fertilizer — Eigenmotion — Victoria Martinez

I’m a prairie kid who loves research. I have a Master’s in economics with a focus on public programs, labour and education. Long before that, I did my undergrad in physics & English with a math minor.

Besides my resume, you’ll find this page full of sewing projects, the odd published poem, and stories about Canadian science.

A note about the blog title: in math and physics, the prefix eigen means one's own. It comes from the german, but mostly I always liked thinking about a particle's eigenvalues, and thought I might apply the same thought to my excursions.

All tagged fertilizer

Jul 16

Jul 16 U Wyoming Phosphorus researchers | #onthebeamlines photos

Victoria Martinez

Canadian Light Source, Science

Apr 13

Apr 13 A micro approach to fertilizer in Nigeria and Benin

Victoria Martinez

Canadian Light Source, Science

The MicroVeg project uses research to develop sustainable, minimal fertilizer recommendations for farmers

Aug 3

Aug 3 Improving food security and livelihoods for rural West Africa

Victoria Martinez

Canadian Light Source, Science

Feb 19

Feb 19 Bringing high tech down to earth

Victoria Martinez

Canadian Light Source, Science

What does the leftover phosphorus in the soil looks like? Is it inorganic, bonded to other metals in forms plants can use, or is it mostly organic, which microbes must break down to plant-available forms? And what sources of phosphorus do plants actually rely on?