Mechanisms of soil C/N stabilization/destabilization in relation to factors of soil formation
Nature of organic C and N in relation to soil mineralogy, vegetation, etc.
Effects of aggregation on C and N stabilization/destabilization
SOM destabilization processes: enzymatic, faunal, and abiotic
Isotopic methods and limitations
Rates of soil organic C and N accumulation across ecosystems
worldwide
Sunday |
8:00-4:30 |
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7:00-10:00 |
Registration and Welcome Mixer (cash bar) |
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Monday |
7:30-8:30 |
Breakfast |
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8:45-9:15 |
Phil Sollins: Welcome, logistics, and introduction |
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9:15 |
Jennifer Harden: Carbon stabilization on the landscape: are soil-forming factors useful indicators? |
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10:00 |
Break |
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10:30 |
Markus Kleber: Implications of a molecular aggregate model of SOM for C and N stabilization at the mineral-organic interface |
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11:15 |
Anthony Aufdenkampe: Is the characteristic composition of mineral-associated organic matter the consequence of sorption? |
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12:00 |
Lunch |
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1:30 |
Klaus Kaiser: Mineral-induced stabilization of organic matter in a pedological context |
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2:15 |
Georg Guggenberger : Mineral control of organic matter stabilization: sorptive interaction and aggregation |
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3:00 |
Break |
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3:30 |
Peter Buurman: Organic matter chemistry and protection in andosols and podzols |
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4:15-5:00 |
Gerd Gleixner: What can compound specific 13C and 14C values tell us about SOM? |
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6-7:00 |
Dinner (at Asilomar) |
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7:30-9 |
Poster Session (cash bar) |
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Tuesday |
7:30-8:30 |
Breakfast |
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8:45 |
Josh Schimel: Adding the decomposer to decomposition models |
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9:30 |
Claire Chenu: Spatial distribution of microorganisms at the microscale, in relation to physical protection |
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10:00 |
Break |
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10:45 |
Han Wösten: Hydrophobins and chaplins: secreted microbial proteins that change the nature of biotic and abiotic surfaces. |
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11:30 |
Matthias Rillig: Biology and role in soil aggregation of the AMF-produced protein glomalin |
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12:15-1:15 |
Lunch |
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2:00 |
Serita Frey: SOM pools and fluxes in response to changes in temperature |
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2:45 |
Ron Smernik: Surely it can't ALL be amide - what else can NMR tell us about soil organic N? |
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3:30 |
Break |
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4:00 |
Susan Trumbore: Radiocarbon as a measure of the residence time of carbon in ecosystems |
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4:45 -5:30 |
Troy Baisden : Bomb 14C enrichment indicates SOM below 30-cm depth is mobile and reactive on decadal time scales |
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6-7:00 |
Dinner (at Asilomar) |
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7:30-9 |
Poster Session (cash bar) |
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Wednesday |
7:30-8:30 |
Breakfast |
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8:45 |
Jan Skjemstad: Charcoal in soil: Formation, form and fate. |
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9:30 |
Heike Knicker : Vegetation fires and burnings: how do they affect the nature and stability of soil organic nitrogen and carbon? |
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10:15 |
Break |
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10:45 |
Johannes Lehmann: Carbon stabilization in biogenic nano-structures of soil microaggregates |
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11:30 |
Johan Six : SOM stabilization vs. destabilization: Controlled by the interplay between aggregate turnover, biota and soil properties |
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12:15-1:30 |
Lunch |
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2:00 |
Evelyn Krull: What determines the residence time of soil organic carbon? |
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2:45 |
Jeffrey Baldock: Is the age of soil organic matter related to its chemical composition? |
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3:30-4:15 |
Margaret Torn: From mechanisms to models |
4:15-6:45 |
Break / Optional Walk to Aquarium |
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7-8:00 |
Poster Session and Mixer (Aquarium) |
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8-9:00 |
Conference Dinner (Aquarium) |
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9-11:00 |
Resume Poster Session / Cash Bar Mixer (Aquarium) |
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Thursday |
7:30-8:30 |
Breakfast |
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9:30 |
Departure for airports |
Dr. Anthony Aufdenkampe
Stroud Water Research Center
Avondale, PA USA
Is the characteristic composition of mineral-associated organic matter the
consequence of sorption?
