News

Bence, Lorenz, Gino, Xinru, and Orly attended the 2024 SGM in Basel

Published:14.11.24 — Four members of the SOIL Lab presented their most recent research findings at the 2024 Swiss Geoscience Meeting (SGM) held in Basel, Switzerland in November. This event brought together geoscience students and researchers from Switzerland and beyond to share and discuss geology-focused research and advancements.

Orly presented at the ISMOM 2024 in Tsukuba, Japan

Published:14.11.24 — The 2024 International Symposium on Interactions of Soil Minerals with Organic Components and Microorganisms (ISMOM) brought together researchers from all over the world after the last quadrennial edition 2019 to discuss the latest advancements in soil organic carbon, minerals, and microorganisms.

Filippo joined SOIL!

Published:10.10.24 — SOIL has a new postdoctoral researcher: Filippo Miele. Welcome!

Emma presented at the Soil Systems Ecology conference in Berlin

Published:16.09.24 — Emma presented her recent findings at the Soil Systems Ecology conference in Berlin in September.

SOIL at ENAC Research Day: Congratulations, Lorenz!

Published:16.09.24 — SOIL presented two posters at the ENAC Research Day and Lorenz won a poster award. Congratulations!

Gino joined SOIL!

Published:26.08.24 — SOIL has a new member: Gino Licini- welcome!

Congratulations, Emma and welcome, Alice!

Published:16.07.24 — SOIL had an eventful week: Emma passed her candidacy exam and we welcomed a new member for the summer: Alice Giorgetti. Congratulations, Emma and welcome, Alice!

Adriano joined us as visiting professor for the summer

Published:03.07.24 — Prof. Adriano Sofo from the University of Basilicata is joining SOIL for the summer.

Emma and Kristina presented at the Centennial of the IUSS

Published:11.06.24 — Emma and Kristina presented the most recent findings of their doctoral work at the Centennial Celebration and Congress of the International Union of Soil Sciences in Florence in May.

Congratulations, Kristina and Fabrice!

Published:30.05.24 — Kristina was accepted into the EPFL PhD Excellence program and Fabrice was awarded a fellowship by the 100 PhDs for Africa program. Congratulations to both of them!

Camila joined SOIL!

Published:30.04.24 — SOIL has a new member: Camila Morales!

SOIL's contribution at EGU

Published:19.04.24 — Meret presented some of SOIL's work on soil bioenergetics at the EGU General Assembly 2024.

Anaëlle and Zhipeng joined SOIL!

Published:14.03.24 — SOIL has two new members: Anaëlle Semerle is joining us for her MSc project and Zhipeng Shu for an academic visit. Welcome!

Meret receives the Jin Jingfu Memorial Lecture award

Published:09.03.24 — Meret was awarded the Jin Jingfu Memorial Lecture by the International Association of Geochemistry. Congratulations!

E4S Community Meetup – Biodiversity

Published:07.03.24 — Meret presented SOIL's work on Alpine soils at the E4S Community Meetup on Biodiversity.

First project completed: Web viewer for flood risk communication

Published:21.02.24 — We completed the first project at SOIL: in a collaboration with Izni Mohd Zahidi from Monash University in Malaysia and the ENAC-IT4R team, we have been working on creating a public flood web viewer over the past year. The web viewer visualises flood risks in the Selangor River catchment in Malaysia. You can check it out at https://monash-flood-portal.epfl.ch/.

Xinru joined SOIL (and other good news)!

Published:12.01.24 — With the arrival of the new year, SOIL has a new member: Xinru Liu!

Interview with Meret in the Dimensions magazine

Published:24.10.23 — Meret is featured in the newest edition of the EPFL Dimensions magazine (#10).

Discover the Institut de recherche sur lʹenvironnement

Published:09.10.23 — Discovering the ALPOLE Institute for Research on the Alpine and Polar Environment at EPFL Valais Wallis Sion.

Shushu and Jasmin joined SOIL for their semester projects

Published:02.10.23 — Shushu and Jasmin joined the SOIL group for the fall semester. Welcome!