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Ashley Stengel

Instructor
Department of Microbiology

Ashley Stengel

Instructor
Department of Microbiology

Teaching

Courses Taught

  • BHS/MB 255 – Allied Health Microbiology
  • BHS 323 – Microbial Influences on Human Health
  • BHS 490 – BHS Capstone Experience

Research

  • Microbial ecology
  • Host-microbe symbiosis
  • Fungal diversity
  • Microbiome resilience and adaptation
  • Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Selected research publications below. For a complete list, see Ashley’s Google Scholar profile.

Education

Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Complex Biosystems: Microbial Interactions

B.S., University of Utah, Biology: Environmental and Organismal Bio

Publications

  • Stengel A, Stanke KM, Quattrone AC, and Herr JR (2022) Improving Taxonomic Delimitation of Fungal Species in the Age of Genomics and Phenomics. Front. Microbiol. 13:847067. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.847067
  • Stengel A, Drijber RA, Carr E, Egreja T, Hillman E, Krause T, Reese S, and Herr JR (2022) Rethinking the roles of pathogens and mutualists: exploring the continuum of symbiosis in the context of microbial ecology and evolution. Phytobiomes Journal 6(2):108-17. https://doi.org/10.1094/PBIOMES-05-21-0031-P
  • Stengel A, Stanke KM, McPherson MR, and Drijber RA (2021) Virtually engaging students through collaborative investigation of scientific literature, a case study. Natural Sciences Education 50(1):e20051. https://doi.org/10.1002/nse2.20051
  • Tosi M, Deen W, Drijber R, McPherson M, Stengel A, and Dunfield K (2021) Long-term N inputs shape microbial communities more strongly than current-year inputs in soils under 10-year continuous corn cropping. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 160:108361. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2021.108361
  • Kohl KD, Stengel A, and Dearing MD (2016) Inoculation of tannin‐degrading bacteria into novel hosts increases performance on tannin‐rich diets. Environmental Microbiology 18(6):1720-9. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.12841