Members

The group brings together researchers, faculty members, postdoctoral and PhD fellows, and students with expertise in different areas related to soil functioning. Members contribute perspectives from ecology, soil science, microbiology, climatology, agroecology, and soil management, among other disciplines, and work on processes such as decomposition, soil organic matter and carbon and nitrogen dynamics, plant–soil biota interactions, and soil conservation and regeneration. This diversity of perspectives is one of the group's main strengths, fostering interdisciplinary exchange and knowledge building.

FAUBA Members

• Bruno Bazzoni
  Teaching Assistant, Chair of Ecology, FAUBA-IFEVA
  Soil organic matter dynamics, nitrogen cycling in agroecosystems.
• Cecilia Casas
  Associate Professor, Chair of Soil Science
  Processes underlying soil carbon formation and preservation. Soil microbial and microarthropod ecology. Soil remediation.
• Emilia Giustiniani
  PhD Fellow at IRNAD (UNRN), Teaching Assistant, Chair of Soil Management and Conservation, FAUBA
  Ecological intensification and soil structure. Agricultural practices, soil quality indicators, and degradation processes.
• Felipe Cabrera
  IFEVA PhD Fellow, Teaching Assistant, Department of Quantitative Methods and Information Systems
  Effects of solar radiation on crop residue decomposition.
• Gervasio Piñeiro
  Principal Researcher, Associate Professor, FAUBA-IFEVA
  Ecology, soil organic matter, C and N dynamics.
• Lucía Vivanco
  Associate Professor, Chair of Ecology, FAUBA-IFEVA
  Plant–decomposer interactions in the regulation of carbon cycling in natural and managed ecosystems.
• Lucia Worcel
  Teaching Assistant, Chair of Soil Management and Conservation, PhD Fellow at IFEVA
  Processes and strategies of soil carbon accumulation.
• Marcelo Soria
  Full Professor, Chair of Agricultural Microbiology
  Soil microbial ecology. Metagenomics.
• María Ravetta
  IFEVA PhD Fellow, Teaching Assistant, Chair of Ecology, FAUBA
  Labile carbon and nitrogen dynamics in soil organic matter.
• María Semmartin
  Associate Professor, Chair of Ecology
  Processes and strategies of soil carbon accumulation. Soil regeneration in agricultural and urban contexts.
• María Victoria Piazza
  Teaching Assistant, Chair of Forest Management, FAUBA
  Biodiversity and functioning of natural and planted woody ecosystems. Soil organic matter formation and decomposition.
• Marina Omacini
  Associate Professor, Chair of Ecology
  Soil ecology. Ecological and agronomic significance of plant–microorganism symbioses.
• Noelia Grisancich
  Teaching Assistant, Agroecology Area
  Processes underlying soil carbon formation and preservation in pastoral systems. Soil microbial ecology. Soil regeneration.
• Paula Berenstecher
  Teaching Assistant, Chair of Soil Science, FAUBA
  Soil organic matter formation and decomposition, nitrogen dynamics in agroecosystems, cover crops.
• Soledad Mendez
  Teaching Assistant, Chair of Ecology
  Biotic and abiotic controls of decomposition.
• Ximena María López Zieher
  FAUBA Postdoctoral Fellow, Teaching Assistant in Climatology and Soil Science
  Soil water and soil microbiology. Soil carbon and nitrogen cycling.

Affiliated Members

• Andrés Ligrone
  Teaching Assistant, Department of Environmental Systems, Faculty of Agronomy, UdelaR, Uruguay
  Soil ecology and soil fauna.
• Luciana D´Acunto
  Coordinator of the Agrometeorology Area, Institute of Climate and Water, CIRN, INTA
• Patricia Inés Araujo
  Associate Researcher, Environmental Management Group, EEA Pergamino, INTA
  Controls of crop residue decomposition.
• Priscila Pinto
  Researcher, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
  Soil organic matter formation and decomposition, cover crops, perennial crops, intercropping.