Terrence Bell - CV |
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ACADEMIC RECORD
2009-2013 Ph.D., Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada
2007-2008 M.Sc., Department of Biology, Western University, London, ON, Canada
2002-2006 B.Sc. Honours, Biology, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2017- Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology, The Pennsylvania State
University, State College, PA, USA
2015 - 2016 Postdoctoral fellow, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
2013-2015 Postdoctoral fellow, Biodiversity Centre, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
2006 Research assistant, METLA forest research station, University of Helsinki, Finland
2005 Research assistant, Neuroscience Research Institute, Université d’Ottawa, Canada
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Course development and teaching
2017 PPEM497: Studying and shaping microbiomes of the environment
The Pennsylvania State University
2016 BIOMI2920: Exploring microbiomes – new tools for the future
Cornell University
Course coordinator: Sue Merkel
Guest lecturing
2015 Phototrophs and plant-microbe interactions
CEE4510: Microbiology for Environmental Engineering, Cornell University
Course instructor: Dr. Ruth Richardson
2015 Section on Applied Microbiology and Bioremediation
BIOL473/685A: Environmental Microbiology, Concordia University
Course instructor: Dr. David Walsh
2013 and 2014 Phytoremediation and its application to contaminated soils
NRSC 333: Bioremediation, McGill University
Course instructor: Dr. Lyle Whyte
Teaching assistant
2011 McGill University, Canada
- Methods in Biology of Organisms
2007-2008 Western University, Canada
- Ecology
- Scientific Methods
- Introduction to Biology
- Field Course on Intertidal Marine Biology at Huntsman Marine Science Centre (New Brunswick, Canada)
Graduate workshops taught
2013 Microbial community analysis using open-source software, Biodiversity Centre, Université de Montréal
Mentoring
2015-2016 Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives (OADI) Research Scholars Program
2007-2016 Informal research mentoring for ~20 undergraduates, graduates, and technicians
AWARDS/DISTINCTIONS
Research grants
2014-2016 Analysis of microbial diversity and functional genes in soil samples
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada ($186 980)
- Co-applicant with Dr. Marc St-Arnaud
Fellowships
2016-2017 Atkinson Postdoctoral Fellowship ($150 000)
2013-2015 FQRNT bourse de recherche postdoctorale ($60 000)
2011-2013 NSERC Doctoral Grant – PGS D2 ($42 000)
2011 FQRNT bourse de doctorat en recherche ($13 333 - declined)
Other awards
2016 FFAR Phytobiomes Convening Event Travel Grant ($500)
2014 Quebec Centre for Biodiversity Science Excellence Award ($1368 - declined)
2012 Genomics - The Power and the Promise travel grant ($1000)
2012 Prix d'excellence pour rendement - Jean Huot ($1000)
2011 IASC Travel Award ($1020)
2011 FEMS Young Scientist Meeting Grant ($570 - declined)
2010 Northern Scientific Training Program Grant ($3080)
2009 McGill Provost Graduate Fellowship ($5000)
2008 ESA Conference Essay-Based Student Travel Grant ($325)
2007-2008 Western Graduate Research Scholarship ($6700)
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
Articles submitted to refereed journals
Howard MM*, Bell TH*, Kao-Kniffin J. Soil microbiome transfer method affects microbiome composition, including dominant microorganisms, in a novel environment.
*authors contributed equally
Articles accepted or published in refereed journals
Klabi R, Bell TH, Hamel C, Iwaasa A, Schellenberg MP, Raies A, St-Arnaud M. Contribution of legumes to promote the nutritive value of forage in semi-arid grassland pastures. Accepted in Grass and Forage Science.
Marchand C, St-Arnaud M, Hogland WH, Bell TH, Hijri M. 2017. Petroleum biodegradation capacity of bacteria and fungi isolated from petroleum-contaminated soil. International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation 116: 48-57.
Bell TH, Stefani FOP, Abram K, Champagne J, Yergeau E, Hijri M, St-Arnaud M. 2016. A diverse soil microbiome degrades more crude oil than specialized bacterial assemblages obtained in culture. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 82: 5530 –5541.
