Derek Pierson, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Katherine S. Rocci, Derek Pierson, Fiona V Jevon, Alexander Polussa, Angela M. Oliverio, Mark A. Bradford, Peter B. Reich, William R. Wieder. 2025. Integrating microbial community data into an ecosystem-scale model to predict litter decomposition in the face of climate change
• Deborah S. Page-Dumroese, Martin F. Jurgensen, Chris A. Miller, Joanne M. Tirocke, Derek Pierson, Cole Mayn, Mark J. Kimsey, Haley C. Anderson. 2025. Soil amendments alter tree growth and wood decay after forest thinning
• Paul O. Oyier, Han-Sup Han, Dipita Ghosh, Nathaniel Anderson, Deborah S. Page-Dumroese, Dan W. McCollum, Joanne M. Tirocke, Derek Pierson. 2024. FireBox and CharBoss: An alternative to open burning of woody biomass
• Katelyn Alexander, Michael S. Strickland, Martin F. Jurgensen, Michelle A. Jusino, Mark Banik, Derek Pierson, Joanne M. Tirocke, R. Kasten Dumroese, Deborah S. Page-Dumroese, Daniel Lindner. 2024. Long-term nitrogen addition in a boreal forest affects wood-inhabiting fungal communities and influences wood decomposition
• William R. Wieder, Melannie D. Hartman, Emily Kyker‐Snowman, Brooke Eastman, Katerina Georgiou, Derek Pierson, Katherine S. Rocci, A. Stuart. Grandy. 2024. Simulating global terrestrial carbon and nitrogen biogeochemical cycles with implicit and explicit representations of soil microbial activity
• Derek Pierson, Deborah S. Page-Dumroese. 2024. Building forest resilience from the ground up
• Derek Pierson. 2024. Incorporating biochar into forest management practices to deliver carbon benefits
• Deborah S. Page-Dumroese, Joanne M. Tirocke, Nathaniel Anderson, James G. Archuleta, Daniel W. McCollum, Jeffrey T. Morisette, Derek Pierson, Carlos Rodriguez-Franco. 2024. Continuous in-woods production of biochar using a trailer-mounted air curtain burner
• Katerina Georgiou, Charles D. Koven, William R. Wieder, Melannie D. Hartman, William J. Riley, Jennifer Pett-Ridge, Nicholas J. Bouskill, Rose Z. Abramoff, Eric W. Slessarev, Anders Ahlstrom, William J. Parton, Adam F. A. Pellegrini, Derek Pierson, Benjamin N. Sulman, Qing Zhu, Robert B. Jackson. 2024. Emergent temperature sensitivity of soil organic carbon driven by mineral associations
• Carlos Rodriguez Franco, Deborah S. Page-Dumroese, Derek Pierson, Timothy Nicosia. 2024. Biochar utilization as a forestry climate-smart tool
• Carlos Rodriguez Franco, Deborah S. Page-Dumroese, Derek Pierson, Margaret Miller, Thomas Miles. 2024. Policy and regulations for mobile biochar production in the United States of America
• Derek Pierson, Nathaniel Anderson, Jessica Brewen, Nehalem C. Clark, Margaret C. Hardy, Dan W. McCollum, Frank H. McCormick, Jeffrey T. Morisette, Timothy Nicosia, Deborah S. Page-Dumroese, Carlos Rodriguez‑Franco, Joanne M. Tirocke. 2024. Beyond the basics: A perspective on barriers and opportunities for scaling up biochar production from forest slash
• Katherine S. Rocci, Cory C. Cleveland, Brooke A. Eastman, Katerina Georgiou, A. Stuart Grandy, Melannie D. Hartman, Emma Hauser, Hannah Holland-Moritz, Emily Kyker-Snowman, Derek Pierson, Peter B. Reich, Else P. Schlerman, William R. Wieder. 2024. Aligning theoretical and empirical representations of soil carbon-to-nitrogen stoichiometry with process-based terrestrial biogeochemistry models
• Kathleen A. Lohse, Derek Pierson, Nicholas R. Patton, Jonathan Sanderman, David P. Huber, Bruce Finney, Jeremy Facer, Jared Meyers, Mark S. Seyfried. 2022. Multiscale responses and recovery of soils to wildfire in a sagebrush steppe ecosystem
• Derek Pierson, Lucas Evans, Kamron Kayhani, Richard D. Bowden, Knute Nadelhoffer, Myrna Simpson, Kate Lajtha. 2021. Mineral stabilization of soil carbon is suppressed by live roots, outweighing influences from litter quality or quantity
• Derek Pierson, Hayley Peter-Contesse, Richard D. Bowden, Knute Nadelhoffer, Kamron Kayhani, Lucas Evans, Kate Lajtha. 2021. Competing processes drive the resistance of soil carbon to alterations in organic inputs
• Lucas R. Evans, Derek Pierson, Kate Lajtha. 2020. Dissolved organic carbon production and flux under long-term litter manipulations in a Pacific Northwest old-growth forest
• Alex T. Chow, Kuo-Pei Tsai, Timothy Fegel, Derek Pierson, Charles C. Rhoades. 2019. Lasting effects of wildfire on disinfection by-product formation in forest catchments
• Derek Pierson, Pete R. Robichaud, Charles C. Rhoades, Bob E. Brown. 2019. Soil carbon and nitrogen eroded after severe wildfire and erosion mitigation treatments
• Charles C. Rhoades, Alex T. Chow, Timothy P. Covino, Timothy Fegel, Derek Pierson, Allison E. Rhea. 2019. The legacy of a severe wildfire on stream nitrogen and carbon in headwater catchments
• Charles C. Rhoades, Kerri L. Minatre, Derek Pierson, Timothy Fegel, M. Francesca Cotrufo, Eugene F. Kelly. 2017. Examining the potential of forest residue-based amendments for post-wildfire rehabilitation in Colorado, USA
• Charles C. Rhoades, Carl Chambers, Kelly J. Elder, Derek Pierson, Banning Starr. 2012. Nutrient and carbon retention in riparian and hillslope forests after mountain pine beetle infestation and timber harvesting in Colorado (Abstract)

