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Craig Rasmussen

	CRAIG RASMUSSEN Assistant Professor Soil Science, University of California, Davis, 2004 B.S., Environmental and Resource Science, University of California, Davis, 1996 Office: 429 Shantz Building, University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721 Phone: (520) 621-7223 Fax: (520) 621-1647 Email: crasmuss@cals.arizona.edu Lab Group Website http://ag.arizona.edu/swes/rasmussen updated 5/2007 curriculum vitae (pdf format)
Research Interests My research focuses on soil processes and soil genesis at the pedon, landscape, and regional scale. Specific areas of interest: Soil formation and soil forming processes; Organo-mineral interactions in soil systems; Role of soil mineral assemblage in controlling soil organic carbon dynamics and sequestration; Modeling environmental energy transfer to soil systems as a control of pedogenesis and mineral weathering; Interaction of soil development with soil-water and vegetation dynamics in arid and semiarid ecosystems; Use of digital soil mapping techniques to quantitatively predict soil-landscape relationships
Appointments 2004-present Assistant Professor of Environmental Pedology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 2000-2004 Research/Teaching Assistant, Land, Air, and Water Resources Department, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 1996-2004 Soil Scientist and GIS Specialist, Terra Spase Inc., Napa, CA
Publications Rasmussen, C., W.R. Horwath and R.J. Southard (In review). Interactive effects of litter quality and soil mineral assemblage on temperate forest soil carbon response to climate change. Global Change Biology. Rasmussen, C. and N. Tabor. 2007 (In review). Application of a quantitative pedogenic energy model to predict soil development across a range of environmental gradients. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. Rasmussen, C., R.J. Southard and W.R. Horwath. 2007 (In press). Soil mineralogy affects conifer forest soil carbon source utilization and microbial priming. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 71:XXX-XXX. Rasmussen, C. 2007. Red Rock Agricultural Center Pre-development Soil Characterization Report. The University of Arizona Experiment Station, AZ1433. Rasmussen, C., N. Matsuyama, R.A. Dahlgren, R.J. Southard and N. Brauer. 2007. Soil genesis and mineral transformation across an environmental gradient on andesitic lahar. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 71: 225-237. Rasmussen, C., R.J. Southard and W.R. Horwath. 2006. Mineral control of organic carbon mineralization in a range of temperate conifer forests. Global Change Biology. 12:834-847. Rasmussen, C. 2006. Distribution of soil organic and inorganic carbon pools by biome and soil taxa in Arizona. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 70: 256-265. Rasmussen, C., M.S. Torn and R.J. Southard. 2005. Mineral assemblage and aggregates control carbon dynamics in a California conifer forest. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 69:1711-1721. Rasmussen, C., R.J. Southard and W.R. Horwath. 2005. Modeling energy inputs to predict pedogenic environments using regional environmental datasets. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 69:1266-1274. Synergistic Activities Lead PI for the Sonoran Desert Elevation Gradient (SDEG) research node of the Critical Zone Exploration Network (CZEN) Faculty advisor to the University of Arizona undergraduate Soil Judging Team University of Arizona liaison with the National Cooperative Soil Survey, includes cooperation between NRCS, BLM, USFS, NPS, and land grant universities; Member of the organizing committee for the NRCS Digital Soil Mapping workgroup Manuscript and Proposal Reviews: American Journal of Science; Soil Science Society of America Journal; Geoderma; Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta; NSF Ecosystem Sciences (ad hoc reviewer, Panelist fall 2006); Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada; Kearney Foundation of Soil Science Editorial board member for the Journal of Arid Land Research and Management *Courses Taught:* Soil Genesis, Morphology, and Classification (SWES 431/531) (University of Arizona) http://ag.arizona.edu/classes/swes431/ Advanced Soil Genesis (SWES 541) (University of Arizona) http://ag.arizona.edu/classes/swes541/