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  • Home
  • Team
    • Dr. Rebecca Lybrand >
      • Current Research
      • Graduate Research >
        • Postdoctoral Research, University of Arizona
        • Ph.D., University of Arizona
        • M.S., UC Riverside
      • Graduate Outreach >
        • i-STEM Mentoring: Space to Soils
        • K-12 Outreach
        • Soil, Not Dirt: YouTube Video
        • UA Sky School
        • Undergraduate Mentoring
    • Professionals
    • Graduate Students >
      • Cassandra Collins
      • Madison Morris
      • Kylee Nielsen
    • Undergrad Students
    • Alumni
    • Pets
  • Research
    • Cross-CZO Investigation
    • Soluble Salt Preservation in Arid Landscapes
  • Outreach
    • Between Earth and Sky
    • Soil Painting
  • Publications
  • Teaching
  • News
  • Contact

graduate team

Cassandra Collins

M.S. Soils and Biogeochemistry, University of California Davis, Expected 2025
B.S. International Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University

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Background

I was born and raised in Bismarck, North Dakota and have been following my wanderlust around the western US and abroad since then. I love travel, wild landscapes, and field work.

research interests

Mineral weathering; soil fungi; soil genesis; ecology
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Presentations

Collins C, Qafoku O, D'Amore D, Lybrand, R. “Applying High-Resolution Microscopy to Explore Fungal-Mineral Interactions and Distribution Patterns across Contrasting Rock Types,” SSSA Bouyoucos Summer Conference, San Juan, PR, 2024. (Poster)

Collins C, Qafoku O, D’Amore D, Lybrand R. “Applying high-resolution microscopy to explore fungal-mineral interactions and distribution patterns across rock types,” ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, 2023. (Poster) 

Collins C, Qafoku O, D’Amore D, Lybrand R. “Applying high-resolution microscopy to explore fungal-grain interactions and distribution across contrasting mineral types,” Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory User Meeting, Redmond, WA, 2023. (Poster)

Collins C, Hood P, Jesus M, Lange C, Leal S, Lubetkin K, Most M, Rivas C, Rowland S, Davis L, Keir J. “Implementation of the AIM Strategy Across the West: Partnerships and Applications,” Society for Rangeland Management 71st Annual Meeting, Sparks, NV, 2018. (Poster)

Honors, Awards, and grants

Graduate Student Research Grant, Geological Society of America, 2023 

Santa Cruz Island Field Meeting Attendance Scholarship, Professional Soil Scientists Association of California, 2023