Department of Earth and Environmental Science

Alain F. Plante

Assistant Professor
Department of Earth and Environmental Science
University of Pennsylvania
Hayden Hall, 240 S. 33rd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6316

Office: 215-898-9269
Fax: 215-898-0964

E-mail: aplante@sas.upenn.edu

Education

Ph.D. (2001) – Soil Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, Canada
M.Sc.(1996) – Soil Science, University of Guelph, Guelph ON, Canada
B.Sc.(Eng.) (1994) – Environmental Engineering, University of Guelph, Guelph ON, Canada

Appointments and Employment

1/2007 – present; Assistant Professor, Univeristy of Pennsylvania
9/2005 – 12/2006; Senior research associate & adjunct professor, Villanova University
9/2005 – present; Affiliated Research scientist, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory 
1/2004 – 8/2005; Research scientist, Natural Resource Ecology Lab, Colorado State University
11/2002 – 1/2004; Research associate, Natural Resource Ecology Lab, Colorado State University
7/2001 – 10/2002; Postdoctoral researcher, Unité Sciences du Sol, INRA Versailles
1/2000 – 5/2001; Sessional lecturer, University of Alberta

Professional Service

Peer reviewer: Canadian Journal of Soil Science • Environmental Pollution • European Journal of Soil Science • Geoderma • Journal of Environmental Quality • Organic Geochemistry • Plant & Soil • Soil Biology & Biochemistry • Soil Science • Soil Science Society of America Journal • Soil & Tillage Research
Co-organized session: AGU Fall Meeting: "Soils: Mechanisms of  Carbon Stabilization and Response to Climate Change", San Fransisco, CA. (2007)
Committee member: S475: Emil Truog Soil Science Award Committee, Soil Science Society of America (2006-2007)
Co-organized symposium: “Pedology Across the Border: Shifting Paradigms in Canadian and American Concepts in Pedology” at joint annual meetings of Soil Science Society of America and Canadian Society of Soil Science, Seattle WA. (2004)
Co-organized workshop: “Soil Microbiology & Biochemistry: What’s Hot?” NREL, Fort Collins CO (2003)

Professional Memberships

Canadian Society of Soil Science  -  since 1997
Soil Science Society of America  -  since 1999
Ecological Society of America  -  since 2005
American Geophysical Union  -  since 2005