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Jennifer Reeve

Assistant Professor of Organic and Sustainable Agriculture

Area of Study: Agronomy, Plant Science, Soil Science

Emphasis: Soil Management/Sustainability, Soil Microbiology/Ecology

Employee Type: Faculty

Email: jennifer.reeve@usu.edu

Office Phone: 435-797-3192

4820 Old Main Hill, AGS 322
Logan, UT 84322-4820

Education

Ph.D., Soil Science, Washington State University, 2007.
       Dissertation: Soil Quality and Microbial Functional Diversity on Organic and
       Conventional Strawberry Farms.
       Advisors: John P. Reganold and Lynne Carpenter-Boggs

M.S., Soil Science, WashingtonStateUniversity, 2003.

B.S., Hons., Ecology, University of Sheffield, 1995.

Professional Experience

08/2007 - present		Assistant Professor in Organic and Sustainable Agriculture, Department of Plants, Soils, and Climate, Utah State University.
08/2001 – 07/2007		Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington, State University.
11/2005 – 06/2006		Visiting Scientist, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
06/2002 – 06/2004		Land Institute Fellow, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University.
01/2001 – 07/2001		Research Assistant, Department of Biological Sciences, RadfordUniversity, Radford, Virginia.
03/1999 – 07/2001		Laboratory technician, Josephine Porter Institute, for Applied Biodynamics, Woolwine, Virginia. Responsible for producing the Pfeiffer microbial compost starter and field spray.
04/1996 – 02/1999		Assistant children’s environmental activities educator at Mannington Hall, the Norfolk Wildlife Trust, and BUNAC.
09/1995 – 03/1996		Volunteer at NEAD (Norwich Education and Action for Development). Working to promote fair trade with developing nations.

Teaching

01/2006 – 05/2006		Developed distance learning components for Soils 101 Organic Farming and Gardening, Washington State University.
08/2002 – 12/2002		Graduate Teaching Assistant Soils 201, Washington, State University.

Grants

In preparation.

Publications

Reeve, J.R., L. Carpenter-Boggs, J.P. Reganold, A.L. York, and G. McGourty, and L. McCloskey. 2005. Soil and Winegrape Quality in Biodynamic and Organically Managed Vineyards. American Journal of Enology and Viticulture. 56:367-376.

Reeve, J.R., J.L. Smith, L. Carpenter-Boggs, J.P. Reganold. Glycine N uptake by classic and modern wheat varieties. Soil Biology and Biochemistry (in review).

Reeve, J.R., J.L. Smith, L. Carpenter-Boggs, J.P. Reganold. Variation in organic N uptake and availability among strawberry species, management and soil type. Plant and Soil (in review).

Reeve, J.R., L. Carpenter-Boggs, J.P. Reganold, and W.F. Brinton. Biodynamic composting of winegrape pomace. Compost Science and Utilization (in preparation).

Reeve, J.R., L. Carpenter-Boggs, and J.P. Reganold. Soil quality on commercial organic and conventional strawberry operations. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment (in preparation).

Reeve, J.R., C.W. Schadt, L. Carpenter-Boggs, J.P. Reganold, and Z. Zhou. Microbial functional diversity and enzyme activities in response to soil fumigation and organic management. Applied and Environmental Microbiology (in preparation).

Proceedings

Reeve, J.R., J.L. Smith, L. Carpenter-Boggs, J.P. Reganold. 2005. Plant uptake of organic molecules as N source. In U. Köpke, U. Niggli, D. Nuehoff, P. Cornish, W. Lockeretz, and H. Willer (eds). Researching Sustainable Systems, Proceedings of the First Scientific Conference of the International Society of Organic Agriculture Research (ISOFAR), Institute of Organic Agriculture, Bonn, Germany. pp 44-47.

Reeve, J.R., L. Carpenter-Boggs, J.P. Reganold, A.L. York and G. McGourty. 2005. Soil and winegrape quality in a biodynamically and organically managed vineyard. In U. Köpke, U. Niggli, D. Nuehoff, P. Cornish, W. Lockeretz, and H. Willer (eds). Researching Sustainable Systems, Proceedings of the 8^th International Conference of Organic Viticulture, Institute of Organic Agriculture, Bonn, Germany. p 16.

Carpenter-Boggs, L., J.R. Reeve, and J.P. Reganold. 2002. In C. Miles, D. Granatstein and A. Stone (eds). Cultivating Biological Connections: Proceedings of the Northwest Symposium on Organic and Biologically Intensive Farming: Advances in Research and Education. Yakima, WA. p2.

Abstracts and Posters

Reeve, J.R., J.L. Smith, L. Carpenter-Boggs, J.P. Reganold. 2004. Plant uptake of organic molecules as N source. Agronomy Abstracts (#6448) American Society of Agronomy, Madison, WI.

Reeve, J.R., J.P. Reganold, D. Huggins, J.D. Glover, and L. Carpenter-Boggs. 2002. Agroecosystem Research Trials. Natural Systems Agriculture Workshop, The Land Institute, Matfield Green, K.S.

Invited Speaker

Compost Research on a Biodynamic Vineyard. Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association National Conference. Healing our Earth, Healing Ourselves, August 24-26, 2007.