Honors and awards.

2017 - 2021

Early Career Fellow of the Ecological Society of America
'Elected for her leadership and creativity in linking experimentation and modeling to advance ecological understanding of the influence of fine plant roots on the fate of vast pools of carbon and nutrients held in the soils of diverse biomes.'

​2012

Stanley I. Auerbach Early-Career Award for
​Excellence in Environmental Sciences.
​Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

2010

Finalist in New Phytologist Tansley Medal competition for mini-review: Digging deeper: Fine-root responses to rising atmospheric CO2 concentration in forested ecosystems'. Highlighted in ‘The New Phytologist Tansley medal’.

2009

Distinguished Achievement Award for Post-Graduate Research. Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.