Invited presentations.
2023
Iversen CM et al. 2023. Building a culture of safety and trust in team science. Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Committee (BERAC) Fall Meeting, October 20-21, 2023.
2022
Iversen CM et al. 2022. Linking Belowground Plant Traits with Ecosystem Processes: A Multi-biome Perspective, Virtual Invited Talk, University of California, Davis, Plant Sciences Seminar Series (2 March 2022).
Iversen CM et al. 2022. The hidden half of ecosystem responses to climate change, Oak Ridge Institute for Continued Learning (ORICL) (25 March 2022).
Iversen CM et al. 2022. The hidden half of ecosystem responses to climate change, Virtual Invited Talk, University of Zurich, Department of Geology, Soil Science and Biogeochemistry group (6 April 2022).
Iversen CM et al. 2022. The hidden half of ecosystem responses to climate change, Virtual Invited Talk, Friends of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (19 April 2022).
Wullschleger SD, Thornton PE, Iversen CM. 2022. Iteration and Integration - How models guide observations in the NGEE Arctic project. Virtual Webinar, Cold Regions Research Centre, Wilfrid Laurier University (27 April 2022).
Iversen CM et al. 2022. The hidden half of ecosystem responses to climate change, Super Speaker and Career Day Speaker, Undergraduate Research Symposium, Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU), The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL (3 -4 August 2022).
Iversen et al. 2022. ‘Belowground Ecophysiology at ORNL’, Digital Underground Workshop, ORNL BESSD (22 August 2022).
Iversen CM et al. 2022. The hidden half of ecosystem responses to climate change, Oak Ridge Institute for Continued Learning (ORICL) (25 March 2022).
Iversen CM et al. 2022. The hidden half of ecosystem responses to climate change, Virtual Invited Talk, University of Zurich, Department of Geology, Soil Science and Biogeochemistry group (6 April 2022).
Iversen CM et al. 2022. The hidden half of ecosystem responses to climate change, Virtual Invited Talk, Friends of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (19 April 2022).
Wullschleger SD, Thornton PE, Iversen CM. 2022. Iteration and Integration - How models guide observations in the NGEE Arctic project. Virtual Webinar, Cold Regions Research Centre, Wilfrid Laurier University (27 April 2022).
Iversen CM et al. 2022. The hidden half of ecosystem responses to climate change, Super Speaker and Career Day Speaker, Undergraduate Research Symposium, Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU), The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL (3 -4 August 2022).
Iversen et al. 2022. ‘Belowground Ecophysiology at ORNL’, Digital Underground Workshop, ORNL BESSD (22 August 2022).
2021
Iversen CM et al. 2021. The complex and beautiful world of belowground plant traits, Virtual Invited Talk, BRC Root Phenotyping Workshop, DOE Bioenergy Research Centers (5 March 2021). See my Twitter thread on the subject here.
Iversen CM et al. 2021. Linking Belowground Plant Traits with Ecosystem Processes: A Multi-biome Perspective, Virtual Invited Talk, Department of Environmental and Plant Biology, Ohio University (19 March 2021).
Iversen CM et al. 2021. Linking Belowground Plant Traits with Ecosystem Processes: A Multi-biome Perspective, Virtual Invited Keynote, 11th Symposium of the International Society of Root Research/Rooting 2021 Symposium/Rooting 2021 Symposium. (25 May 2022).
Iversen CM. 2021. The Complex World of Belowground Plant Traits, Virtual Invited Dissertation Opponent, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (28 May 2021).
Iversen CM et al. 2021. Linking Belowground Plant Traits with Ecosystem Processes: A Multi-biome Perspective, Virtual Invited Talk, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Frontiers in Geosciences Seminar (30 August 2021).
Iversen CM. 2021. A Hidden World of Scientific Stories (Or, my experiences with science communication), Virtual Invited Talk, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Frontiers in Geosciences Seminar (31 August 2021).
Iversen CM, Thornton PE, Wullschleger SD. 2021. Iteration and Integration - How models guide observations in the NGEE Arctic project. Examples and lessons learned on modeling guiding field observations - Joint Observing Systems, Modeling, and Glaciers and Sea Level Collaboration Team. Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC, Collaborations) (21 September 2021).
