Lewis Fausak
Sessional Lecturer
Areas of Specialization: environmental contamination, soil quality, watershed assessments, and sustainable agricultural management.
Biography
Lewis Fausak is a Sessional Lecturer and the Applied Biology Education and Research Technician in Land and Food Systems. He holds an M.Sc. from the University of British Columbia and a B.Sc. from the University of Alberta. Lewis currently teaches LWS 515 Watershed Science.
Publications:
Fausak, L., Bridson, N., Diaz-Osorio, F., Jassal, R. S., and Lavkulich, L. M. (2024). Soil health – a perspective. In Frontiers in Soil Science (Vol. 4). Frontiers Media SA. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoil.2024.1462428
Marchesan, A. J., Guenette, K., Fausak, L., and Hernandez Ramirez, G. (2024). Measurements of Soil Water Potential and Conductivity based on a Simple Evaporation Experiment using a Hydraulic Property Analyzer. J. Vis. Exp. (210), e66942, doi:10.3791/66942
Fausak, L., Joseph, A., Reinesch, A.C., Kylstra, S., Diaz-Osorio, F., Watkinson, A., and Lavkulich, L. (2024). Effect of wetting and drying processes on ultramafic and mafic tailing minerals amended with topsoil. Environmental Chemistry 21, doi: 10.1071/EN23037.
Reinesch, A., Fausak, L., Joseph, A., and Lavkulich, L. (2022). Water, Energy and Nutrient Losses from Food Wastage of Selected Crops in Three Agro-Climatic Zones in British Columbia, Canada. Agricultural Sciences, 13, 947-972. doi: 10.4236/as.2022.138059.
Reinesch, A., Fausak, L., Joseph, A., Kylstra, S., and Lavkulich, L. (2022). An Integrated Framework for Regional Assessment of Water, Energy, and Nutrients from Food Loss of Selected Crops in the Lower Fraser Valley, Canada. Agricultural Sciences, 13, 633-657. doi: 10.4236/as.2022.135042.
Fausak, L., Porter, T., and Campomanes F.L. (2021). The Beetles: A Salty Soil Journey. FAO Booklet Contest. Available at: https://www.fao.org/world-soil-day/booklet-contest/en/
Kylstra, S., Watkinson, A., Fausak, L., and Lavkulich, L. (2021). Irrigation Water Demand Model as a Comparative Tool for Assessing Effects of Land Use Changes for Agricultural Crops in Fraser Valley, Canada. Agricultural Sciences, 12, 888-906. doi: 10.4236/as.2021.128057.
Krzic, M., Walley, F.L., Diochon, A., Paré, M.C., and Farrell, R.E. (Eds.) 2021. Digging into Canadian soils: An introduction to soil science. Pinawa, MB: Canadian Society of Soil Science. https://openpress.usask.ca/soilscience/ (graphic design contribution)
Fausak, L., Watkinson, A.D., Dy, K., and Lavkulich, L.M. (2021). Assessment of metal contamination in soil and vegetation along the Arbutus greenway in Vancouver, B.C. Plant Soil. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-021-04983-0
Fausak, L. (2019). The effects of 2- and 3-year grassland set-asides on plant available nitrogen and greenhouse gas emissions in Delta, British Columbia. M.Sc. Thesis. University of British Columbia, Vancouver. https://open.library.ubc.ca/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/24/items/1.0380750
Guenette, K.G., Hernandez-Ramirez, G., Gamache, P., Andreiuk, R., and Fausak, L. (2019). Soil structure dynamics in annual croplands under controlled traffic management. Canadian Journal of Soil Science, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjss-2018-0117
Contact Lewis Fausak phone: 604-816-5641 email: lewis.fausak@ubc.ca MacMillan 112