Dr. Kate A. Congreves
My research program is focused on Sustainable Agriculture & Horticulture with an emphasis on diversified field crop and vegetable crop production systems. We work to understand:
- soil health measurement and management,
- nitrogen cycling and use efficiency, and
- greenhouse gas emission and mitigation.
Current courses that I teach or co-teach:
PLSC 440/840, Climate-Smart Agriculture.
PLSC 451, Vegetable Agronomy.
PLSC 461, Post-harvest Management of Horticultural Crops.
PLSC 220, Intro to Horticulture.
My group is a part of the nation-wide HQP Training Program:NSERC CREATE Climate-Smart Soils https://smartsoils.ca
Recognitions:
- USask Sustainability Faculty Fellowship (2022-2024)
- Dean’s New Researcher Award of Excellence (2020) from College of Agriculture and Bioresources at USask
- Professor of the Year (2021) from the Agricultural Students’ Association with the College of Agriculture and Bioresources at USask
- Early Career Award, Canadian Society of Agronomy (2021)