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Daniel D. Richter

Theodore S. Coile Distinguished Professor
Earth and Climate Sciences
Box 90328, Durham, NC 27708-0328
A205 Lab; Lev Sci Res Ctr, Science Dr., Durham, NC 27708

Selected Grants


Duke University Program in Environmental Health

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences · 2019 - 2029

Soil Li Signatures for Better Li-rich Pegmatite Exploration

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by NC Policy Collaboratory · 2024 - 2026

Convergence RAISE: Harnessing Extracellular Vesicle Mediated Interkingdom Communication

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2019 - 2023

Human and Natural Forcings of Critical Zone Dynamics and Evolution at the Calhoun Critical Zone Observatory

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2013 - 2018

"Down to Earth" - Support for Workshop to Network the World's Long-Term Soil Research Base

ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation · 2008 - 2015

DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Pedogenesis and Anthropedogenesis on the Southern Piedmont

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2013 - 2015

Forest Remeasurements in the High Elevation Black Mountains of North Carolina

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Forest Service · 2012 - 2014

Assessment of Carbon in Gabon's Forest Soils

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by US Agency for International Development · 2012 - 2013

DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Changes in ecosystem carbon sequestration over 50 years of loblolly pine forest development

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2010 - 2013

Collaborative Research:New Analyses of Belowground Carbon Accretion in Secondary Forests

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2007 - 2012

RCN: Global Soil Change Community Networking Chronosequence Studies and Long-term Soil Experiments

ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2006 - 2012

DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Biological and economic tradeoff of carbon and water with land-use changes in grasslands

Inst. Training Prgm or CMECo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2009 - 2011

Wood Energy's Missing Link: Architects and Energy Professionals

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Agriculture · 2009 - 2010

Improving the Science of Soil Change: Conference to Evaluate Research at the World's Long-Term Soil Experiments (LTSES)

ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Agriculture · 2005 - 2008

Collaborative Geoinformatics Research: Building a Cyberinfrastructure for Critical Zone Exploration Network

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2006 - 2008

LTER: Five Decades of Biogeochemical Change in Soils and Ecosystems of an Old-Field Forest

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2002 - 2006

Ice Damage to Forest Trees

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Forest Service · 2003 - 2004

Simplification and Recovery of Soil Biocomplexity Following Long-continued Agriculture and Forestry Land Uses

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2001 - 2003

Understanding the Biocomplexity of Differential Nutrient Limitation between Trophic Levels: A comparison among Biomes

ResearchSenior Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2001 - 2003

Sustainability of Soil Nutrient Supply in Southern Forests

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Forest Service · 1999 - 2002

Effects of Wildfire on Carbon Fluxes from Boreal Forest Soils

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1997 - 2000

Thirty-four Year N and P Mass Balances

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Agriculture · 1996 - 1999

Beyond a Dose-Response Approach to Intensive Forest Management

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Forest Service · 1997 - 1999

Soil Carbon Accumulation Under CO2 Enrichment (FACE)

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 1993 - 1998

Soil Carbon Gases and Water Relations in the Boreal Forest: Linking CO2 and CH4 to Moisture Availability

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1997 - 1998

The Effects of Wildfire on Carbon Cycling in Soils of Interior Alaska

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1997 - 1998

Soil Carbon Gases and Water Relations in the Boreal Forest: Linking CO2 and CH4 to Moisture Availabiity

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1995 - 1998

Soil Respiration and Water Uptake in Boreal Ecosystems: Soil Carbon Dioxide Fluxes and Moisture Availability Models

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1995 - 1998

Monitoring the Effects of Fires in Boreal Forests Using Imaging Radars

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1997 - 1998

Soil Carbon Accumulation Under CO2 Enrichment

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 1993 - 1996

Canopy Conductance and Water Availability in Boreal Ecosystems: Incorporating Edaphic Factors into a Water Vapor Flux Model

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Jet Propulsion Lab · 1994 - 1995

Response of Temperate and Tropical N2 Fixing Trees to Global Environmental Change

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Cooperative State Research Service (CSRS) · 1992 - 1994

Edaphic Conditions Affecting Tree Seedling Growth

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Forest Service · 1990 - 1991

Effects of pH and Ionic Strength of Simulated Rainfall on Soil Chemistry

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Forest Service · 1989 - 1990

Meeting Nutrient Demands From Retranslocation and Soil Sources: Nitrogen and Phosphorous in Loblolly Pine

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Forest Service · 1988 - 1990