Hénault-Ethier L, Bell TH, Martin VJJ, Gélinas Y. 2016. Dynamics of physico-chemical variables and cultivable bacteria in vermicompost during steady food waste addition and upon feed interruption. Compost Science and Utilization 24: 117-135.
Yergeau E, Bell TH, Champagne J, Maynard C, Tardif S, Tremblay J, Greer CW. 2015. Transplanting soil microbiomes leads to lasting effects on willow growth, but not on the rhizosphere microbiome. Frontiers in Microbiology 6: 1436.
Roy-Bolduc A, Bell TH, Boudreau S, Hijri M. 2015. Comprehensive sampling of an isolated dune system demonstrates clear patterns in soil fungal communities across a successional gradient. Environmental Microbiology Reports 7: 839-848.
Bell TH, Cloutier-Hurteau B, Al-Otaibi F, Turmel MC, Yergeau E, Courchesne F, St-Arnaud M. 2015. Early rhizosphere microbiome composition is related to the growth and Zn accumulation of introduced willows. Environmental Microbiology 17: 3025-3038.
Stefani FOP, Bell TH, Marchand C, de la Providencia IE, El Yassimi A, St-Arnaud M, Hijri M. 2015. Culture-dependent and -independent methods capture different microbial community fractions in hydrocarbon-contaminated soils. PLoS One 10: e0128272.
Klabi R, Bell TH, Hamel C, Schellenberg M, Iwaasa A, AlyRaies, St-Arnaud M. 2015. Plant assemblage composition and soil P addition differentially affect communities of AM and total fungi in a semi-arid grassland. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 91: 1-13.
Bell TH, Joly S, Pitre FE, Yergeau E. 2014. Increasing phytoremediation efficiency and reliability using novel omics approaches. Trends in Biotechnology 32: 271-280.
Hassan SE†, Bell TH†, Stefani FOP, Denis D, Hijri M, St-Arnaud M. 2014. Contrasting the community structure of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi from hydrocarbon-contaminated and uncontaminated soils following willow (Salix spp. L.) planting. PLoS One 9: e102838.
† authors contributed equally
Bell TH, Hassan SE, Lauron-Moreau A, Al-Otaibi F, Hijri M, Yergeau E, St-Arnaud M. 2014. Linkage between bacterial and fungal rhizosphere communities in hydrocarbon-contaminated soils is related to plant phylogeny. The ISME Journal 8: 331-343.
Bell TH, Yergeau E, Juck D, Whyte LG, Greer CW. 2013. Alteration of microbial community structure affects diesel biodegradation in an Arctic soil. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 85: 51-61.
Bell TH, Yergeau E, Maynard C, Juck D, Whyte LG, Greer CW. 2013. Predictable bacterial composition and hydrocarbon degradation in Arctic soils following diesel and nutrient disturbance. The ISME Journal 7: 1200-1210.
Bell TH, Callender KL, Whyte LG, Greer CW. 2013. Microbial competition in polar soils: a review of an understudied but potentially important control on productivity. Biology 2: 1-22.
Bell TH, Yergeau E, Martineau C, Juck D, Whyte LG, Greer CW. 2011. Identification of nitrogen-incorporating bacteria in petroleum-contaminated Arctic soils by using [15N]DNA-based stable isotope probing and pyrosequencing. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 77: 4163-4171.
*selected for the cover photo of the following issue of AEM
Bell TH, Henry HAL. 2011. Fine scale variability in soil extracellular enzyme activity is insensitive to rain events and temperature in a mesic system. Pedobiologia 54: 141-146.
Bell TH, Klironomos JN, Henry HAL. 2010. Seasonal responses of extracellular enzyme activity and microbial biomass to warming and nitrogen addition. Soil Science Society of America Journal 74: 820-828.
Book chapters
Bell TH, Greer CW, Yergeau E. 2012. Metagenomics potential for bioremediation. In Nelson KE (ed). Encyclopedia of Metagenomics.
