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Sophie Zechmeister-Boltenstern is a Soil Science and Soil Microbiology professor at the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna. Head of Soil Research Institute at BOKU.  Expertise: Biodiversity and function of soil organisms and their interactions; Biology of the Nitrogen Cycle; Climate change and greenhouse gases; Metabolism of gases in soils. Awards: Web of Scie...

Christoph Noller - Ecologist and Soil Scientist. He is a Ph. D. student at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna. Christoph has worked a lot on contaminated soils with heavy metals such as arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), mercury (Hg), lead (Pb), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), etc.    Description of the episode:  In this episode, we discuss heavy metals, their inf...

Episode description: In this episode, we talk about AI & machine learning in Soil Sciences, IMSOGLO, the Past/Future of Soil Sciences & Soil Modelling, Inspirations, Books, Advice, and more topics.  In between the questions, Prof. Finke shares his experiences and always gives simple and funny examples to make his ideas rather deliberate. So, surely you can also listen to this episode to ma...

Stefan J. Forstner, a Ph. D. at the Austrian Research Centre for Forests (BFW). Stefan is a young scientist who has already published the research works he has been involved in since 2018. Currently, he is working on the "Digital Soil Map of Austria". In this episode, you get to know about Stefan's past and present research works. Most importantly, he was very open and supportive of the idea of ma...

In this episode we discuss greenhouse gases and their natural sources such as forest and soil, where we cover related topics as well (forest management systems, greenhouse gas measurements, tree species etc.) At the same time, we cover the most common topics about PhD reaserch as publishing papers, peer reviewing, sources of stress etc. 0:00 who is Anike Berane / What does she study 0:43 what are...

In this episode, we discuss languages, political sciences, and history. We demystify some common stereotypes about Americans, Russians, and Kazakh people. Joshua also shares his volunteer experiences with immigrants fleeing their countries.       During the conversation, many topics come up in the discussion like Ukraine, rigorous teaching methods, and some book recommendations on history. 1. The...

In this episode, we discuss the student life after being accepted for a certain PhD position. We discuss everything starting from a first experience until some of the expected multi-tasks e.g. teaching, publishing papers etc. You can get a general description of a PhD first-year experience such as becoming an independent researcher, building a healthy relationship with your supervisors and more. S...

In this podcast we discuss in detail about the application processes for PhD and master’s degrees. Covering all the steps such as:  Finding a PhD Interviews Reference Letters 00:07 Why reach out to PI 06:55 Funding is important? 11:34 PhD interviews 23:45 Interview at Columbia University 33:25 Unexpected question 38:43 Reference letters 46:30 Why PhD? 46:52 Networking, books, listening ... 51:41 A...

In this podcast we discuss in detail about the application processes for PhD and master’s degrees. Covering all the steps such as:  When and how to start your application processes Motivation letter CV/Resume 00:35 Who is Patrick Zoé Cito Namulisa 01:43 What is an IMSOGLO? 02:56 IMSOGLO master experience (Patrick) 04:26 Master application processes  06:11 Columbia University & where/how to sta...