Katerina Georgiou [CV] [Google Scholar]
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Katerina is an Assistant Professor in Biological & Ecological Engineering at Oregon State University. She received a Ph.D. in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering from UC Berkeley and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota. Katerina was a USDA Postdoctoral Fellow in Earth System Science at Stanford University, and later a Lawrence Fellow and Staff Scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Lab. [Read more.]

​Zhen Li, Postdoctoral Researcher

​Zhen is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Lawrence Livermore National Lab modeling how plant traits affect soil carbon cycling, using the process-rich ecosystem model 'ecosys'. She has also applied ecosys to Arctic wetlands and permafrost soils. She received a Ph.D. in Civil & Environmental Engineering from Colorado School of Mines, and a B.S. and M.E. in Petroleum & Reservoir Engineering from China University of Petroleum.

​Meli, Field Assistant

Meli is always ready for an adventure, especially if it involves a ball or stick to fetch.

​Peppa, Field Assistant

Peppa loves to chase squirrels and rabbits, and the key to her heart is food.

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Alumni (former postdocs and graduate students)

Anthony Stewart, now an Atkinson Postdoctoral Fellow at Cornell University

Anthony was a DOE SCGSR Fellow & Visiting Ph.D. Student in 2024 studying the mechanisms driving soil organic carbon persistence across a wetland to upland gradient. He received a Ph.D. in 2025 from the University of Washington, co-advised by Monika Moskal and David Butman. Anthony received a M.S. in Natural Resources from University of New Hampshire, and a B.S. in Environmental Science from Montana State University.

Leo Rossdeutscher, now a Ph.D. candidate at the Max Planck Institute

​Leo was a visiting Ph.D. student in 2024 from the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry (advisor: Bernhard Ahrens) studying deep learning approaches for improving parametric and structural uncertainties in soil carbon models. He is particularly interested in the representation of mineral-organic associations in soil models, and using time series datasets to constrain multiple soil carbon pools and fluxes. Leo received a M.S. in Chemistry from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen and a B.S. in Applied Chemistry from TH Nürnberg.