Published conference abstracts
Klabi R, Hamel C, Bell TH, Schellenberg M, Iwaasa A, Raies A, St-Arnaud M. 2014. Legume planting and phosphorus addition differentially affect non-AM fungi and AM fungi communities in a semi-arid grassland. Botany 92: 664.
Bell TH, Yergeau E, Maynard C, Juck D, Whyte LG, Greer CW. 2012. Predictable bacterial composition and hydrocarbon degradation in Arctic soils following diesel and nutrient disturbance. Genome 55: 731.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
Bell TH. 2017. The future of microbiomes for enhancing plant and soil health. National Conference and Global Forum on Science, Policy, and the Environment, January 24-26, Washington, DC, USA.
* Invited speaker
Bell TH, Kaminsky L, Thompson GL, Kao-Kniffin J. 2016. Multi-generation selection of microbiomes to enhance Brassica rapa biomass in salt-amended and untreated soils. 16th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, August 21-26, Montréal, QC, Canada.
Bell TH. 2016. The potential and challenges of phytobiome breeding. Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research Convening Event, Tampa Bay, FL, USA.
Bell TH. 2016. Human-induced disturbance reveals soil microbiome and phytobiome dynamics. Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology, The Pennsylvania State University, April 28, State College, PA, USA.
* Invited speaker
Bell TH. 2015. Manipulation of complex soil microbiomes: a new field guided by next-generation sequencing. School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, October 19, Ithaca, NY, USA.
* Invited speaker
Bell TH, Cloutier-Hurteau B, Turmel M-C, Courchesne F, St-Arnaud M. 2015. The relationship between dominant ectomycorrhizal fungi, willow growth, and accumulation of contaminant metals. Mycorhizes Colloquium, May 8-9, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Bell TH. 2015. Bioremediation in Southern Quebec and Northern Nunavut: what we are learning from microbial community data. Institut de Recherche en Biologie Végétale (IRBV), April 24, Montréal, QC, Canada.
* Invited speaker
Bell TH. 2015. Predicting and shaping microbiome composition and function in contaminated soils. Cornell University, March 23, Ithaca, NY, USA.
* Invited speaker
Bell TH, Cloutier-Hurteau B, Al-Otaibi F, Turmel M-C, Yergeau E, Courchesne F, St-Arnaud M. 2014. Willow growth and bioaccumulation of contaminant metals: links with dominant ectomycorrhizal fungi. Complex Soil Systems Conference, September 3-5, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Bell TH, Terrat Y, Pagé A, Cloutier-Hurteau B, Yergeau E, St-Arnaud M. 2014. ToxEcology: using meta-‘omics to reveal broad patterns in microbial-plant interactions in the presence of hydrocarbon and trace metal contaminants. Genomes to Biomes, May 25-29, Montréal, QC, Canada.
Bell TH. 2014. Expanding the niche of target hydrocarbon degraders to enhance in situ bioremediation. INRS – Institut Armand-Frappier, January 21, Laval, QC, Canada.
* Invited speaker
Bell TH, Hassan SE, Lauron-Moreau A, Al-Otaibi F, Hijri M, Yergeau E, St-Arnaud M. 2013. Divergence of bacterial and fungal communities in hydrocarbon-contaminated soils is related to the phylogeny of introduced willows. 98th ESA Annual Meeting, August 4-9, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Bell TH, Hassan SE, Lauron-Moreau A, Al-Otaibi F, Hijri M, Yergeau E, St-Arnaud M. 2013. Bacterial and fungal rhizosphere communities diverge in hydrocarbon-contaminated soils according to phylogeny of introduced willows. Gordon Research Conference on Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 7-12, South Hadley, MA, USA.
Bell TH, Yergeau E, Juck D, Maynard C, Whyte LG, Greer CW. 2012. Predictable bacterial composition and hydrocarbon degradation in Arctic soils following diesel and nutrient disturbance. Genomics: The Power and the Promise, November 27-28, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Bell TH, Yergeau E, Juck D, Whyte LG, Greer CW. 2012. Temperature, pH, and inhibitor effects on the microbial community structure and petroleum-degrading efficiency of Arctic soils. 3rd International Polar Year Conference, April 22-27, Montréal, QC, Canada.
