Dr Erinne Stirling
Technical Officer
School of Agriculture, Food and Wine
College of Science
Erinne is a CERC Postdoctoral Fellow at CSIRO Agriculture and Food working within the Valuing Sustainability Future Science Platform on molecular monitoring of soil health and carbon use efficiency.
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 - ongoing | CERC Postdoctoral Fellow | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
| 2019 - 2022 | Postdoctoral Fellow | Zhejiang University |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 - 2019 | The University of Adelaide | Australia | Doctor of Philosophy |
| 2013 - 2014 | Flinders University | Australia | Master of Environmental Policy and Management |
| 2009 - 2012 | The University of Adelaide | Australia | Bachelor of Science (Natural Resources) |
| 2009 - 2012 | The University of Adelaide | Australia | Bachelor of Environmental Policy and Management |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Li, Z., Qin, W., You, Y., Chen, J., Zhao, X., Dong, R., . . . Xue, R. (2025). Land use patterns change N and P cycling bacterial diversity in an acidic karst soil. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 380, 109389. Scopus4 |
| 2025 | Matthews, K. E., Breed, M. F., Stirling, E., Macdonald, L. M., & Cavagnaro, T. R. (2025). Comparing apples and apples; evaluating the impact of conventional and organic management on the soil microbial communities of apple orchards. Applied Soil Ecology, 215, 106470. Scopus1 WoS1 |
| 2024 | Wang, B., Ma, B., Zhang, Y., Stirling, E., Yan, Q., He, Z., . . . Zhang, H. (2024). Global diversity, coexistence and consequences of resistome in inland waters.. Water Res, 253, 121253. Scopus11 WoS11 Europe PMC7 |
| 2024 | Xue, R., Stirling, E., Zhao, K., Wang, Y., Ye, S., Xu, J., & Ma, B. (2024). Putting cell size into perspective: Soil bacterial diversity and predictive function. Geoderma, 443, 116804. Scopus3 WoS3 |
| 2024 | Ma, B., Wang, Y., Zhao, K., Stirling, E., Lv, X., Yu, Y., . . . Xu, J. (2024). Biogeographic patterns and drivers of soil viromes.. Nature ecology & evolution, 8(4), 717-728. Scopus54 WoS53 Europe PMC36 |
| 2024 | Liu, Y., Zhao, K., Stirling, E., Wang, X., Gao, Z., Ma, B., . . . Wang, D. (2024). Heterosis of endophytic microbiomes in hybrid rice varieties improves seed germination. mSystems, 9(5), 18 pages. Scopus11 WoS12 Europe PMC5 |
| 2023 | Dai, H., Zhuang, Y., Stirling, E., Liu, N., & Ma, B. (2023). Microfluidic hotspots in bacteria research: A review of soil and related advances. Soil Ecology Letters, 5(1), 21-37. Scopus3 WoS3 |
| 2023 | Wang, B., Ma, B., Stirling, E., He, Z., Zhang, H., & Yan, Q. (2023). Freshwater trophic status mediates microbial community assembly and interdomain network complexity. Environmental Pollution, 316(Pt 1), 9 pages. Scopus23 WoS22 Europe PMC10 |
| 2023 | Xue, R., Liu, S., Stirling, E., Wang, Y., Zhao, K., Matsumoto, H., . . . Ma, B. (2023). Core community drives phyllosphere bacterial diversity and function in multiple ecosystems.. The Science of the total environment, 896, 1-8. Scopus16 WoS13 Europe PMC7 |
| 2023 | Wang, B., Xu, J., Wang, Y., Stirling, E., Zhao, K., Lu, C., . . . Ma, B. (2023). Tackling Soil ARG-Carrying Pathogens with Global-Scale Metagenomics.. Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 10(26), e2301980. Scopus28 Europe PMC15 |
| 2022 | Song, X., Li, Y., Stirling, E., Zhao, K., Wang, B., Zhu, Y., . . . Ma, B. (2022). AsgeneDB: A curated orthology arsenic metabolism gene database and computational tool for metagenome annotation. NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics, 4(4). Scopus18 |
| 2022 | Xu, P., Stirling, E., Xie, H., Li, W., Lv, X., Matsumoto, H., . . . Xu, J. (2022). Continental scale deciphering of microbiome networks untangles the phyllosphere homeostasis in tea plant. Journal of Advanced Research, 44, 13-22. Scopus36 Europe PMC20 |
| 2022 | Zhao, K., Yu, H., Xue, R., Stirling, E., Wang, Y., Xu, J., & Ma, B. (2022). The only constant is change: Endogenous circadian rhythms of soil microbial activities. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 173, 108805. Scopus10 WoS7 |
| 2022 | Liu, Y., Chu, G., Stirling, E., Zhang, H., Chen, S., Xu, C., . . . Wang, D. (2022). Nitrogen fertilization modulates rice seed endophytic microbiomes and grain quality.. The Science of the total environment, 857(Pt 2), 159181. Scopus33 WoS32 Europe PMC17 |
| 2021 | Ma, B., Stirling, E., Liu, Y., Zhao, K., Zhou, J., Singh, B. K., . . . Xu, J. (2021). Soil Biogeochemical Cycle Couplings Inferred from a Function-Taxon Network. Research (Washington), 2021, 10 pages. Scopus74 WoS70 Europe PMC27 |
