Keynote speakers

Session 01: Innovative sensing methods for environmental research

Sebastian Uhlemann, Professor at Universität Bremen, Faculty of Geosciences (Bremen, Germany)

Session 02: Long-term environmental observation for understanding the Earth system in the Anthropocene

Nurit Agam, Professor at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research (Beer-Sheva, Israel)

Session 03: Remote sensing for improved analysis of the critical zone dynamics

Héctor Nieto, Tenured Scientist at CSIC, Institute of Agricultural Sciences (Madrid, Spain)

Session 04: Temporal variability of Critical Zone processes using high-resolution bio- and geoarchives

Isabel Dorado Liñán, Associate Researcher at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Center for International Forestry Research (Madrid, Spain)

Session 05: Measuring and modelling water storage dynamics

Inge de Graaf, Associate Professor at Wageningen University & Research, Earth Systems and Global Change group (Wageningen, The Netherlands)

Session 06: Linking Critical Zone processes to biogeochemical patterns at the landscape and catchment scales

Julia Knapp, Associate Professor at Durham University, Department of Earth Sciences (Durham, United Kingdom)

Session 07: Novel methods for the integration and exploration of environmental data

Jeffery S. Horsburgh, Professor at Utah State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Logan, United States)

Session 08: Extreme events in the critical zone: Water and matter transport during floods and droughts, intermittent streams

Session 09: Monitoring and Modeling of Hydrological Interactions between the surface and the groundwater

Tam Nguyen, Postdoctoral researcher at Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Water Resources and Environment Unit (Leipzig, Germany)

Session 10: Water and biogeochemical cycles in Earth system models

Bertrand Guenet, CNRS Researcher at Laboratoire de Géologie de l'École Normale Supérieure de Paris (Paris, France)

Session 11: Glacier, mountain, permafrost ecosystems in a changing world

Marit van Tiel, Postdoctoral Researcher at ETH Zürich, Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology (Zurich, Switzerland)

Session 12: Model data fusion: Improving model prediction and process understanding

Gabriëlle De Lannoy, Professor at KU Leuven, Division of Soil and Water Management (Leuven, Belgium)

Session 13: Mineral/biota interactions, rates and processes in the formation of the critical zone

Bastien Wild, IRD Researcher at ISTerre, Geochemistry Team (Grenoble, France)

Session 14: Challenges in understanding Critical Zone processes in subtropical and tropical zones

Céline Duwig, IRD Researcher at Institut des géosciences de l'environnement (IGE), Hydrimz Team (Grenoble, France)

Session 15: The critical zone where our science is: seeking transformative ideas and reinventing practices

Esther Turnhout, Full Professor at University of Twente, Section of Knowledge, Transformation & Society (Enschede, The Netherlands)