Bell TH, Yergeau E, Martineau C, Juck D, Whyte LG, Greer CW. 2011. How bacterial communities use nitrogen amendments in hydrocarbon-contaminated High Arctic soils. CAREX Conference on Life in Extreme Environments, October 18-20, Dublin, Ireland.
Bell TH, Yergeau E, Martineau C, Juck D, Whyte LG, Greer CW. 2011. Stable isotope probing (15N) analysis of bacterial nutrient stimulation in a petroleum-contaminated high Arctic soil. 41st Arctic Workshop, March 2-4, Montréal, QC, Canada.
Bell TH and Henry HAL. 2008. Seasonal responses of soil microbial biomass, extracellular enzyme activity, and fungal:bacterial ratios to warming and N treatments in a temperate old field grassland. 93rd ESA Annual Meeting, August 3-8, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
SELECTED SERVICE CONTRIBUTIONS
Public outreach talks
2015 Société québecoise de phytotechnologie, Montréal Planetarium
(http://www.phytotechno.com/colloque2015/index.php?page=colloque.html)
2014 Tête-à-tête avec un chercheur, Montréal Botanical Gardens
(http://calendrier.espacepourlavie.ca/en-tete-a-tete-avec-un-chercheur-397346)
Journal refereeing duties
2016- Review Editor in Terrestrial Microbiology for Frontiers in Earth Science and Microbiology
I have performed 116 verified pre-publication reviews for 30 scientific journals. Visit my Publons page for a detailed summary: https://publons.com/a/335977
Grant review
2017 Research Foundation - Flanders (Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - Vlaanderen, FWO)
2016 Australian Antarctic Science Program
2016 BiodivERsA (European research network focused on biodiversity and ecosystem services)
2015 and 2016 Ontario Genomics Institute: Pre-review of grant applications for Genome Canada LSARP
2013 Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES, France)
2013 Narodowe Centrum Nauki (National Science Centre, Poland)
WORKING LANGUAGES
English (native), French (fluent)
2009-2013 Ph.D., Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada
2007-2008 M.Sc., Department of Biology, Western University, London, ON, Canada
2002-2006 B.Sc. Honours, Biology, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2017- Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology, The Pennsylvania State
University, State College, PA, USA
2015 - 2016 Postdoctoral fellow, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
2013-2015 Postdoctoral fellow, Biodiversity Centre, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
2006 Research assistant, METLA forest research station, University of Helsinki, Finland
2005 Research assistant, Neuroscience Research Institute, Université d’Ottawa, Canada
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Course development and teaching
2017 PPEM497: Studying and shaping microbiomes of the environment
The Pennsylvania State University
2016 BIOMI2920: Exploring microbiomes – new tools for the future
Cornell University
Course coordinator: Sue Merkel
Guest lecturing
2015 Phototrophs and plant-microbe interactions
CEE4510: Microbiology for Environmental Engineering, Cornell University
Course instructor: Dr. Ruth Richardson
2015 Section on Applied Microbiology and Bioremediation
BIOL473/685A: Environmental Microbiology, Concordia University
Course instructor: Dr. David Walsh
2013 and 2014 Phytoremediation and its application to contaminated soils
NRSC 333: Bioremediation, McGill University
Course instructor: Dr. Lyle Whyte
Teaching assistant
2011 McGill University, Canada
- Methods in Biology of Organisms
2007-2008 Western University, Canada
- Ecology
- Scientific Methods
- Introduction to Biology
- Field Course on Intertidal Marine Biology at Huntsman Marine Science Centre (New Brunswick, Canada)
Graduate workshops taught
2013 Microbial community analysis using open-source software, Biodiversity Centre, Université de Montréal
Mentoring
2015-2016 Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives (OADI) Research Scholars Program
2007-2016 Informal research mentoring for ~20 undergraduates, graduates, and technicians
