
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