Contact Information
1102 S. Goodwin Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801
Additional Campus Affiliations
Professor, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
Affiliate, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
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Recent Publications
Favela, A., Kent, A. D., Sible, C. N., Flint-Garcia, S., Klimasmith, I. M., Mujjabi, C., Raglin, S. S., Below, F. E., & Bohn, M. O. (2026). Lost and found: Rediscovering microbiome-associated phenotypes that reshape agricultural sustainability. Science Advances, 12(1), eaed3360. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aed3360
Ricks, K. D., Raglin, S. S., & Kent, A. D. (2026). Signatures of local nitrogen adaptation in the Brachypodium distachyon root microbiome. New Phytologist, 249(1), 433-447. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70684
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
Hsu, S. K., Emmett, B. D., Haafke, A., Costa-Neto, G., Schulz, A. J., Lepak, N., La, T., AuBuchon-Elder, T. M., Hale, C. O., Raglin, S. S., Ojeda-Rivera, J. O., Kent, A. D., Kellogg, E. A., Romay, M. C., & Buckler, E. S. (2025). Contrasting rhizosphere nitrogen dynamics in Andropogoneae grasses. Plant Journal, 123(1), Article e70319. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70319
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