In good tradition the Belgian Soil Science Society is yet once more organizing its ‘Young Soil Scientist Day‘ where we offer a forum to starting researchers in both fundamental and applied soil science. Open to young (MSc & PhD-students and young post-docs) working at a Belgian Academic or Research Institute. Following last year’s successful edition we hope to see many of you back and welcome new faces of course as well. See the below link to register and find more info on abstract submission.
An update: 42 registrants & program provided below. Find the book of abstracts here below!
Register for the DYSS 2024 as presenter or regular attendee and meet your fellow soil scientists. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to exchange, learn and network. Price depends on member status.
Give your preference of oral or poster presentation. There is no limit to the number of poster presentations. MSc. thesis students are warmly encouraged to make a poster on their actual thesis work, with special attention to the research question they are trying to answer + the methods of their research.
Deadline for submitting abstracts is February 26nd 2024.
Submission: send your abstract to Ann.Verdoodt@UGent.be with the following your e-mail heading DYSS2024_Name_Given Name
Format Language: English & max 300 words, Use the following template
In good tradition the Belgian Soil Science Society is yet once more organizing its ‘Young Soil Scientist Day‘ where we offer a forum to starting researchers in both fundamental and applied soil science. Open to young (MSc & PhD-students and young post-docs) working at a Belgian Academic or Research Institute. Following last year’s successful edition we hope to see many of you back and welcome new faces of course as well. See the below link to register and find more info on abstract submission.
What
A full day of talks and poster presentations by young soil scientists
Best oral presentation and best poster receive awards
Keynote speaker Karen Vancampenhout (KULeuven)
Coffee breaks & sandwich lunch included in registration fee
Final program here below + download the book of abstracts
Welcome Prof. Jeroen Meersmans (ULiège) – President of SSSB
9.10-10.30
Oral presentations – 9.10 – 9.30: Boito Lucilla – Silicates rock! Steps towards application of silicate rocks to mitigate climate change – 9.30 – 9.50: Arthur Vienne – Insights from a basalt mesocosm experiment. Do earthworms stimulate carbon sequestration through enhanced weathering? – 9:50 – 10.10: Nicolas Kovacs – Converting grassland to a bamboo plantation affects soil organic carbon stock and dynamics – 10:10 – 10.30: Kelly Wittemans – Digital mapping of soil properties in Flanders using the DOV soil database
10.30-11.30
Coffee Break + Posters (incl. poster tour start@10.40)
11.30-12.30
Workshop “Research ethic and misconduct: a focus on scientific publication”
12.30-13.30
Lunch Break + Posters (incl. poster tour start@12.45)
13.30-14.10
Key Note Presentation Prof. Karen Vancampenhout (KU Leuven) – Former president of SSSB The ways of the dead – finding a nexus between biotic and abiotic drivers of soil carbon cycling
14.10-14.30
Oral presentations – 14.10 – 14.30: Marie Dincher – Major element residence times in humus from a beech forest: the role of element forms and recycling
14.30-15.30
Coffee Break + Posters (incl. poster tour start@14.40)
15.30-16.30
Oral presentations – 15.30 – 15.50: Astrid Francoys – Assessing capillary rise in a laboratory set-up: impact of contrasting groundwater depths on topsoil moisture and mineralization of added plant material – 15.50 – 16.10: Florian Lauryssen – Phosphorus reference conditions in lowland streams: survey in old forests and anaerobic sediment release – 16.10 – 16.30: Yixian Chen – Data-driven prediction of gully densities at the global scale
16.30-17.00
Closing and Drink
When & Where?
Date 24/03/2023: 8h30h-17h00
Venue: Royal Academy, Hertogstraat 1, Brussels – The Ockeghem room (Oral presentations) & The Atrium (Posters & coffee)
Registration
Register for the DYSS 2023 as presenter or regular attendee and meet your fellow soil scientists. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to exchange, learn and network. Price depends on member status.
Give your preference of oral or poster presentation. There is no limit to the number of poster presentations. MSc. thesis students are warmly encouraged to make a poster on their actual thesis work, with special attention to the research question they are trying to answer + the methods of their research.
Deadline for submitting abstracts is March 6th 2023.
Submission: send your abstract to Ann.Verdoodt@UGent.be with the following your e-mail heading DYSS2023_Name_Given Name
Format Language: English & max 300 words, Use the following template
The DYSS was a success with 37 participants and 14 new members! In total 14 oral presentations and 15 posters, accompanied by flash presentations and lively discussion in interaction with the audience.
Mr. Jacques Kilelawho was awarded for the best oral presentation, entitled “Effect of organic amendment on the physicochemical characteristics of tailing and root development of tree species, fifteen years after planting”.
