Candidates for the Research Assistant Professor - Soil Science
The UAF Matanuska Experiment Farm and Extension Center invites the public to presentations by the 2 finalists for the position of Research Assistant Professor – Soil Science.
This position will entail conducting a soil research program pertinent to agricultural cold soils, small grain development and working collaboratively with other researchers. Technical guidance will be provided on topics such as soil test interpretations, plant, crop and soil management. They will also be involved with outreach through Extension and presenting their research results. We are very eager to have this position filled in Palmer!
Our stakeholders and community members are greatly encouraged to attend the presentations!
Presentations by Dr. Caley Gasch
Date/Time: February 21, 2 PM
Presentation Title: Current research & accomplishments in line with this position:
Using a whole-system approach to understand and manage a pervasive soil problem
Attend in Person: UAF The BP Design Theatre in Joseph E. Usibelli Engineering Learning and Innovation Building (JUB) room 401 (Masks Required)
Zoom Link: https://bit.ly/3sZjj07
Date/Time: February 22, 2 PM
Presentation Title: Future vision for soil science with reference to Alaska needs:
New frontiers in the last frontier: exploring soil health systems across the landscapes of AK
Zoom Link: https://bit.ly/3uLPcvz
Attend in Person: MEFEC, 1509 S. Georgeson Dr. Palmer - Rm K208 (Masks Required)
About the candidate: Caley Gasch is an Assistant Professor of Soil Health Research at North Dakota State University. She teaches and conducts research on soil ecology, biogeochemistry, and conservation. Caley's past research topics include reclamation and soil recovery following disturbances related to fossil fuel extraction, belowground impacts of invasive grasses in rangelands, and spatial modeling (mapping) of soil properties. Currently, her research focuses on soil ecology and management of saline soils, evaluating soil health in response to conservation-based management, and mapping and monitoring soil carbon in crop fields.
Presentations by Dr. Michael Rowley
Date/Time: February 24, 2 PM
Presentation Title: Coupled calcium-carbon dynamics in natural and managed ecosystems: implications for soil science and agro-systems in Alaska
Attend in Person: UAF The BP Design Theatre in Joseph E. Usibelli Engineering Learning and Innovation Building (JUB) room 401 (Masks Required)
Zoom Link: https://bit.ly/3uMrAa4
Date/Time: February 25, 2 PM
Presentation Title: Soil science and small grains agriculture in Alaska under a changing climate
Zoom Link: https://bit.ly/3BnHsRr
Attend in Person: MEFEC, 1509 S. Georgeson Dr. Palmer - Rm K208 (Masks Required)
About the candidate: Michael C. Rowley is a British post-doctoral researcher currently working at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California on a Swiss National Science Foundation fellowship. Mike is a soil biogeochemist and studies the cycling of elements in soils from around the World (Haiti, Mexico, India, Switzerland, & U.S.A). He received his PhD. at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, while investigating the influence of calcium on soil organic carbon content of an alpine rangeland. Mike is particularly interested in how different land management practices and soil chemical processes influence soil fertility and carbon content. His two presentations will cover a wide array of techniques that he has used to investigate the cycling of carbon in soils and how these experiences could be relevant to future soil science and small grains agriculture in Alaska.