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Geoffrey Zahn
PeerJ Author & Reviewer
710 Points

Contributions by role

Author 505
Preprint Author 105
Reviewer 100
Answers 25

Contributions by subject area

Biogeography
Ecology
Microbiology
Marine Biology
Mycology
Natural Resource Management
Biodiversity
Conservation Biology
Plant Science
Evolutionary Studies
Agricultural Science
Bioinformatics
Forestry

By Q&A topic

Biogeography
Ecology
Microbiology

Geoffrey Zahn

PeerJ Author & Reviewer

Summary

I am interested in microbial ecology, with a keen interest in soil systems and how microbial community structure relates to nutrient cycling dynamics. I also study fungal-plant interactions.

Bioinformatics Climate Change Biology Ecology Ecosystem Science Microbiology Molecular Biology Mycology Soil Science

Editing Journals

Past or current institution affiliations

University of Hawaii at Manoa
Utah Valley State College

Work details

Assistant Professor

Utah Valley University
July 2017
Biology
My research and teaching are focused on microbial (especially fungal) ecology, with emphases in translational mycology and nutrient cycling.

PhD Student

University of Arkansas
June 2010 - May 2015
Graduate student in molecular ecology, focused on eukaryotic microbes

Postdoctoral Research Associate

University of Hawaii, Manoa
August 2015 - June 2017
Botany
Postdoc, studying fungal ecology, fungal-plant interactions, community assembly and dispersal

Websites

  • Zahn Website
  • ORCID

PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 4
  • Preprints 2
  • Reviewed 2
  • Answers 1
November 10, 2017
Foliar microbiome transplants confer disease resistance in a critically-endangered plant
Geoffrey Zahn, Anthony S. Amend
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4020 PubMed 29134155
August 28, 2017
Uncovering unseen fungal diversity from plant DNA banks
Erin M. Datlof, Anthony S. Amend, Kamala Earl, Jeremy Hayward, Clifford W. Morden, Rachael Wade, Geoffrey Zahn, Nicole A. Hynson
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3730 PubMed 28875077
July 11, 2017
Fungi associated with mesophotic macroalgae from the ‘Au‘au Channel, west Maui are differentiated by host and overlap terrestrial communities
Benjamin J. Wainwright, Geoffrey L. Zahn, Heather L. Spalding, Alison R. Sherwood, Celia M. Smith, Anthony S. Amend
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3532 PubMed 28713652
March 11, 2014
Ecological distribution of protosteloid amoebae in New Zealand
Geoffrey Zahn, Steven L. Stephenson, Frederick W. Spiegel
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.296 PubMed 24688872
September 6, 2017 - Version: 1
Foliar microbiome transplants confer disease resistance in a critically-endangered plant
Geoffrey Zahn, Anthony S Amend
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3226v1
December 20, 2013 - Version: 2
Ecological Distribution of Protosteloid Amoebae in New Zealand
Geoffrey Zahn, Steven L. Stephenson, Frederick W. Spiegel
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.136v2

Signed reviews submitted for articles published in PeerJ Note that some articles may not have the review itself made public unless authors have made them open as well.

April 2, 2018
Pumpkin powdery mildew disease severity influences the fungal diversity of the phyllosphere
Zhuo Zhang, Luyun Luo, Xinqiu Tan, Xiao Kong, Jianguo Yang, Duanhua Wang, Deyong Zhang, Decai Jin, Yong Liu
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4559 PubMed 29629242
January 18, 2017
The wild tomato species Solanum chilense shows variation in pathogen resistance between geographically distinct populations
Remco Stam, Daniela Scheikl, Aurélien Tellier
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2910 PubMed 28133579

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