AWARDS/DISTINCTIONS
Research grants
2014-2016 Analysis of microbial diversity and functional genes in soil samples
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada ($186 980)
- Co-applicant with Dr. Marc St-Arnaud
Fellowships
2016-2017 Atkinson Postdoctoral Fellowship ($150 000)
2013-2015 FQRNT bourse de recherche postdoctorale ($60 000)
2011-2013 NSERC Doctoral Grant – PGS D2 ($42 000)
2011 FQRNT bourse de doctorat en recherche ($13 333 - declined)
Other awards
2016 FFAR Phytobiomes Convening Event Travel Grant ($500)
2014 Quebec Centre for Biodiversity Science Excellence Award ($1368 - declined)
2012 Genomics - The Power and the Promise travel grant ($1000)
2012 Prix d'excellence pour rendement - Jean Huot ($1000)
2011 IASC Travel Award ($1020)
2011 FEMS Young Scientist Meeting Grant ($570 - declined)
2010 Northern Scientific Training Program Grant ($3080)
2009 McGill Provost Graduate Fellowship ($5000)
2008 ESA Conference Essay-Based Student Travel Grant ($325)
2007-2008 Western Graduate Research Scholarship ($6700)
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
Articles submitted to refereed journals
Howard MM*, Bell TH*, Kao-Kniffin J. Soil microbiome transfer method affects microbiome composition, including dominant microorganisms, in a novel environment.
*authors contributed equally
Articles accepted or published in refereed journals
Klabi R, Bell TH, Hamel C, Iwaasa A, Schellenberg MP, Raies A, St-Arnaud M. Contribution of legumes to promote the nutritive value of forage in semi-arid grassland pastures. Accepted in Grass and Forage Science.
Marchand C, St-Arnaud M, Hogland WH, Bell TH, Hijri M. 2017. Petroleum biodegradation capacity of bacteria and fungi isolated from petroleum-contaminated soil. International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation 116: 48-57.
Bell TH, Stefani FOP, Abram K, Champagne J, Yergeau E, Hijri M, St-Arnaud M. 2016. A diverse soil microbiome degrades more crude oil than specialized bacterial assemblages obtained in culture. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 82: 5530 –5541.
Hénault-Ethier L, Bell TH, Martin VJJ, Gélinas Y. 2016. Dynamics of physico-chemical variables and cultivable bacteria in vermicompost during steady food waste addition and upon feed interruption. Compost Science and Utilization 24: 117-135.
Yergeau E, Bell TH, Champagne J, Maynard C, Tardif S, Tremblay J, Greer CW. 2015. Transplanting soil microbiomes leads to lasting effects on willow growth, but not on the rhizosphere microbiome. Frontiers in Microbiology 6: 1436.
Roy-Bolduc A, Bell TH, Boudreau S, Hijri M. 2015. Comprehensive sampling of an isolated dune system demonstrates clear patterns in soil fungal communities across a successional gradient. Environmental Microbiology Reports 7: 839-848.
Bell TH, Cloutier-Hurteau B, Al-Otaibi F, Turmel MC, Yergeau E, Courchesne F, St-Arnaud M. 2015. Early rhizosphere microbiome composition is related to the growth and Zn accumulation of introduced willows. Environmental Microbiology 17: 3025-3038.
Stefani FOP, Bell TH, Marchand C, de la Providencia IE, El Yassimi A, St-Arnaud M, Hijri M. 2015. Culture-dependent and -independent methods capture different microbial community fractions in hydrocarbon-contaminated soils. PLoS One 10: e0128272.
Klabi R, Bell TH, Hamel C, Schellenberg M, Iwaasa A, AlyRaies, St-Arnaud M. 2015. Plant assemblage composition and soil P addition differentially affect communities of AM and total fungi in a semi-arid grassland. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 91: 1-13.
Bell TH, Joly S, Pitre FE, Yergeau E. 2014. Increasing phytoremediation efficiency and reliability using novel omics approaches. Trends in Biotechnology 32: 271-280.
Hassan SE†, Bell TH†, Stefani FOP, Denis D, Hijri M, St-Arnaud M. 2014. Contrasting the community structure of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi from hydrocarbon-contaminated and uncontaminated soils following willow (Salix spp. L.) planting. PLoS One 9: e102838.
