Won “Maury Prize”
Wang, L May 7th, 2008
Won the “Maury Prize” from the Department of Environmental Sciences at University of Virginia on April 30 2008.
The Maury Prize is the most prestigious student award in the Department of Environmental Sciences. It is awarded to the most outstanding graduate or undergraduate student in the Department in any year. Note that it is not awarded if a suitable nominee is not available. Details……
Co-authored JGR paper comes out!
Wang, L April 20th, 2008
Okin, G. S., N. Mladenov, L. Wang, D. Cassel, K.K. Caylor, S. Ringrose, S. Macko. Spatial patterns of soil nutrients in two Southern African savannas. Journal of Geophysical Research 113, G02011, doi:10.1029/2007JG000584.
Isoscapes 2008, Santa Barbara, California
Wang, L April 7th, 2008
During April 6-11, 2008, I will attend “Isoscapes 2008″ meeting. I will present an invited talk entitled “Remote sensing of nitrogen and carbon isotope compositions in terrestrial ecosystems”.
Defend Dissertation
Wang, L April 7th, 2008
On April 2, 2008, I successfully defended my PhD dissertation entitled “Soil biogeochemistry, aridity and plant adaptation responses in southern Africa savannas”.
2007 Fall AGU Presentations
Wang, L December 17th, 2007
1. Wang, L., S. Macko, P. D’Odorico and L. Ries. 2007. Patterns and implications of plant-soil C and N isotopic compositions in African savanna ecosystems. Poster.
2. Macko, S, L. Wang and G. Okin. 2007. Spatial heterogeneity and sources of soil carbon in southern African savannas. Poster.
3. Ravi, S, P D’Odorico, L Wang, S L Collins, C S White, G S Okin. 2007 Resource homogenization in degraded arid landscapes induced by fire-erosion interactions. Talk.
Mistletoe Paper accepted in AJE!
Wang, L October 17th, 2007
Wang, L., B. Kgope, P. D’Odorico and S. Macko. Carbon and nitrogen parasitism by a xylem-tapping mistletoe (Tapinanthus oleifolius) along the Kalahari Transect: a stable isotope study. African Journal of Ecology (in press).
Invited talk at Beijing Normal University
Wang, L September 29th, 2007
Wang, L. An Integrated Study on Nitrogen Dynamics in African Savannas, Sep 19, 2007
Blandy 15N GRL paper comes out!
“Encyclopedia of Ecology” book chapter accepted!
Wang, L August 28th, 2007
Wang, L. and P. D’Odorico. Decomposition and Mineralization. In Encyclopedia of Ecology, Elsevier,