Angela D Kent

Angela D Kent

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

Blouin, M., Angot, V., Jacquiod, S., Burstin, J., Bouchenak-Khelladi, Y., & Kent, A. (2026). Distinguishing varying and carrying populations in holobiont breeding. Trends in Plant Science, 31(8), 1005-1013. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2026.04.010

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), 1-12. 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

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