Series 2015

This seminar is jointly organized by the following professors of the Department of Environmental Systems Science (D-USYS): Emmanuel Frossard, James Kirchner, Ruben Kretzschmar, Dani Or, Rainer Schulin and Johan Six.

Location: ETH Zürich, Universitätstrasse 16, CHN C14

14. December 2015, 4.15 - 5.30 p.m.

Scratching the critical zone: soil biogeochemical cycles in eroding landscapes

Prof. Dr. Kristof van Oost (Department of Geography, Catholic University of Leuven, B)

30. November 2015, 4.15 - 5.30 p.m.

The roots of sustainable soil physical conditions

Prof. Dr. Paul Hallett (School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, UK)

16. November 2015, 4.15 - 5.30 p.m.

The response of soil organic matter mineralisation to moisture: interaction with soil characteristics

Prof. Dr. Claire Chenu (Centre AgroParisTech, Paris/Grignon, F)

2. November 2015, 4.15 - 5.30 p.m.

Formation and ecological relevance of aggregates in forest soils

Prof. Dr. Friederike Lang (Professur für Bodenökologie, Universität Freiburg, D)

19. October 2015, 4.15 - 5.30 p.m.

Multi-surface geochemical modelling of trace element speciation in soils: applications and recent developments

Prof. Dr. Rob Comans (Department of Soil Quality, Wageningen, NL)

5. October 2015, 4.15 - 5.30 p.m.

A legacy of antimony and arsenic pollution in an Australian river catchment: Filling the gaps in research knowledge

Dr. Susan Wilson (School of Environmental & Rural Science, University of New England, AUS)

21. September 2015, 4.15 - 5.30 p.m.

Biogeochemical cycling of selenium

Prof. Lenny Winkel (Environmental Inorganic Geochemistry, EAWAG, CH)