Ms. Andrea Cecere was awarded best poster presentation, entitled “Impacts of soil conductivity on plant transpiration regulation under drought”
Congratulations to both and to all other high quality presentations. A few more impressions of the day below and we hope to see many of you all next year!
Venue: Royal Academy, Hertogstraat 1, Brussels – The Rubens auditorium (Oral presentations) & The Atrium (Posters & coffee)
Registration
Register for the DYSS 2022 and meet your fellow soil scientists. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to exchange, learn and network.
A full day of talks and poster presentations by young soil scientists
Keynote speaker Jean-Thomas Cornelis – “Pedology, a key discipline if we are to harness all the complexity of soil-root-plant interactions to build resilient ecosystem”
Best oral presentation and best poster receive awards and a priceless 😉 SSSB-knife!
Coffee breaks & sandwich lunch incl. in registration fee
Extra workshop (to be confirmed) on work/life balance
Program: SSSB – Day of the Young Soil Scientists
* 8.30 onwards — Doors Open
* 8.45 – 9.00 — Registration
* 9.00 – 9.15—Welkom
– Prof. Karen Vancampenhout (KU Leuven) – President of SSSB
* 9.15 – 10.30 — Oral Presentations
– 9.15 – 9.30 : Marie Dincher – Importance of particles in the input-output budget of major elements in humus of a beech forest
– 9.30 – 9.45 : Lin Wang – Effects of treated wastewater irrigation on soil quality
– 9:45 – 10:00 : Klara Dvorakova – Improving soil organic carbon predictions from Sentinel 2 soil composites by assessing surface conditions and uncertainties
– 10:00 – 10.15 : Florence Tan – Evaluating the large-scale applicability of hillslope sediment connectivity models
– 10.15 – 10.30 : Mekonnen Getahun – Soils and vegetation of the Afro-Alpine vegetation belts of East African rift valley system: a literature review
– 11.15 – 11.30 : Philippe Roux – Influence of warming on ecosystem elemental budget, an Ecotron experiment.
– 11.30 – 11.45 : Haichao Li – Soil textural control on moisture distribution at the microscale and its effect on organic matter mineralization
– 11.45 – 12.00 : Ine Rosier – Modelling the effects of vegetated landscape elements on the rainfall-runoff behaviour of agricultural catchments
– 12.00 – 12.15 : Jacques Kilela – Effect of organic amendment on the physicochemical characteristics of tailing and root development of tree species, fifteen years after planting
– Prof. Jean Thomas Cornelis (University of British Columbia) – Former president of SSSB
Pedology, a key discipline if we are to harness all the complexity of soil-root-plant interactions to build resilient ecosystems
* 13.45 – 15.00 — Oral Presentations
– 13.45 – 14.00 : Ioanna Panagea – Can we reverse the negative effects on topsoil structure and organic carbon caused by inversion tillage? Analysis of long-term experiments in Europe
– 14.00 – 14.15 : Junwei Hu – Do belowground herbivorous and bacterivorous microfauna influence plant growth independently?
– 14.15 – 14.30 : Lin Lin – Visual assessment of soil structural quality across soil textures and compaction levels – examination of profile walls vs. intact soil cores
– 14.30 – 14.45 : Zimmin Li – Aggregation reduces the release of bioavailable silicon from allophane and phytolith
– 14.45 – 15.00 : Florian Lauryssen – Estimation of the natural background of phosphate in a lowland river using tidal marsh sediment cores
* 15.00 – 15.30 — Coffee Break + Posters
* 15.30 – 16.30 — Workshop : Mental Health
– Merel Ackx – Career Development Advisor KU Leuven
* 16.30 – 17.00 — Closing & Drink
Abstract submission – closed
Scope Any contribution related to soil science Add future challenges dealing with your field of expertise at the end of both your abstract and presentation and present your perspectives
There is no limit to the number of poster presentations! M.Sc. thesis students are warmly encouraged to make a poster on their actual thesis work, with special attention to the research question they are trying to answer + the methods of their research.
