Soil Science

This Field of Study is for students engaged in research into soil as a natural, 3-dimensional body in landscapes and as a product of processes. It encompasses studies in which soil is conceptualized as a porous medium for gas, solute, water, and heat retention and/or transport or as an ecosystem, or ecosystem component, represented by organisms, biogeochemical cycles and matter and energy transformations. Most research in this area would be conducted at a scale of polypedon, pedon or smaller. Recognized subdisciplines in soil science include: pedology, soil biology and biochemistry, soil chemistry, soil fertility, soil mineralogy, and soil physics. Research topics that may range across subdisciplines are: metabolism of xenobiotic compounds, rhizosphere ecology, soil-plant relationships, and vadose-ground water relationships.

Application forms, scholarship information, and all additional information are available from the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research. Interested applicants should contact the researcher whose interest closely match theirs.