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EDWARD R. BRZOSTEK
CURRICULUM VITAE
Edward R. Brzostek
Indiana University, Department of Biology
702 N. Walnut Grove Avenue | Bloomington, IN 47405
[email protected]
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Indiana University, Bloomington IN
Departments of Geography & Biology
May 2011-present
Ph.D., Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA
January 2012
B.A., Earth Science, Boston University, Boston, MA
Graduated cum laude with distinction
May 2003
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Indiana University
May 2011-present
Mentors: Drs. Rich Phillips, Joshua Fisher (Jet Propulsion Lab)
My current research investigates whether trees that differ in mycorrhizal association vary in their
coupling of carbon and nitrogen cycling belowground. Specifically, I collect empirical data and
then use this data to reformulate an existing optimal resource allocation model (FUN) to include
mycorrhizal processes. This research is centered at the Morgan Monroe State Forest AmeriFlux
site which enables us to couple belowground responses to measurements of forest carbon uptake.
Ph.D. Candidate, Boston University
Sept. 2006-April 2011
Advisor: Dr. Adrien Finzi
Dissertation research investigated the abiotic and biotic limits to proteolytic enzyme activity and
the subsequent impacts on the availability of soil N for primary production.
Senior Research Technician, Boston University
July 2003-July 2006
Directed the sample collection, processing, and analysis for a 15N tracer experiment at the Duke
FACE site for Dr. Adrien Finzi. Managed the start up of a forest biogeochemistry lab for Dr.
Pamela Templer.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Graduate Teaching Fellow, Ecology Lab, Boston University
Fall 2006-Spring 2007
Taught laboratory sections for a General Ecology class under Dr. Adrien Finzi and Dr. Thomas
Kunz. Revamped lab curriculum to combine lecture instruction with hands on learning in lab
and field methods.
Undergraduate Mentor, Boston University / Indiana University
Sept 2003-present
Provided research experience to undergraduates. Mentored students as they formulated and
executed their own independent projects at both BU and IU. Two students graduated with
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distinction honors for their senior thesis work. Three students have received competitive research
grants through Boston University’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program.
Guest Lectures in Undergraduate Courses
Designed lectures and lesson plans for Ecology and Conservation Biology at Boston University
and for Critical Approaches to Arts and Sciences, Ecology, and Biogeography at Indiana
University.
PUBLICATIONS
Brzostek, E.R., D. Dragoni, Z.A. Brown, and R.P. Phillips. In review. Mycorrhizal type
determines the magnitude and direction of root-induced changes in decomposition in a
temperate forest. New Phytologist.
Finzi, A.C., K.S. Spiller, E.R. Brzostek and R.P. Phillips. In review. Rhizosphere processes are
quantitatively important components of terrestrial carbon and nutrient cycles. Global
Change Biology.
Meier, I.C., S.G. Pritchard, E.R. Brzostek, M. L. McCormack, and R.P. Phillips. Accepted.
Rhizosphere and hyphosphere differ in their impacts on carbon and nitrogen cycling in
forests exposed to elevated CO2. New Phytologist.
Smith, N.G., V.L. Rodgers, E.R. Brzostek, A. Kulmatiski, M.L. Avolio, D.L. Hoover, S.E.
Koerner, K. Grant, A. Jentsch and D. Niyogi. Accepted. Towards a better integration of
biogeochemical and ecological data from precipitation manipulation experiments into
land surface models. Reviews of Geophysics. doi: 10.1002/2014RG000458
Brzostek, E.R., J.B. Fisher, and R.P. Phillips. 2014. Modeling the carbon cost of plant nitrogen
acquisition: mycorrhizal trade-offs and multi-path resistance uptake improve predictions
of retranslocation. JGR-Biogeosciences.119 (8) 1684-1697.
Toomey M., M.A. Friedl, S. Frolking, K. Hufkens, S. Klosterman, O. Sonnentag, D.D.
Baldocchi, C.J. Bernacchi, G. Bohrer, E.R. Brzostek, S.P. Burns, C. Coursolle, D.Y.
Hollinger, H.A. Margolis, H. McCaughey, R.K. Monson, J.W. Munger, S. Pallardy, R.P.
Phillips, M. Torn, S. Wharton, M. Zeri, A.D. Richardson. In press. Greenness indices
from digital cameras predict the timing and seasonal dynamics of canopy-scale
photosynthesis. Ecological Applications.
