Compost University™ Faculty
Deborah Neher
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT | deborah.neher@uvm.edu
Neher is a soil ecologist with formal training in plant population ecology and plant pathology. I view nature as a model and am a question-driven researcher using population and community ecology approaches. My recent research focuses on biological communities in compost and their role in disease suppression by natural mechanisms. Through my career, I have published 100 peer-reviewed publications and given more than 240 scientific presentations on topics of biological indicators of soil, ecotoxicology and biotechnology risk assessment, climate change and soil biological crusts, plant pathology and sustainable agriculture. A comprehensive list is available at my web page, http://go.uvm.edu/wwwuvmedudneher.