Hi, I am Dave Emde.
PhD Candidate • Soil Science
Thünen Institute for Climate Smart Agriculture
Education
The University of British Columbia Okanagan
M.Sc. Biology (2022)
B.Sc. Biology and Computer Science (2019)
M.Sc. Thesis: Understanding the impact of irrigated agriculture on soil organic carbon storage
About me
I'm a soil scientist and carbon modeler born and raised in British Columbia, Canada. I earned my Bachelor's Degree from The University of British Columbia Okanagan Campus (UBCO) studying Biology and Computer Science and my Master's of Biology with the Jones Soil Lab at UBCO and collaborators at Agriculture and Agri-food Canada. I'm now living in Braunschweig, Germany where I am pursuing my PhD at the Thünen-Institut für Agrarklimaschutz studying the effects of land use history and land use change on agricultural soil organic carbon.
Research experience
Graduate Research Assistant
The Okanagan Institute for Biodiversity, Resilience, and Ecosystem Services
Sample collection and processing for studies involving perennial crop health and fruit quality metrics, soil health, and microbial population studies.
Research Technician
Agriculture and Agri-food Canada
Soil sample processing and data analysis including extensive experience with R, data-wrangling and large datasets.
COnference Presentations
Irrigation induced changes in soil organic carbon stocks of agricultural soil: what do we really know?
Frontiers in experimental research on changing environments - Leipzig, Germany (2022)
Estimating MAOM deficits in soils of woody perennial crops in the Okanagan: A regional study
Canadian Society of Soil Science 2021 Annual Meeting - PEI, Canada (2021)
Managing orchards and vineyards for climate friendly outcomes
BC Foodweb - BC, Canada (2021)
Soil organic carbon in irrigated agricultural systems: A meta-analysis
Annual meeting of the Agricultural Climate Action Research Network - BC, Canada (2022)
Long-term impact of land-use change on soil organic carbon in German agriculture
EGU 2023 Annual Meeting - Vienna, Austria (2023)
Long-term impact of land-use change on soil organic carbon in German agriculture
DBG 2023 Annual Meeting - Halle, Germany (2023)
The centennial legacy of land-use change on organic carbon stocks of German agricultural soils
EGU 2024 Annual Meeting - Vienna, Austria (2024)
The centennial legacy of land-use change on organic carbon stocks of German agricultural soils
Invited seminar at Agriculture and Agri-food Canada - Summerland, Canada (2024)
Seminars
Manuscript Reviews
Reviewed manuscripts for the following journals:
Global Change Biology
Agronomy Journal ASA
Global Environmental Change Advances
Society Memberships
Canadian Society of Soil Science
German Soil Science Society
European Geosciences Union
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