Iversen CM, Thornton PE, Wullschleger SD. 2021. Iteration and Integration - How models guide observations in the NGEE Arctic project. US Climate Variability and Predictability Program, Process Study and Model Improvement Panel (26 October 2021).
Iversen CM et al. 2021. Linking Belowground Plant Traits with Ecosystem Processes: A Multi-biome Perspective, Virtual Invited Talk, Indiana University, O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs (4 November 2021).
Iversen CM et al. 2021. What lies below? Virtual Invited Talk, University of Tennessee Science Forum (12 November 2021).
Iversen CM. 2021. Explore the world's largest root trait database (FRED). 2021 AGU International Critical Zone Network-of-Networks, Early Career Workshop (9 December 2021).
Iversen CM et al. 2021. Linking Belowground Plant Traits with Ecosystem Processes: A Multi-biome Perspective, Virtual Invited Talk, Department of Environmental and Plant Biology, Ohio University (19 March 2021).
Iversen CM et al. 2021. Linking Belowground Plant Traits with Ecosystem Processes: A Multi-biome Perspective, Virtual Invited Keynote, 11th Symposium of the International Society of Root Research/Rooting 2021 Symposium/Rooting 2021 Symposium. (25 May 2022).
Iversen CM. 2021. The Complex World of Belowground Plant Traits, Virtual Invited Dissertation Opponent, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (28 May 2021).
Iversen CM et al. 2021. Linking Belowground Plant Traits with Ecosystem Processes: A Multi-biome Perspective, Virtual Invited Talk, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Frontiers in Geosciences Seminar (30 August 2021).
Iversen CM. 2021. A Hidden World of Scientific Stories (Or, my experiences with science communication), Virtual Invited Talk, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Frontiers in Geosciences Seminar (31 August 2021).
Iversen CM, Thornton PE, Wullschleger SD. 2021. Iteration and Integration - How models guide observations in the NGEE Arctic project. Examples and lessons learned on modeling guiding field observations - Joint Observing Systems, Modeling, and Glaciers and Sea Level Collaboration Team. Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC, Collaborations) (21 September 2021).
Iversen CM, Thornton PE, Wullschleger SD. 2021. Iteration and Integration - How models guide observations in the NGEE Arctic project. US Climate Variability and Predictability Program, Process Study and Model Improvement Panel (26 October 2021).
Iversen CM et al. 2021. Linking Belowground Plant Traits with Ecosystem Processes: A Multi-biome Perspective, Virtual Invited Talk, Indiana University, O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs (4 November 2021).
Iversen CM et al. 2021. What lies below? Virtual Invited Talk, University of Tennessee Science Forum (12 November 2021).
Iversen CM. 2021. Explore the world's largest root trait database (FRED). 2021 AGU International Critical Zone Network-of-Networks, Early Career Workshop (9 December 2021).
2020
Iversen CM, Ricciuto DM, Lu D, Malhotra A. 2020. Meet in the middle: Losing the ‘um’ from the continuum of root traits to soil organic matter pools. Invited talk in INS 20 – ‘Harnessing the Soil Ecological Data Revolution: Challenges, Opportunities, and a United Way Forward’. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Virtual Meeting. See also the ‘Ecology Underground’ live session, and click here to view the slides and listen to Colleen talk about her work.
Iversen CM. 2020. Harnessing the ecological data revolution to develop a more holistic view of belowground ecosystem function. Invited talk in OOS 53 – ‘Bridging the Gap Between Fine-Root and Fungal Functional Traits’. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Virtual Meeting. See also the ‘Ecology Underground’ live session, and click here to view the slides and listen to Colleen talk about her work.
Iversen CM. 2020. The hidden world beneath our feed: From squishy bogs to frozen tundra (and everywhere in-between). Invited talk in the Pop-Up Global Symposia about Life & Ecology for You (PUGSLEY, May 2020, organized by Peter Reich and Ethan Butler at UMN).
Iversen CM. 2020. Harnessing the ecological data revolution to develop a more holistic view of belowground ecosystem function. Invited talk in OOS 53 – ‘Bridging the Gap Between Fine-Root and Fungal Functional Traits’. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Virtual Meeting. See also the ‘Ecology Underground’ live session, and click here to view the slides and listen to Colleen talk about her work.
