Prof. Anton Potapov receives ERC Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council

The holder of the Chair of Soil Biodiversity, jointly appointed by IHI Zittau and the Senckenberg Society for Nature Research, has been awarded one of the most prestigious European prizes for excellent young researchers: the ERC is funding his international research project "CARBONWEB" with around two million euros over a period of five years. The aim of the project is, among other things, to assess the impact of soil animals on ecosystem functions at a global level and to evaluate changes in soil food webs and their consequences under climate change scenarios.

Read more in the press release of the Senckenberg Society