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Dr. Karen Vancampenhout
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Professor of Soil Science at KU Leuven Campus Geel - PI of the Edaphos research group - Mom - Accidental artist - Last pedologist in the woods?
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k-oron.bsky.social
Interessante vacature bij een topteam !👇 @bosgroepen.bsky.social

bosgroepen.nl/nieuws/vacat...
Vacature: Projectmedewerker ecologie West-Brabant en Zeeland (0,8-1 fte)
Wil jij bijdragen aan prachtige bossen en natuur in West-Brabant en Zeeland? Dan is het goed om te weten dat ons enthousiaste regioteam op zoek is naar een nieuwe collega. Lees meer over wat wij je al...
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September 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Reposted by Dr. Karen Vancampenhout
ashish-malik.bsky.social
📢 Funded PhD opportunities for UK candidates in beautiful Edinburgh. Get in touch if you're interested in a PhD on understanding the mechanisms of soil carbon cycling and the role of microbes. We work in different ecosystems: peatlands, forests and agricultural soils. Please repost/spread the word.
Poster showing the following text: PhD in microbial mechanisms of soil carbon cycling. Soil microbes shape the global carbon cycle in life and death. We study the effect of aboveground land management on belowground soil carbon cycling processes. We aim create a scalable understanding of microbial processes from single cells to populations to communities to ecosystems. Pictures with text: peatland restoration, sustainable agriculture and woodland regeneration.
September 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Reposted by Dr. Karen Vancampenhout
ppgardne.bsky.social
Are you looking for a lectureship in biochemistry, molecular genetics, or bioinformatics? Come and enjoy the greatest place for kayak fishing and a fun research+teaching career.

*there are other fun things to do here too.
September 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Reposted by Dr. Karen Vancampenhout
alixvidal.bsky.social
•📢 🪱 🎉Abstract submissions are now OPEN for the upcoming 13th International Symposium on Earthworm Ecology (ISEE13) — hosted in Wageningen, from August 23–28, 2026!
➡️https://event.wur.nl/isee13/author

•🔗🪱🌍 Discover the speaker lineup and our initial program: ➡️ event.wur.nl/isee13/new-p...
September 13, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Reposted by Dr. Karen Vancampenhout
stefaerts.bsky.social
Gezocht: lector #natuurbeheer #ecologie #wetenschappen bij @odiseehogeschool.bsky.social Agro- en biotechnologie in Sint-Niklaas.
www.odisee.be/lector-agro-...

Start: het nieuwe academiejaar
Solliciteren: asap!

Diverse opdracht, 50-100% ifv invulling.
August 22, 2025 at 10:06 AM
k-oron.bsky.social
An excellent opportunity to put tropical soils in the limelight 👇🏼
cwmsoils.bsky.social Carsten W. Müller @cwmsoils.bsky.social · Aug 12
Call for manuscripts - joint special Issue #Geoderma / #GeodermaRegional - "Tropical Soil Science: Bridging Knowledge Gaps in Biogeochemistry, Plant-Soil Interactions and Climate change Mitigation"
Geoderma: tinyurl.com/bdf2989c
Geoderma Regional: tinyurl.com/3yarxaan

photos: Sebastian Doetterl
August 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Reposted by Dr. Karen Vancampenhout
cwmsoils.bsky.social
Call for manuscripts - joint special Issue #Geoderma / #GeodermaRegional - "Tropical Soil Science: Bridging Knowledge Gaps in Biogeochemistry, Plant-Soil Interactions and Climate change Mitigation"
Geoderma: tinyurl.com/bdf2989c
Geoderma Regional: tinyurl.com/3yarxaan

photos: Sebastian Doetterl
August 12, 2025 at 8:34 PM
k-oron.bsky.social
We are hiring! Looking for a motivated PhD candidate to work with us on soil and climate smart grassland management! (Knowledge of Dutch is required as this project has a strong stakeholder component) — thanks for sharing!! www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
Klimaat-slim beheer van graslanden: van processen tot potentieel en beheer
Graslandbodems kunnen een sleutelrol spelen in onze weerbaarheid tegen klimaatsextremen, maar hun potentieel wordt niet benut in Vlaanderen. Solliciteer nu en word onderdeel van een toonaangevend onde...
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July 12, 2025 at 7:17 AM
k-oron.bsky.social
Summer solstice sunset in lovely Aci Castello, preparing for this year’s SOB4ES consortium meeting - www.sob4es.eu
June 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
k-oron.bsky.social
Happy summer solstice ☀️
June 21, 2025 at 6:38 AM
k-oron.bsky.social
Soils on Stage at @nerdland.be festival! So honoured to share the stage with @maikadekeyzer.bsky.social at the biggest science festival in the country, talking about the determining role of 💩 and soil fertility in history! #proudnerd

