📆 Save the date: Feb. 25–26, 2025 for our annual Congressional Visits Day. Learn more: ow.ly/Kb1l50Tl63Z 🔹 Award opportunities open on Oct. 1, 2024. #CongressionalVisitsDay #advocacy #CapitolHill

Nice Friday to collect water samples from our water quality research station field. Looking forward to build gas chambers in these plots so we can holistically understand the fate of N in this cropping system

Earth Sciences Are the Model Sciences of the Anthropocene - Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists - Wiley Online Library agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/20…

I ❤️ San Antonio: #ACSMtg 2024 is heading to San Antonio (Nov 10-13)! Explore the culture and historical places to visit based on member recommendations. ➡️ Standard Registration deadline: Oct. 16 : ow.ly/Ycwk50SFBsO #SanAntonio #ACSMtg #SanAntonioLife #SanAntonioBound

🚨Job Alert! Check out the RISE initiative at UW–Madison - rise.wisc.edu. Listings within UW–Madison CALS are below with multiple hires expected across listings. It's a wonderful University in a great place to live. Join us! cals.wisc.edu/rise-faculty-h… Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences

A busy but wonderful weekend- lab hiking and get-together on Saturday, followed by a field trip for the Soil Sci 451 course on Sunday!

Thanks UW–Madison CALS for putting the word out and thanks NIFA for the support. We are super excited to work on this project. Also thanks to my awesome collaborators Jingyi Huang Zhou Zhang (张舟) Erin Silva and supporter Matt Ruark

Zhu-Barker Lab at UW-Madison is looking for highly motivated Postdoc and Graduate Students to work on soil health and climate change mitigation in organic cropping systems. Reach out by Nov. 22 for full consideration! More information can be found here: zhubarkerlab.soils.wisc.edu/opportunities/

Plan to attend the Agricultural Research Station tour at Summit? Xia Zhu-Barker will showcase developments in her Campus-wide long-term lysimeter network in Wisconsin with Matt Ruark. Learn about the project at ow.ly/9YlS50U7RUi Register now 👉 ow.ly/ZbcK50U7RUc

Highlights from our lab recently:1. Grads Yanyu Deng presented his study on denitrification at ASA-SSSA-CSSA and won the second place. 2. Grads Josh Mirabella presented a study on manure&N2O at Dairy summit. 3. Grads Mitch Wodrich and I did a field talk on Lysimeter&NO3 leaching.

Soil: it's not just dirt, it's life! From farming to climate action, accurate soil data is the key to informed decisions. Watch now & learn why #SoilHealth matters. #WorldSoilDay #GlobalSoilPartnership 👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿

#FunFactFriday: World Soil Day is December 5! Soil is the foundation of life—95% of our food comes from it. Let’s celebrate soil’s role in fighting climate change and protecting biodiversity! go.wisc.edu/5kz5y6

First time volunteering in Madison Ballet Nutcracker. Such an enriching experience! I am really impressed by everyone’s dedication and hard work to put such a fabulous performance together. Can’t find a better way to spend time with my kid

Celebrated the graduation of Josh Mirabella, my first grad at UW-Madison and the close of a remarkable year! Thank you to every member in Zhu-Barker Biogeochemistry Lab for making this year special!

May 2025 be a year of growth and success!

Excited to share our new article on Quantifying nitrogen provisioning and release from cover crops in walnut orchards - ScienceDirect sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Excited to share our new article on using stable isotopes to distinguish organic vs. conventional produce! A non-traditional, hypothesis-driven approach showcasing the power of science and collaboration. It was a challenge to publish, but it's finally out! journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

Recent updates from Zhu-Barker Biogeochemistry lab: Mitch Wodrich won second place of poster presentation at DIH symposium, kicked off USDA organic soil health project, farewell to Peidan Xu and welcome new lab members, Spring lab cleaning, and ice cream social!

ICoN9 at Bremen, Germany. Many fascinating talks and amazing people. Learned a lot about new AOA and AOB and denitrifiers. Do you know broadleaf plantain can produce biological nitrification inhibitor to reduce nitrification and N2O production? Loads of new science!

POSTDOC JOB ALERT!!! My lab is currently looking for two postdocs in the areas of soil health and agroecology. To learn more about the positions and to apply, please follow the link below: …lq-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat… Please share this announcement with qualified candidates.