Brandy M Toner

Brandy M Toner is a Professor in the Department of Soil, Water, and Climate at the University of Minnesota. Her research focuses on biogeochemical cycles, deep ocean microbial ecology, and subsurface environmental processes.

Key Research Areas:

• Iron, sulfur, and carbon cycle interactions
• Hydrothermal vent microbial communities
• Fractured-rock subsurface biogeochemistry
• Metagenomic analysis of extremophiles
• Synchrotron facility applications in environmental science

Recent Project Trends:

• Colloidal shunt mechanisms in ocean cycles (NSF-funded, 2025-2028)
• Mercy-sulfur-carbon cycle analysis (USDA Forest Service, 2023-2025)
• Synchrotron facility community management (University of Chicago/NSF, 2023-2025)
• Terrestrial-aquatic interface carbon fluxes (NSF, 2021-2026)