Course:SOIL500/Current Seminars
Soil 500 Seminar Series - SEMINARS
2024/25W Term 1 (Sep-Dec 2024)
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 6 | Sandra Brown (chair) | Welcome back | McMl 154 | n.a. |
| Sep 13 | Grad students | Posters and props | McMl 154 | n.a. |
| Sep 20 | Sean and friends | End of summer picnic; sustainable agriculture and environment (SAGE) field tour included | UBC Farm | n.a. |
| Sep 27 | Lewis Fausak, APBI teaching and research technician | Application of X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) to determine organic matter stability. | McMl 154 | n.a. |
| Oct 4 | David Lefebvre, Postdoc, SoilRes3 lab | Grad student R workshop | McMl 154 | n.a. |
| Oct 11 | Diogo Spinola, Assistant Professor, Ecosystem Science, UNBC | Mineral weathering and soil organic carbon in coastal temperate rainforest soils of SE Alaska | presenter via zoom | |
| Oct 18 | Mehdi Sharifi, AAFC Summerland | Water and nutrient management strategies in grape vines and cover crops | presenter via zoom | |
| Oct 25 | Harini Ayer, PhD candidate with JT Cornelis | t.b.a. | McMl 154 | |
| Nov 1 | Jordy Kersey, PhD candidate with Sean Smukler | t.b.a. | presenter via zoom | |
| Nov 8 | Marium Zamir Ahmed, MSc student with JT Cornelis | t.b.a. | McMl 154 | |
| Nov 15 | Dr. Italo Cuneo, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso | Root-soil interaction & biomechanics in agricultural crops | t.b.c. joint presentation with plant science | |
| Nov 22 | Trevor Baker, MSc student, Supervisor Andy Black | Estimating soil water holding capacity | t.b.d. | |
| Nov 29 | Jon Zajonc, PhD student, Supervisor Sean Smukler | t.b.d. | McMl 154 | |
| Dec 6 | 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.