Talks

“How mycorrhizal fungi shape ecosystem biogeochemical cycles: insights from mycorrhizae-explicit modeling efforts.” Invited talk [B25B-05], AGU Fall Meeting. New Orleans, LA. December 2025.

“Representing plant–microbe–mineral interactions in ecosystem models: does added complexity enable new insights?” Research seminar, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, University of Georgia. Aiken, SC. December 2025.

“Modeling enhanced rock weathering with field validation: unveiling ecological and geochemical interactions in ecosystems.” LBNL–LLNL mini-workshop on soils CDR MRV. Berkeley, CA. July 2025.

“Modeling enhanced rock weathering with field validation: unveiling ecological and geochemical interactions in croplands.” BGC Meeting, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Livermore, CA. February 2025.

“The development of the McGill Wetland Model (MWM).” Peatland modeling workshop. Exeter, UK. March 2024.

“The importance of mycorrhizal fungi through the lens of modeling.” Ecology, Evolution, Environment & Society graduate program, Dartmouth College. Hanover, NH. October 2023.

“From peatlands to forests: the importance of mycorrhizal fungi through the lens of modeling.” Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Oak Ridge, TN. June 2023.

“Modeling responses of ombrotrophic peatlands to environmental changes — the significance of ericoid mycorrhizal fungi.” NGEE Arctic monthly conference call. January 2021.

“Modeling biogeochemical cycles in northern ombrotrophic peatlands — the significance of plant–microbe interaction.” SPRUCE all-hands meeting, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Oak Ridge, TN. November 2020.

Shao, S., Riley, W., Grant, R., Li, Z., Yang, S., Tang, J., & Saleska, S. “Modeling enhanced rock weathering with field validation: unveiling ecological and geochemical interactions in croplands.” [B11B-05], AGU Fall Meeting. New Orleans, LA. December 2025.

Shao, S., Riley, W., Grant, R., & Saleska, S. “Simulating enhanced rock weathering using the ecosys model: validation with US Corn Belt field data.” [B11H-1426], AGU Fall Meeting. Washington, DC. December 2024.

Shao, S., Sulman, B., & Hicks Pries, C. “Modeling mycorrhizal carbon costs in temperate forests: the impacts of functional diversity and global change factors.” [B31D-03], AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA. December 2024.

Shao, S., Sulman, B., & Hicks Pries, C. “How climate, nitrogen deposition, and resource partitioning affect the carbon cost of different mycorrhizal strategies.” [B21J-208], AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA. December 2023.

Shao, S., Sulman, B., & Hicks Pries, C. “Inclusion of mycorrhizal functional diversity improved ecosystem model predictions on soil nitrogen cycles.” [B21J-2081], AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA. December 2023.

Shao, S., Sulman, B., & Hicks Pries, C. “How do different nitrogen acquisition strategies of mycorrhizal fungi affect soil carbon cycling? A model-based assessment.” [B23D-03], AGU Fall Meeting. Chicago, IL. December 2022.

Shao, S., Sulman, B., Wurzburger, N., & Hicks Pries, C. “Seasonality in temperature and litterfall along with nitrogen preference of ectomycorrhizal fungi may determine the strength of the Gadgil effect.” [PS 30-110], ESA Annual Meeting. Montreal, QC, Canada. August 2022.

Shao, S., Wu, J., & Roulet, N. “Response of ombrotrophic peatlands to environmental changes: role of nutrient cycling mediated by plant–microbe interactions.” [B21D-08], AGU Fall Meeting. December 2021.

Shao, S., Roulet, N., Moore, T., Larmola, T., & Wu, J. “The potential significance of ericoid mycorrhizal fungi in ombrotrophic peatlands: a modeling study.” [B096-0003], AGU Fall Meeting. December 2020.

Shao, S., Roulet, N., & Wu, J. “Integrating McGill Wetland Model (MWM) with microbial controls and nutrient dynamics.” [B23L-2512], AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA. December 2019.