São Paulo School of Advanced Science on nitrogen cycling, environmental sustainability and climate change

 

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31 July to 10 August 2016, São Pedro, SP, Brazil

The University of São Paulo´s (USP) Center of Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA) and the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) announced the São Paulo School of Advanced Science on the unequal distribution of nitrogen in the world and its consequence on the environmental sustainability under a scenario of climate changes.

The School was funded by the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP). Other collaborators were Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE), the University of Brasilia (UnB), and the International Nitrogen Initiative (INI). The 10-day course consisted of lectures, theoretical lessons, a technical fieldwork, literature discussion sessions, and student poster presentations.

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Announcement (Spanish)
Announcement (English)

Description

Nitrogen plays a fundamental role in life. It is universally used as a fertilizer in agriculture. While in many countries it is used in large amounts, in parts of the developing world its use is limited and not enough nitrogen is available for optimal food production. Excess nitrogen causes contamination problems in terrestrial and in aquatic ecosystems. Therefore, the challenge is to supply nitrogen in a way that enhances and sustains food production without damage to the environment. This is especially important because the manufacture of nitrogen fertilizers consumes large amounts of energy in a world that is already facing pressures of climate and global changes.

The objective is to provide graduate students with knowledge on nitrogen cycling and related topics that crosscut questions of nitrogen availability, natural and anthropogenic processes, social-economic issues and public policy. The goal is to improve participants’ understanding of the changes in the biogeochemical cycle of nitrogen, good practices in the use of nitrogen and its impacts on multiple sectors. The school has addressed the complex interactions among nitrogen, agriculture, sustainability and global changes.

Audience

About 100 graduate students, 50 from Brazil and 50 from other countries were selected to participate in this São Paulo School of Advanced Science. Applicants must be currently enrolled in a graduate program. We encourage applications from students from different academic disciplines (natural, social and human sciences, engineering) provided their academic work and study is related to nitrogen cycles and related topics.

Program and Content

• Challenges and opportunities of the nitrogen cycle (biological fixation, geochemical cycles, human modification of the N cycle);
• Nitrogen use and environmental consequences (nitrogen footprint, future use of nitrogen fertilizers, greenhouse gas emissions associated with N use, nitrogen cascade);
• Nitrogen in sustainable agriculture (agriculture systems that combine the use of mineral and organic nitrogen, microorganisms and the N cycle: reducing losses, biological nitrogen fixation in agriculture systems);
• The N cycle under different climatic stresses (illustrated with Brazilian biomes of the Amazon, Cerrado and Caatinga);
• Student poster presentations.• Challenges and opportunities of the nitrogen cycle (biological fixation, geochemical cycles, human modification of the N cycle);
• Nitrogen use and environmental consequences (nitrogen footprint, future use of nitrogen fertilizers, greenhouse gas emissions associated with N use, nitrogen cascade);
• Nitrogen in sustainable agriculture (agriculture systems that combine the use of mineral and organic nitrogen, microorganisms and the N cycle: reducing losses, biological nitrogen fixation in agriculture systems);
• The N cycle under different climatic stresses (illustrated with Brazilian biomes of the Amazon, Cerrado and Caatinga);
• Student poster presentations.

Certificates

Participants have received a certificate from the University of São Paulo/CENA acknowledging their participation in the School, provided that they attend all sessions of the program.

Organizing Committee

  • Luiz Antonio Martinelli – Center of Nuclear Energy in Agriculture/University of São Paulo (CENA/USP), Brazil
  • Holm Tiessen – Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI)
  • Marcella Ohira – Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI)
  • Jean Pierre H B Ometto – National Institute for Space Research (INPE), Brazil
  • Mercedes Bustamante – University of Brasília (UnB), Brazil
  • Gabriela Nardoto – University of Brasília (UnB), Brazil
  • Eric Davidson – University of Maryland, USA

Speakers

  1. Edmar Mazzi – BRAZIL
  2. Gabriela Nardoto – BRAZIL
  3. Holm Tiessen – GERMANY
  4. Jan Willem Erisman – NETHERLANDS
  5. Jean Pierre Ometto – BRAZIL
  6. José Attayde – BRAZIL
  7. Luís Lassaletta – SPAIN
  8. Luiz Antonio Martinelli – BRAZIL
  9. Marcella Ohira – BRAZIL
  10. Marco Antonio Nogueira – BRAZIL
  11. Mercedes Bustamante – BRAZIL
  12. Romulo Menezes – BRAZIL
  13. Stephen Porder – USA
  14. Tibisay Pérez – VENEZUELA

