Course:SOIL500/Current Seminars
Soil 500 Seminar Series - SEMINARS
2023/24W Term 1 (Sep-Dec 2023)
3:00-4:00 pm In-person and via zoom
contact sandra.brown@ubc.ca for zoom link
Date | Speaker | Topic | Location | Bio/Abstract |
Sep 8 | Sandra Brown (chair) | Welcome back | McMl 154 | n.a. |
Sep 15 | Class cancelled | Students are encouraged to particpate in the Climate Action | Vancouver City Hall / Art Gallery | n.a. |
Sep 22 | Oliver Heath, MSc student, supervisor JT Cornelis | Soil controls on carbon dynamics in the temperate rainforests of British Columbia and their sensitivity to clear-cutting. | McMl 154 / zoom | https://wiki.ubc.ca/images/4/41/Oliver_SOIL_500_Abstract_and_bio.pdf |
Feb 3 | Michael Preston, Ecosystems Science, UNBC | Tree Restoration as a Natural Climate Solution: The case for planting on marginal industrially polluted landscapes | zoom | |
Feb 10 | Navin Ramankutty, Canadian Research Chair in Data Science for Sustainable Global Food Systems and Director of IRES | Review of organic versus conventional agriculture (t.b.c.) | McMl 154 / zoom | |
Feb 17 | t.b.d. Jordy, Patrick .... | Working session - conference posters (students only) | McMl 154 | |
Feb 24 | Midterm Break | NO CLASSED | n.a. | n.a. |
Mar 3 | Joe Crudo, M.Sc. student, supervisor Maja Krzic | t.b.c. | McMl 154 / zoom | |
Mar 10 | Sergio Abit, Plant and Soil Sciences, Oklahoma State University | How about a course on soils & societies? | zoom | |
Mar 17 | Rob Kim | Career workshop (students only) | McMl 154 | |
Mar 24 | Jordy Kersey, PhD candidate with Sean Smukler in the SAL lab | t.b.c. | McMl 154 / zoom | |
Mar 31 | Morgan Hamilton, MSc student with JT Cornelis in the SoilRes3 lab | t.b.c. | McMl 154 / zoom | |
Apr 7 | Term end gathering | t.b.a. | t.b.a. |
*Please note that in-person seminars will also be livestreamed via zoom for folks who cannot join us.