Rooms G528, G532, G533, G539, G540
Director: Don Zak
Size:  ~2500 ft² (total)
OSEH Certified

This state-of-the-art soils lab focuses on investigating microbial transformations of carbon and nitrogen within soil and the significance of microbial communities in regulating ecosystem-level processes. Rooms in the lab are divided by purpose and designations include two Plant & Soil Preparation labs, two analytical labs, and a molecular lab. The lab is fully outfitted with state-of-the-art equipment and director Don Zak calls it, “Simply the best facility for the biological and chemical analysis of soil anywhere.” The soils lab hosts researchers from a variety of UM departments as well as other universities. Recent projects include, “Ecosystem Response to Elevated CO2 and O3 is Controlled by Plant-Microbe Interactions in Soil” and “Genes to Ecosystems: Mechanisms Controlling Long-Term Ecosystem Response to Nitrogen Deposition.”

For further information, visit Dr. Zak's Lab page