Prof. Dr. Karsten Kalbitz
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Prof. Dr. Karsten Kalbitz
Professor of Soil Resources and Land Use
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Institute of Soil Science and Site Ecology
Institute of Soil Science and Site Ecology
Visiting address:
Judeich-Bau, Room 2.28 Pienner Straße 19
01737 Tharandt
1996
PhD at Martin-Luther-University Halle and the Department of Soil Sciences, Center of Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle, German; Thesis: "Release of dissolved organic matter (DOM) and its effects on the mobilization of selected pollutants in dependence on soil and site properties"
1999-2008
Assistant and Associate professor at the University of Bayreuth
2004
Habilitation at the University of Bayreuth; Thesis: “Dynamics of dissolved organic matter in soils: Controls and relevance for carbon sequestration”
2009-2014
Professor Earth Surface Science, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED), University of Amsterdam
2014-present
Professor Soil Resources and Land Use, Institute of Soil Science and Site Ecology, TU Dresden
I am an expert in the dynamics of organic matter in soils and waters. In my research I link biogeochemical processes in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. I have a strong focus on the role of organic matter for biogeochemical processes in a changing world, e.g. controls of the dynamics of dissolved organic matter, the role of soils for C sequestration, soil erosion and the carbon cycle, interactions between organic matter and minerals, redox processes, the dynamics of pollutants and effects of natural and manufactured nanoparticles on soil processes.
- Head of the Soil and Environmental Chemistry Laboratories of IBED, University of Amsterdam (2010- 2013)
- Member of the Board of Examiners Earth Science, University of Amsterdam (2010-2014)
- Editorial boards:
Associate Editor of “Biogeochemistry”
Topical Editor of “SOIL”
Member of the Editorial Board of “Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science”
Review Editor of “Frontiers in ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Soil Processes”
Editor of special issues in Geoderma (2003, 2014), Vadose Zone Journal (2014) - Referee for:
Science, Nature, Environmental Science & Technology, Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, Geophysical Research Letters, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Biogeosciences, and others - Evaluations panels:
European Commission, National Science Foundation (USA), DFG (Germany), FWO Belgium, Swiss NSF, Research Council of Norway, and others
