As an undergraduate, Kristin Trippe became interested in microbes, molecules, and methods that remediate degraded soils and increase agricultural productivity. She pursued this interest in graduate school where she studied the role of fungi in remediating organic pollutants in the environment. After she received her Ph.D., Dr. Trippe joined the Agricultural Research Service, an agency within the US Department of Agriculture in Corvallis, Oregon. There, her laboratory studies focus on the effects of biochar on soil health and microbial community dynamics. Her laboratory developed the Pacific Northwest Biochar Atlas, an online decision support toolkit 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 Board of Directors of USBI since 2018, She is also the Chair of the Soil Biology and Biochemistry Division of the Soil Science Society of America.