FRANCESCA COTRUFO

M. Francesca Cotrufo is Professor of Soil and Crop Sciences at Colorado State University and an internationally recognized soil ecologist. She studies litter decomposition, soil organic matter, and carbon-climate interactions to inform sustainable land management and climate policy. Author of over 180 publications and a book on stable isotopes, she serves as Editor of Global Change Biology and is a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher. Cotrufo has received major awards including the SSSA Soil Science Research Award and the ASA-CSSA-SSSA Mentoring Award. She is also co-founder of Cquester Analytics, advancing soil carbon measurement at scale.