Diana Wall

Diana Wall elected in the National Academy of Sciences

The Wall lab congratulates Diana’s election to the National Academy of Sciences, the latest recognition to a long and distinguished career in scientific research. A well-deserved award for a soil ecologist who has made tremendous contribution both to advancing scientific knowledge, and to communicating the importance and value of living soils beyond academia – even […]

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High School STEM Intern Eden Senay Presents Her Work at FRSES

Wall lab’s intern Eden Senay presented the results of her study on host suitability for an endoparasitic soil nematode during the poster session of the 2017 Front Range Student Ecology Symposium. Her experiment showed that the so-called root lesion nematode, P. penetrans, infects dominant grass species in the arid shortgrass and moist tallgrass prairies. Eden, a sophomore in high

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From Antarctica to U.S. grasslands: Wall lab in action

The Wall lab is once again in Antarctica for the austral summer field season. Professor Diana Wall, postdoc Walter Andriuzzi, and PhD student Ashley Shaw, together with colleagues from Dartmouth College, Virginia Tech and Brigham Young University, are currently in the McMurdo station, East Antarctica, the largest human facility on the continent. More details on

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Diana Named Honorary Member of the British Ecological Society

This year, Colorado State University Distinguished Professor Diana Wall joins the likes of Sir David Attenborough, Edward O. Wilson, and other scientific luminaries as an Honorary Member of the British Ecological Society (BES). Honorary membership is the highest honor BES can give. The primary criteria for honorary membership is a lifetime’s achievement in the science of ecology or its application. The Awards Ceremony

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Scientists Converge at CSU to Discuss Antarctic Conservation

A meeting chaired by Dr. John Priscu (Montana State University) and co-chaired by CSU professors Dr. Adrian Howkins, environmental historian, and Diana Wall, soil ecologist, brought more than 40 Antarctic scientists to Colorado State University, with the aim of improving the environmental management of the McMurdo Dry Valleys. The Wall lab was involved in organizing the NSF workshop,

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