Team

Austria

Rebecca Hood-Nowotny

“@SoilSucks carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere”

EJP SOIL PROJECT & WORKPACKAGE: MaxRoot-C / MixRoot-C
COUNTRY: Austria
INSTITUTE: Institute of Soil Research, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU)
POSITION: Senior Scientist
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Stable isotope tools, carbon sequestration, biochar, EOM’s and insects…
EDUCATON: B.Sc. Agricultural Science Crop (Leeds, UK). Ph.D N fixation in trees (Department of Soil Science, Reading UK) MBA (OU-UK), Priv. Doz. BOKU.

Anna Wawra

“homeoffice is where the heart is”

EJP SOIL PROJECT & WORKPACKAGE: MaxRoot-C WP1
COUNTRY: Austria, Vienna
INSTITUTE: Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, AGES
POSITION: Soil Expert
RESEARCH INTEREST: soil conservation, soil education
EDUCATION: PhD, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, BOKU Vienna, Austria, 2018: “Amendment assisted phytostabilisation of soils co-contaminated with trace elements and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. ”
Master’s, BOKU Vienna, “Natural Resources Management and Ecological Engineering”

Celia Fernández Balado

EJP SOIL PROJECT & WORKPACKAGE: MaxRoot-C WP3, WP4
COUNTRY: Austria
INSTITUTE: Institute of Soil Research, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU)
POSITION: PhD student
RESEARCH INTEREST: Soil carbon sequestration, stable isotope labeling, belowground carbon allocation, plant-soil interactions
EDUCATON: International Master of Soils and Global Change (IMSOGLO), Ghent University, BOKU, Georg August University of Göttingen, 2021

Heide Spiegel

“Gain soil”

EJP SOIL PROJECT & WORKPACKAGE: Max-Root-C, CarboSeq (WP2.3), EOM4Soil, (SOMMIT, i-SOMPE, SERENA)
COUNTRY: Austria
INSTITUTE: AGES, Department for Soil Health and Plant Nutrition
POSITION: Senior Scientist
RESEARCH INTEREST: Carbon, Phosphorus, Nitrogen cycles, trace elements in soils and plants; microplastics in agricultural soils
EDUCATON: PhD, Habilitation (BOKU)

France

Isabelle Bertrand

“Soil is life”

EJP SOIL PROJECT & WORKPACKAGE: MIXROOT-C Coordinator WP1; MAXROOT-C WP4
COUNTRY: France, Montpellier
INSTITUTE: French national research institute for agriculture, food and environment, INRAE; UMR Eco&Sols    
POSITION: Soil Organic Matter Expert
RESEARCH INTEREST: Carbon Nitrogen and Phosphorus cycles in soils and subsoils; soil functions in plurispecific agroecosystems
EDUCATION: 2013 HDR: Authorization to supervise research “The quality of litter: impact on their decomposition in soils and the dynamics of C and N”. University of Reims Champagne Ardenne, France.” 1998: PhD in soil science and rhizosphere processes

Céline Richard-Molard

“May the Force be with you to make the world a better place”

EJP SOIL PROJECT & WORKPACKAGE: MIXROOT-C, WP3 Co-leader
COUNTRY: France, Thiverval-Grignon ➢ Palaiseau
INSTITUTE: French national research institute for agriculture, food and environment, INRAE; UMR ECOSYS
POSITION: Senior Scientist, Plant ecophysiology expert
RESEARCH INTEREST: Plant ecophysiology, root and shoot growth, architecture and CN functioning, N uptake, genotypic diversity, plant plasticity, plant modeling
EDUCATON: PhD in plant physiology

Frédérique Louault

“Soil needs a Plant”

EJP SOIL PROJECT & WORKPACKAGE: MixRoot WP3 ; ProbeField
COUNTRY: FRANCE, Clermont-Ferrand
INSTITUTE: French national research institute for agriculture, food and environment, INRAE, UREP
POSITION: Research engineer
RESEARCH INTEREST: Grassland, Plant Functional diversity, Long term experiment
EDUCATION: PhD Animal production (Montpellier, F)