Iversen CM. 2020. The hidden world beneath our feed: From squishy bogs to frozen tundra (and everywhere in-between). Invited talk in the Pop-Up Global Symposia about Life & Ecology for You (PUGSLEY, May 2020, organized by Peter Reich and Ethan Butler at UMN).
2019
Iversen CM. 2019. Growing up with big science: A belowground perspective. Invited talk in Centennial Session: Biogeosciences at the Threshold of the Next Centennial: State of the Art and What We Still Need to Learn About Our Living Planet. American Geophysical Union annual fall meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Iversen CM et al. 2019. Linking belowground plant traits with ecosystem processes: A multi-biome perspective. University of Tennessee, Institute of Agriculture, Knoxville, TN, USA.
Iversen CM et al. 2019. Linking belowground plant traits with ecosystem processes: A multi-biome perspective. Invited talk (by graduate students in the Department of Biological Sciences), Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA.
Iversen CM et al. 2019. Linking belowground plant traits with ecosystem processes: A multi-biome perspective. 'Fishheads', Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA.
Iversen CM. 2019. 'A hidden world of scientific stories' (Or, my experiences with science communication). Invited talk, Department of Energy Office of Science, Earth System Science PI meeting, Washington, DC, USA.
Iversen CM et al. 2019. The hidden world beneath our feet: From squishy bogs to frozen tundra (and everywhere in-between). 'Energy Talks' in the Energy and Environmental Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA.
Iversen CM et al. 2019. Linking belowground plant traits with ecosystem processes: A multi-biome perspective. University of Tennessee, Institute of Agriculture, Knoxville, TN, USA.
Iversen CM et al. 2019. Linking belowground plant traits with ecosystem processes: A multi-biome perspective. Invited talk (by graduate students in the Department of Biological Sciences), Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA.
Iversen CM et al. 2019. Linking belowground plant traits with ecosystem processes: A multi-biome perspective. 'Fishheads', Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA.
Iversen CM. 2019. 'A hidden world of scientific stories' (Or, my experiences with science communication). Invited talk, Department of Energy Office of Science, Earth System Science PI meeting, Washington, DC, USA.
Iversen CM et al. 2019. The hidden world beneath our feet: From squishy bogs to frozen tundra (and everywhere in-between). 'Energy Talks' in the Energy and Environmental Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA.
2018
Iversen CM et al. 2018. Linking Belowground Plant Traits With Ecosystem Processes: A Multi-Biome perspective. Invited talk (by graduate students and post-docs in the Center for Ecosystem Science and Society), Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA.
2017
Iversen CM, McCormack ML, Powell AS. 2017. Harnessing a galaxy of root traits to address belowground challenges in plant ecology. Invited talk. ‘Trait-Based Methods for Representing Change in Belowground Ecosystems’, Ignite Session at Ecological Society of America annual meeting, August, 2017, Portland, Oregon, USA.
2016
Iversen CM et al. 2016. Linking Belowground Plant Traits With Ecosystem Processes: A Multi-Biome perspective. Invited talk (by graduate students and post-docs in the Biogeoscience program), Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
2015
Iversen CM, McCormack ML, Warren JM, Walker AP, Yang X, Wang D. 2015. A path forward to improve the representation of fine roots in terrestrial biosphere models. Invited talk. ‘Climate models revisited: the biogeochemical consequences of mycorrhizal dynamics’ meeting, KNAW, The Trippenhuis, Amsterdam.
Iversen CM, McCormack ML, Powell AS, Wang D, Xu Y. 2015. The need for a global root trait database. Invited lightning talk. DOE workshop on 'Trait methods for representing ecosystem change'. Rockville, MD, USA.
Iversen CM, McCormack ML, Powell AS, Wang D, Xu Y. 2015. The need for a global root trait database. Invited lightning talk. DOE workshop on 'Trait methods for representing ecosystem change'. Rockville, MD, USA.
2014
Iversen CM. 2014. Digging deeper: Improving our understanding of ecosystem responses to climate change through measurements and modeling of belowground processes. Keynote address. ‘Belowground processes and the RhizoNet integrated network of belowground measurements’ workshop at the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research in Beijing, China.
