soil science

Thesis Defense – Soil Science – MSc – Paula Resque Porto

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Announces

The Oral Examination for the Degree of

Master of Science
(Soil Science)

Paula Resque Porto

” The effect of field hydrology management on soil greenhouse gas emissions from blueberry fields in Delta, British Columbia”

Monday, December 5th, 2022 – 2:00 PM

350, HR MacMillan Building, 2357 Main Mall

EXAMINING COMMITTEE

Chair: Dr. J. Cornelis

Supervisory Committee:
Dr. S. Smukler – Supervisor
Dr. A. Black – Committee member
Dr. M. Krzic – Committee member

Defense Committee Composition
Dr. S. Smukler – Supervisor
Dr. A. Black – Committee member
Dr. M. Krzic – Committee member
Dr. S. Knox– External

Thesis Defense – Soil Science – MSc – Alexander Kramer

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UBC – Faculty of Land and Food Systems Announces
The Oral Examination for the Degree of

Master of Science
(Soil Science)

Alexander Kramer

“Carbon Stock and Plant Communities across and Elevation Gradient of a
Semiarid Grassland: A 58-Year Follow up”
Tuesday, August 24th, 2021 – 09:00AM

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https://ubc.zoom.us/j/67880655540?pwd=K1JzWGJ3K2Y1S013N0xua1gzcVF5dz09

EXAMINING COMMITTEE

Chair: Dr. C. Chanway

Supervisory Committee:
Dr. M. Krzic  – Supervisor
Dr. B. Wallace– Committee member
Dr. G. Bradfield – Committee member


Defense Committee Composition
Dr. M. Krzic– Supervisor
Dr. B. Wallace – Committee member
Dr. L. Lavkulich – External

Dru Yates receives NACTA award

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Congratulations to MSc alumna Dru Yates (supervised by Assoc. Prof. Maja Krzic) who is this year’s recipient of the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) Graduate Student Teaching Award.

The award is given in recognition of meritorious efforts in postsecondary teaching by a graduate student. Dru is a double alumna of Land and Food Systems, having completed her BSc in Global Resource Systems in 2010, and her MSc in Soil Science this past spring.

(Original post: http://reachout.landfood.ubc.ca/2014/06/26/dru-yates-receives-nacta-award/. Re-posted with permission.)

Today: TerreWEB Seminar with Clara Roa (UBC Soil Science)

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This week in the TerreWEB seminar series we are excited to have Clara Roa, who will be talking this Thursday about “A Web based tool for flow monitoring used by water communities.” Everyone is welcome!

When: This Thursday, March 6th
Where: Macmillan Building, Room 154
Time: 2:00-3:00pm (3:30 for scholars)

Abstract: Clara will show a virtual tool that explains how to monitor streamflows in small watersheds. The tool is aimed primarily at rural community water organizations (CWO). CWOs continuously deal with climate variability: in summer due to water scarcity and in the rainy season due high sediment loads in the streams. Monitoring flows aim to facilitate decision making processes to mitigate the impacts of droughts and to influence municipal budgets for acquiring protected areas.

Bio: Since 2005 Clara Roa-Garcia has been working with young people and local communities, doing research in natural resources. She is currently working in southwestern Colombia with community organizations that manage water for potable consumption. This internet-based project is part of her thesis, “Soils and land use in the Colombian Andes: influence on water yield and low flows in the dry season” that aims to show the role of two types of soils (from the central branch and the western branch of the Andes) on water regulation in watersheds, particularly in the dry season.