Degree
Ph.D. Environment and Resources (2017); M.S. Environmental Science & Policy (2012); B.S. Environmental Science (2009)
Education
Ph.D. Environment and Resources, University of Wisconsin – Madison, 2017
M.S. Environmental Science & Policy, University of Wisconsin – Green Bay, 2012
B.S. Environmental Science, University of Wisconsin – Green Bay, 2009
Research and Professional Interests
I was born and raised in Green Bay, WI and received a BS in Environmental Science and a MS in Environmental Science & Policy from the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay. My research has primarily focused on belowground ecology and carbon dynamics in grasslands. As an undergraduate, I worked on project that investigated root production rates at varying levels of plant functional group diversity in a Texas tallgrass prairie. During my MS career, I worked as a research assistant on an interdisciplinary Wisconsin Focus on Energy study that examined the ecological and economic effects of future bioenergy grassland establishment in Northeast Wisconsin. Stemming from the Wisconsin Focus on Energy study, my thesis research involved simultaneously measuring root biomass, production, and decomposition rates throughout soil profiles of a tallgrass prairie and then modeling those root dynamics using environmental variables. Most recently, I’ve worked as a research analyst and associate lecturer at UW-Green Bay, where I helped establish field-scale bioenergy research plots and taught labs in soil science and biology.
Presentations and Lectures
von Haden, A.C. and M.E. Dornbush. 2011. Above- and below-ground partitioning in tallgrass prairie along a landscape-scale soil moisture continuum: implications for carbon sequestration. Ecological Society of America meeting. Oral presentation.
Honors, Grants, and Fellowships
2012 Outstanding Thesis Award, UW – Green Bay Alumni Association, 2013
Academic Excellence Award, UW – Green Bay, 2011
Barbara Hauxhurst Cofrin Graduate Research Assistantship in Environmental Science and Policy, UW – Green Bay, 2011
Current Position
Postdoctoral Research Associate – Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
von Haden, A.C. and M.E. Dornbush. 2017. Depth-distributions of belowground production, biomass, and decomposition in restored tallgrass prairie. Pedosphere (Accepted).
von Haden, A.C. and M.E. Dornbush. 2016. Ecosystem carbon pools, fluxes, and balances within mature tallgrass prairie restorations. Restoration Ecology. doi:10.1111/rec.12461.
von Haden, A.C. and M.E. Dornbush. 2016. Prairies thrive where row crops drown: A comparison of yields in upland and lowland topographies in the Upper Midwest US. Agronomy 6, 32. doi:10.3390/agronomy6020032
von Haden, A.C. and M.E. Dornbush. 2014. Patterns of root decomposition in response to soil moisture best explain high soil organic carbon heterogeneity within a mesic, restored prairie. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 185: 188-196. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2013.12.027
Abstracts and Posters
von Haden, A.C., E. Marín-Spiotta, Randall D. Jackson, and C.J. Kucharik. 2016. Diurnal patterns of heterotrophic and autotrophic soil respiration in maize and switchgrass bioenergy cropping systems. American Geophysical Union meeting. Poster presentation.
von Haden, A.C., E. Marín-Spiotta, and C.J. Kucharik. 2015. Short-term stability of soil organic carbon in biofuel cropping systems established on contrasting soil textures. Soil Science Society of America meeting & Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center meeting. Poster presentations (2).
von Haden, A.C., E. Marín-Spiotta, and C.J. Kucharik. 2014. Partitioning of heterotrophic soil respiration in corn and switchgrass to evaluate in situ soil organic matter decomposition dynamics. American Geophysical Union meeting & Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center meeting. Poster presentations (2).
von Haden, A.C., E. Marín-Spiotta, and C.J. Kucharik. 2014. Soil carbon dynamics in model temperate bioenergy systems. Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center meeting. Poster presentation.
von Haden, A.C. and M.E. Dornbush. 2011. Above- and below-ground partitioning in tallgrass prairie along a landscape-scale soil moisture continuum: implications for carbon sequestration. Ecological Society of America meeting. Oral presentation.
von Haden, A.C. and M.E. Dornbush. 2011. Biomass partitioning in tallgrass prairie along a soil moisture continuum. UW – Green Bay Academic excellence symposium. Poster presentation.