Mary K. Firestone

Mary K. Firestone
Mary K. Firestone
Born	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
Alma mater	Michigan State University (Ph.D)
Awards	Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (2015); Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology (2002);
	Scientific career
Institutions	University of California, Berkeley

Mary K. Firestone is a professor of soil microbiology in the Department of Environmental Studies, Policy, and Management at the University of California, Berkeley and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.^[1] Her laboratory's research focuses on the ecology of microbes in various soils, and their contribution to the carbon cycle and nitrogen cycle in particular.^[1]

^ ^a ^b "Mary K. Firestone". Dept of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management; University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 4 May 2018.