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UBC Faculty of Forestry > Faculty Profiles > Krzic, Maja

Krzic, Maja

April 14, 2023 | Author: UBC Forestry

Maja Krzic

Krzic, Maja

Associate Professor

Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences

Faculty of Land and Food Systems, Room 227
2357 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4
Canada

work phone: 604-822-0252

maja.krzic@ubc.ca

Krzic-Applied Biology (LFS)

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Research Areas:

EcologySoil Science
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Research
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Areas of research include:

  • Linking soil science research with teaching along with community involvement to create educational environment where students can actively engage in ‘real-world’ problems
  • Combining soil science concepts and the impact of humans on soil properties and processes in crop, grassland, and forest ecosystems
  • Exploring the role of soil in addressing some of the existential global sustainability challenges we are facing

Projects

Improving on-farm woody habitat management in the lower Fraser River Delta Completed
March, 2013 – April, 2015

BC Agricultural Research & Development Corporation

Terrestrial Research on Ecosystems and World-wide Education & Broadcast Current
January, 2011 – December, 2016

NSERC – CREATE

Flexible learning lab module focused on soil classification Completed
September, 2013 – August, 2015

Flexible Learning

Demonstrating Long-term Improvements in Soil Productivity on Delta Farmland Current
March, 2015 – March, 2020

BC Investment Agriculture Foundation

Improving on-farm drainage management to reduce the impacts of climate change in Delta, BC Completed
August, 2015 – August, 2017

BC Farm Adaptation Innovator Program

Long-term impacts of biosolids application on soil quality and vegetation at the OK Ranch, Jesmond, BC Completed
April, 2016 – March, 2017

Metro Vancouver

Soil productivity as impacted by grassland set-asides Current
January, 2016 – February, 2020

MITCAS

Digging In: An Educational Tool Promoting Science Citizenship for the Introduction to Soil Science Course Completed
April, 2016 – March, 2017

TLEF


Awards

  • UBC Open Education Resource Champion 2019
  • BCcampus Award for Excellence in Open Education 2018
  • 3M National Teaching Fellow of the Society of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) 2016
  • Outstanding Associate Editor of Natural Sciences Education journal by the American Society of Agronomy – Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America 2016
  • Platinum AVA Digital Award, Information Experience for SOILx project 2015
  • Platinum MARCOM Award for SOILx project 2014
  • Canadian Network for Innovation in Education (CNIE) Award for Excellence and Innovation in the Integration of Technology 2014
  • Quarry Life Award (3rd place) 2014
  • Mentoring Award by the Association for Women Soil Scientists, Soil Science Society of America 2013
  • Soil Science for Society Award by the Canadian Society of Soil Science 2012
  • CNIE Award of Merit, Graphic Design 2012
  • CNIE Award of Excellence in the Innovation, Web Design category 2011
  • CNIE Award of Merit in the Media Festival 2009
  • Association for Media and Technology in Education in Canada (AMTEC) Award of Merit 2007
  • Canadian Association for Distance Education (CADE) Award for Excellence in Partnership and Collaboration 2007
  • North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) Teaching Award of Merit 2006
  • UBC Killam Teaching Prize 2006
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Posted in: Associate Professors, Faculty Profiles
Tagged with: Ecology, Soil Science

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