Chantel Chizen

Soil Science

Dr. Chantel Chizen leads research on advancing sustainable land management through digital pedology and pedometrics. Her work integrates our understanding of soil processes with geospatial methods to improve soil-landscape modeling for both agriculture and the environment. Through fieldwork and applied technologies, such as remote sensing and machine learning, she investigates soil carbon storage in agroecosystems, wetland management, and soil variability across field- and landscape-scales. Her research also addresses soil salinity in the Prairies and the development of best practices for soil data management. Through her research program, Chantel prioritizes interdisciplinary partnerships with farmers, researchers, and collaborators to ensure that her work meets the needs of the agriculture sector and enhances soil stewardship.

Ph.D. (Soil Science), University of Saskatchewan, 2024

M.Sc. (Soil Science), University of British Columbia, 2020

B.Sc. (Applied Plant and Soil Science), University of British Columbia, 2018

Chizen, C.J., Helgason, B.L., Weiseth, B., Dhillon, G.S., Baulch, H.M., Schoenau, J.J., & Bedard-Haughn, A.K. (2024). Soil carbon dynamics in drained prairie pothole wetlands. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 12. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2024.1353802

Chizen, C.J., Krzic, M., Black, T.A., Jassal, R., and Smukler, S.M. (2022). Nitrous oxide emissions from productive and degraded potato fields in the Fraser Valley delta of British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Soil Science, 102(4). doi: 10.1139/CJSS-2022-0032

Lussier, J.M., Krzic, M., Smukler, S.M., Neufeld, K.R., Chizen, C.J., and Bomke, A.A. (2020). Labile soil carbon fractions as indicators of soil quality improvement under short-term grassland set-aside. Soil Research, 58, 364-370. doi: 10.1071/SR19180

Carbon Sequestration Research Fellow, Alliance of Bioversity [sic] International & CIAT / Bezos Earth Fund, 2024

Teacher-Scholar Doctoral Fellow, University of Saskatchewan, 2023

FFAR Fellow – Future Leaders in Food and Agriculture Program, Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research, 2021