Participants

  1. Abigail Tomasek – USA
  2. Abubakar Girei Halilu – Nigeria
  3. Adibe Luiz Abdalla Filho – Brazil
  4. Adnan Arshad – Pakistan
  5. Alessandra Koltun – Brazil
  6. Alexandre Pedrinho – Brazil
  7. Aline Anderson de Castro – Brazil
  8. Ariane de Almeida Rodrigues – Brazil
  9. Brian Redder – USA
  10. Bruno Bazzoni – Argentina
  11. Buvaneshwari Sriramulu – India
  12. Camila Bolfarini Bento – Brazil
  13. Carla Roberta Gonçalves Reis – Brazil
  14. Carolina Gomes da Rocha – Brazil
  15. Cássia Monalisa dos Santos Silva – Brazil
  16. Charné Augustyn – South Africa
  17. Chinedum Christian Anozie – Nigeria
  18. Christopher Martin Mikita – Switzerland
  19. Cinthia Aparecida da Silva – Brazil
  20. Cristiane Formigosa Gadelha da Costa – Brazil
  21. Cynara Pedrosa Fragoso – Brazil
  22. Daniel Masika – Ghana
  23. David Mawolo Mulbah Jr. – Kenya
  24. Débora Reis de Carvalho – Brazil
  25. Douglas Adams Weiler – Brazil
  26. Edson Pereira da Mota – Brazil
  27. Eduardo Manuel Aguilera Fernández – Spain
  28. Eline Nayara Dantas da Costa – Brazil
  29. Enrico Dammers – Netherlands
  30. Fábio Luís de Souza Santos – Brazil
  31. Fabio Nascimento Oliveira Fogaça – Brazil
  32. Fatemeh Hatef Fard – Iran
  33. Felipe Machado Duarte – Brazil
  34. Fernanda Gaudio Augusto – Brazil
  35. Fernando Viero – Brazil
  36. Fredrick Ekow Esuon Jonah – Ghana
  37. Gabriela Garcia Medeiros – Brazil
  38. Gabriela Heijo Davino – Uruguay
  39. Gabriela Illarze Dive – Uruguay
  40. Gabrielle Rabelo Quadra – Brazil
  41. Gustavo Henrique Zaia Alves – Brazil
  42. Haiany Cristina Ribeiro de Miranda – Brazil
  43. He Lili – China
  44. Héctor Pablo Hernández Arboláez – Cuba
  45. Heitor Henrique Félix Duarte – Brazil
  46. Ilana Rose Stein – USA
  47. Iollanda Ivanov Pereira Josué – Brazil
  48. Jacob Gerrit Hagedorn – USA
  49. Janaína Ferreira Guidolini – Brazil
  50. Janquieli Schirmann – Brazil
  51. Jefferson Horley Feitosa Serejo – Brazil
  52. Jéssica Caroline dos Santos Silva – Brazil
  53. Joana América Castellar da Cunha – Spain
  54. João Paulo Sena Souza – Brazil
  55. Juliana Antonio – Brazil
  56. Karst Jacob Schaap – Brazil
  57. Katelyn Belinda Lutes – Canada
  58. Katherine Annette Dynarski – USA
  59. Leonardo de Aro Galera – Brazil
  60. Li Zhengjie – China
  61. Lucas Pecci Canisares – Brazil
  62. Luis Fernando Merloti – Brazil
  63. Luís Henrique Damasceno Serezino – Brazil
  64. Márcio Malafaia Filho – Brazil
  65. Marcos Alberto Lima Franco – Brazil
  66. Mariana Costa Corrêa – Brazil
  67. Marissa Castro Magnani – Canada
  68. Michelle Yeelin Wong – USA
  69. Nara Lina Oliveira – Brazil
  70. Natalia Sabrina Muñoz Cordero – Venezuela
  71. Nathália Cristina Costa do Nascimento – Brazil
  72. Nazanin Akrami – USA
  73. Nidia Mara Marchiori – Brazil
  74. Ntambwe Albert Serge Mayombo – South Africa
  75. Olujide Sulaiman Oluwasegun – Ghana
  76. Osmarina Alves Marinho – Brazil
  77. Paula Florencia Lagurara Crossa – Uruguay
  78. Paulo Batista Araujo Filho – Brazil
  79. Pedro Ferreira Rio – Brazil
  80. Pedro Vianna Gatts – Brazil
  81. Priscila Moraes dos Santos – Brazil
  82. Rachel Danielson – USA
  83. Rafael Flora Ramos – Brazil
  84. Rafael Rodrigues da Silva – Brazil
  85. Rafaella Silveira Sousa – Brazil
  86. Ramiris César Souza Moraes – Brazil
  87. Raquel Aparecida Mendes Lima – Brazil
  88. Ray Pinheiro Alves – Brazil
  89. Rebecca Holloman Walker – USA
  90. Ricardo Hideo Taniwaki – Brazil
  91. Shaka Christen Charley – Sierra Leone
  92. Shirin Karimi – Iran
  93. Sílvia Rafaela Machado Lins – Brazil
  94. Sofía Pestoni – Argentina
  95. Stephanie Marina Díaz López – Venezuela
  96. Suleiman Kehinde Bello – Nigeria
  97. Tazeem Akhtar – Pakistan
  98. Thays Thayanne Luz Santos – Brazil
  99. Tomás Milani – Argentina
  100. Viviane Figueiredo Souza – Brazil
  101. Wang Sen – China
  102. Winnie J Kimutai – Kenya
  103. Wubayehu Gebremedhin Wolde – Ethiopia
  104. Ximena Maria Lopez Zieher – Argentina
  105. Xin You – Germany

Suggested Readings

Presentations

Program (english) – (PDF)

Venue

Hotel Fazenda Fonte Colina Verde
Rua Veríssimo Prado, nº 1500 – Estância de São Pedro, SP – Brasil.
Tel: (19) 3957-1404 / 0800 13 1009

Logistical Information (PDF)