| 2021 | Zhao, K., Ma, B., Xu, Y., Stirling, E., & Xu, J. (2021). Light exposure mediates circadian rhythms of rhizosphere microbial communities.. The ISME journal, 15(9), 2655-2664. Scopus66 WoS63 Europe PMC47 |
| 2021 | Xue, R., Zhao, K., Yu, X., Stirling, E., Liu, S., Ye, S., . . . Xu, J. (2021). Deciphering sample size effect on microbial biogeographic patterns and community assembly processes at centimeter scale. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 156, 108218. Scopus26 WoS24 |
| 2021 | Liu, H., Xue, R., Wang, Y., Stirling, E., Ye, S., Xu, J., & Ma, B. (2021). Correction to: FACS‑iChip: a high‑efficiency iChip system for microbial ‘dark matter’ mining (Marine Life Science & Technology, (2021), 3, 2, (162-168), 10.1007/s42995-020-00067-7). Marine Life Science and Technology, 3(2), 276-277. |
| 2021 | Wang, B., Stirling, E., He, Z., Ma, B., Zhang, H., Zheng, X., . . . Yan, Q. (2021). Pollution alters methanogenic and methanotrophic communities and increases dissolved methane in small ponds.. The Science of the total environment, 801, 149723. Scopus23 WoS22 Europe PMC8 |
| 2021 | Liu, Y., Ma, B., Chen, W., Schlaeppi, K., Erb, M., Stirling, E., . . . Xu, J. (2021). Rhizobium Symbiotic Capacity Shapes Root-Associated Microbiomes in Soybean. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12, 709012. Scopus25 WoS24 Europe PMC16 |
| 2020 | Ma, B., Wang, Y., Ye, S., Liu, S., Stirling, E., Gilbert, J. A., . . . Xu, J. (2020). Earth microbial co-occurrence network reveals interconnection pattern across microbiomes. Microbiome, 8(1), 12 pages. Scopus428 WoS415 Europe PMC259 |
| 2020 | Stirling, E., Fitzpatrick, R. W., & Mosley, L. M. (2020). Drought effects on wet soils in inland wetlands and peatlands. Earth-Science Reviews, 210, 1-15. Scopus70 WoS61 |
| 2020 | Liu, H., Xue, R., Wang, Y., Stirling, E., Ye, S., Xu, J., & Ma, B. (2020). FACS-iChip: a high-efficiency iChip system for microbial ‘dark matter’ mining. Marine Life Science & Technology, 3(2), 162-168. Scopus21 WoS22 Europe PMC16 |
| 2020 | Xu, P., Stirling, E., Li, W., Lv, X., Chen, H., Xu, A., . . . Xu, J. (2020). Trade-off between stochastic and deterministic processes shifts from soil to leaf microbiome of tea plant. |
| 2019 | Stirling, E., Macdonald, L. M., Smernik, R. J., & Cavagnaro, T. R. (2019). Post fire litters are richer in water soluble carbon and lead to increased microbial activity. Applied Soil Ecology, 136, 101-105. Scopus17 WoS15 |
| 2019 | Stirling, E., Smernik, R. J., Macdonald, L. M., & Cavagnaro, T. R. (2019). The effect of fire affected Pinus radiata litter and char addition on soil nitrogen cycling. Science of the Total Environment, 664, 276-282. Scopus8 WoS8 Europe PMC3 |
| 2019 | Stirling, E., Smernik, R. J., Macdonald, L. M., & Cavagnaro, T. R. (2019). Fire influences needle decomposition: tipping point in Pinus radiata carbon chemistry and soil nitrogen transformations. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 135, 361-368. Scopus4 WoS4 |
| 2019 | Stirling, E., Macdonald, L. M., Smernik, R. J., & Cavagnaro, T. R. (2019). Soil Microbial Community Responses After Amendment with Thermally Altered Pinus radiata Needles. Microbial Ecology, 79(2), 409-419. Scopus2 WoS1 Europe PMC1 |
| 2017 | Barr, C., Tibby, J., Moss, P., Halverson, G., Marshall, J., McGregor, G., & Stirling, E. (2017). A 25,000-year record of environmental change from Welsby Lagoon, North Stradbroke Island, in the Australian subtropics. Quaternary International, 449, 106-118. Scopus21 WoS20 |
| - | Szetey, K., Ward, D., Chakori, S., Douglas, D., Fulton, E. A., Grigg, N., . . . Subramaniam, R. (2025). Applying an ethical lens for more responsible modelling practice. Socio-Environmental Systems Modelling, 7, 18753. |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| - | Stirling, E. (n.d.). Laboratory analyses data set. DOI |
| - | Stirling, E. (n.d.). Post fire litters are richer in water soluble carbon and lead to increased microbial activity. DOI |
| - | Stirling, E. (n.d.). Fire influences needle decomposition: tipping point in Pinus radiata carbon chemistry and soil nitrogen transformations. DOI |
| - | Stirling, E. (n.d.). The effect of fire affected Pinus radiata litter and char addition on soil nitrogen cycling. DOI |
| - | Stirling, E., Cavagnaro, T., & Smernik, R. (n.d.). Soil microbial community responses after amendment with thermally altered Pinus radiata needles. DOI |
| Date | Role | Committee | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 - ongoing | Member | Soil Science Australia - South Australia Branch | Australian Soil Science Society Inc. | Australia |
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