† authors contributed equally
Bell TH, Hassan SE, Lauron-Moreau A, Al-Otaibi F, Hijri M, Yergeau E, St-Arnaud M. 2014. Linkage between bacterial and fungal rhizosphere communities in hydrocarbon-contaminated soils is related to plant phylogeny. The ISME Journal 8: 331-343.
Bell TH, Yergeau E, Juck D, Whyte LG, Greer CW. 2013. Alteration of microbial community structure affects diesel biodegradation in an Arctic soil. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 85: 51-61.
Bell TH, Yergeau E, Maynard C, Juck D, Whyte LG, Greer CW. 2013. Predictable bacterial composition and hydrocarbon degradation in Arctic soils following diesel and nutrient disturbance. The ISME Journal 7: 1200-1210.
Bell TH, Callender KL, Whyte LG, Greer CW. 2013. Microbial competition in polar soils: a review of an understudied but potentially important control on productivity. Biology 2: 1-22.
Bell TH, Yergeau E, Martineau C, Juck D, Whyte LG, Greer CW. 2011. Identification of nitrogen-incorporating bacteria in petroleum-contaminated Arctic soils by using [15N]DNA-based stable isotope probing and pyrosequencing. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 77: 4163-4171.
*selected for the cover photo of the following issue of AEM
Bell TH, Henry HAL. 2011. Fine scale variability in soil extracellular enzyme activity is insensitive to rain events and temperature in a mesic system. Pedobiologia 54: 141-146.
Bell TH, Klironomos JN, Henry HAL. 2010. Seasonal responses of extracellular enzyme activity and microbial biomass to warming and nitrogen addition. Soil Science Society of America Journal 74: 820-828.
Book chapters
Bell TH, Greer CW, Yergeau E. 2012. Metagenomics potential for bioremediation. In Nelson KE (ed). Encyclopedia of Metagenomics.
Published conference abstracts
Klabi R, Hamel C, Bell TH, Schellenberg M, Iwaasa A, Raies A, St-Arnaud M. 2014. Legume planting and phosphorus addition differentially affect non-AM fungi and AM fungi communities in a semi-arid grassland. Botany 92: 664.
Bell TH, Yergeau E, Maynard C, Juck D, Whyte LG, Greer CW. 2012. Predictable bacterial composition and hydrocarbon degradation in Arctic soils following diesel and nutrient disturbance. Genome 55: 731.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
Bell TH. 2017. The future of microbiomes for enhancing plant and soil health. National Conference and Global Forum on Science, Policy, and the Environment, January 24-26, Washington, DC, USA.
* Invited speaker
Bell TH, Kaminsky L, Thompson GL, Kao-Kniffin J. 2016. Multi-generation selection of microbiomes to enhance Brassica rapa biomass in salt-amended and untreated soils. 16th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, August 21-26, Montréal, QC, Canada.
Bell TH. 2016. The potential and challenges of phytobiome breeding. Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research Convening Event, Tampa Bay, FL, USA.
Bell TH. 2016. Human-induced disturbance reveals soil microbiome and phytobiome dynamics. Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology, The Pennsylvania State University, April 28, State College, PA, USA.
* Invited speaker
Bell TH. 2015. Manipulation of complex soil microbiomes: a new field guided by next-generation sequencing. School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, October 19, Ithaca, NY, USA.
* Invited speaker
Bell TH, Cloutier-Hurteau B, Turmel M-C, Courchesne F, St-Arnaud M. 2015. The relationship between dominant ectomycorrhizal fungi, willow growth, and accumulation of contaminant metals. Mycorhizes Colloquium, May 8-9, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Bell TH. 2015. Bioremediation in Southern Quebec and Northern Nunavut: what we are learning from microbial community data. Institut de Recherche en Biologie Végétale (IRBV), April 24, Montréal, QC, Canada.
* Invited speaker
Bell TH. 2015. Predicting and shaping microbiome composition and function in contaminated soils. Cornell University, March 23, Ithaca, NY, USA.
