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Rich Phillips

@richphillipslab.bsky.social
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Dad, wilderness wanderer, soil searcher, biogeochemical cyclist phillipslab.bio.indiana.edu

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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Even though transience is part of lab culture, it’s still hard to say goodbye. This summer we bid adieu to long-time lab manager Elizabeth Huenupi, long-time tech Zoe Worman & (sort of) long-time post-doc Daniel Beverly. We will miss (but not forget) you. You’ll bring awesomeness to your next stops!
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Does a plane 1/3 of rhizosphere scientists constitute a rhizoplane? So long Edinburgh - thanks for a great week!! #Rhizosphere6
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
We found 1) most variation in MAOM related to FeOx (60-68%), 2) bacterial diversity contributes to MAOM when low (but not high) melanin necromass is present, 3) low melanin forms MAOM more readily than high melanin necromass, & 4) necromass N forms 7x more MAOM than necromass C
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
We added 15N and 13C labeled necromass (high and low melanin) to soils with diff. mineralogies & microbial communities in a jar incubation. The soils were sourced from across southern Indiana and had iron oxide contents that differed by two orders of magnitude.
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Hmm, this seems prescient (in last week’s Science)
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 29/07/2024
Fun times in Btown celebrating three birthdays (7/29), two Kimberly Ann(e)s, three of my fav women in science and of course, friends and family @rosvall_lab @Novick_Lab @DrBioGC @JPWrightEcology
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 08/06/2024
Pt 1 of summer tour - Germany is in the books! Delightful time & fun convos abt roots, fungi, soils, music, art, politics & bier w/ Ina Meier lab (Hamburg), #ISRR24 attendees & @Eisenhauerlab @iDiv (Leipzig - the birthplace of myco fungi!). Special thx to Ina & Nico. On to Berlin
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 17/05/2024
Great leaders lead to great science. Tim Fahey was a tremendous scholar teacher, mentor & colleague, whose impact on our field was profound. Yesterday, we celebrated his career with stories, pics and hike @HubbardBrookNH. While Tim will be missed, his legacy lives on #FaheyFest
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 20/04/2024
Collaborations make us smarter & lead to better science (imo). Many thanks to SERC collabs for hosting 2d of data & ideas. From 300yr-old tulips to 11yr-old BiodiversiTrees to lone handkerchief tree (& forest orchids) - we saw it all. Hard to beat science, schnitzel & crab cakes!
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 08/04/2024
Wow, surreal & breathtaking @ Stillwater marsh. As totality approached, temps dropped & darkness descended. Cavity-nesting swallows were silenced & bolted for the canopy; peepers & frogs chorused loudly; and then came owls and a coyote - hootin’ and howlin’. And jaws dropped!
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 23/03/2024
Nine yrs ago we ran a workshop in Amsterdam to consider what roots & MF do in ecosystems, and how to model this. So much amazing research since then! Sometimes you just need to plant the seed/bury the spore.. @ColleenIversen @aimeeclassen Sir David Read, Nadia Soudzilovskaia 1/2
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 01/02/2024
Thanks @PeteHomyak for hosting me at @UCRiverside. Fun chats with/ @M_J_Spasojevic @harmstk @gdjecology, Mike & Edie Allen (& many others). Sunrise run up Rubidoux and lodging at Mission Inn were also highlights. Nice to be reminded: so much nitrogen, so little time…
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 20/01/2024
w/ Arctic air leaving central US next week, let's talk spring! A total solar eclipse (April) & two periodical cicada emergences (May). If in s. MO or IL you get both! Curious about impacts on plants & soils? @DanPBeverly is on it!
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 12/01/2024
Lab meeting this week got a little heated, as teams shaded out each other’s trees; but, we grew a nice forest with C-rich soil in the board-game Photosynthesis @502rules @DanPBeverly @nambiar_ashish @nicole_spanier @Max_P_Scheel
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 25/12/2023
I feel seen (and don’t worry, it’s not from today)
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 11/10/2023
Reason #6347 to halt climate change in its tracks
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 14/09/2023
UNH is a special place. Great people doing amazing research, amidst a gorgeous backdrop of mountains & water. Thx Thomas Muratore for hosting my visit & fun chats @seritafrey @sgrandysoil @ScottOllinger @nhfunguy2 Heidi Asbjornsen, Jason Demers, David Moore & Matt Vadeboncoeur
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 05/05/2023
Thanks @DukesJeff for a wonderful visit at Carnegie-Stanford-Jasper Ridge. Delightful convos about forests, fungi and soil C with @mykophile @PellitierPeter and so many others.
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 21/04/2023
#ESA2023 - it's on! Can't wait to see everyone in Portland
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 03/04/2023
Roots influence soil C, but which traits best predict MAOM formation? Do traits that increase MAOM also accelerate decay via priming? Are there diffs between AM-ECM absorpt-transprt roots? @BeidlerKatilyn @NextGenShovel @502rules & M. Benson have answers.
