Accelerating Soil Health Assessment: High-Throughput Analysis with IR and EPR Spectroscopy
Discover how Infrared (IR) and Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) spectroscopies enable rapid, multi-parameter soil analysis. This webinar covers practical sample preparation, instrument setup, and calibration strategies for IR, followed by EPR applications in detecting free radicals, transition metals, and environmentally persistent radicals, advancing soil health assessment and contamination monitoring at scale.
Join us for an in-depth webinar on accelerating soil health assessment using Infrared (IR) and Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. Learn how IR enables rapid, multi-parameter analysis of soil properties such as carbon content, clay, pH, and cation exchange capacity from a single spectrum, along with strategies for robust calibration and transferability. Explore EPR applications for detecting free radicals, transition metal ions, and surface-stabilized environmentally persistent free radicals (EPFRs) in soil, which impact pollutant transformation and environmental health. This session will demonstrate how IR and EPR deliver fast, cost-effective, high-throughput soil characterization to support classification, management decisions, and sustainable soil health monitoring.
What to Expect
Discover how IR and EPR spectroscopy enable rapid, high-throughput soil analysis. Learn practical sample preparation, calibration strategies, and applications for assessing carbon, clay, pH, and contaminants. Explore EPR’s role in detecting free radicals, transition metals, and environmentally persistent radicals - advancing soil health monitoring and sustainable management.
Key Learning Points
- Practical tips for sample preparation and instrument setup for IR and EPR spectroscopy
- Strategies for building robust calibrations and ensuring transferability across Bruker IR spectrometers
- Applications for determining carbon, clay content, pH, and more, all from a single spectrum
- How EPR reveals free radicals, pollutant degradation pathways, and transition metal ions
- Insights into environmentally persistent free radicals (EPFRs) and their role in soil health
Who should attend?
- Environmental researchers studying contaminants, free radicals, and transition metals in soils
- Laboratory professionals and technicians interested in high-throughput IR and EPR spectroscopy workflows
- Soil scientists and agronomists seeking advanced tools for soil health assessment
Presenter: Dr. Kalina Ranguelova (Senior EPR Applications Scientist, Bruker BioSpin)
Dr. Kalina Ranguelova has been an EPR Applications Scientist at Bruker BioSpin Corporation since 2011. She completed her Ph.D. at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, where her research focused on the structure of inorganic copper complexes using electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. After holding research positions at CUNY and the National Institute for Environmental Sciences, where she studied free radical biology and EPR spin trapping as a method for measuring reactive oxygen species (ROS), she joined Bruker. In her current role as an Applications Scientist, she focuses on developing new applications for EPR in various fields and providing customer support and training.
Presenter: Dr. Sergey Shilov (Product Manager, Bruker Optics)Dr. Sergey V. Shilov is a Product Manager for North America at Bruker Optics. Sergey joined Bruker in 2001. He is responsible for the support and development of new applications for the Bruker research FTIR systems. He received his Ph.D. in 1992 from the Russian Academy of Sciences in Polymer Physics and his M.S. from St. Petersburg State University (Russia) in Physics in 1986. Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation (Germany) awarded him a research fellowship in 1996. Sergey published 37 papers in peer-reviewed journals. His research interests include time-resolved FTIR spectroscopy, surface science, polymer, and life-science applications.
