Suzanne M. Fleishman, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor of Root Biology
213 Tyson Building (Lab)
University Park, PA 16802
- Email suf44@psu.edu
- Pronouns She/Her
Areas of Expertise
- Root ecology
- Rhizosphere Microbiome
- Cover Crops
- Ecophysiology/Abiotic Stress
- Agroecosystem Services
Websites
Education
- PhD Ecology, Penn State (2022)
- MS Horticulture, Penn State (2018)
- BS Environmental Science, University North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2013)
Publications
Getting to the root of root–microbe interactions
Science Progress, King, William, Hayward, Regan, Goebel, Marc, Fleishman, Suzanne, Bauerle, Taryn, Bell, T, 2024
Functionally discrete fine roots differ in microbial assembly, microbial functional potential, and produced metabolites
Plant, Cell and Environment, King, William, Yates, Caylon, Cao, Lily, O'Rourke-Ibach, Sean, O'Rourke‐Ibach, Sean, Fleishman, Suzanne, Richards, Sarah, Centinari, Michela, Hafner, Benjamin, Goebel, Marc, Bauerle, Taryn, Kim, Young‐Mo, Nicora, Carrie, Anderton, Christopher, Eissenstat, D, Bell, T, 2023
Assessing microbial communities across the fine root landscape
Journal of Experimental Botany, Fleishman, Suzanne, Centinari, Michela, Bell, Terrence, Eissenstat, D, 2023
Cover crops and a devigorating rootstock can impart substantial agroecosystem services to high-resource vineyards: A multi-year study
Agro-Ecosystems, Fleishman, Suzanne, Eissenstat, David M., Hoffer, Grant, Centinari, Michela, 2023
The Age of Absorptive Roots Impacts Root-Adjacent Microbial Composition in Grapevines
Phytobiomes Journal, Persico, Meredith, Fleishman, Suzanne, Eissenstat, D, Bell, T, Centinari, Michela, 2023
Functionally-explicit sampling can answer key questions about the specificity of plant–microbe interactions
Standards in Genomic Sciences, Fleishman, Suzanne, Eissenstat, David M., Bell, Terrence, Centinari, Michela, 2022
Undervine groundcover substantially increases shallow but not deep soil carbon in a temperate vineyard
Agro-Ecosystems, Fleishman, Suzanne, Bock, Hayden, Eissenstat, David M., Centinari, Michela, 2021
Tree‐induced alterations to soil properties and rhizoplane‐associated bacteria following 23 years in a common garden
Plant and Soil, Yates, Caylon, Guo, Jing, Bell, Terrence H., Fleishman, Suzanne, Fleishman, Suzanne, Bell, T, Bock, Hayden, Boch, Hayden, Trexler, Ryan, Eissenstat, David M., Centinari, Michela, 2021
The hierarchy of root branching order determines bacterial composition, microbial carrying capacity and microbial filtering
Communications Biology, King, William, Yates, Caylon, Guo, Jing, Fleishman, Suzanne, Trexler, Ryan, Centinari, Michela, Bell, Terrence, Eissenstat, David, 2021
Rootstock vigor shifts aboveground response to groundcover competition in young grapevines
Plant and Soil, Fleishman, Suzanne, Eissenstat, David M., Centinari, Michela, 2019