Course:SOIL500/Current Seminars
Soil 500 Seminar Series - SEMINARS
2025/26W Term 1 (Sep-Dec 2026)
3:00-4:00 pm In-person (McMl 154) and via zoom
contact sandra.brown@ubc.ca for zoom link
| Date | Speaker | Topic | Location | Bio/Abstract / poster |
| Sep 11 | Sandra Brown (chair) | Welcome back meet & greet (faculty, staff and students | McMl 154 in-person only | n.a. |
| Sep 18 | Sean Smukler and team | UBC Farm Fall Welcome 4-7 pm | UBC Farm | n.a. |
| Sep 25 | Keri Bowering, Post Doc, SAL lab | C stocks and soil health t.b.c. | McMl 154 / hybrid | |
| Oct 2 | Hannah Tahami, MSc Soil Science, supervisor Andy Black | N management effects on C and GHG dynamics t.b.c. | McMl 154 / hybrid | |
| Oct 9 | Cynthia Kallenback, Associate Professor, Soil Science | Mineral Associated OM t.b.c. | McMl 154 / hybrid | |
| Oct 16 | Thea Whitman, Assistant Professor, Life Sciences Institute | Soil microbial biology (post-fire) t.b.c. | McMl 154 / hybrid | |
| Oct 23 | Sian Kou-Giesbecht, Assistant Professor, School of Resource and Environmental Management, SFU | Terrestrial N cycling t.b.c. | McMl 154 / hybrid | - |
| Oct 30 | De Shorn Bramble | Declining Recent Inputs Constrain Subsoil Mineral-Associated Organic Matter Formation While Stability Decouples from Radiocarbon Age | McMl 154 / hybrid | |
| Nov 6 | Sylvia Nyamaizi, Post Doc / lab manager, SAL Lab | t.b.c. | McMl 154 / hybrid | |
| Nov 13 | John Austenfeld, MSc SoilRes3 lab, supervisor JT Cornelis | t.b.c. | McMl 154 / hybrid | |
| Nov 20 | Kymberly Eppich, MSc Soil Science, supervisor Maja Krzic | The institutional and technological evolution of spatial soil data in Canada | McMl 154 / hybrid | |
| Nov 27 | Sasha Pollet, PhD SoilRes3 lab, supervisor JT Cornelis | t.b.c. | McMl 154 / hybrid | |
| Dec 4 | Sandra and friends | orld Soil Day & End of term celebration | ||
*Please note that in-person seminars will also be livestreamed via zoom for folks who cannot join us.