Program: SSSB \u2013 Day of the Young Soil Scientists<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
* 8.30 onwards — Doors Open<\/p>\n\n\n\n
* 8.45 – 9.00 — Registration<\/p>\n\n\n\n
* 9.00 – 9.15\u2014Welkom<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n– Prof. Karen Vancampenhout (KU Leuven) \u2013 President of SSSB<\/p>\n\n\n\n
* 9.15 – 10.30 — Oral Presentations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n– 9.15 \u2013 9.30 : Marie Dincher – Importance of particles in the input-output budget of major elements in humus of a beech forest<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n– 9.30 \u2013 9.45 : Lin Wang – Effects of treated wastewater irrigation on soil quality<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n– 9:45 \u2013 10:00 : Klara Dvorakova – Improving soil organic carbon predictions from Sentinel 2 soil composites by assessing surface conditions and uncertainties<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n– 10:00 \u2013 10.15 : Florence Tan – Evaluating the large-scale applicability of hillslope sediment connectivity models<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n– 10.15 \u2013 10.30 : Mekonnen Getahun – Soils and vegetation of the Afro-Alpine vegetation belts of East African rift valley system: a literature review<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n* 10.30 – 11.15 — Coffee Break + Posters (incl. poster tour)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n* 11.15 – 12.15 — Oral Presentations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n– 11.15 \u2013 11.30 : Philippe Roux – Influence of warming on ecosystem elemental budget, an Ecotron experiment.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n– 11.30 \u2013 11.45 : Haichao Li – Soil textural control on moisture distribution at the microscale and its effect on organic matter mineralization<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n– 11.45 \u2013 12.00 : Ine Rosier – Modelling the effects of vegetated landscape elements on the rainfall-runoff behaviour of agricultural catchments<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n– 12.00 \u2013 12.15 : Jacques Kilela – Effect of organic amendment on the physicochemical characteristics of tailing and root development of tree species, fifteen years after planting<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n* 12.15 – 13.15 — Lunch Break + Posters (incl. poster tour)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n* 13.15 – 13.45 — Key Note Presentation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n– Prof. Jean Thomas Cornelis (University of British Columbia) \u2013 Former president of SSSB<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pedology, a key discipline if we are to harness all the complexity of soil-root-plant interactions to build resilient ecosystems<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n* 13.45 – 15.00 — Oral Presentations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n– 13.45 \u2013 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<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n– 14.00 \u2013 14.15 : Junwei Hu – Do belowground herbivorous and bacterivorous microfauna influence plant growth independently?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n– 14.15 \u2013 14.30 : Lin Lin – Visual assessment of soil structural quality across soil textures and compaction levels \u2013 examination of profile walls vs. intact soil cores<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n– 14.30 \u2013 14.45 : Zimmin Li – Aggregation reduces the release of bioavailable silicon from allophane and phytolith<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n– 14.45 \u2013 15.00 : Florian Lauryssen – Estimation of the natural background of phosphate in a lowland river using tidal marsh sediment cores<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n* 15.00 – 15.30 — Coffee Break + Posters<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n* 15.30 – 16.30 — Workshop : Mental Health<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n– Merel Ackx – Career Development Advisor KU Leuven<\/p>\n\n\n\n
* 16.30 \u2013 17.00 — Closing & Drink<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Abstract submission – closed<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n- Scope<\/strong>
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<\/li>- 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.<\/li>
- Format<\/strong>
Title, Authors , Abstract max 400 words – use this template
Communication preference (Poster\/Oral)
Language: English<\/li>- Deadline<\/strong>: 11\/03\/2022<\/li>
- Submission<\/strong>: send your abstract to jeroen.meersmans@uliege.be use the following template:<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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