Gabin Piton

“La santé par les plantes, pour retrouver ses racines” PAPAGALLI

EJP SOIL PROJECT & WORKPACKAGE: MIXROOT-C (WP4-5), MAXROOT-C (WP4), AGROECOseqC (WP5)
COUNTRY: FRANCE, Montpellier
INSTITUTE: French national research institute for agriculture, food and environment, INRAE (UMR Eco&Sols)
POSITION: Researcher
RESEARCH INTEREST: Root effects on shallow and deep soil functioning (plant and microbial traits relationships, CNP cycles)
EDUCATON: PhD, University of Grenoble Alpes, LECA Grenoble, France, 2019: “Grassland ecosystems resilience to climate stresses under different management intensities: An approach based on the microbial functional trait concept”

Frédéric Rees

“Respect our roots”

EJP SOIL PROJECT & WORKPACKAGE: WP6s’ leader for MIXROOT-C and MAXROOT-C
COUNTRY: France, Thiverval-Grignon/Saclay
INSTITUTE: French national research institute for agriculture, food and environment, INRAE; UMR EcoSys
POSITION: Research scientist
RESEARCH INTEREST: Rhizodeposition, Plant modelling, Soil carbon sequestration, Soil nutrient cycles, Biochar, Soil remediation, Phytoextraction
EDUCATION: 2014: PhD in agronomic sciences; 2009: Chemical Engineering degree

Katja Klumpp

“Soil for future”

EJP SOIL PROJECT & WORKPACKAGE: MIXROOT-C  WP3 leader
COUNTRY: France, Clermont Ferrand
INSTITUTE: INRAE; Grassland ecosystem Research
POSITION: Researcher
RESEARCH INTEREST: Carbon and Nitrogen cycles in grasslands soils related to management and climate
EDUCATION: 2003, PhD, Chair of Grassland Science, Technical University of Munich, Germany; 1998, Master in Biology and Ecophysiology, University of Ulm, Germany  

Simon Boudsocq

“Cooperation for mutual benefit, a survival strategy very common in natural systems, is one that humanity needs to emulate” – Eugene Odum

EJP SOIL PROJECT & WORKPACKAGE: MIXROOT-C WP4
COUNTRY: France, Montpellier
INSTITUTE: INRAE, UMR Eco&Sols
POSITION: Research Associate – Ecologist
RESEARCH INTEREST: plant-plant interactions, resources acquisition and sharing, N cycling
EDUCATON: 2010 – PhD in ecological sciences

Finland

Elena Valkama

Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice”- Steve Jobs

EJP SOIL PROJECT & WORKPACKAGE: MIXROOT WP2; SOMMIT WP2; EJP SOIL WP7
COUNTRY: Finland
INSTITUTE: Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)
POSITION: Senior Scientist
RESEARCH INTEREST: Research synthesis and meta-analysis
EDUCATON: PhD in Biology, Plant Physiology, 1995.
Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Russian Academy of Science.

Marjo Keskitalo

“crops feed the soil with carbon”

EJP SOIL PROJECT & WORKPACKAGE: MIXROOT-C WP3
COUNTRY: Finland
INSTITUTE: Natural Resources Institute Finland, Luke
POSITION: Senior Researcher
RESEARCH INTEREST: Diversified crop production, intercropping, crop rotation, legumes, oil crops, perennials, carbon supply
EDUCATON: 1999, PhD in Crop Science at the University of Helsinki (Finland), Plant Production

Ansa Palojärvi

“healthy crops in healthy soil”

EJP SOIL PROJECT & WORKPACKAGE: MIXROOT-C WP3, WP4
COUNTRY: Finland, Turku
INSTITUTE: Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)
POSITION: Research Scientist (Soil ecosystems)
RESEARCH INTEREST: Soil microbial ecology and ecosystem services; Sustainable farming and soil biological properties; Rhizosphere in mixed cropping; Soil health indicators.
EDUCATON: PhD (Microbiology and Biotechnology), University of Helsinki, Finland; MSc (Ecology and Environmental Management), University of Jyväskylä, Finland

Pirjo Yli-Hemminki

“There is always room for a one more plant”

EJP SOIL PROJECT & WORKPACKAGE: MIXROOT-C, Wp 3 and Wp 4 
COUNTRY: Finland
INSTITUTE: Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)
POSITION: Research scientist (Post doc)
RESEARCH INTEREST: Plant-growth-promoting microbes, intercropping, root exudates, soil phosphorus
EDUCATON: 2016 Ph D (General microbiology) Uni Helsinki FI, 2007 M Sci (Plant physiology and molecular biology) Uni Turku FI

