Corey Palmer

Corey Palmer

Biology

Instructor

Office:  Room BBH 352G
Email:  c-palmer5@neiu.edu
Office Hours:  Please email c-palmer5@neiu.edu to arrange to meet or speak with Prof. Palmer.
CV:  Palmer, C_CV.pdf
Country:  United States

Expertise

Soil science
Conservation biology
Restoration ecology

Our Changing Natural Environment (BIO 104)
General Biology II (BIO 202)
General Ecology, Writing Intensive Program (WIP BIO 305)
Introduction to Environmental Science (ENVI 101)
Ecology Concepts for Educators (BIOS 310)
Introduction to Earth Science (ESCI 121)
Environmental Geology (ESCI 123)

Research Interests

Soil ecology and carbon storage

Education

M.S. in Plant Biology and Conservation from Northwestern University 

B.A. in Environmental Studies from Knox College

Selected Publications

Yost, J. L., L. M. Egerton-Warburton, K. M. Schreiner, C. E. Palmer, and A. E. Hartemink. 2016. Impact of Restoration and Management on Aggregation and Organic Carbon Accumulation in Urban Grasslands. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 80(4): 992-1002.

Middleton, E. L., S. Richardson, L. Koziol, C. E. Palmer, Z. Yermakov, J. A. Henning, P. A. Schultz, and J. D. Bever. 2015. Locally adapted arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi improve vigor and resistance to herbivory of native prairie plant species. Ecosphere 6(12): 1-16.

Yost, J. L., C. E. Palmer, and L. M. Egerton-Warburton. 2014. The contribution of soil aggregates to carbon sequestration in restored urban grasslands. In A. Hartemink and K. McSweeney (Eds.), Progress in Soil Science Series: Soil Carbon (pp. 147-154). Springer

Palmer, C.E. 2014. The prairie underground: Soil recovery in Chicago Wilderness restoration [Master's thesis, Northwestern University]. Northwestern University Library.