Frey, S.D., S. Ollinger, K. Nadelhoffer, R. Bowden, E.R. Brzostek, A. Burton, B.A. Caldwell,
S. Crow, C.L. Goodale, A.S. Grandy, A. Finzi, M.G. Kramer, K. Lajtha, J. LeMoine, M.
Martin, W.H. McDowell, R. Minocha, J.J. Sadowsky, P.H. Templer, and K. Wickings.
2014. Chronic nitrogen additions suppress decomposition and sequester soil carbon in
temperate forests. Biogeochemistry. doi: 10.1007/s10533-014-0004-0.
Brzostek, E.R., D. Dragoni, H.P. Schmid, A.F. Rahman, D.A. Sims, C.A.Wayson, D.J. Johnson
and R.P. Phillips. 2014. Chronic water stress reduces tree growth and the carbon sink of
deciduous hardwood forests MMSF drought. Global Change Biology.20 (8) 2531-2539.
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Sims, D.A., E.R. Brzostek, A.F. Rahman and R.P. Phillips. 2014. An improved approach for
remotely sensing water stress impacts on forest C uptake. Global Change Biology. 20(9)
2856-2866.
Cheng, W., W.J. Parton, M.A. Gonzalez-Meler, R.P. Phillips, S. Asao, G.G. McNickle, E.R.
Brzostek and J.D. Jastrow. 2014. Synthesis and modeling perspectives of rhizosphere
priming. New Phytologist (Tansley Review). 201(1):31-44.
Phillips, R.P., E.R. Brzostek, and M.G. Midgley. 2013. The mycorrhizal-associated nutrient
economy: a new framework for predicting carbon–nutrient couplings in temperate
forests. New Phytologist. 199(1):41-51.
Brzostek, E.R., A. Greco, J.E. Drake and A.C. Finzi. 2013. Root carbon inputs to the
rhizosphere stimulate extracellular enzyme activity and increase nitrogen availability in
temperate forest soils. Biogeochemistry. 115(1-3):65-76.
Brzostek, E.R., J.M Blair, J.S. Dukes, S.D. Frey, S.E. Hobbie, J.M. Melillo, R.J. Mitchell, E.
Pendall, P.B. Reich, G.R. Shaver, A. Stefanski, M.G. Tjoekler, and A.C. Finzi. 2012. The
response of amino acid cycling to global change across multiple biomes: Feedbacks on
soil nitrogen availability. Global Change Biology.18(8):2617-2625.
Brzostek, E.R., and A.C. Finzi. 2012. Seasonal variation in the temperature sensitivity of
proteolytic enzyme activity in temperate forest soils. JGR-Biogeosciences. 117: G01018,
10 PP.
Brzostek, E.R., and A.C. Finzi. 2011. Substrate supply, fine roots and temperature control
proteolytic enzyme activity in temperate forest soils. Ecology. 92:892-902.
Gallet-Budynek, A., E.R. Brzostek, V. L. Rodgers, J. M. Talbot, S. Hyzy and A. C. Finzi. 2009.
Intact amino acid uptake by northern hardwood and conifer trees. Oecologia 160:129138.
EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH
Brown County Rotary Club
Summer 2013
Prepared and gave seminar to business owners and community leaders to raise awareness of carbon
cycle research occurring in Southern IN.
Radio Interview, WFHB-Bloomington
Winter 2013
Research at MMSF highlighted on Ecoreport program that conveys environmental news to the
Greater Bloomington area.
Community Outreach at Morgan Monroe State Forest
Summer 2012-present
Designed and led multiple field trips for local high school and middle school students as well as
Indiana Dept. of Natural Resources (DNR) staff. Students and DNR staff were given hands-on
experience in measuring the C budget at the MMSF AmeriFlux site.
Community Outreach at Southern Indiana Libraries
Fall 2012-Spring 2012
Prepared and gave seminars to local citizens at four local libraries to raise awareness of carbon cycle
research and to present research highlights and updates of the ongoing research at the MMSF
AmeriFlux site.
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Jim Holland Summer Science Camp at Indiana University
July 2012
Led nature hike to expose disadvantaged high school students to ecological principles in the IU
Research and Teaching Preserve.
Boston University BIO BUGS Program
Fall 2006-Spring 2011
Participated as a mentor in this program where graduate students design and teach labs that provide
over 350 high school students each semester with hands-on experience in scientific inquiry.
NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates Mentor
Summer 2008
Worked hands-on with an undergraduate student from a NSF-criteria small college to formulate and
conduct an independent research project over 12 weeks at the Harvard Forest, MA.
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
Best Student Presentation Award, Biogeosciences Section,
2010 Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America
Summer 2010
Boston University, George Bernard, Jr. Student Travel Award
Summer 2009
Research Assistant Fellowship at Boston University
Fall 2007-Spring 2011
Northern States Research Cooperative – Northern Forests Scholar
Fellowship: Amino acid production, turnover, and plant uptake in
the northern forest. Stipend Award: $40,000
Fall 2007-Fall 2009
Graduate Teaching Fellowship at Boston University
Fall 2006-Spring 2007
RESEARCH FUNDING
Department of Energy – Terrestrial Ecosystem Science – AmeriFlux Core Site Selection –
Member of team that prepared successful MMSF bid. 2013 onwards. Award Amount: $200,000
annually to support tower operations.
Department of Energy – Terrestrial Ecosystem Science – Sensitivity of forest ecosystems to
drought and the temporal distribution of rainfall. Unfunded. (CO-PI) Award Amount: $882,130
Department of Energy – Terrestrial Carbon Cycle Research – Ecosystem-atmospheric exchange
over a mixed deciduous forest in the Midwest: How does the carbon budget respond to shortand long-term climate variability? 2010-2013. (Managing CO-PI; not involved in grant
preparation) Award Amount: $457,706
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – Collaborative Project – Improving processlevel understanding of the factors underlying long-term trends and year-to-year variability in
carbon sequestration of Northeastern forests. 2011-2013. (Managing CO-PI; not involved in
grant preparation) Award Amount: $45,000
National Science Foundation – Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Limits to proteolytic
enzyme production and activity in temperate forest soils. 2010. (PI) Award Amount: $14,994
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PRESENTATIONS OF WORK
2014 Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America – August 2014 – Oral Presentation
2014 DOE Terrestrial Ecosystem Science Meeting – May 2014 – Poster Presentation
2013 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting – December 2013 – Poster Presentation
Invited Speaker – September 2013 – Indiana Forest Stewardship Coordinating Committee
2013 Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America – August 2013 – Oral Presentation
2013 North American Forest Ecology Workshop – June 2013 – Oral Presentation
Geography Colloquium – November 2012 – Indiana University
2012 Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America – August 2012 – Oral Presentation
2012 DOE Terrestrial Ecosystem Science Meeting – April 2012 – Poster Presentation
2011 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting – December 2011 – Poster Presentation
Evolution, Ecology & Behavior Brown Bag Seminar – November 2011 – Indiana University
Ph.D. Thesis Defense Seminar – April 2011 – Boston University
Invited Speaker – January 2011 – Woods Hole MBL Ecosystems Center
2010 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting – December 2010 – Oral Presentation
2010 Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America – August 2010 – Oral Presentation
2009 Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America – August 2009 – Oral Presentation
2009 LTER All Scientists Meeting – August 2009 – Poster Presentation
2009 Harvard Forest Research Symposium – March 2009 – Poster Presentation
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Member of the Ecological Society of America and the American Geophysical Union.
Reviewed manuscripts for: Biogeochemistry, Ecological Engineering, Ecology, Ecology Letters,
Ecosystems, Environmental and Experimental Botany, Journal of Environmental Management,
Global Change Biology, New Phytologist, Oecologia, Plant and Soil. PLOS One, Nature
Geoscience.
Grant Reviews: National Science Foundation CAREER.
ASSOCIATED SKILLS
Computer Programming: Proficient in using R and Matlab to develop and run soil
decomposition and ecosystem models.
Field Research Skills: Experimental design, soil and vegetation sampling, survey (LiCOR-8100)
and custom auto-chamber measurements of soil respiration, photosynthesis/transpiration
measurements (LiCOR-6400), plot scale C and N budgets, use of stable isotopes both natural
abundance and enriched to assay nutrient uptake, maintain and install Campbell dataloggers and
sensors.
Laboratory Skills: Proficient in numerous wet chemistry techniques to assay rates of nitrogen
and phosphorus cycling as well as enzyme activity in soils. Able to run a suite of analytical
instruments including: Lachat Quickchem Autoanalyzer, Costech Elemental Analyzer, plate
reader spectrophotometer and fluorometer.
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