Turkey

Abdulkadir Bal

“Drought and Carbon Management”

EJP SOIL PROJECT & WORKPACKAGE: MIXROOT-C
COUNTRY: TURKEY/SANLIURFA
INSTITUTE: Republic of TURKEY ministry of agriculture and forestry GAP agricultural research institute (GAPTAEM)
POSITION: Soil and Water Sources
RESEARCH INTEREST: Carbon management, drought, irrigation methods and Soil
EDUCATON: Master’s, Hertfordshire Unıversıty in the UK, “Environmental Management for Agriculture ” 2019

Spain

José A. González-Pérez

“Soil organic matter key for functionality”

EJP SOIL PROJECT & WORKPACKAGE: MIXROOT-C Coordinator WP5; MAXROOT-C Participant WP2 & WP3
COUNTRY: Spain, Seville
INSTITUTE: Institute for Natural Resources and Agrobiology of Seville, IRNAS-CSIC
POSITION: Senior Scientist; Head of Department: Biogeochemistry, Plant & Microbial Ecology; Group Leader: Organic Matter in Soils and Sediments (MOSS)
RESEARCH INTEREST: Soil biogeochemistry, soil organic matter molecular composition, soil C sequestration agroecosystems
EDUCATION: 1986. B.Sc., M.Sc.:  Universidad de la Laguna (Tenerife, Spain), 1992. Ph.D.: SCRI-University of Dundee (Dundee, Scotland, UK)

Jose Antonio Navarro Cano

“no roots no soil”

EJP SOIL PROJECT & WORKPACKAGE: : MIXROOT-C WP2 Co-leader
COUNTRY: Spain
INSTITUTE: National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology (INIA-CSIC, Madrid), Department of Environment and Agronomy
POSITION: Ramón y Cajal fellow
RESEARCH INTEREST: plant-soil interactions, functional ecology, biodiversity effects on ecosystem services
EDUCATON: 2007 PhD in Biology (University of Murcia, Spain)

Czech Republic

Josef Hakl

“Alfalfa – Queen of the Forages”

EJP SOIL PROJECT & WORKPACKAGE: MaxRoot-C WP2 and 4, MIXROOT-C WP3 and 4
COUNTRY: Czech Republic, Prague
INSTITUTE: Czech University of Life Sciences
POSITION: Senior Scientist, head of the Forage crops section
RESEARCH INTEREST: Agriculture & agronomy; root morphology, management and nutritive value of forage crops
EDUCATION: Ph.D. Evaluation of alfalfa candivars, professor in Crop Science (CZU)

Germany

Henrike Heinemann

EJP SOIL PROJECT & WORKPACKAGE: MaxRoot-C WP3
COUNTRY: Germany
INSTITUTE: Thünen Institute of Climate-Smart Agriculture
POSITION: PhD student
RESEARCH INTEREST: C sequestration, Soil C stocks and their drivers in agricultural ecosystems
EDUCATON: M.Sc. Agricultural Sciences (CAU Kiel)

Felix Seidel

“EJP Soil reporting time is the most special time of the year”

EJP SOIL PROJECT & WORKPACKAGE: MaxRoot-C WP2, WP3 / MIXROOT-C WP3 / CarboSeq WP1, WP8 / i-SoMPE
COUNTRY: Germany
INSTITUTE: Thünen Institute
POSITION: PostDoc
RESEARCH INTEREST: soil-plant interactions, ecology, nutrient cycling, isotopes
EDUCATON: MSc. Landscape Sciences, University of Hannover, Germany; PhD. Environmental Resource Management 2019, Iwate University, Japan. “Seasonal nutrient dynamics of four typical tree species in the mountainous regions of the Japan Sea Coast”

Sweden

Nick Jarvis

“It’s difficult to make predictions, especially about the future”