Dr. Troy Baisden
Landcare Research
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Bomb C-14 Enrichment Indicates Soil Organic Matter Below 30 cm Depth is Mobile and Reactive on Decadal Time Scales
Dr. Jeffrey A. Baldock
CSIRO Land and Water
Adelaide Laboratory
Glen Osmond, SA Australia
Is the age of soil organic matter related to its chemical composition?
Prof. Peter Buurman
Laboratory of Soil Science & Geology
Wageningen University
Wageningen, The Netherlands
Organic matter chemistry and protection in andosols and podzols
Dr. Claire Chenu
Directeur Unité de Science du Sol
INRA, Versailles, France
Spatial distribution of microorganisms at the microscale, in relation to physical
protection
Dr. Serita Frey
Dept. of Natural Resources
University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH, USA
Soil Organic Matter Pools and Fluxes in Response to Changes in Temperature
Dr. Gerd Gleixner
Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry
Jena, Germany
What can compound specific 13C and 14C values tell us about SOM
Prof. Georg Guggenberger
Soil Biology and Ecology
Institute of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition
Martin-Luther-University
Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
Mineral control of organic matter stabilization: sorptive interaction and aggregation
Dr. Jennifer Harden
US Geological Survey
Menlo Park, CA, USA
Soils of the boreal forests: physical, chemical, or biological protection?
Dr. Klaus Kaiser
Soil Biology and Ecology
Institute of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition
Martin-Luther-University
Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
Mineral-induced stabilization of organic matter in a pedological context
Dr. Markus Kleber
Earth Sciences Division
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley, CA, USA
The implications of the molecular aggregate model of SOM for carbon stabilization at the mineral-organic interface
Dr. Heike Knicker
Institute for Soil Science
Dept. of Ecology
Munich Technical University
Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
Vegetation fires and burnings; how do they affect the nature and stability
of soil organic nitrogen and carbon?
Dr. Evelyn Krull
CSIRO Land and Water
Adelaide Laboratory
Glen Osmond, SA, Australia
What determines the residence time of soil organic carbon
Dr. Johannes Lehmann
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY, USA
Carbon stabilization in biogenic nano-structures of soil microaggregates
Dr. Matthias C. Rillig
University of Montana
Missoula, MT, USA
Biology and role in soil aggregation of the AMF-produced protein glomalin
Dr. Joshua Schimel
Dept. of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Title to be arranged
Dr. Johan Six
Dept.of Agronomy & Range Science
University of California
Davis, CA,
USA
Soil Organic Matter Stabilization versus Destabilization: Controlled by the
interplay between aggregate turnover, biota and soil properties.
Dr. Jan Skjemstad
Team Leader, Organic Matter in Soil and Water
CSIRO Land and Water
Glen Osmond SA,
Australia
Charcoal in soil: Formation, form and fate.
Dr. Ronald Smernik
School of Earth & Environmental Sciences
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, SA,
Australia
Surely it can't ALL be amide - what else NMR can tell us about soil organic
N?
Dr. Margaret Torn
Geochemistry Department
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley, CA, USA
From mechanisms to models.
Dr. Susan Trumbore
Dept. of Earth System Science
University of California
Irvine, CA, USA
Radiocarbon as a measure of the residence time of carbon in ecosystems
Prof. H.A.B. (Han) Wösten
Dept. of Eukaryotic Microbiology
University of Utrecht
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Hydrophobins and chaplins; secreted microbial proteins that change the nature
of biotic and abiotic surfaces.