• Project
  

  Biochar for mitigating heavy metal contamination on mined lands (ERR18)

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/srs/projects/biochar
  Station

  Southern Research Station
• Project
  

  Using Wood Decay Fungi to Reduce Wildfire Risk and Improve Soil Health

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/projects/bil-wood-decay-fungi
  Station

  Northern Research Station
• Project
  

  Increasing biochar use and production for abandoned mine land restoration: Development of a management tool to select biochar types and rates across diverse soils and ecosystems

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/projects/bil-increasing-biochar-use-and-production-abandoned-mine-land-restoration
  Station

  Rocky Mountain Research Station

Articles

• Article
  

  Scaling up biochar production from forest slash: Overcoming barriers and seizing opportunities

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/articles/scaling-biochar-production-forest-slash-overcoming-barriers-and-seizing-opportunities
• Article
  

  Policy and regulation challenges behind mobile biochar production in the U.S.

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/articles/policy-and-regulation-challenges-behind-mobile-biochar-production-us

Multimedia

• Webinars

  SCIENCEx Soils: How can research support timber management and soil science?

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/products/multimedia/webinars/sciencex-soils-how-can-research-support-timber-management-and-soil
• Webinars
  

  Biochar production, benefits, and barriers in forested lands

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/products/multimedia/webinars/biochar-production-benefits-and-barriers-forested-lands

• Oregon State University, Ph. D. Soil Science, Soil biogeochemistry, 2020
• Colorado State University, M.S. Forest Science, Post-wildfire soil erosion & analytical chemistry, 2013
• University of Idaho, B.S. Microbiology, Microbiology, chemistry, ecology, 2008