Soil Science Faculty of Lomonosov Moscow State University invites you to participate in the II International Scientific Conference "Key Concepts of Soil Physics: Development, Modern Applications and Prospects", which will take place in Moscow at 25-31 May, 2024.

The conference is dated to: the 80th anniversary of the formation of the Soil Physics and Reclamation Department and the 130th anniversary of the N. A Kachinskiy’s birth.  Nikodim Antonovich Kachinskiy was the founder and first head of this Department.

The scientific program of the conference is based on the interdisciplinary nature of soil physics and is devoted to issues of modern and promising applications of fundamental concepts of soil physics in soil science and related sciences. It is designed to bring together scientists and practitioners working at the intersection of disciplines to disseminate advanced scientific and practical experience and to discuss prospects for development and cooperation.

First International Scientific Conference "Key Concepts of Soil Physics: development, modern applications and prospects" took place on 25-31 May 2019. The program included a wide variety of modern problems of Soil Science. 118 orals and 43 posters were presented at 2 plenary sessions, a round table and 7 sessions by 365 scientists from 22 cities of Russia and 12 foreign countries. The result of the Conference was the decision to make it regular.

Working languages: Russian, English.

 The Conference will be held in the form of plenary, breakout sessions and poster sessions. Remote participation is possible.

THE PRELIIMINARY TOPICS*
1. Physics of the soil solid phase: dispersion, structure and pore space of soils, interphase interactions in soils and substrates, soil meliorants (gels, conditioners, polymers, etc.)

2. Fundamental and applied aspects of soil hydrology: moisture thermodynamics in soils and substrates, nutrient and pollutant flows. Ecological risks. Hydrothermal regimes of the soil. Soil reclamation

3. Soil as a source and sink of gases, soil and atmospheric physics, carbon polygons

4. Soil-physical factors, mechanisms and markers of biodiversity, bioproductivity and ecosystem sustainability

5. Modern challenges of applied soil physics: agrotechnologies and digitalization of agriculture, soil degradation and desertification, food security, urban environment health

6. Mathematical and physical modeling in soil science: opportunities, trade-offs, prospective areas of development

7. Modern technologies, tools, devices and research methods and monitoring of soil properties, plants and adjacent environments

8.  Education and enlightenment in the field of soil science and related sciences: experience, problems, prospects, career

9. International youth forum-lecture hall "Successes and modern challenges of soil physics" (format - customized reports)

* The final topics of the sessions will be formulated during the formation of the Program

DEADLINES & MILESTONES

 To participate in the Conference, you have to fill out the electronic registration form at the link https://lomonosov-msu.ru/rus/event/request/8484/form up to 15 April 2024, articles are attached to the personal page of the registration form named by the first author (for example Petrov.doc). The Organizing Committee of the conference has the right to reject articles that do not correspond to the topic of the conference.

  Registration of participants in the listener format is possible until May 25, 2024 inclusive on the website: https://lomonosov-msu.ru/rus/event/request/8484/form 

Prof., Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Acting Dean of Soil Science Faculty, Head of the Department of General Soil Science, President of Russian Society of Soil Scientists, Honorary member of the International Society of Soil Scientists 
Aminat Umarova Prof., Head of the Department of the Soil Physics and Reclamation, Faculty of Soil Science, Lomonosov Moscow State University

EXECUTIVE SECRETARIES
Maria Shiroyan Dr., Department of Soil Physics and Reclamation, Soil Science Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
Marina Butylkina Dr., Department of Soil Physics and Reclamation, Soil Science Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTE
Andrey Ivanov Academician of RAS, V.V. Dokuchaev Soil Science Institute, Moscow, Russia 

Majid Hassanizadeh Prof., Stuttgart University, Germany, and Utrecht University, Holland

Laziza Gafurova  Academician of RAS, National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek, Head of Centre of "AgroEcoBiotechnology", Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan 

Valeriy Kiriushin Academician of RAS, V.V. Dokuchaev Soil Science Institute, Moscow, Russia 

Askhad Sheudgen Academician of RAS, Kuban State Agrarian University, Krasnodar, Russia

Yuriy Chesnokov Corresponding Member of RAS, Agrophysical Research Instituteг. Saint-Petersburg, Russia

Anvar Kaсimov Prof., Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman 

Dmitriy Kaverin Prof., Institute of Biology, Komi Scientific Center, Syktyvkar, Russia

 Vladimir Androkhanov Prof., Institute of Soil Science and Agrochemistry of the Siberian Branch of the RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia

Olga Bezuglova Prof., Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia

Andrey Bolotov Prof., V. V. Dokuchaev Soil Science Institute, Moscow, Russia

Sergey Gorbov Prof., Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia

Sergey Goryachkin Prof., Institute of Geography of RAS, Moscow, Russia

Natalia Granina Dr., Irkutsk State University, Irkutsk, Russia

Nizamy Gummatov Dr., Research Institute of Crop Husbandry, Baku, Azerbaijan

Elizaveta Dunaeva Dr., Scientific Research Institute of Agriculture of the Crimea, Simferopol, Russia

Victoria Kolupaeva Dr., Russian Institute of Phytopathology, Moscow, Russia

Ridvan Kızılkaya Prof., General Secretary of Federation of Eurasian Soil Science Societies, Vice President Soil Science Society of Turkey, Samsun, Turkey 

Elena Lapteva Dr., Institute of Biology, Komi Scientific Center, Syktyvkar, Russia

Mikhail Mazirov Prof., Russian State Agrarian University - Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, Moscow, Russia

Fariz Mikayilov Prof., Igdir University, Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Iğdır, Turkey 

Tatiana Minkina Prof., Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia

Tamara Persikova Prof., Belarusian State Agricultural Academy, Gorki, Belarus

Elena Skvortsova Prof., V.V. Dokuchaev Soil Science Institute, Moscow, Russia

Galina Stulina Prof., Interstate Coordination Water Commission, SIC ICWC Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan 

Anna Fedotova Prof., Federal Scientific Center of Agroecology of the RAS, Volgograd, Russia

Galina Kharitonova Prof., Institute of Water and Ecological Problems Address, Khabarovsk, Russia

Nikolay Khitrov Prof., V.V. Dokuchaev Soil Science Institute, Moscow, Russia

Maxim Khramchenkov Prof., Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia

 Serafim Chukov Prof., Saint. Petersburg State University, Saint-Petersburg, Russia

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