Micro Soil II

MicroSoilMicro Soil II: Novel technologies, modelling and macroscopic impacts

Keynote presentations by prominant scientists are listed below. In addition, oral and poster presentations from participants are invited.

A full program can be downloaded here PROGRAM.


Keynote Speakers:

    - Soil structure, soil microorganisms interactions: decomposing organic matter in a structured world,
    Prof. Claire Chenu, AgroParisTech UMR Bioemco, France,
    - X-ray micro-tomography to quantify structure dynamics of soils,
    Dr Stephan Peth, CAU, University of Kiel, Germany,
    - The use of Synchrotron Radiation in the microscopic examination of soil,,
    Prof Fred Mosselmans, Diamond Light Source, UK,
    - Swelling and physicochemical aging of organic matter in soils and peats: Potential of 1H-NMR-Relaxometry and thermal analysis for process analysis ,
    Prof. Gabriele Schaumann, University Koblenz-Landau, Landau, Germany,
    - Further Keynote speakers will be listed shortly,

Those who wish to be considered for a volunteered oral (15 minutes) presentation must register and submit an abstract before May 15th. Those selected for an oral presentation will be contacted shortly after May 15th. To be included in the workshop proceedings, those presenting posters should also provide an abstract by May 15th. The salient points of posters will be presented orally in short, 4-minutes sale-pitch sessions.

Please email an abstract according to the format specified below to microsoil@abertay.ac.uk to be included in the conference proceedings

Abstract format:

Please submit your abstract as a Microsoft Word document with any figures as a separate PDF.

Please follow the following formatting: A4 paper, 2 cm margins top and bottom, left and right, 1.5 lines spacing, 11 point Arial font, left-justified paragraphs with a line between paragraphs. Maximum length excluding figures of two sides of A4. References to be cited in the text as (Fred, 1990), (Fred, 1990; Pete et al., 1990), (Fred, 1990; Pete et al., 1990; Fred, 2001). Please list references at the end of the Abstract as Fed AL (1990). Title. Journal Vol. 103-123, listing the first five authors. Please provide images of the highest quality and avoid colours unless necessary. Please restrict the size of the figures so that they take up no more than half a page with legend. Provide a legend at the end of the abstract.

Please provide:

Title

Full names of all authors, with those attending underlined

Institutions / Affiliations

Full address and e-mail address of attending author

Abstract

References

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Scientific committee:

Dr. Wilfred Otten, University of Abertay Dundee
Prof. Philippe Baveye, University of Abertay Dundee and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Dr. Andrew Spiers, University of Abertay Dundee
Dr. Ruth Falconer, University of Abertay Dundee
Dr. Francisco Perez-Reche, University of Abertay Dundee
Dr. Joanna Cloy, University of Edinburgh
Dr. Paul Hallet, The James Hutton Institute
Dr. Clare Wilson, University of Stirling

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