Title: Agricultural Soil Management in Western Canada
Speaker: Dr. Miles Dyck, University of Alberta
Time:4:00pm Thursday, Nov 5, 2015
Venue:Conference Room, Institute of Water Saving Agriculture in Arid Areas of China

Introduction to the speaker
 Dr. Miles Dyck is a Professor of Soil Science and Associate Chair in the Department of Renewable Resources at the University of Alberta, Edmonton. He received his PhD from the University of Alberta and BSc and MSc degrees at the University of Saskatchewan. Dr. Dyck’s research interests are primarily in the areas of soil physics, soil fertility focussing on the effects of agricultural management practices on water and nutrient transport processes in agricultural ecosystems. Dr. Dyck’s interest in agricultural systems and soils began at a young age while he was growing up on his family’s grain farm near Swift Current, Saskatchewan. Dr. Dyck currently teaches courses in soil physics and sustainable agriculture, has coauthored over 30 refereed publications with Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Field Crops Research, Soil Science Society of America Journal, and Soil and Tillage Research etc. He also serves to the editing board or associate editors of a few soil science journals.

Institute of Water Saving Agriculture in Arid Areas of China
China 111 Project (B12007)