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Asmeret Asefaw Berhe

Asmeret Asefaw Berhe
Professional Title: 
Professor
Research Interests: 
Soil Science, Biogeochemistry, Global change ecology, Political Ecology
Bio: 
Asmeret Asefaw Berhe is a Professor of Soil Biogeochemistry and Falasco Chair in Earth Sciences and Geology at the Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Merced. Her research interest lies at the intersection of soil science, geochemistry, global change science, and political ecology, and seeks to improve our understanding of how the soil system regulates the earth’s climate and the dynamic two-way relationship between soil and human communities. Professor Berhe is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union and the Geological Society of America, and a member of the inaugural class of the US National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine's New Voices in Science, Engineering, and Medicine.