Fourth year agricultural engineering major Hannah Bernstein represented the Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering at the Ohio State University's Denman Undergraduate Research Forum last week at the Ohio Union.
Bernstein was selected as a Sustainability Institute award recipient in the competitive poster competition for her project, titled, "Analyzing how the agricultural microbiome impacts soil carbon stability under different management practices."
The Annual Richard J. and Martha D. Denman Undergraduate Research Forum provides an opportunity for graduating student researchers to share their research endeavors with the university community. This year, more than 250 undergraduate student researchers presented across ten categories and were judged by faculty, staff, and alumni reviewers.
Bernstein's work is a part of the Carbon Farming Alliance for Research and Management (C-FARM) project, and she was advised by Dr. Virginia Rich in the Department of Microbiology. Specifically, she examined how till versus no-till impacts the soil microbiome and carbon sequestration. The C-FARM project aims to address knowledge gaps in soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration by conducting large-scale on-farm evaluations across diverse U.S. agroecosystems to measure the impact of enhanced carbon-farming methods on SOC stocks, soil health, climate change mitigation, and adoption challenges.
Award recipients receive a placement medal, award certificate, and certificate of scholarship.
Congratulations to Hannah and the rest of the 30th Denman Undergraduate Research Forum’s award recipients!
For more information on the Carbon Farm project, visit their website.