Jeroen Zethof

Institute of Soil Science and Site Ecology
Institute of Soil Science and Site Ecology
Visiting address:
Judeich-Bau, Raum 2.27 Pienner Straße 19
01737 Tharandt
09/2010 – 06/2013 |
BSc Earth Science (physical geography).
University of Amsterdam. Thesis: “Soil Aggregation: On abandoned fields under the vegetation in a semi-arid Mediterranean environment” (Supervisor Dr. L.H. Cammeraat ) |
09/2013 – 08/2016 |
MSc Earth Science, University of Amsterdam. Thesis:“Long-term effects of land-use change on soil quality: Afforestation and land abandonment in semi-arid Spain”. (Supervisors: Dr. L.H. Cammeraat & Dr. M.E. Nadal-Romero) |
09/2013 – 01/2017 |
MSc. Hydrology, Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam. Thesis: “Long-term effect of afforestation and land abandonment on the soil in semi-arid Spain: Changing Hydrological characteristics of the soil surface” (Supervisors: Dr. L.H. Cammeraat, Dr. M.E. Nadal-Romero & Dr. H. de Moel) |
since 01/2017 |
PhD student in the DFG funded project "Extracellular polymeric substances and aggregate stability – how microorganisms affect soil erosion by water" |
01/2017 - 06/2021 |
PhD, Technische Universität DresdenDissertation topic: |
since 10/2021 |
Postdoc in the DFG funded project "Transition of sulfur nutrition from excessive supply to potential deficiency in spruce forest ecosystems in Central Europe" |
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Bettermann A., Zethof J.H.T., Babin D., Cammeraat L.H., Solé-Benet A., Lázaro R., Luna L., Nesme J., Sørensen S.J., Kalbitz K., Smalla K. and Vogel C., 2021.Importance of microbial communities at the root-soil interface for extracellular polymeric substances and soil aggregation in semiarid grasslands,Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 108301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2021.108301 |
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Baumert V.L., Forstner, S., Zethof, J.H.T., Vogel, C., Heitkötter, J., Schulz, S., Kögel-Knabner, I., Mueller, C.W., 2021.Root-induced fungal growth triggers macroaggregation in forest subsoils,Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 108244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2021.108244 |
3 | Zethof J.H.T., Bettermann A., Vogel C., Babin D., Cammeraat L.H., Solé-Benet A., Lázaro R., Luna L., Nesme J., Woche S.K., Sørensen S.J., Smalla K. and Kalbitz K., 2020. Prokaryotic Community Composition and Extracellular Polymeric Substances Affect Soil Microaggregation in Carbonate Containing Semiarid Grasslands, Frontiers in Environmental Science, 8:51. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2020.00051 |
2 | Zethof, J.H.T., Cammeraat, E.L.H., Nadal-Romero, E., 2019. The enhancing effect of afforestation over secondary succession on soil quality under semiarid climate conditions. Science of the Total Environment, 652, 1090–1101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.235 |
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Zethof, J.H.T., Leue, M., Vogel, C., Stoner, S.W., Kalbitz, K., 2019. Identifying and quantifying geogenic organic carbon in soils – the case of graphite, SOIL, 5, 383–398, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-5-383-2019 |
- Biogeochemical cycles
- Dryland systems
- Extracellular polymeric substances
- Land use change effect on soil properties
- Soil-Plant-Water-Microbial relations
- Soil structural formation