@kuleuvenplantinst.bsky.social @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social
June 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Reposted by Dr. Karen Vancampenhout
nerdland.be
Bij deze hebben we dan een nieuwe hobby op zaterdag hé! 🪱
stephschelfhout.bsky.social Stephanie Schelfhout @stephschelfhout.bsky.social · Jun 8
De winnaars hebben 52 regenwormen gevangen www.anekoworm.be/activiteiten...
June 8, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Reposted by Dr. Karen Vancampenhout
stephschelfhout.bsky.social
Heerlijke “shitshow” op @nerdland.be festival door @k-oron.bsky.social en @maikadekeyzer.bsky.social
Mesthopen taxeren?
Het brede publiek bodemnamen aanleren: iedereen luidkeels “Podzol! Anthrosol!”
Love it love it love it 🤓
June 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
k-oron.bsky.social
“Life is better when we leap together” - I’m with the frog!
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · May 23
“Life is better when we leap together.” Kermit the Frog delivered a commencement speech at the University of Maryland on Thursday, the alma mater of his creator, Jim Henson. nyti.ms/4dwMuhQ
May 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
k-oron.bsky.social
Dat werd tijd! youtu.be/GpBFOJ3R0M4?...
Garbage - Only Happy When It Rains
YouTube video by GarbageVEVO
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May 24, 2025 at 11:37 AM
k-oron.bsky.social
Proud winner of “de bodemschep”, the (only) award for raising soil awareness in Flanders 😄 - www.vlaanderen.be/open-ruimte-...
May 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
k-oron.bsky.social
Can we use artificial root exudates to manipulate the microbiome in growing media and make the cultivation of Chrysanthemum more sustainable ? Check out our latest findings, led by Dr. Steffi Pot www.frontiersin.org/journals/hor...
Frontiers | Unraveling microbial shifts and plant growth responses in Chrysanthemum ‘Merlino’ due to artificial root exudates in horticultural substrates
www.frontiersin.org
April 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Reposted by Dr. Karen Vancampenhout
dfornatlan.bsky.social
Our soil scientists at the Edaphos and Restore research groups had the great opportunity to present and discuss their soil related scientific work at the Day of the Young Soil Scientists organized by the Belgian Soil Science Society!

Congrats for the great contributions👏
March 28, 2025 at 1:14 PM
k-oron.bsky.social
Getting ready for the Day of the Young Soil Scientist, one of the flagship activities of the Soil Science Society of Belgium. So excited to see what our upcoming talents have been working on!! #SSSB #IUSS #soil
March 26, 2025 at 7:59 AM
k-oron.bsky.social
Happy Equinox!
rspb.bsky.social RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · Mar 20
It's the Spring Equinox - the first astronomical day of spring! ☀️

Longer days. Lighter evenings.

Sunshine warm on your skin, birds singing, blossom in the branches.
Golden sunlight bursts through a tangle of budding trees, casting long beams of light across a mossy woodland floor. New green shoots push up through leaf litter and patches of moss, catching the glow of the morning sun. A soft haze fills the air, with a hint of warmth and life returning to the woods.
March 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
k-oron.bsky.social
Over the past weeks, I’ve ignored my emails to focus on my students, field, publications and teaching. The effect on my output and my mood is immense. Turns out I really love my job if I get the chance to do it… some people will get very annoyed if I don’t open that inbox soon though …any tips??
March 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Reposted by Dr. Karen Vancampenhout
inbo.be
#vacature onderzoeker insectenecologie: kans om bij te dragen aan de bescherming van inheemse insecten en andere ongewervelden. Wetenschappelijk onderzoek, adviezen voor het beheer & ondersteuning beleidsvorming.
Soll. tot 21 april: www.vlaanderen.be/werken-voor-...
March 14, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Reposted by Dr. Karen Vancampenhout
liesbethaerts.bsky.social
Researchers, this is super useful. In addition to 'Following' and 'Discover', this tool gives you a third feed showing you all the posts about papers from your own network 👇
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nkgarg.bsky.social Nikhil Garg @nkgarg.bsky.social · Mar 10
*Please repost* @sjgreenwood.bsky.social and I just launched a new personalized feed (*please pin*) that we hope will become a "must use" for #academicsky. The feed shows posts about papers filtered by *your* follower network. It's become my default Bluesky experience bsky.app/profile/pape...
March 14, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Reposted by Dr. Karen Vancampenhout
jelmerevers.com
Today is the kickoff in Leiden of the rolling strikes against the unprecedented cuts in higher education in the Netherlands
Solidarity from the European federation to all my former colleagues at the @aob.nl

@woinactie.bsky.social #WOinActie #UnionStrong

More info 👇🏻
www.aob.nl/en/actueel/c...
Cabinet dismantles higher education | De Algemene Onderwijsbond
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March 10, 2025 at 6:54 AM
k-oron.bsky.social
Brilliant work by Olga Vindiskova on how changes in precipitation can trigger soil degradation - thank you for having me as part of the team!
olgavinduskova.bsky.social olgavinduskova.bsky.social @olgavinduskova.bsky.social · Mar 9
📣 Our paper is out 🌍💧🌱 More persistent precipitation regimes induce soil degradation

in @geoderma.bsky.social with @simonreynaert.bsky.social @k-oron.bsky.social

Open access ➡️ tinyurl.com/persistprecip

Here’s what we discovered⬇️🧵
A graphical abstract of the study which is a diagram summarizing relationships found by SEM modeling (blue and red) and individual regression analysis (yellow) using observed data. Black arrows indicate hypothesized soil legacy feedbacks that could amplify future climate change effects.
March 10, 2025 at 7:04 AM