ANNOUNCING THE 7TH ANNUAL SUMMER SOIL INSTITUTE AT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN SOIL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOCHEMISTRY? The 7th Annual Summer Soil Institute is your opportunity to gain an integrated perspective with world-renowned faculty to address critical questions using current analytical techniques, experimental approaches, and instructional models. The 7th Annual Summer Soil Institute (SSI 2016) is designed for graduate and advanced undergraduate students, post-docs, professionals, faculty, and K-12 teachers. SSI 2016 will be held on *June 12-25, 2016* and is located at the confluence of the Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains, at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO. Topics covered during the Summer Soil Institute will be directed towards answering: What are the physical, chemical and biological components of soil? What do molecular techniques tell us about soil biodiversity? How does soil chemistry affect carbon and nutrient cycling? · How are soil processes affected by global change? *Cost of Attendance:* Students …………………………………………………….$2250.00 (USD) Non-students (academic, gov’t, federal, K-12 teachers)……$3000.00 (USD) Corporate……………………………………………………$5000.00 (USD) For more information and *to apply*, please visit: http://soilinstitute.nrel.colostate.edu. After reviewing the website, if you are interested being a part of the Summer Soil Institute 2016 class, and would like more information, please Email us at: [email protected]. We hope that you can join us this year for the 7th Annual Summer Soil Institute at Colorado State University. Sincerely, 7th Annual Summer Soil Institute Committee Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO SSI Web: http://soilinstitute.nrel.colostate.edu/ SSI Email: [email protected] *See below for additional information* ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Summer Soil Institute participants will get hands-on experience with lab, field, and modeling techniques including: SOIL PHYSICS AND BIOCHEMISTRY: Pedology Organic matter fractionation Stable isotopes Soil respiration Trace gas fluxes NMR, FT-ICR-MS, and XRD SOIL BIOLOGY-MICROBES AND FAUNA: DNA extraction Quantitative PCR Enzyme activities Microscopy-based identification Soil food web modeling THE SSI FACULTY INSTRUCTORS: Stuart Grandy: Soil Health Thomas Borch: Soil Chemistry M. Francesca Cotrufo: Soil Organic Matter and Stable Isotope Applications Peter de Ruiter: Soil Food Web Modeling Steve Fonte: Soil Management Eugene Kelly: Pedology and Geochemistry John Moore: Soil Ecology, Food Web Modeling Keith Paustian: Soil Carbon Dynamics and Modeling Mary Stromberger: Soil Microbiology Diana Wall: Soil Sustainability, Soil Fauna Matthew Wallenstein: Soil Microbial Ecology and Molecular Techniques Joe von Fischer: Trace Gases Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you are interested in attending Summer Soil Institute 2016. Email us at: [email protected] Sincerely, 7th Annual Summer Soil Institute Committee Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO SSI Web: http://soilinstitute.nrel.colostate.edu/ SSI Email: [email protected]
