Kate Lajtha

Professor
lajthak [at] science.oregonstate.edu

Nutrient cycling in natural and human-disturbed ecosystems, including the attenuation of increased nitrogen inputs to terrestrial ecosystems by soils and vegetation, detrital controls on soil organic matter formation.

I am not accepting new graduate students at this time.

At OSU

Affiliated with:

Crop and Soil Science

Career Links:

Department of Crop and Soil Science

Courses Taught:

BI 306H, Environmental Ecology. WIC Honors College course.
SUS 102, Introduction to Environmental Science and Sustainability

Professional Accomplishments

Curriculum Vitae:

resume.docx

Employment:

2010-present: Professor, Department of Crop and Soil Science, Oregon State University

2000-2010: Professor, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University

1995-2000: Associate Professor, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University

1993–1995: Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Boston University

Associate Director, Center for Energy and Environmental Studies

Director, Environmental Science Major

1987–1993: Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Boston University

1986–1987: University Postdoctoral Fellow, Ohio State University

1981–1986: Graduate Research and NSF Fellow, Department of Botany, Duke University

Education:

Ph.D. 1986, Duke University
B.A., 1979, Harvard University

Service:

Chair, American Geophysical Union Program Committee, Biogeosciences. Member of Biogeosciences Executive Committee, American Geophysical Union Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC), US EPA, Safe and Sustainable Water Resources Editor-in-Chief, Biogeochemistry.

My Awards

Honors and Awards:

Fellow, American Geophysical Union
ASLO’s 2018 John Martin Award for a paper that has led to fundamental shifts in research focus and interpretation of a large body of previous observations: Howarth et al. 1996. Riverine inputs of nitrogen to the North Atlantic Ocean: Fluxes and human influences. Biogeochemistry 35:75-139

Springer Publishing Woman Scientist of Merit, 2013

University Honors College HerStory Award Nominee, 2012

University Honors College Outstanding Teaching Nominee, 2012

OSU National Mortar Board Student Honor Society “Top Professor” Honoree, 2000

University Honors College Outstanding Teaching Award, 2000

National Academy of Sciences Representative, US–Romanian Program in Environmental Studies, 1991-1992

Murray Buell Award at the Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, 1986

University Postdoctoral Fellowship, Ohio State University, 1986

NSF Predoctoral Fellowship, 1982–1986

James B. Duke Fellowship, Duke University, 1981–1986

National Merit Scholarship to Harvard University, 1975

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