EJP SOIL PROJECT & WORKPACKAGE: WP6 in Max- and MixRootC
COUNTRY: Sweden
INSTITUTE: Soil and Environment, SLU
POSITION: Professor
RESEARCH INTEREST: Hydrological processes and matter transfer and turnover in soil-crop systems
EDUCATON: BSc (1979) in Environmental Sciences (University of East Anglia, U.K.), PhD in Soil Science (University of Aberdeen, Scotland), 1985

Katharina H. E. Meurer

“You have the power today to change tomorrow”

EJP SOIL PROJECT & WORKPACKAGE: MixRoot-C, MaxRoot-C, EnergyLink
COUNTRY: Sweden
INSTITUTE: Department of Soil & Environment
POSITION: Researcher
RESEARCH INTEREST: soil structure dynamics, C and N turnover, land-use change, GHG emissions, soil quality
EDUCATON: 2012: Master, TU Braunschweig, Germany; 2016: PhD, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany, “Measurements and modelling of land-use specific greenhouse gas emissions from soils in Southern Amazonia”

Denmark

Ji Chen

“Making our world more resilient, resource-efficient and sustainable.”

EJP SOIL PROJECT & WORKPACKAGE: MIXROOT-C WP2
COUNTRY: Denmark
INSTITUTE: Aarhus University
POSITION: Tenure Track Researcher
RESEARCH INTEREST: Ecosystem carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus cycling in responses to global change drivers and anthropogenic disturbances.
EDUCATON: 2016: Ph.D. in environmental science

Chiara De Notaris

“In legumes we trust”

EJP SOIL PROJECT & WORKPACKAGE: MaxRoot-C, WP4
COUNTRY: Denmark 
INSTITUTE: Aarhus University (AU)
POSITION: postdoc
RESEARCH INTEREST: C and N flows in arable systems, cover crops, grain legumes, crop rotations, stable isotopes methods
EDUCATON: PhD in Agroecology (AU), MSc in Agro-Environmental Management (AU), BSc in Natural Sciences (Padua University)

Zhi Liang

“Just enjoy the moment”

EJP SOIL PROJECT & WORKPACKAGE: MaxRoot-C WP4 & MIXROOT-C WP4
COUNTRY: Denmark
INSTITUTE: Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University
POSITION: Postdoc
RESEARCH INTEREST: Carbon and Nitrogen dynamics in soils; isotope approaches; microbial functions in agroecosystems
EDUCATON: 2015-2018 PhD, Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Denmark, “Organic Carbon Mineralization and Microbiology in Subsoil”

Kirsten Lønne Enggrob

“When was the last time you did something for the first time?”

EJP SOIL PROJECT & WORKPACKAGE: MIXROOT-C (+AGROECOseqC)
COUNTRY: Denmark, Hammel
INSTITUTE: Aarhus University, Department of Agroecology
POSITION: Postdoc, expert in compound specific isotopic analysis (CSIA)
RESEARCH INTEREST: How soil organic matter connects the microorganisms, the roots and the soil.
EDUCATON: 2019 PhD in Agroecology “The role of higher molecular weight dissolved organic nitrogen in the plant-soil nitrogen cycle”; 2011 Master in Environmental and Analytical Chemistry

Esben Øster Mortensen

“The grass is always greener”

EJP SOIL PROJECT & WORKPACKAGE: MIXROOT-C WP4+5
COUNTRY: Denmark, Aarhus
INSTITUTE: Department of Agroecology – AGRO
POSITION: PhD student
RESEARCH INTEREST: Carbon cycling and soil fertility
EDUCATION: M.Sc. Agro-Environmental Management, Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Denmark, 2020: “Carbon Inputs to Soil from Cover Crops as Affected by Long-term Management and Soil Fertility”; B.Sc. Environmental Science, Lund University, Sweden, 2017.

