B.A. St. Olaf College, 2011

Ph.D. University of Arkansas, 2016

Postdoctoral Research, University of Southern Mississippi, 2016-2019

Started at UCA in 2019

General Ecology

Ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry, nutrition, stream ecology, aquatic invertebrates, microbial ecology

Costello, D.M., S.D. Tiegs, L. Boyero, C. Canhoto, K.A. Capps, M. Danger, P.C. Frost, M.O. Gessner, N.A. Griffiths, H.M. Halvorson, et al. 2022. Global patterns and controls of nutrient immobilization on decomposing cellulose in riverine ecosystems. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 36: e2021GB007163. DOI: 10.1029/2021GB007163

Price, T.L., J. Harper, S.N. Francoeur, H.M. Halvorson, and K.A. Kuehn. 2021. Brown meets green: Light and nutrients alter detritivore assimilation of microbial nutrients from leaf litter. Ecology 102: e03358. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3358

Hebert, T.A., H.M. Halvorson, and K.A. Kuehn. 2021. A literature synthesis resolves litter intrinsic constraints on fungal dynamics and decomposition across standing dead macrophytes. Oikos 130: 958-968. DOI: 10.1111/oik.08174

Brady, C.M., J. Bonney, S.N. Francoeur, H.M. Halvorson, and K.A. Kuehn. 2021. Leaf-litter decomposition and microbial responses to light and macroinvertebrate consumer manipulations in experimental streams. Freshwater Science 40: 340-353. DOI: 10.1086/714516

Lodato, M.B., J.S. Boyette, R.A. Smilo, C.R. Jackson, H.M. Halvorson, and K.A. Kuehn. 2021. Functional importance and diversity of fungi during standing grass litter decomposition. Oecologia 195: 499-512. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-020-04838-y