Current Work Focus: Research projects are on N dynamics in forest ecosystems; use of stable isotopes for quantifying N cycle processes; ecology of Frankia in soil; functional diversity of soil microbial communities.
Professor, Department of Crop and Soil Science, Oregon State University
1989-1995:
Associate professor, Department of Soil Science, Oregon State University
1984-1989:
Assistant professor, Department of Soil Science, Oregon State University
Other Professional Experience
2008-present:
Editor, Soil Science Society of America Journal
2006-present:
Editorial Board, FEMS Microbiology Ecology
2005-present:
Subject Editor, Soil Biology & Biochemistry
2001-2007:
Technical Editor, Soil Science Society of America Journal
1991-1997:
Associate Editor, Soil Science Society of America Journal
1999-2007:
Editorial Board, Applied and Environmental Microbiology
2000:
Visiting professor, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden
1997-2008:
Associate dept. head, Department of Crop and Soil Science, Oregon State University
1995-1996:
Co-editor for the Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Frankia and Actinorhizal Plants published in Physiologia Plantarum
1995:
Panel Manager, USDA National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program, Soils and Soil Biology
1991-1992:
Visiting assoc. prof., Department of Plant Physiology, University of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden
Publications
Journal Articles
2006-present
Yarwood, S.A., D.D. Myrold, and M.N. Högberg. 2009.
Termination of the tree belowground C allocation alters soil fungal and
bacterial communities in a boreal forest. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 70:151-162.
Khan, A., D.D. Myrold, and A.K. Misra. 2009. Molecular
diversity of Frankia from root nodules of Hippophae salicifolia (D.Don) found
in Sikkim. Indian J. Microbiol. 49:196-200.
Chaer, G.M., M.F. Fernandes, D.D. Myrold, and P.J. Bottomley.
2009. Comparative resistance and resilience of soil microbial communities and
enzyme activities in adjacent native forest and agricultural soils. Microb.
Ecol. 58:414-424.
Anderson, M.D., R.W. Ruess, D.D. Myrold, and D.L. Taylor.
2009. Host species and habitat affect nodulation by specific Frankia genotypes
in two species of Alnus in interior Alaska. Oecologia 160:619-630.
Chaer, G.M., M.F.
Fernandes, D.D. Myrold, and P.J. Bottomley. 2009. Shifts in microbial community
composition and physiological profiles across a gradient of induced soil
degradation. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 73:1327-1334.
Chaer, G.M., D.D. Myrold, and P.J. Bottomley. 2009. A soil quality index based on the equilibrium between soil organic matter and biochemical properties of undisturbed coniferous forest soils of the Pacific Northwest. Soil Biol. Biochem. 41:822-830.
Myrold, D.D., and P.J. Bottomley. 2008. Nitrogen mineralization and immobilization. p. 157-172. In Nitrogen in Agricultural Soils (W. Raun and J.S. Schepers, eds.). American Society of Agronomy, Madison, WI.
Myrold, D.D., P.J. Bottomley, M.N. Högberg, P. Högberg, and E.W. Sulzman. 2007. Linking microbial communities to activity in soil with molecular and stable isotope techniques. p. 85-86. In Linking Management to Global Climate Challenges: The Proceedings of the International Symposium on Forest Soils and Ecosystem Health (Z. Xu, C.E. Johnson, C. Chen, and T.J. Blumfield, eds.). Centre for Forestry and Horticulture Research, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. (ISBN 978-1-921291-16-6)
Myrold, D.D. 2007. Quantification of nitrogen transformations. p. 687-696. In Manual of Environmental Microbiology, 3rd Edition (C.J. Hurst, R.L. Crawford, J.L. Garland, D.A. Lipson, A.L. Mills, and L.D. Stetzenbach, eds.). ASM Press, Washington, DC.
Drury, C.F., D.D. Myrold, E.G. Beauchamp, and W.D. Reynolds. 2007. Denitrification techniques for soils. p. 471-493. In Soil Sampling and Methods of Analysis, 2nd Edition (M.R. Carter and E.G. Gregorich, eds.). CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL.
Bottomley, P.J., and D.D. Myrold. 2007. Biological nitrogen fixation: The return of N to the soil. p. 365-387. In Soil Microbiology, Ecology, and Biochemistry, 3rd Edition (E.A. Paul, ed.). Academic Press, Burlington, MA.
