Student

Jennifer Harris

Graduate Student

Advisers: Liana Burghardt / Estelle Couradeau

Email jeh6121@psu.edu
Pronouns She/Her

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Ecology IGDP

To see how microbial activity changes near and inside roots, the researchers chose crimson clover, or Trifolium incarnatum, as a test plant. It’s a legume commonly grown as a cover crop in the U.S. Northeast that forms root nodules with bacteria like the one shown here. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

November 03, 2025

Novel technique reveals insights into soil microbe alarm clock

Five new research collaborations between Penn State and minority-serving institutions selected to receive seed funding via the Inter-Institutional Partnerships for Diversifying Research program

August 23, 2023

Penn State is tops in USDA predoctoral fellowship program awards

The cover crops cocktail experiment at Penn State's Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center was established in 2011. It has turned out to be fertile ground for training graduate students. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

August 21, 2023

Cover crops project provides fertile ground for USDA graduate fellows

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