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Luke Harrold

@SoilandGas

Post Doc at @UoABioSci working on CropSustaiN project (@cimmyt) 🌾. PhD Soil Science. Former Research Tech and measurer of isotope ratios.

 Aberdeen, Scotland
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While creating a home for my wee worms today I took the opportunity to show how awesome organic matter is at absorbing water. Here is three litres of water being absorbed by a coir block.
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Today’s solar eclipse viewing is sponsored by @Eppendorf_Group. It works amazing! Get in to your labs and empty out all your 5ml tubes and make a pinhole camera! #SolarEclipse2026
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Join us in Aberdeen! #Soil #Science
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Call for Abstracts: 2026 Annual Conference We are pleased to launch the call for abstracts for our Annual Conference taking place on 2-4 December in Aberdeen. The event will provide the opportunity to see the latest research in soil science. soils.org.uk/blog/call-for-a…
Call for Abstracts - 2026 Annual Conference - British Society of Soil Science

Call for Abstracts - 2026 Annual Conference - British Society of Soil Science

We are currently accepting oral and poster abstracts for our Annual Conference taking place in December. The abstract review panel is accepting abstracts in one of five topics linked to the confere...

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Me in the car: “Ok, so I will get in to the office and start writing straight away” So anyway my desk is really tidy now #PostDocLife #Science
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Good luck Duolingo! Sometimes I don’t even have the words in English!
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I am doing some phishing today. Gathering contact details. Seeing how I can use that information to gain insight into behaviours, interactions and likely outcomes. #Soil #Science #ContactAngle #PostDocLife
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Feliz día de Reyes a quienes lo celebran. Me regalaron más nieve, mucho más. 👑👑👑🎁
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Team work makes the dream work they say! So grateful to have so many people around to lend a hand in the name of science! Harvest day is so much easier with a soil squad! #Soil #Science
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I love it when a team comes together! Science is so much more fun with company. Getting the N2O and this on sampling done in quick time with the help of colleagues. #Soil #Science
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The five stages of wiring soil moisture probes to data loggers are: 1. Daunting 2. Ah, not so hard after all 3. Strangely therapeutic actually 4. Dear lord when will this end 5. Repetitive strain injury
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You have reached the highest level of educational attainment and you have things like this on your to-do list: - Put sand in oven Share yours! 😂 #Soil #Science #PostDoc #PostDocLife
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Dr PhD DRainage Pipe Hitting Day #Soil #Science
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Students of @UoABioSci are out today for their Global Soil Geography course. First field trip digging soil pits. Plenty of soil profile pictures to come! #Soil #Science #NatureOnOurDoorstep
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The Scottish soil classification system actually uses a bottle of Irn Bru for both estimating depth and for colour. #Soil #Science
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My microbiology colleagues in their pristine lab coats looking my lab coat up and down…#SoilScience #Soil
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#NewProfilePic
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Come and join us at @UoABioSci! Research Fellow Vacancy - Field Soil and Plant Ecologist abdn.ac.uk/jobs/vacancies/SB… #PostDoc #Jobs #Soil #Science #NatureOnOurDoorstep
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I’m baaack! First day in my new role as Research Fellow at @UoABioSci! Stay tuned for some soil science with a BNI flavour! #Soil #Science #NewJob #PostDoc
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Me: Ok, time to start sampling! Me getting mesmerised by the barley: 😵‍💫
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#NewProfilePic Now that’s an E horizon! #Soil
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