Dr. Jennifer Pett-Ridge

@jeffinerca.bsky.social

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Mom/mentor/microbial ecologist. Soil C persistence & CDR for healthy soils and climate resilience. Using stable isotope probing, ‘omics, systems analysis. Lead of LLNL Carbon Initiative, Microbes Persist, & Terraforming Soil Earthshot. Roads2Removal.org

Jen Pett-Ridge standing in front of large sign welcoming delegates to Soil Organic Matter 2026 meeting

Three people standing in an agricultural field in front of raised pink-hued solar panels, titled towards the sun

Multiple trays with different types of cookies and sweets on top of a table

Presenter at podium describing a projected slide with map of USA BiCRS opportunities

Convention center next to a rainy street with the AGU24 sign

NanoSIMS mass spec images of Brady soils amended with 13C root detritus, showing associations between mineral particles,aggregates, and fungal hyphae

NanoSIMS mass spectrometer and florescence images illustrating how cells of F. sacchari from sediments of Great Boiling Spring have assimilated 13C- starch and 15N-ammonium

A single soil megacosm holding a rice plant, surrounded by racks in a greenhouse

Hart Prairie grassland with golden leaves of an aspen stand in the background, overlain by blue sky and puffy clouds