Degrees:

·         B.S. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2000

·         M.S. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2005

·         Ph.D. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2008

 

Research Interests:

Site specific crop management, sustainable cropping systems, cellulosic biofuels, life-cycle analysis
 

PUBLICATIONS:

Sanderson, M.A., D. Archer, J.R. Hendrickson, S.L. Kronberg, M.A. Liebig, K. Nichols, M.R. Schmer, D.L. Tanaka, and J. Aguilar. Diversification and ecosystem services for conservation agriculture: Outcomes from pastures and integrated crop-livestock systems. Renew. Agric. Food Sys. (Accepted 15 May 2012).

 

Schmer, M.R., M.A. Liebig, J.R. Hendrickson, D.L. Tanaka and R. Phillips. 2012. Growing season greenhouse gas flux from switchgrass in the northern Great Plains. Biomass Bioenergy. 45:315-319.

 

Schmer, M.R. Q. Xue, and J.R. Hendrickson. 2012. Salinity effects on perennial, warm-season (C4) grass germination adapted to the Northern Great Plains. Can. J. of Plant Sci. 92:873-881.

 

Schmer, M.R., J.A. Hanson, and H.A. Johnson. 2012. Switchgrass and intermediate wheatgrass aboveground and belowground response to nitrogen and calcium. J. Plant Nutrition. 35:1065-1079.

 

Schmer, M.R. K.P. Vogel, R.B. Mitchell, B.S. Dien, H.G. Jung, and M.D. Casler. 2012. Temporal and spatial variation in switchgrass biomass composition and theoretical ethanol yield. Agronomy Journal. 104:54-64.

 

Schmer, M.R., M.A. Liebig, K.P. Vogel, R.B. Mitchell. 2011. Field-scale soil property changes under switchgrass managed for bioenergy. GCB Bioenergy 3:439-448

Feng, S., F. Salvagiotti, M.R. Schmer, A.B. Wingeyer, and A. Weiss. 2010. Evaluating a hybrid soil temperature model in a corn-soybean agroecosystem and a tallgrass prairie in the Great Plains. Great Plains Research. 20:249-260.

Schmer, M.R., R.B. Mitchell, K.P. Vogel, W.H. Schacht, D.B. Marx. 2010. Efficient methods of estimating switchgrass biomass supplies. Bioenergy Res. 3: 243-250.

Schmer, M.R., R.B. Mitchell, K.P. Vogel, W.H. Schacht, D.B. Marx. 2010. Spatial and temporal effects on switchgrass stands and yield in the Great Plains. Bioenergy Res. 3:159-171.

Kiniry, J.R., M.R. Schmer, K.P. Vogel, R.B. Mitchell. 2008. Switchgrass biomass simulation at diverse sites in the Northern Great Plains. Bioenerg. Res. 1:259-264.

Liebig, M.A., M.R. Schmer, K.P. Vogel, R.B. Mitchell. 2008. Soil carbon storage by switchgrass grown for bioenergy. Bioenerg. Res. 1:215-222.

Schmer, M.R., K.P. Vogel, R.B. Mitchell, R.K. Perrin. 2008. Net energy of cellulosic ethanol from switchgrass.  Proc. Nat. Acad. of Sci. USA 105:464-469.

Perrin, R.K., K.P. Vogel, M.R. Schmer, R.B. Mitchell. 2008.  Farm-scale production cost of switchgrass for biomass.  Bioenerg. Res. 1:91-97.

Schmer, M.R., K.P. Vogel, R.B. Mitchell, L.E. Moser, K.M. Eskridge, R.K. Perrin. 2006. Establishment stand thresholds for switchgrass grown as a bioenergy crop. Crop Sci. 46:157-161.

Vogel, K.P., M.R. Schmer, R.B. Mitchell. 2005.  Plant adaptation regions:  Ecological and climatic classification of plant materials.  Range Ecol. Manage. 58:315-319.