Kyungjin Min
PhD candidate, University of Kansas
KU - University of Kansas, Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Min's KU page
M.C.P., Environmental Studies, Seoul National University, 2010
B.S., Life Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, 2007
Dissertation topic: Microbial responses to temperature as a driver of changing soil organic matter decomposition. Although microorganisms cannot be seen with the naked eye, they play an important role in mediating the cycling of key nutrients, such as carbon and nitrogen. Microbial CO2 respiration represents up to 60 percent of soil respiration on the planet—significantly contributing to anthropogenic CO2 emission and climate change. Yet, we still do not know how changing environments will influence microbially-mediated nutrient cycling. KJ Min’s work in the Calhoun CZO investigates the effects of environmental changes on microbial activities in soils, in order to better predict future microbial activities in a changing climate.
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CZO Publications
Papers/Books
2018
Loss of deep roots limits biogenic agents of soil development that are only partially restored by decades of forest regeneration. Billings, S.A., D. Hirmas, P.L. Sullivan, C.A. Lehmeier, S. Bagchi, K. Min, Z. Brecheisen, E. Hauser, R. Stair, R. Flournoy, D. deB. Richter (2018): Elementa Science of the Anthropocene 6(1): 34
2016
Aging exo-enzymes can create temporally shifting, temperature-dependent resource landscapes for microbes. Billings, S., K. Min, F. Ballantyne IV, Y. Chen, M. Sellers (2016): Biogeochemistry 131:163-172
2016
Temperature-mediated changes in microbial carbon use efficiency and 13C discrimination. Lehmeier, C.A., F. Ballantyne IV, K. Min, and S.A. Billings (2016): Biogeosciences 13: 3319-3329
2016
Carbon availability modifies temperature responses of heterotrophic microbial respiration, carbon uptake affinity, and stable carbon isotope discrimination. Min, Kyungjin, Christoph A. Lehmeier, Ford Ballantyne IV, and Sharon A. Billings (2016): Frontiers in Microbiology 7, Article 2083
2015
Investigating microbial transformations of soil organic matter: synthesizing knowledge from disparate fields to guide new experimentation. Billings, S.A., Tiemann, L.K., Ballantyne, F., Lehmeier C.A., Min, K. (2015): Soil 1: 313-330
Papers and books that explicitly acknowledge a CZO grant are highlighted in PALE ORANGE.
Other CZO Publications
2017
Deep and persistent consequences of long-term changes in land cover. Billings, S.A., Richter, D.D., Sullivan, P.L., Lehmeier, C.A., Bagchi, S., Min, K., Hauser, E., Stair, R., Flournoy, R. (2017): Calhoun CZO 2017 Summer Science Meeting, Union, SC
2017
Soil biogeochemistry reveals the importance of deep roots as biotic controls of CZ evolution: a belowground analog to Ruddiman’s hypothesis. Billings, S.A., Sullivan, P.L., Richter, D.D., Lehmeier, C.A., Min, K., Bagchi, S., Flournoy, R., Hauser, E. (2017): Critical Zone Science: Current Advances and Future Opportunities, Arlington, VA, 4-6 June, 2017
2017
Soil weathering agents are limited where deep tree roots are removed, even after decades of forest regeneration. Billings, Sharon A, Daniel deB. Richter, Daniel Hirmas, Christoph Lehmeier, Samik Bagchi, Zachary Brecheisen, Pamela L Sullivan, Kyungjin Min, Emma Hauser, Rena Stair, Rebecca Flournoy (2017): American Geophysical Union 2017 Fall Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, 11-15 December 2017
2017
Temperature responses of microbial soil organic matter decomposition and associated respiration at various scales, ranging from exo-enzymes to populations and communities. Min, Kyungjin (2017): PhD Dissertation, University of Kansas
2016
Biomass-C specific temperature responses of microbial C transformations reveal consistency regardless of microbial community structure across diverse timescales of inquiry. Min, K., K.M. Buckeridge, S.E. Ziegler, K.A. Edwards, S. Bagchi, S.A. Billings (2016): American Geophysical Union 2016 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA
2015
Scaling from small-scale experiments to the Critical Zone to explain ecosystem patterns of soil organic C dynamics. Billings, S., Lehmeier, C., Min, K., Flournoy, R., & Richter, D. (2015): Cross CZO Working Group on Organic Matter Dynamics with Sino-US partners, Purdue University
2015
Small-scale experiments in diverse ecosystem highlight intricate linkages between microbial behavior and ecosystem-scale processes. Billings, S., Wood, T., Buckeridge, K., Min, K., Lehmeier, C., Flournoy, R., Huang, Z., Ziegler, S., Richter, D., Pett-Ridge, J., Brodie, E., Bouskill, N. (2015): Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD
2015
Is δ13C of respired CO2 dependent on growth rate? Exploring carbon isotope discrimination in soil microbes. Lehmeier, C. A., Min, K. J., Billings, S. A. (2015): Calhoun CZO 2015 Summer Science Meeting
2015
Effects of temperature on microbial transformation of organic matter - comparing stories told by purified enzyme assays, chemostat experiments and soils. Lehmeier, C.; Min, K.; Good, H.; Billings, S. (2015): American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, December 2015, San Francisco, CA
2015
How deep and persistent are the influences of aboveground disturbance on soil microbial activities at the Calhoun CZO?. Min, K. J., Lehmeier, C. A., Billings, S. A. (2015): Calhoun CZO 2015 Summer Science Meeting
2014
Guiding empirical and theoretical explorations of organic matter decay using disparate fields. Billings, S., Ballantyne, F., Lehmeier, C., Min, K. (2014): American Geophysical Union annual meeting, San Francisco, California, December, 2014
2014
Temperature and substrate C:N drive microbial carbon use efficiency and 13C discrimination. Billings, S., Lehmeier, C., Min, K., Ballantyne, F. (2014): Soil Science Society of America annual meeting, Long Beach, California, November, 2014
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