* Invited speaker
Bell TH, Cloutier-Hurteau B, Al-Otaibi F, Turmel M-C, Yergeau E, Courchesne F, St-Arnaud M. 2014. Willow growth and bioaccumulation of contaminant metals: links with dominant ectomycorrhizal fungi. Complex Soil Systems Conference, September 3-5, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Bell TH, Terrat Y, Pagé A, Cloutier-Hurteau B, Yergeau E, St-Arnaud M. 2014. ToxEcology: using meta-‘omics to reveal broad patterns in microbial-plant interactions in the presence of hydrocarbon and trace metal contaminants. Genomes to Biomes, May 25-29, Montréal, QC, Canada.
Bell TH. 2014. Expanding the niche of target hydrocarbon degraders to enhance in situ bioremediation. INRS – Institut Armand-Frappier, January 21, Laval, QC, Canada.
* Invited speaker
Bell TH, Hassan SE, Lauron-Moreau A, Al-Otaibi F, Hijri M, Yergeau E, St-Arnaud M. 2013. Divergence of bacterial and fungal communities in hydrocarbon-contaminated soils is related to the phylogeny of introduced willows. 98th ESA Annual Meeting, August 4-9, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Bell TH, Hassan SE, Lauron-Moreau A, Al-Otaibi F, Hijri M, Yergeau E, St-Arnaud M. 2013. Bacterial and fungal rhizosphere communities diverge in hydrocarbon-contaminated soils according to phylogeny of introduced willows. Gordon Research Conference on Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 7-12, South Hadley, MA, USA.
Bell TH, Yergeau E, Juck D, Maynard C, Whyte LG, Greer CW. 2012. Predictable bacterial composition and hydrocarbon degradation in Arctic soils following diesel and nutrient disturbance. Genomics: The Power and the Promise, November 27-28, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Bell TH, Yergeau E, Juck D, Whyte LG, Greer CW. 2012. Temperature, pH, and inhibitor effects on the microbial community structure and petroleum-degrading efficiency of Arctic soils. 3rd International Polar Year Conference, April 22-27, Montréal, QC, Canada.
Bell TH, Yergeau E, Martineau C, Juck D, Whyte LG, Greer CW. 2011. How bacterial communities use nitrogen amendments in hydrocarbon-contaminated High Arctic soils. CAREX Conference on Life in Extreme Environments, October 18-20, Dublin, Ireland.
Bell TH, Yergeau E, Martineau C, Juck D, Whyte LG, Greer CW. 2011. Stable isotope probing (15N) analysis of bacterial nutrient stimulation in a petroleum-contaminated high Arctic soil. 41st Arctic Workshop, March 2-4, Montréal, QC, Canada.
Bell TH and Henry HAL. 2008. Seasonal responses of soil microbial biomass, extracellular enzyme activity, and fungal:bacterial ratios to warming and N treatments in a temperate old field grassland. 93rd ESA Annual Meeting, August 3-8, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
SELECTED SERVICE CONTRIBUTIONS
Public outreach talks
2015 Société québecoise de phytotechnologie, Montréal Planetarium
(http://www.phytotechno.com/colloque2015/index.php?page=colloque.html)
2014 Tête-à-tête avec un chercheur, Montréal Botanical Gardens
(http://calendrier.espacepourlavie.ca/en-tete-a-tete-avec-un-chercheur-397346)
Journal refereeing duties
2016- Review Editor in Terrestrial Microbiology for Frontiers in Earth Science and Microbiology
I have performed 116 verified pre-publication reviews for 30 scientific journals. Visit my Publons page for a detailed summary: https://publons.com/a/335977
Grant review
2017 Research Foundation - Flanders (Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - Vlaanderen, FWO)
2016 Australian Antarctic Science Program
2016 BiodivERsA (European research network focused on biodiversity and ecosystem services)
2015 and 2016 Ontario Genomics Institute: Pre-review of grant applications for Genome Canada LSARP
2013 Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES, France)
2013 Narodowe Centrum Nauki (National Science Centre, Poland)
WORKING LANGUAGES
English (native), French (fluent)
