • Climate Modeling
    • Energy Geosciences Division
      • Discovery Geosciences
        • Programs
        • Basic Energy Sciences (BES) Geophysics
        • Basic Energy Sciences (BES) Geochemistry
        • Basic Energy Sciences (BES) Isotope
      • Energy Resources and Carbon Management
        • Programs
        • Carbon Removal & Mineralization Program
        • Carbon Storage Program
        • Geothermal Systems
        • Hydrocarbon Science
        • Nuclear Energy & Waste
      • Resilient Energy, Water & Infrastructure
        • Programs
        • Water-Energy
        • Critical Infrastructure
        • Environmental Resilience
        • Grid-Scale Subsurface Energy Storage
        • National Alliance for Water Innovation (NAWI)
    • Projects
    • Research at a Glance
    • Publication Lists
    • Centers and Resources
    • Technologies & National User Programs
  • Departments
    • Climate Sciences
    • Ecology
    • Geochemistry
    • Geophysics
    • Hydrogeology
    • Operations
  • News & Events
    • News
    • Events
    • Earth & Environment Newsletter
  • Intranet
  • Safety
    • EESA Safety
  • FoW
  • Search

  • all
  • people
  • events
  • posts
  • pages
  • projects
  • publications

Neslihan Tas

Research Scientist

Building 070A, Room 2250

M/S 70A3317

Phone: 510-486-5538

Fax: 510-486-7152

ntas@lbl.gov

Curriculum Vitae

  • Researcher ID
  • Google Scholar
  • Education
  • Experience
  • Awards
  • Professional Affiliations
  • Boards & Committees
  • Scholarly Service

Biography

Neslihan Taş is an environmental microbial ecologist and a Research Scientist in the Climate & Ecosystems Division at Berkeley Lab. Dr. Taş studies microbial transformation of natural and anthropogenic carbon in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. She received her Ph.D. and MSc from Wageningen University in the Netherlands. Dr. Taş’s current research projects spans from studying impact of climate change in soil microbial functions in the Arctic to fate of terrestrial carbon in aquatic ecosystems. Dr. Taş’s expertise lies on applications of multi-omic technologies in order to understand microbial function in the environment.

Publications

  • Researcher ID
  • Google Scholar

Research Interests

My research focuses on understanding the impact of climate change on soil and aquatic biogeochemical cycles via studying microbial community functions and metabolism. I currently lead the permafrost microbiology component of the multi-institutional NGEE Arctic project of DOE in which we study microbial carbon cycling in climate sensitive regions in the arctic. I am also part of Terrestrial Ecosystem Science at Berkeley Lab team studying the consequences of increasing soil temperatures on soil carbon cycling in-situ manipulation experiments. Lastly, my most recent project aims to define microbial functions and their controls on terrestrial carbon and nutrient turn-over at terrestrial to aquatic interfaces.

Education

  • PhD. Wageningen University, Laboratory of Microbiology, NL, 2004 – 2009
  • MSc. Wageningen University, Department of Environmental Technology, NL, 2002 – 2004
  • BSc. Marmara University, Environmental Engineering Department, TR, 1997 – 2002

Experience

  • Research Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) - Climate & Ecosystem Sciences Division (CESD), 2016-Present
  • Project Scientist, LBNL - CESD (formerly Earth Sciences Division), 2014-2016
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, LBNL - Earth Sciences Division (ESD), 2011-2014
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Molecular Cell Physiology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, NL, 2008-2010
  • Researcher, Institute of Environmental Genomics, Oklahoma University, OK, 2006-2007
  • Junior Research Associate – Promovendus, Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, NL, 2004-2008

Awards

  • ISME-11 (Vienna, Austria) Conference Best Poster Award, 2006
  • FEMS Summer School (Genoa, Italy) Best Poster Award, 2005
  • MATRA The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs Scholarship, 2002-2004
  • Special Deanship Award, Marmara University Faculty of Engineering, 1998

Professional Affiliations

  • American Society for Microbiology (ASM), 2013-Present
  • American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2012-Present
  • International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME), 2006-Present

Advisory Boards, Committees, and Councils

  • EESA Representative, LBNL Safety Advisory Committee (SAC), 2021-Present
  • EESA Representative, LBNL Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accountability (IDEA) Committee, 2017-Present
  • Member, EESAs Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accountability (IDEA) Committee, 2017-Present
  • Member of the editorial board, FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 2014-Present
  • Reviewer for JGI-Community Sequencing Program, DOE-Environmental System Science Program, BioDiversa, 2015

Scholarly Service

  • Reviewer, ISME Journal, Ecology, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences, Plos ONE, Peer J, Microbial Biotechnology, BMC Microbiology, Frontiers in Microbiology, Scientific Reports, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Environmental Microbiology and Environmental Microbiology Reports
  • Our People
    • Area Offices
    • Committees
    • Directors
    • Organizational Charts
    • Postdocs
    • Staff Only
    • Search by Expertise
  • Departments
    • Climate Sciences
    • Ecology
    • Geochemistry
    • Geophysics
    • Hydrogeology
  • Research
    • Climate & Ecosystem Sciences Division
    • Energy Geosciences Division
    • Program Domains
      • Programs
    • Projects
  • Contact
    • 510 486 6455
    • eesawebmaster@lbl.gov
    • Our Identity

Earth and Environmental Sciences Area Logo DOE Earth and Environmental Sciences Area Logo UC

A U.S. Department of Energy National Laboratory Managed by the University of California

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · Earth and Environmental Sciences Area · Privacy & Security Notice