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Contact Information

306 ERML
1102 S. Goodwin Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801

Director, Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology

Additional Campus Affiliations

Professor, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
Affiliate, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

Recent Publications

Favela, A., Bohn, M. O., & Kent, A. D. (2025). Genetic variation in Zea mays influences microbial nitrification and denitrification in conventional agroecosystems. Plant and Soil, 506(1), 671-690. Article 108577. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-024-06720-9

Krichels, A. H., Sanford, R. A., Chee-Sanford, J. C., Connor, L., Van Allen, R., Kent, A. D., & Yang, W. H. (2025). Distinct N-cycling microbial communities contribute to microtopographic variation in soil N2O emissions from denitrification. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 202, Article 109683. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2024.109683

Lee, J., Villanueva, P., Glanville, K., Vanloocke, A., Yang, W. H., Kent, A., McDaniel, M., Hall, S. J., & Howe, A. (2025). Impacts of Legacy and Contemporary Nitrogen Inputs on N2O and CO2 Emissions in Miscanthus and Maize Cultivated Soils. GCB Bioenergy, 17(2), Article e70018. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.70018

Ngumbi, E., Dady, E., Raglin, S., & Kent, A. (Accepted/In press). Interactions between soil source, flooding, and herbivory shape tomato plant volatile emissions and rhizosphere bacterial and fungal communities. Plant and Soil. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-025-07762-3

Raglin, S. S., & Kent, A. D. (2025). Navigating nitrogen sustainability with microbiome-associated phenotypes. Trends in Plant Science, 30(5), 471-483. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2025.02.003

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