Christopher Shepard

he/him/his. Soil Scientist. Critical Zone Pedology. Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences at University of Kentucky. Lab website: #NewPI 🏳️‍🌈

[Christopher Shepard @soilshepard]

We are hiring two new assistant professor positions in @ukagronomy aka Plant and Soils Sciences!! A soil microbiologist and a molecular plant breeder!! Apps are due Feb. 14, 2022! Go to https://t.co/AlFda28twi

[Christopher Shepard @soilshepard]

@RLybrand629 Thanks Rebecca! I’m really excited to look at these P-C relationships in SOM!

[Christopher Shepard @soilshepard]

Head to the Marriott skylight Ballroom now for the From Soils to Stars mixer! #ACSmtg @ASA_CSSA_SSSA

[Christopher Shepard @soilshepard]

@efuger @ASA_CSSA_SSSA It’s happening now!

[Christopher Shepard @soilshepard]

Come learn about uniting soils with stars and astropedology in room 255D! @ASA_CSSA_SSSA #ACSmtg

[A. Peyton Smith @apeyton_smith]

Come learn about Mn-SOC interactions at @ASA_CSSA_SSSA from @JagadammaSindhu and the wk of @TheaWhitman and Dr Heardon @ORNL (and more)! Rm 155E

[Christopher Shepard @soilshepard]

Getting ready for the impacts of minerals and micronutrients on the biogeochemical cycling of soil organic carbon cycling in Room 155E in SLC! With @RLybrand629 @apeyton_smith Sindhu Jagadamma and Elizabeth Coward #ACSmtg

[BESS Department Head @JulieCa39766294]

SEC Soil Judging Contest Practice Day #3. Last practice day today at one of the UT three sites. Tomorrow is the contest day at an undisclosed location (for now)! Hope weather cooperates!

[Christopher Shepard @soilshepard]

Last day of practice before the SE Soil Judging contest! And the sun is finally out!

[Christopher Shepard @soilshepard]

Finally back to judging some soils!

[Christopher Shepard @soilshepard]

@1NativeSoilNerd @freemanjb Yeah! Very helpful! All data are great! But this is depressing for LGBTQ STEM professionals

[Christopher Shepard @soilshepard]

We can all work to increase LGBTQ+ participation in soil science!

[Lydia Jennings, Ph.D. @1NativeSoilNerd]

@soilshepard highlights the lack of data of LGBTQ+ scientists and actions (both initiatives & personally) that we can take to support and be in allyship with our fellow scientists

[Christopher Shepard @soilshepard]

@RLybrand629 @OregonState @ucdavisCAES @ucdavis @UCDavisResearch @UCDavisNews Yayyyy!! Congratulations!

[A. Peyton Smith @apeyton_smith]

We're hiring! Calling all #SoilScientists, #Pedologists, #SoilMorphologists, #SoilJudgers, & #Pedometricologists (I may have made that one up) pls spread word far & wide. Join me & other fab faculty @tamusoilcrop @TAMU #Soil #pedology #morphology #SoilJudging #pedometrics RT

[Christopher Shepard @soilshepard]

@kellabetty Miss you too! And thank you!

[Christopher Shepard @soilshepard]

Well the past 24 hours have sucked, RGB passed away and both of my lab spaces flooded but one positive thing we can do is vote!!

[Christopher Shepard @soilshepard]

@vaughan_soil It sucked! But voting felt extra good today!

[Christopher Shepard @soilshepard]

@vaughan_soil @CoastalSoils @TheMuddyTiger @ColbyDigsSoil @Pedzolization @gcliles We are still planning on practicing with social distancing this fall, but I haven’t heard of any options for virtual contests in the South yet.

[Karen Vaughan @vaughan_soil]

A first step towards taking action and effecting change is examining available data.

Here is a preliminary look at the ethnicity distribution of soil scientists in the US federal gov't.

#soilscience #wehaveworktodo