Jim Rasmussen

“It is amazing what you can achieve if you don’t care who gets the credit”

EJP SOIL PROJECT & WORKPACKAGE: MaxRoot-C WP2, 4 & 5 and MIXROOT-C WP3, 4 & 5
COUNTRY: Denmark
INSTITUTE: Aarhus University
POSITION: Senior Researcher
RESEARCH INTEREST: Carbon and Nitrogen cycling in legume-based agroecosystems.
EDUCATON: 2007: Ph.D. in Environment, Resources and Technology, Copenhagen University, Denmark

Diego Abalos

“It is time to redefine our agroecosystems”

EJP SOIL PROJECT & WORKPACKAGE: MIXROOT-C, WP2 (leader)
COUNTRY: Denmark
INSTITUTE: Aarhus University
POSITION: Researcher
RESEARCH INTEREST: Carbon and nitrogen cycling, agricultural practices
EDUCATON: Ph.D. in Sustainable Agriculture (Technical University of Madrid, Spain)

Lithuania

Monika Toleikiene

“Every day is worth it”

EJP SOIL PROJECT & WORKPACKAGE: Coordinator of LAMMC part in MaxRoot-C and MIXROOT-C, participant in  AGROECOseqC.
COUNTRY: Lithuania
INSTITUTE: LAMMC
POSITION: Senior Researcher
RESEARCH INTEREST: Biodiversity, legumes, N cycle
EDUCATON: PhD in agronomy, MsC in ecology

Aušra Arlauskienė

EJP SOIL PROJECT & WORKPACKAGE: MIXROOT- WP2, WP3 WP4; MAXROOT-  WP2, WP5
COUNTRY: Lithuania
INSTITUTE: Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Joniskelis Experimental  Station
POSITION: Senior Scientist
RESEARCH INTEREST: Plant mass decomposition regularities, soil organic carbon
EDUCATON: Lithuanian Academy of Agriculture, faculty of Agronomy

Agne Versuliene

“Healthy soil is healthy life”

EJP SOIL PROJECT & WORKPACKAGE: MaxRoot-C WP2, WP3 and WP4 / MixRoot-C WP2 and WP3.
COUNTRY: Lithuania
INSTITUTE: Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, LAMMC
POSITION: Researcher
RESEARCH INTEREST: Tillage and cover crops impact on soil biophysical and hydro-physical  properties; crop root investigation.
EDUCATON: PhD, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, 2017: “Long-term changes of the soil properties in different agroecosystems and their complex influence on agrocenosis”. Master’s degree in ecology, Lithuanian University of Agriculture.

Gintaras Šiaudinis

“all is well”

EJP SOIL PROJECT & WORKPACKAGE: MixRoot-C
COUNTRY: Lithuania
INSTITUTE: LAMMC (Agriculture Institute Vėžaičiai Branch)
POSITION: Senior research
RESEARCH INTEREST: The evaluation of different energy crops, their biopotential rating and their suitability of biofuels
EDUCATON: Lithuanian Agricultural University (since 2019: Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy)

Alvyra Slepetiene

EJP SOIL PROJECT & WORKPACKAGE: MaxRoot-C,
MixRoot-C, AGROECOseqC 
COUNTRY: LITHUANIA, Kėdainiai district
INSTITUTE: LAMMC, Institute of Agriculture
POSITION: Chief Researcher, Head of Chemical Research Laboratory
RESEARCH INTEREST: soil chemistry; analytical methods; organic carbon; humic substances; renewable energy; digestate; agricultural plants; grassland
EDUCATON: Dr., Agricultural Sciences; Vilnius university, chemist.

Liudmila Tripolskaja

EJP SOIL PROJECT & WORKPACKAGE: MaxRoot-C/MixRoot – C
COUNTRY: Lithuania

INSTITUTE: Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry
POSITION: Chief researcher
RESEARCH INTEREST: Soil organic matter transformation, carbon sequestration, chemical elements leaching, symbiotic nitrogen fixation
EDUCATON: Lithaunian Academy of Agriculture

Regina Skuodienė

“Flora – the Lungs of the World”

EJP SOIL PROJECT & WORKPACKAGE: MIXROOT-C WP3, WP4
COUNTRY: Lithuania
INSTITUTE: Vėžaičiai Branch, Institute of Agriculture, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry
POSITION: Chief Researcher
RESEARCH INTEREST: Grassland biodiversity changes patterns and agrobioecological researches; Productivity and quality of grassland ecosystems
EDUCATON: 1999 Doctor (agricultural sciences, agronomy, 01A). Title of the work “Investigations of legume and grass swards and their management systems on soddy podzolic loam soil”. 1991 Biology. Vilnius University.

