Kristin Trippe Ph.D. is a research microbiologist with the Agricultural Research Service, an agency within the US Department of Agriculture in Corvallis, Oregon. Her laboratory focuses on the effects of biochar on soil health and microbial community dynamics and developed the Pacific Northwest Biochar Atlas. The Atlas is an online decision support tool kit that connects producers and users of biochar-based amendments. Her laboratory has also examined the role of biochar in rangeland restoration, mine reclamation, forest-to-farm biochar systems, soil water dynamics, and increasing agricultural yields, as well as a broad spectrum of studies focused on natural products and microbial biochemistry. Dr. Trippe has served on the USBI Board of Directors since 2018. She is also the Chair of the Soil Biology and Biochemistry Division of the Soil Science Society of America.