Thank you for Joining US!

for The 3rd global soil biodiversity conference 13-15 March 2023

We were pleased to host the world’s scientists and researchers for the Third Global Soil Biodiversity conference at the University College Dublin, Ireland.

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Opening of GSB 2023

The opening ceremony of the Third Global Soil Biodiversity Conference opened with welcome messages from University, European Union, United Nations, and Global Soil Biodiversity Initative representatives, including Diana Wall, Science Chair of the GSBI. Other messages conveyed were the strength of Soil Biodiversity science in the EU and Ireland, the need for soil biodiversity science for policy.

**Tom Bolger**
*Emeritus Full Professor, School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College of Dublin*

**Mark Rodgers**
*President, University College Dublin*

**Arwyn Jones**
*Senior Scientist, Soil Action, European Commission, Joint Research Centre*

**Diana Wall**
*Science Chair, Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative; Director, School of Global Environmental Sustainability; Distinguished Professor, Department of Biology, Colorado State University*

**Ronald Vargas**
*Secretary, Global Soil Partnership, UN-Food and Agriculture Organization*

Keynote Speakers

**Richard Bardgett**
*University of Manchester, UK*

**Tom Crowther**
*ETH Zurich, Switzerland*

**Yuting Liang**
*Chinese Academy of Sciences*

**Lydie-Stella Koutika**
*CRDPI, Republic of the Congo*

**Edith Hammer**
*Lund University, Sweden*

**Jennifer Pett-Ridge**
*Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA*

l. to r. **Tom Crowther**, *ETH-Zurich*, **Loren Byrne**, *Rodger Williams University, USA*, **Edith Hammer**, *Lund University, Sweden*, **Richard Bardgett**, *University of Manchester, UK*, **Don Cowan**, *University of Pretoria, South Africa.* Moderated by **George Brown**, *EMBRAPA, Brazil*

Conference Awardees

Elsevier Prize for Best Student Oral Presentation

Presented by Denny Rigby

**Clara Qin,** 1st Place
*Ecological niche modeling predicts that soil fungi occupy a precarious climate space in boreal forests*

**Nadine Praeg,** 2nd Place
*A Global Perspective on Archaeal Diversity in Soils*

**Eduoardo Mandolin,** 3rd Place
*Fungal-bacterial interactions in glacier forefields around the world*

FEMS Award For best student poster

Presented by Grace Hoystedt

**Sean Darcy,** Joint Winner
*Modelling connectivity of microhabitats: You can run, but can you hide?*

**Nan Zheng,** Joint Winner
*The Interplay of Biotic- and Abiotic Processes that Stabilizes Soil Organic Carbon During Water Erosion*

Wiley / European Journal of Soil Science Best Student Poster

Presented by Olaf Schmidt

**Charlotte Biryol**
*Forest management impact on soil food web: the key role played by the understory vegetation*

New Phytologist Foundation Best Student Poster

Presented by Saoirse Tracy

**Beth Evans,** 1st Place
*Temperate Alley-cropping Improves Soil Micro-arthropod Biodiversity and Biological Quality on Arable Farms in Eastern England*

**Sean Darcy,** 2nd Place
*Modelling connectivity of microhabitats: You can run, but can you hide?*

**Xu Han,** 3rd Place
*Grassland Degradation and Possibilities for Restoration in Inner Mongolia*

Root Phenotyping Working Group of the International Plant Phenotyping Network (IPPN) Travel Support Grant

Presented by Saoirse Tracy

Brajesh Singh, Western Sydney University

Konstantin Gongalsky, Russian Academy of Sciences

Léa Beaumelle, CNRS, Université Toulouse

Nadine Praeg, Universität Innsbruck

GSBI Science Advisory Committee Members: Fred Ayuke, Wim van der Putten, Diana Wall, Ciro Gardi, Richard Bardgett

Pallieter De Smedt, Ghent University

Monica Farfan (GSBI), Tom Bolger (UCD), Diana Wall (GSBI, CSU)

Matthew Meehan, University of Manchester

Eva Simon, University of Vienna

Ting-Wen Chen, University of Göttingen

Chinese participants attend GSB 2023 from around the world

Opening speakers (l. to r.): Tom Bolger (UCD), Arwyn Jones (EU JRC), Mark Rodgers (President, UCD), Diana Wall (GSBI, CSU), Ronald Vargas (UN FAO), and Frank O'Mara (Teagasc)

Affiliated Organizations