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Brian J. Darby
Recipient of the Francis Clark Soil Biology Award given by the Soil Science Society of America, 2007, in New Orleans Featured in the University of Vermont publication, The View (April 17, 2008)
Email: Brian Education Ph.D., University of Vermont, Burlington, VT. 2008. Department of Plant and Soil Science, Dissertation: Influence of Altered Temperature and Precipitation on Desert Microfauna and their Role in Mediating Soil Nutrient Availability. Advisor: Dr. Deborah Neher M.S., University of Toledo, Toledo, OH. 2004. Department of Earth, Ecological and Environmental Sciences, Thesis: Protozoan and nematode communities associated with biological soil crusts in Colorado Plateau and Chihuahuan Desert soils. Advisor: Dr. Deborah Neher B. A., Northwestern College, Orange City, IA. 2002. Biology/Environmental Sciences
Specialized Taxonomy Courses completed Introductory Acarology, Ohio State University, June 2002 Free-living nematodes, Wageningen Agricultural University, Netherlands, 2003 Bacterivorous nematodes, University of California-Riverside, 2003
Research Experience 8/04-5/08 Graduate Research Assistant, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, Dr. Deborah Neher, advisor 8/02-8/04 Graduate Research Assistant, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, Dr. Deborah Neher, advisor 6/01-8/01 Research Experience for Undergraduates, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, Dr. Philip Fay, advisor
Teaching Experience 1/07-5/07 Teaching Assistant, University of Vermont, Prof. Deborah Neher, Soil Ecology 8/01-5/02 Teaching Assistant, Northwestern College, Prof. Jamie Schmeling, Botany 8/00-5/01 Teaching Assistant, Northwestern College, Dr. Fred Van Dyke, Zoology 1/00-5/02 Academic Tutor, Northwestern College, Ecology, Literature, and Statistics 8/99-5/02 Writing Tutor, Northwestern College, Orange City, IA
Published peer-reviewed journal articles Housman, D.C., Yeager, C.M. Darby, B.J., Sanford, R.L., Jr., Kuske, C.R., Neher, D.A., and Belnap, J. 2007. Heterogeneity of soil nutrients and subsurface biota in a dryland ecosystem. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 39:2138-2149. Darby, B.J., Neher, D.A. and Belnap, J. 2007. Ecological maturity of biological soil crust affects belowground nematode community composition. Applied Soil Ecology 35: 203-212. Melakeberhan, H., Mennan, S., Chen, S., Darby, B., Dudek, T. 2007. Integrated approaches to understanding and managing Meloidogyne hapla populations parasitic variability. Crop Protection 26: 894-902. Darby, B.J., Housman, D.C., Zaki, A.M., Shamout, Y., Adl, S., Belnap, J., and Neher, D.A. 2006. Effects of altered temperature and precipitation on desert protozoa associated with biological soil crusts. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 53: 207-514. Li, F., Neher, D.A., Darby, B.J., and Weicht, T.R. 2005. Contrasting effects of copper and benzo(a)pyrene concentration on life history characteristics of Aphelenchus and Acrobeloides. Ecotoxicology 14:419-429. Van Dyke, F., Darby, B., Bowdish, S.E., Schmeling, J.D., and De Jager, N.R. 2002. Ecosystem management and moose: creating a coherent concept with functional managements strategies. Alces 38:55-72.
Invited Book Chapters Neher, D.A. and Darby, B.J. 2008. General community indices that can be used for analysis of nematode assemblages in: Wilson, M., and Kakouli-Duarte, T. (editors) Nematodes as Environmental Bioindicators, CABI. (in press) Neher, D.A. and Darby, B.J. 2006. Computation and application of nematode community indices: General guidelines. Pages 211-222 In: Abebe, E. (editor) Freshwater Nematodes: Ecology and Taxonomy, CABI, 752 pp.
Research Presentations Darby, B.J., Neher, D.A. 2006. Biological soil crust can affect the spatial distribution of nematode communities near desert plants. Journal of Nematology 38:269. Darby, B.J., Neher, D.A. 2006. Estimating genus-specific anhydrobiosis of desert nematodes from field soils. Society of Nematologists, Journal of Nematology 38:269. Giordano, R., Darby, B.J., Soto-Adames, F.N., Drizo, A. Role of invertebrate communities associated with a constructed wetland. Entomological Society of America, 2005 (poster presentation). Housman, D.C., Belnap, J., Darby, B.J., Neher, D.A., Islands of fertility in deserts: do biological crusts affect their formation? Ecological Society of America, 2005. Darby, B.J., Neher, D.A. Survival and abundance of nematodes respond to changes in desert soil temperature and moisture. Soil Ecology Society, 2005. Darby, B.J., Neher, D.A., Belnap, J. and Housman, D.C. Effects of increased temperature and altered rainfall on soil nematode and protozoan communities under biological crusts in Colorado Plateau and Chihuahuan Deserts. Ecological Society of America, 2004. Housman, D.C., Yeager, C.M., Darby, B.J., Kuske, C.R., Neher, D.A., and Belnap, J. Effects of increased temperature and seasonal rainfall on the physiological performance of southwestern biological soil crusts. Ecological Society of America. 2004. Darby, B.J., and Neher, D.A. Effects of biological soil crusts on nematode communities in the arid southwest United States. Society of Nematologists, 2004. Darby, B.J., Soil microfauna beneath an arid land biological crust. Sigma Xi, 2004 Darby, B.J., Neher, D.A., and Weicht, T.R. Protozoan communities in early- and late-successional biological soil crusts of deserts in southwestern U.S. Soil Ecology Society, 2003 (poster presentation). Van Dyke, F., Darby, B., Bowdish, S.E., Schmeling, J.D., and De Jager N.R. Ecosystem management and moose: creating a coherent concept with functional managements strategies. North American Moose Conference and Workshop, 2001.
Invited lectures and seminars Darby, B.J., Biological soil crusts and microfauna: effects of physical and environmental disturbances. Wheaton College, IL. 2004
Honors and Awards Dow AgroSciences Student Travel Award, 2006 GSAC Mini-grant, University of Vermont, 2005, 2006 Hopp Travel Fund Award, University of Vermont CALS, 2005, 2006 Parkinson Travel Award, Soil Ecology Society, 2005 Sigma-Xi Research-in-Aid Grant, University of Toledo, 2003 North American Moose Conference Travel Award, 2001 Yellowstone Scholarship for Environmental Science, 1999-2002 Norman Vincent Peale Scholarship at Northwestern College, 1998-2002 Academic Award Scholarship at Northwestern College, 1998-2002 National Honors Society (inducted), 1997
Specialized Taxonomy Courses Completed Identification of Free-Living Nematodes (Secernentea), UC Riverside, 2004 Identification of Plant Parasitic Nematodes, UC Riverside, 2004 Nematode Identification Course, Wageningen, 2003 Introductory Acarology, Ohio State University, 2002
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