Seminar Series – Spring 2023

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Dr. Rich McLaughlin
Professor, Crop and Soil Sciences Department

Being Agile In Your Career: A Key to Success and Happiness

 

Seminar starts at 3:40 PM (Room 2215 WMS)


 

April 12 @ 3:40 pm5:00 pm

Dr. Ole Wendroth
Professor of Soil Science
Department of Plant & Soil Sciences
University of Kentucky

Opportunities for Diagnosing Field-Scale Hydrological and Agronomic Processes


 

April 5 @ 3:00 pm5:00 pm

Wednesday, April 5, 2023, at 3:00 PM

Students in SSC 601/801 are required to present a seminar during the Crop and Soil Science Seminar time.

We have three presentations:
Fred Teasly (3:00-3:25 PM) – Assessing the Upper Bounds of Soil Health During the Conventional to Organic Transition Phase

Ben Rose (3:25-3:50 PM) – The Influence of the Ectomycorrhizal Fungus Paxillus Ammoniavirescens on Loblolly Pine Salt Stress Tolerance in Response to Potassium Availability

Anna Evers (3:50-4:15 PM) – Probing the Fate of Siderophores in Soils through Gallium Extended X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy


 

Wednesday, March 29, 2023, at 3:00 PM

Students in SSC 601/801 are required to present a seminar during the Crop and Soil Science Seminar time.

We have three presentations:
Steven Miller (3:00-3:25 PM) – Implications of Current Soil Test Phosphorus for Manureshed Analysis in North Carolina
Hannah Peel (3:25-3:50 PM) – Understanding Aquifer Redox Controls on the Occurrence of As(III) in the North Carolina Piedmont
Bailey Parrish (3:50-4:15 PM) – Blue Carbon Storage Potential of North Carolina Tidal Marsh Systems: An Exposition and Case Study Analysis


 

Wednesday, March 22, 2023, at 3:00 PM

Students in SSC 601/801 are required to present a seminar during the Crop and Soil Science Seminar time.

For March 22, we have three presentations:
Tanzila Ahmed (3:00-3:25 PM) – Quantifying Soil C stocks and Soil Health Metrics in the Southeastern Coastal Plain
Maxwell Dumas (3:25-3:50 PM) – Suitability of Urban Soils for Agricultural Use: Limitations and Management
Henry Edmisten (3:50-4:15 PM) – Warm-Season Turfgrass Species Identification and Analysis through Image Classification


 

Wednesday, March 8, 2023, at 3:00 PM

Students in SSC 601/801 are required to present a seminar during the Crop and Soil Science Seminar time.
For March 8, we have three presentations:

Lydia Miles (3:00-3:25 PM) – Recalibration of Phosphorous and Potassium Recommendations for High Yielding Soybeans in North Carolina
Spencer Fulkerson (3:25-3:50 PM) – The Effectiveness of Various Erosion Control Best Management Practices
Ben Gordon (3:50-4:15 PM) – Supplemental Fertilization Strategies for High-Yielding Soybeans in North Carolina


 

Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Students in SSC 601/801 are required to present a seminar during the Crop and Soil Science Seminar time. For March 1, we have three presentations:
Reuben WilsonCoastal Zone Soil Survey: Understanding the Need, Process, and a Case-Study
Taylor Alvarado – Geologic Controls on Drinking Water Wells As Contamination in North Carolina
Md Mahfuz Islam – Compost Incorporation Improves Water Infiltration, Vegetation Cover Establishment, and Related Soil Properties: A Potential Stormwater Management Practice


 

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Mr. Jim Beeson

Licensed Soil Scientist and Founder of Piedmont Environmental Associates

High Intensity Soil Mapping for Land Development


 

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

Dr. Dean Hesterberg
Soil Sciences Advisor

Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS/CNPEM)
Campinas – Brazil (Bresil)

William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor Emeritus – Soil Chemistry NCSU

Novel approaches to studying micro/nanoscale soil and rhizosphere processes using the Brazilian Sirius synchrotron


 

Wednesday, February 1, 2023

Dr. Rob Mikkelsen
Director- Agronomic Services
Yara Americas, North America
Former Professor of Soil Fertility NCSU

Improving nitrogen and phosphorus efficiency: Making progress across North America?