Primary Convener:
Sara Cerasoli, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Convener:
Sara Bonetti, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH Valais Wallis
Salvatore Calabrese, Texas A&M University
Bryn Morgan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Early Career Convener:
Shashank Kumar Anand, Texas A&M University

Chair:
Sara Cerasoli, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Shashank Kumar Anand, Texas A&M University
Salvatore Calabrese, Texas A&M University

The complex interplay between soil structure, root systems, and hydrological processes represents a critical frontier for understanding ecosystem function and resilience. This session brings together hydrologists, soil physicists, plant physiologists, and ecologists to explore interactions governing water movement, nutrient transport, and carbon dynamics in the root zone. We welcome contributions from diverse topics including, but not limited to, soil aggregation effects on root water uptake, mycorrhizal associations modifying hydraulic properties, preferential flow pathways influencing water availability, and plant-soil-microbe feedbacks altering soil structure. Research areas span from root architecture adaptation to heterogeneous soil moisture conditions to carbon sequestration implications. Of particular interest are studies employing process-based modeling, model-data integration approaches, experimental-simulation coupling, and both mechanistic and data-driven methods that bridge disciplinary boundaries across various management practices and environmental contexts.

Index Terms
0428 Carbon cycling
1813 Eco-hydrology
1852 Plant uptake
1866 Soil moisture

Cross-Listed:
B - Biogeosciences

Neighborhoods:
3. Earth Covering