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Dr. Brianne Palmer

Our work focuses on examining the role of fungi, bacteria, and diatoms in the preservation and decay of plant tissue in order to understand the complex fossilization processes of leaf compressions.

Research topics

  • Microbial Ecology

Positions

  • Since 2022: Postdoctoral scientist at the University of Bonn
  • 2017–2022: Ph.D. in Ecology at the University of California, Davis and San Diego State University, California, USA
  • 2012–2016: B.Sc. in Ecology, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA

Teaching

  • San Diego State University, 2022: Primary instructor for Conservation Biology
  • San Diego State University, 2021: Lead teaching assistant for General Ecology
  • San Diego State University, 2020: Teaching assistant for General Ecology
  • San Diego State University, 2017–2018: Teaching assistant for Introductory Biology
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Experience Prior to Ph.D.

  • Botanist for Utah Rare Plant Inventory and Analysis, 2016–2017.  Utah State University, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
  • Technician at National Ecological Observatory Network, 2016.  NEON, Salt Lake City Utah, USA
  • Botanical intern, 2016.  Utah State University, Randolph, Utah, USA
  • Botanical intern, 2015.  United States Department of Agriculture. Logan, Utah, USA
  • DAAD intern in Freshwater Microbial Ecology, 2014.  University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
  • Undergraduate researcher in Conservation Genetics, 2013–2016.  Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA
  • National Science Foundation undergraduate intern in Microbial Ecology.  2013.  University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA
  • Zoology intern, 2011.  Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver, Colorado, USA.

Publications

  • Palmer, B. Lawson, D., and Lipson, D.  In press.  Prescribed fire and changes in annual precipitation alters biocrust cover in a coastal grassland. Western North American Naturalist, in press since 2023.
  • Palmer, B., Pietrasiak, N., Cobb, P., and Lipson, D.  2023.  Using simulated wildland fire to assess microbial survival at multiple depths from biocrust and bare soils. Frontiers in Microbiology, 14:1123790.  doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1123790
  • Reeve, S., Palmer, B., Cobb, P., Pietrasiak, N., and Lipson, D.  2023.  Facilitating restoration of degraded biological soil crusts using mixed culture inoculation. Journal of Arid Environments,  208: 104876.
    Palmer, B., Lawson, D., and Lipson, D.  2022.  Years after a fire, biocrust microbial communities are similar to unburned communities in a coastal grassland.  Microbial Ecology: 1–17.
  • Palmer, B., Hernandez, R., and Lipson, D.  2020.  The fate of biological soil crusts after fire: A meta-analysis.  Global Ecology and Conservation, 24:e01380.
  • Palmer, B.  2019.  Restoration ecology: The study of applied optimism.  Restoration Ecology, 27(6): 1192–1193.