Elaine Ingham

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Elaine Ingham is an American

USDA
's Soil Biology Primer.

Career

In 1981, Ingham earned a PhD from the Colorado State University in microbiology with an emphasis in soil.[citation needed] Along with her husband Russ, who has a doctorate in zoology emphasizing nematology, she was offered a post-doctoral fellowship at the Natural Resource Ecology Lab at Colorado State University. In 1985, she accepted a Research Associate Fellowship at the University of Georgia.[citation needed]

In 1986, Ingham moved to Oregon State University and joined the faculty in both Forest Science and Botany and Plant Pathology. She remained on faculty until 2001.[citation needed]

Ingham has been an Affiliate Professor of Sustainable Living at

Melbourne University from 2004 to 2008,[3] and was Program Chair of the Ecological Society of America from 1999 to 2000.[4] She was named chief scientist at The Rodale Institute in 2011[3][5] and was later director of research and an instructor at the Agricultural Celebration Institute's farm in California.[6]

She is the founder of Soil Foodweb Inc,

soil testing laboratories to assess soil biology.[7]

Selected publications

  • Ingham, E.R. and M. Alms. (1999), The Compost Tea Handbook 1.1
  • Ingham, E.R. (2000) The Compost Tea Brewing Manual. Sustainable Studies Institute, Eugene, Oregon. 2nd–5th eds. Soil Foodweb Inc, Corvallis, Oregon.
  • Ingham, E. R. (1999). Chapters 1–5 in: The Soil Biology Primer. NRCS Soil Quality Institute, USDA.
  • Ingham, E.R. (2004). "The Soil Foodweb: Its Role in Ecosystems Health". In: The Overstory Book: Cultivating Connections with Trees. Ed. Craig R. Elevitch. 2nd ed. Holualoa, Hawaii: Permanent Agriculture Resources.
  • Ingham, E.R. and M.D. Slaughter. (2005). "The Soil Foodweb–Soil and Composts As Living Ecosystems". International SoilACE Conference in Soil and Compost Eco-Biology. Leon, Spain. 1: 127-139.

See also

  • Klebsiella planticola

References

  1. ^ Damrosch, Barbara (October 3, 2013). "'Symphony of the Soil,' soundtrack of life". Washington Post. p. T05.
  2. ^
    The Weekly Times
    (Australia). p. 70. A key component is compost, which Mr Cafra began making himself after attending a course run by Dr Elaine Ingham, an American soil biology researcher and founder of Soil Foodweb Inc, who is recognised around the world as a leader in soil microbiology.
  3. ^ a b "Rodale Institute Names Dr. Elaine Ingham as Chief Scientist". Business Wire (Press release). New York. January 24, 2011.
  4. ^ "Dr Ingham's background and CV". soilfoodweb.com.
  5. ^ "People in the News". The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 18, 2011. p. A13.
  6. ^ "Elaine Ingham, Charlotte Kahn Join Soil4Climate Advisory Board" (press release). Soil4Climate. March 7, 2018.
  7. ^ Barlow, Genevieve (March 15, 2006). "Get the dirt on microbes". The Weekly Times (Australia). p. 31.

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