Gintarė Šidlauskaitė

“We have forgotten how to be good quests”

EJP SOIL PROJECT & WORKPACKAGE: MIXROOT-C WP2, WP3, WP4
COUNTRY: Lithuania
INSTITUTE: LAMMC, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry
POSITION: Junior Researcher
RESEARCH INTEREST: agroecology, ecology, sustainable agriculture
EDUCATON: PhD student

Aušra Bakšinskaitė

EJP SOIL PROJECT & WORKPACKAGE: MaxRoot-C and EOM4SOIL
COUNTRY: Lithuanian
INSTITUTE: LAMMC, Institute of Agriculture
POSITION: PhD Student/Junior Researcher
RESEARCH INTEREST: Organic and mineral fertilizers; carbon and nitrogen isotope migration; non-food crop production research.
EDUCATON: 2020 Lithuanian research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, PhD agronomy study. 2018–2020 Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Vytautas Magnus University. Master’s degree of biomass engineering. 2016–2020 Faculty of Agronomy, Vytautas Magnus University. Bachelor of agricultural sciences, agronomy.

Aida Skersienė

“Everything started with the soil… ”

EJP SOIL PROJECT & WORKPACKAGE: MIXROOT-C WP2-WP5
COUNTRY: Lithuania
INSTITUTE: Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry
POSITION: Junior researcher
RESEARCH INTEREST: soils organic matter
EDUCATON: PhD student at Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry.

Italy

Alessandra Trinchera

“The nature is in the invisible”

EJP SOIL PROJECT & WORKPACKAGE: AGROECOseqC coordinator,  WP4 MixRoot-C, WP5 MaxRoot-C
COUNTRY: Italy, Rome
INSTITUTE: CREA, Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment
POSITION: Senior Scientist
RESEARCH INTEREST: Soil ecology, beneficial plant symbiosis, soil microbial functional diversity
EDUCATON: PhD on “Soil Science”- XVII Cycle – University of Florence (Italy)

Luigi Paolo D’acqui

“Crescit audacia experimento”  (Pliny the Elder)
EJP SOIL PROJECT & WORKPACKAGE: Energy Link WP1, WP2, WP3, MIXROOT-C WP1, WP5
COUNTRY: ITALY, Firenze
INSTITUTE: Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystems – CNR
POSITION: Senior Scientist
RESEARCH INTEREST:  soil biological, chemical, and physical processes, C soil dynamics, FTIR spectroscopy, microplastics in soil
EDUCATON: PhD in Soil Science

Sara Di Lonardo

“A woman is a success if she gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what she wants to do (modified by cit.)”

EJP SOIL PROJECT & WORKPACKAGE: Energy Link (WP2, WP3, Co-leader WP6), MIXROOT-C (WP1, WP3, WP5, WP6), MINOTAUR (WP5)
COUNTRY: Italy
INSTITUTE: Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystems-National Research Council (IRET-CNR)
POSITION: Researcher
RESEARCH INTEREST: dynamics among organisms, soil and atmosphere; soil-plants-water-nutrient relations; Sustainable management of the soil resource and biotechnologies for the improvement of fertility
EDUCATION: Ph.D in Biosistematics and Plant Ecology, University of Firenze, Italy, 2012; M.A., Environmental Biology, 2008

Norway

Teresa G. Bárcena

“Look below your feet!”

EJP SOIL PROJECT & WORKPACKAGE: Max Root-C, contributing to WP3 and WP5. Also contributing with a Norwegian site for root sampling.
COUNTRY: Norway (Ås, Viken region)
INSTITUTE: Norwegian Institute for Bioeconomy Research, NIBIO
POSITION: Researcher
RESEARCH INTEREST: soil science mainly in the context of land use, soil processes, soil carbon
EDUCATON: PhD in Soil Biogeochemistry, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Switzerland

Juliane Hirte

“Rooting for climate change mitigation”

EJP SOIL PROJECT & WORKPACKAGE: MaxRoot-C WP3
COUNTRY: Switzerland, Zurich
INSTITUTE: Agroscope, Water Protection and Substance Flows
POSITION: Scientific collaborator (Substance Flows)
RESEARCH INTEREST: roots, nutrients, data
EDUCATON: PhD “Agricultural management and below ground carbon inputs”, Agroscope and University of Zurich, Switzerland; Diploma in Geo-Ecology, University of Potsdam and Technical University Berlin, Germany