Core Research Team
Development Partners
The Emerging Media Lab (EML)
Maryann Kempthorn
lab Supervisor
Dante Cerron
Emerging Tech Developer
Avni Kant
Lab Coordinator
Riddhima Gupta
EML Project Lead (Winter 2025)
Khushi Narang
EML Project Lead (Summer 2026)
Amy Yiqin Li
UI/UX Designer
Kieran Crichton-Stewart
Developer
Kai Zhang
Developer
Kushi Narang
Developer
James Edralin
Developer
UBC Studios
The Studios team at the University of British Columbia (UBC) has provided advice on the capture and design of virtual soils.
Saeed Dyanatkar
Executive Producer
Michael Sider
Producer
The LFS Learning Center
The Faculty of Land and Food System's IT Support Team helped provide technical guidance and support throughout the development process.
Edmund Seow
Computer Systems Manager
Adrienne Leung
UI/UX Designer & Developer
Collaborators in Soil Science
The Virtual Soils Project is infinitely grateful for the opportunities to capture Virtual Soils models with our collaborators in soil science.
The Sts'ailes First Nation
We would like to thank the Sts’ailes First Nation for their generosity in allowing the below spatial captures on their traditional and sacred land (Xa’xa Temexw) for use in science education and communication.
- Philips Arm Forest Garden in Sts'ailes First Nation Territory
- Ed Lyon Forest Garden in Sts'ailes First Nation Territory
- Periphery Forest in Sts'ailes First Nation Territory