Kristine A. Nichols
Translated glomalin and aggregate-stability research into practical, broad-acre soil carbon strategies for farmers and ranchers.
The record
- Standing
- active practice
- Based
- KRIS Systems (founder); Food Water Wellness Foundation · United States
- Focus area
- Aggregate Stability
- Works on
- glomalin, soil aggregation, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, soil-gut microbiome parallels, citizen soil science.
Standing is this studio’s placement of the work, not a ranking of the person, and it is the one line here that is a judgement rather than a cited fact.
The work
Soil microbiologist (PhD, University of Maryland) who began her career with Sara Wright at USDA-ARS Beltsville and spent 11 years at the ARS Northern Great Plains lab in Mandan, ND studying glomalin, grazing, and cover crops. Chief Scientist at Rodale Institute (2014-2018), where she oversaw the Farming Systems Trial. Founder of KRIS Systems Education & Consultation (relaunched Earth Day 2026) and research consultant with the Food Water Wellness Foundation in Alberta.
The same correction applies here as on Sara Wright’s record. The 2025 New Phytologist paper reclassified the assayed glomalin antigen as a polysaccharide rather than a glycoprotein, and Nichols has acknowledged the finding publicly. The aggregate-stability and soil-carbon work built on it is unaffected. Her affiliations have changed several times in recent years, so this record keeps them general.
Where to read them
- Kristine A. Nichols — lab or personal site
- Wright & Nichols glomalin research (USDA-ARS)
- Rodale Farming Systems Trial oversight
- KRIS Systems
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Corrections
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