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 13/03/2023
Trees that host different myco fungi have distinct traits; but do they compete less for resources and grow more? In our new OA ms , we find the answer is ‘yes’, w/ a few caveats @ShanLuo6 @EisenhauerLab @iDiv @BWSchmid @FeiNrsa @insu_jo @alpenbering 1/
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 01/02/2023
The year Tom Brady entered the league, -Atmospheric CO2 was 369ppm -Razor flip phones were all the rage -Y2K fears were finally being put to rest -I was still five years out from publishing my first paper.
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 27/01/2023
Name a folder on your hard drive with a legacy name that now seems quaint or outdated. Pretty sure I set up this one ("Scientific Papers") >20 years ago when I started grad school. Anticipating many "what's a folder?" replies.
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 02/01/2023
Hamburgers or soil horizons? #RoseParade2023
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 15/12/2022
wonderful day talking grapes, goats & wine w/ @CristinaLazcan0 & the regenerative viticulture team. special thanks @lacremawines @jkwines for supporting the research…and the healthy pours
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 05/12/2022
That Tree Roots was Vincent’s 🖐️🎤seems fitting to me #VanGoghImmersive
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 28/11/2022
As if the storms weren’t bad enough..a giant ripe avocado is now blanketing the midwest…
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 21/11/2022
Trees never cease to amaze, but standing among these giants is another level of awesome #redwoods
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 06/11/2022
Sacto airport got this right - the hidden half is magical!
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 29/10/2022
Lots written about the US “climate bill” (recently-passed IRA). if you’re up for navigating its infinite jest-like 755 pp, go for it. But i suggest taking 20min to watch this vlogbros vid, which is informative & funny.
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 22/10/2022
delightful & inspiring seminar visit this week. so much gratitude to @bntecology @ncharisoil @PhloxELady @evodaveo @terrerlab_mit and others at @harvardoeb & mit. fall hike @arnoldarboretum was spectacular!
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 31/07/2022
Started these in April ‘20 cuz what else you gonna do when locked down with kids during a pandemic. Kids lost interest looong ago, but two years later, def cultured some cool microbes that would make Winogradsky proud #SoilLife
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 29/06/2022
Trevor G preparing for the VPD-soil water tree phys challenge. Who’s more sensitive to dry soil vs dry air, sugar maple or white oak? @Novick_Lab @DanPBeverly @geoxiyang @kinznice
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 09/05/2022
800 people?
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 26/01/2022
Come work in the beautiful Lilly Dickey Woods - it doesn't get much better than spending your day among big old hardwoods (many >150 yrs-old!)
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 23/12/2021
Unfinished Rothko or just another pandemic day? #TestYoursef #HappilyNegative
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 18/12/2021
Congrats again to @BeidlerKatilyn also known as Dr Katie Beidler! #MayTheRootsBeWithYou
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 06/12/2021
Delighted to introduce Dr. Beidler @BeidlerKatilyn who successfully defended her thesis! Wonderful talk delivered to a spirited audience (there was standing ovation); and beautiful dissertation about how roots & fungi affect SOM dynamics. We will miss you & wish you well @UMNFuN!
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 03/11/2021
Had me at “Music, like science, is a powerful tool.” Beautifully written tribute by @paulstoy @amy_trowbridge @DJPMoore to Russ Monson, as part of the “Festschrift” issue honoring his distinguished career. 1/n
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 14/09/2021
Delighted to open issue of @ESAFrontiers & find award winning #BroodX pics by talented post doc @DanPBeverly & @IUONeillSchool colleague Jeff White. Daniel’s pic shows stink bug injecting proteolytic enzymes into an N-rich cicada. Predation-decomposition in action! @Novick_Lab_IU
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 05/07/2021
when you’re 6 weeks late to the party
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 25/06/2021
fieldwork..ugh @Novick_Lab_IU
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 10/06/2021
when research interests collide
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 09/06/2021
How it started, how it’s going
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 05/06/2021
that time when you got all excited to see bumper-crop of serviceberries on your tree, only to have cicadas fly between your glasses and face, and pee all over you (while trying to balance on a ladder) #BroodXlife
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 17/05/2021
Overhead on a tree this am “lemme get this straight, y’all elected a black president 2x, a female vp and a reality show con-man? you watch movies on your phones? the red sox and cubs won the world series? keith richards is still alive and touring?” #BroodXChatter #WhatDidWeMiss
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 13/05/2021
Team CicadaFlux - LFG! @JonathanRaff @Novick_Lab_IU @DanPBeverly
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 01/05/2021
“Rise up (when you’re living under trees) you rise up...when are these colonies gonna rise up”?
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 19/04/2021
Me: The cicadas are coming, the cicadas are coming! Everyone outside of IN (& maybe Maryland): @Novick_Lab_IU @JonathanRaff @DanPBeverly @BeidlerKatilyn @Prepared4Change
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Rich Phillips @richphillipslab.bsky.social · 01/04/2021
Immunity, I’m so ready for our date in two weeks!
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