Scott Chang

Scott Chang

FOREST SOILS AND NUTRIENT DYNAMICS

Service to the Community

2004-7. Renewable Resources Seminar Series Coordinator. Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta
2004-7. Graduate Committee (Department level), Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta
2004- Honors and Awards Committee (Department level), Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta
2003-5. Academic Appeals Committee (Faculty level). Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Home Economics, University of Alberta.

2008

External Reviewer for Award Applications. The State Natural Science Award of the State Science and Technology Awards of China.
External Reviewer for PhD Thesis. Griffith School of Environment, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia. January.
Co-Chair, session on Nitrogen II, Eurosoil Congress, Vienna, August 26, 2008. EUROSOIL 2008, Soil, Society, Environment, 25 - 29 August 2008, Vienna, Austria
Judge, Bentley Awards, judged 10 graduate student oral presentations at the Canadian Society of Soil Science Annual Meeting in Prince George. July 7-9, 2008.
Chair, a session on Biogeochemical Cycling in Forest Soils, Canadian Society of Soil Science Annual Meeting. July 7, 2008.
Member, Board of Directors of China Institute, University of Alberta
Chair, Alberta Soil Science Workshop. 2008-2009
President, Association of Chinese Canadian Professors (ACCP). 2008-2010
Co-Chair for a session on San Joaquin River Watershed Research, International Workshop on Sustainable Watershed Research and Management, March 26, 2008, Hangzhou, P.R. China.
Chair, Forestry/Riparian/Wetland technical session, Alberta Soil Science Workshop. February 21, 2008. Lethbridge Lodge Hotel and Conference Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta. Five presentations in the session.
Chair for volunteer session No. 2, Alberta Soil Science Workshop. February 20, 2008. Lethbridge Lodge Hotel and Conference Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta. Eight presentations in the session.
Treasurer, Alberta Soil Science Workshop. 2007-2008

2007

A member of the three-member Site Review Team, for the accreditation review of the agrology program at the University of Saskatchewan. March 27-29, 2007.
Co-Chair for the Plenary Session (including recruiting three invited speakers for the Plenary Session), Alberta Soil Science Workshop. February 21, 2007. Radisson Hotel, Calgary Airport, Calgary, Alberta.
Chair for the Forestry/Riparian/Wetland technical session, Alberta Soil Science Workshop. February 22, 2007. Radisson Hotel, Calgary Airport, Calgary, Alberta.

2006

Presiding Officer for the S-7 session on Long-term Soil Changes and Development. Seven oral presentations. Soil Science Society of American Annual Meetings, Indianapolis, IN. Monday, November 13, 2006.
Judged posters for the best poster award for the S-7session on Towards a Predictive Understanding to Belowground Ecosystem Responses to Global Change. Soil Science Society of American Annual Meetings, Indianapolis, IN. Tuesday, November 14, 2006.
VP External, Association of Chinese Canadian Professors (ACCP).
Organizing committee for the 2007 Alberta Soil Science Workshop in Calgary.
Chair for the Forestry/Riparian/Wetland technical session, Alberta Soil Science Workshop. February 23, 2006. Delta Hotel Edmonton South, Edmonton, Alberta.

2005

Chaired the Riparian/wetlands session, Alberta Soil Science Workshop, Calgary, Alberta. Six presentations, 1:30-4:30 pm, February 16, 2005.
Forest-Riparian-Wetlands Chair, Alberta Soil Science Workshop. Involved in organizing the workshop in Calgary.

2004

A judge for the Bentley Award of the Canadian Society of Soil Science. 2004 Joint Soil Science Society of America and Canadian Society of Soil Science Annual Meetings. October 31-November 4, Seattle, Washington.
Chair/Moderator, for a session on Nutrient Transport in Forest Soils and Watersheds. Division S7, Forest & Range Soils. Session 15, Convention Center, Room 602-603, November 3, 2004. 2004 Joint Soil Science Society of America and Canadian Society of Soil Science Annual Meetings. October 31-November 4, Seattle, Washington.
Forest-Riparian-Wetlands Chair, Alberta Soil Science Workshop. Calgary, Alberta.
Chair/Moderator, for a session on Impacts of Human Activities on Nitrogen Cycling in Forest Ecosystems. October 13, 2004. The 3rd International N Conference, Oct. 12-16, 2004, Nanjing, P.R. China.
Moderator for a session on "Influence of Climate Change on Belowground Productivity in Forested Ecosystems". The Science of Changing Climates â€“ Impact on Agriculture, Forestry and Wetlands. July 19-23, 2004. University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta.
Accommodations Director, organizing committee for The Science of Changing Climates â€“ Impact on Agriculture, Forestry and Wetlands. July 19-23, 2004. University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta.
Member of Planning Committee for the Western Forest Productivity Conference, Sept. 13-16, 2004 in Olympia, WA.
Council Representative, Alberta Institute of Agrologists.

2003

2002

2000

November 6. Presiding Officer for a poster session on "Effects of management on forest and range soils" and moderated the discussion that followed. Section S-7, Soil Science Society of America. 2000 Annual Meetings, November 5-9, Minneapolis, MN.

2005

"Bentley Preserve - Forest Soils". The Breton Day 2005. June 27, 2005.
How are boreal forest soils formed and developed? Feb. 3, 2005. Public Lands & Forests Workshop. Ramada Inn, 11834 Kingsway, Edmonton.

2002

Soils Training Workshop. June 10-11, 2002. Hinton, Alberta. Co-taught with Dr. Don Pluth.

Canadian Journal of Soil Science. 2007-2008. For a special issue on forest soil disturbance.
Forest Ecology and Management (Elsevier), special issue for the Proceedings of the 11th North America Forest Soils Conference, June 22-26, 2008. Blacksburg, VA.