2013
Iversen CM. 2013. Digging deeper: Improving our understanding of ecosystem responses to climate change through measurements and modeling of belowground processes. Invited talk. Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
Iversen CM. 2013. Improving our understanding of ecosystem responses to climate change through measurements and modeling of belowground processes’. Invited talk. Belowground Carbon Cycling Processes at the Molecular Scale workshop, Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA.
Iversen CM, Childs J, Norby RJ, Kolka, RK, Ontl TA. 2013. Advancing the use of minirhizotrons in wetlands. Invited talk. Environmental Sensing Technology workshop associated with the Center for Embedded Network Sensors at the University of California, Riverside, CA, USA.
Iversen CM. 2013. Improving our understanding of ecosystem responses to climate change through measurements and modeling of belowground processes’. Invited talk. Belowground Carbon Cycling Processes at the Molecular Scale workshop, Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA.
Iversen CM, Childs J, Norby RJ, Kolka, RK, Ontl TA. 2013. Advancing the use of minirhizotrons in wetlands. Invited talk. Environmental Sensing Technology workshop associated with the Center for Embedded Network Sensors at the University of California, Riverside, CA, USA.
2012
Iversen CM. 2012. Digging deeper: Improving our understanding of ecosystem responses to atmospheric and climatic change through measurements and modeling of belowground processes. Invited talk. Biogeochemistry and Environmental Science and Sustainability Fall 2012 Seminar Series, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
Iversen CM, Norby RJ. 2012. Digging deeper: Rooting distributions in forested CO2-enrichment experiments. Invited talk. Scaling Root Processes: Global Impacts workshop, Washington, D.C., USA.
Iversen CM, Norby RJ. 2012. Digging deeper: Rooting distributions in forested CO2-enrichment experiments. Invited talk. Scaling Root Processes: Global Impacts workshop, Washington, D.C., USA.
2011
Iversen CM, Norby RJ. 2011. The interplay between soil N availability, C partitioning, and ecosystem C storage in a CO2-enriched sweetgum plantation. Invited talk. The 27th New Phytologist Symposium: Stoichiometric flexibility in terrestrial ecosystems under global change. Biosphere 2, Oracle, AZ, USA.
Iversen CM. 2011. At the root of the response: Carbon and nitrogen cycling in a CO2-enriched deciduous forest. Invited talk. Oak Ridge Institute for Continued Learning, Philosophical Society, Oak Ridge, TN, USA.
Iversen CM. 2011. At the root of the response: Carbon and nitrogen cycling in a CO2-enriched deciduous forest. Invited talk. Oak Ridge Institute for Continued Learning, Philosophical Society, Oak Ridge, TN, USA.
2010
Iversen CM. 2010. At the root of the response: Carbon and nitrogen cycling in a CO2-enriched deciduous forest. Invited talk. Biology Department, Hope College, Holland, MI, USA.
2009
Iversen CM. 2009. The causes and consequences of increased fine-root production in a CO2-enriched sweetgum plantation. Invited talk. Biosciences Division Seminar, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA.
Iversen CM. 2009. The causes and consequences of increased fine-root production in a CO2-enriched sweetgum plantation. Invited talk. Department of Biological Sciences Seminar, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Iversen CM. 2009. The causes and consequences of increased fine-root production in a CO2-enriched sweetgum plantation. Invited talk. Department of Biological Sciences Seminar, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
2008
Iversen CM. 2008. The causes and consequences of increased fine-root production in a CO2-enriched sweetgum plantation. Keynote address. High CO2 Workshop, University of Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
2006
Iversen CM. 2006. At the root of the response: Carbon and nitrogen cycling in a CO2-enriched deciduous forest. Invited talk. Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD, USA.
Iversen CM. 2006. Plant nitrogen use from fens to forests: Consequences for carbon storage. Invited talk. Oak Ridge National Laboratory weekly “Fishheads” meeting, Oak Ridge, TN, USA.
Iversen CM. 2006. Plant nitrogen use from fens to forests: Consequences for carbon storage. Invited talk. Oak Ridge National Laboratory weekly “Fishheads” meeting, Oak Ridge, TN, USA.