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Adrian Unc
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Research
Latest papers
Unveiling the factors shaping variability in biomass productivity: Meta-analysis of outdoor pilot-scale microalgal cultures.
Bioresource technology · 2025
The Impact of Wheat Growth Stages on Soil Microbial Communities in a Rain-Fed Agroecosystem.
Microorganisms · 2025 · senior author
Arctic food and energy security at the crossroads.
Communications earth & environment · 2025 · first author
Latest funding
- $584,390
BioSoil-North; local solutions for soil health resilience and mitigation of GHG
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
- $23,950
Plant uptake based assay of nutrient stoichiometry for fish hatchery waste
NSERC · 2018 · Principal investigator
- $21,000
Farming algae; nutrient stoichiometry for microalgae cultured on wastewaters of variable quality
NSERC · 2017 · Principal investigator
11 publications.
Unveiling the factors shaping variability in biomass productivity: Meta-analysis of outdoor pilot-scale microalgal cultures.
Yousuf A, Unc A, Bergerson J, De la Hoz Siegler H
The Impact of Wheat Growth Stages on Soil Microbial Communities in a Rain-Fed Agroecosystem.
Steinberger Y, Levi M, Applebaum I, Sherman C, Doniger T, Unc A
Arctic food and energy security at the crossroads.
Unc A, Abou Najm MR, Aspholm PE, Bolisetti T, Charles C, Datta R, Eggen T, Flem B, Hailu G, Heimstad ES, Hurlbert M, Karlsson M, Korsnes M, Nash A, Parsons D, Sajeevan RS, Shurpali N, Valkenburg G, Wilde D, Wu B, Yanni SF, Misra D
Utility of wood ash, paper sludge and biochar for the mitigation of greenhouse gases emissions from acid boreal soils.
Medaiyese AO, Wu J, Unc A
Comparison of Multi-Frequency and Multi-Coil Electromagnetic Induction (EMI) for Mapping Properties in Shallow Podsolic Soils.
Altdorff D, Sadatcharam K, Unc A, Krishnapillai M, Galagedara L
Nontuberculous mycobacteria in the environment of Hranice Abyss, the world's deepest flooded cave (Hranice karst, Czech Republic).
Pavlik I, Gersl M, Bartos M, Ulmann V, Kaucka P, Caha J, Unc A, Hubelova D, Konecny O, Modra H
Using agro-industrial wastes for the cultivation of microalgae and duckweeds: Contamination risks and biomass safety concerns.
Markou G, Wang L, Ye J, Unc A
Northward shift of the agricultural climate zone under 21st-century global climate change.
King M, Altdorff D, Li P, Galagedara L, Holden J, Unc A
The influence of flint stones on a soil microbial community in the northern Negev Desert.
Wasserstrom H, Ben-Ezra VE, Sherman C, Unc A, Steinberger Y
Desert Perennial Shrubs Shape the Microbial-Community Miscellany in Laimosphere and Phyllosphere Space.
Martirosyan V, Unc A, Miller G, Doniger T, Wachtel C, Steinberger Y
BioSoil-North; local solutions for soil health resilience and mitigation of GHG
Principal investigators: Unc, Adrian A
Keywords: agroecology; carbon sequestration; cropping practices; GHG emission; land use conversion; microbiomes; soil food web; soil respiration; waste re-use and re-utilisation
Plant uptake based assay of nutrient stoichiometry for fish hatchery waste
Principal investigators: Unc, Adrian
Farming algae; nutrient stoichiometry for microalgae cultured on wastewaters of variable quality
Principal investigators: Unc, Adrian
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Ranjan Datta and Margot Hurlbert: 5 shared papers
- Joule Bergerson and Hector De la Hoz Siegler: 2 shared papers
- Lakshman Galagedara and Adrian Unc: 2 shared papers
- Joule Bergerson and Adrian Unc: 1 shared paper
- Tirupati Bolisetti and Ranjan Datta: 1 shared paper
- Tirupati Bolisetti and Adrian Unc: 1 shared paper
- Tirupati Bolisetti and Margot Hurlbert: 1 shared paper
- Hector De la Hoz Siegler and Adrian Unc: 1 shared paper
- Ranjan Datta and Adrian Unc: 1 shared paper
- Jianghua Wu and Lakshman Galagedara: 1 shared paper
- Jianghua Wu and Adrian Unc: 1 shared paper
- Adrian Unc and Margot Hurlbert: 1 shared paper
- Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
- Science and the Environment, School of
- School of Science and the Environment
- Environment and Sustainability, School of Science and the Environment
- Other social sciences
- Humanities
- Civil and Environmental Engineering
Co-authors at Memorial University of Newfoundland, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Lakshman Galagedara
School of Science and the Environment
2 shared papers, latest 2020
Margot Hurlbert
Other social sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Joule Bergerson
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Tirupati Bolisetti
Civil and Environmental Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Hector De la Hoz Siegler
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Ranjan Datta
Humanities
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Jianghua Wu
Environment and Sustainability, School of Science and the Environment
1 shared papers, latest 2023
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