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Kris
Nichols
Research Associate
USDA-ARS Soil Microbial Systems Lab
Bldg. 318 BARC-East
Beltsville, MD 20705
nicholsk@ba.ars.usda.gov
B.S., Plant Biology and Genetics/Cell
Biology, 1995
University of Minnesota
M.S. 1999, West Virginia University
My
Master's research involved the study of glomalin,
a glycoprotein produced exclusively by AM fungi. This molecule contains a high
percentage of iron (up to 5%), and therefore I examined the effects of iron
in soil on the accumulation of glomalin on fungal external hyphae.
I now am employed by USDA-ARS in Beltsville, Maryland, where I work in the laboratory
of Dr. Sara Wright. I also am working on a Ph.D. at the University of Maryland.
My research is a continuation of that conducted at WVU, but with a focus on
chemical characterization of the glomalin molecule.
