Soils contain most of Earth's genetic diversity, with a single gram of soil containing billions of microorganisms belonging to thousands of species - a microbial density an order of magnitude greater than our oceans - however these microorganisms remain largely unexplored. Through the lens of soils, lets walk through “a day in the life of the microbe” to get an inside view of what urban soils are trying to teach us. This session will explore and re-examine not only the dynamic microbial processes found in soils, but also their broader implications on the biosphere and the feedback loops between microbiota, the rest of the environment, and of course, humans.
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Moderated by Dr. Richard Pouyat, Emeritus Scientist, U.S. Forest Service
Dr. Paul Mankiewicz, Ecological Engineer, Co-Founder of Leaf Island, Co-Founder of The Gaia Institute
Dr. Maha Deeb-Collet, Lecturer, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux (LIEC), University of Lorraine
Dr. Elizabeth Marie Hénaff, Assistant Professor, NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Dr. Elvira Dovletyarova, Director, Department of Landscape Design and Sustainable Ecosystems, RUDN University Dr. Viacheslav Vasenev, Senior Researcher, Department of Landscape Design and Sustainable Ecosystems, RUDN University*
Vlad Plyushchikov, Researcher, RUDN University
Suzanne Lipton, Graduate Student, University of California - Santa Cruz
Alberto Acedo, Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Biome Markers Inc.
Dr. Geoffrey Gadd, Professor, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee
Jason Sinopoli, Soils Researcher
Open Discussion between Speakers and Audience