Format Title, Authors , Abstract max 400 words – use this template Communication preference (Poster/Oral) Language: English
Deadline: 11/03/2022
Submission: send your abstract to jeroen.meersmans@uliege.be use the following template:
14.15 – 14.30: “Effects of different terrace protection measures on runoff, soil and nutrient losses in Buberuka highlands and Eastern plateau agro-ecological zones of Rwanda” by Jules Rutebuka (UGent)
14.30 – 14.40: PechaKucha “The impact of vegetation changes on soil moisture over the Dry Chaco” by Michiel Maertens (KUL)
14.40 – 14.55: “Monitoring of spatio-temporal variability of substrate moisture on green roofs with different substrates depths and link to biodiversity” by Cédric Bernard (ULiège)
14.55 – 15.05: PechaKucha “A review of Mongolian soil characteristics and its environmental issues” by Tamir Enkh-Amgalan (National University of Mongolia)
15.05 – 15.20: “Stable isotopic (2H, 18O) quantification of root water uptake distribution of tree and crop in agroforestry context” by Francoise Vanoverbeke (ULiège)
15.20 – 15.30: PechaKucha “Does phytoliths become the main source of bioavailable Si in highly weathered soil?” by Félix de Tombeur (ULiège)
15.30 – 15.50:Posters presentation
15.50 – 16.20: Coffee break and poster presentations
16.20 – 16.40: “Sorption of 137Cs on glauconite sands from the Neogene” by Yaana Bruneel (Belgian Nuclear Research Centre)
16.40 – 16.50: PechaKucha “Soil quality and microbial life: how sequencing can pierce the black box” by Caroline De Tender (Research Institute for Agriculture)
16.50 – 17.10: “Assessing the heavy metals pollution in soil and vegetable in Lanping lead-zinc mining areas” by Judith Deblon (ULiège)
17.10 – 17.20: PechaKucha “Study of the impact of century-old biochar on soil chemistry and nutrient cycling in soil-plant systems” by Victor Burgeon (ULiège)
17.20 – 17.40: “The effect of micro-topography on 3D electrical resistivity measurements for monitoring of soil moisture in potato fields on sandy soil” by Thibault Manhaeghe (ULiège)
17.40 – 17.50: PechaKucha “Soil processes controlling Si bioavailability by increased pH after biochar amendment” by Zimin Li (UCL)
The young board members are preparing a fantastic day of the young soil scientist. Join us on 27/02/2018. The call for abstracts is open now: http://www.bbv-sbss.be/?page_id=3242
Wednesday February 15, 2017 The Royal Academies of Belgium for Science and the Arts, Brussels
Every year the Soil Science Society of Belgium is organizing a Day for the Young Soil Scientist. This day, the floor belongs to the new generation of soil scientists: they get the opportunity to showcase their work and get to know other (young) soil scientists. For all members, this day is an excellent opportunity to learn about new research initiatives undertaken by the different research groups, both in Belgium and abroad.
Venue: Royal Academy, Hertogstraat 1, Brussels – Ockeghemzaal
Date: 15/02/09 from 13:30 – 17:00
All research groups are invited to send abstracts for oral presentation or posters
The scientific programme
Oral presentations (10’ presentation + 5’ discussion each) – selection will be based on content and distributed over the research groups.
A session of synthetic poster presentations (3’ each = 2 slides each) – there is no limit to the number of poster presentations! M.Sc. thesis students are warmly encouraged to make a poster on their actual thesis work, with special attention to the research question they are trying to answer + the methods of their research.
A poster session with explanation in the poster room where also drinks will be served.
Registration: participation is free and open to non-members, but please register by sending an email to soilsciencesocietyofbelgium@gmail.com with ‘Registration DYSS 2017 + your name’ as the subject of the email.
Every year the Soil Science Society of Belgium is organizing a Day for the Young Soil Scientists.
The idea is that young soil scientists from Belgium get to know each other, learn about new research initiatives undertaken by the different research groups, both in Belgium and abroad.
Last year we have developed a new concept for the Young Scientists Day so as to accommodate many more participants and hence make the meeting more attractive for all.
Venue: Royal Academy, Hertogstraat 1, Brussels Date: 26/02/2014 from 13:30 – 17:30
All research groups are invited to send abstracts for ONE oral presentation and as many as possible posters.
The scientific programme
A limited number of oral presentations: one presentation per research group (15 min. presentation + 5 min. discussion each)
A session of synthetic poster presentations; there is no limit to the number of poster presentations! (3 min. each = 2 slides each)
Also this year’s M.Sc. thesis students are warmly encouraged to make a poster on their actual thesis work, with special attention to the research question they are trying to answer and the methods of their research. The results may be subject of a paper during the Young Scientists day Anno 2015!
The submission of abstracts will expire at February 9th, 2014.
Please send your title and abstract in English in time to Giles Colinet (Gilles.Colinet@ulg.ac.be). Don’t forget to mention the co-authors and their affiliations.
Looking forward to an overwhelming response, especially from our new generation soil scientists, we send you our best wishes.
Yours sincerely,
Martine Swerts, President SSSB
Gilles Colinet, Secretary-Treasurer SSSB
