Course:SOIL500/Current Seminars

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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.