Georg Guggenberger
Georg Guggenberger (* 1963 in Würzburg ) is a German geoecologist , professor of soil science with a focus on soil chemistry at the Leibniz University of Hanover , and head of the Institute for Soil Science.
He is also a former president of the German Soil Science Society (DBG).
Live and act
After high school and high school in Essen , Guggenberger studied at the University of Bayreuth and graduated as a geoecologist in 1987. Interrupted by civil service, he continued his studies as a doctoral student with Wolfgang Zech at the Department of Soil Science and Geography at the University of Bayreuth. With the dissertation "Properties of dissolved organic substances (DOM) on spruce sites exposed to different pollution levels" he was awarded a Dr. rer. nat. PhD. After a post-doc at the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory at Colorado State University , Fort Collins, USA, he returned to Bayreuth. With the habilitation thesis "Transformation and Function of Organic Soil Substance" followed in 1998 the habilitation with Venia legendi for the subject soil science at the University of Bayreuth. In addition to his work in Bayreuth, Guggenberger temporarily took over the substitute professorship in “Soil Biology and Soil Ecology” at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (1999–2001). He followed the call as university professor for "Soil Biology and Soil Ecology" at this university in 2002. In 2008 Guggenberger accepted the call to the Chair of Soil Science at the Institute for Soil Science at Leibniz University in Hanover.
In 2016 and 2017, according to Highly Cited Researchers , Guggenberger was one of the world's most frequently cited scientists in the “Agricultural Sciences” category.
Research priorities
- Transformation and stabilization processes of the soil organic matter
- Influence of land use and climate change on soil organic matter
- Mineral-organic associations
- Plant-mycorrhizal-soil interface
- C-household of permafrost soils
- Nitrogen-carbon interactions in soils
Review committee of journals
- Biology and Fertility of Soils
- European Journal of Soil Science
- Japanese Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition
Memberships and awards (selection)
- Member of the review board of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
- German Soil Science Society, board member since 2012
- Included in the Highly Cited Researchers database for the field of Agricultural Sciences
- Awarded the 2017 CULTURA Prize from the Alfred Toepfer Foundation FVS
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Institute for Soil Science - Person. Retrieved June 21, 2020 .
- ↑ The board of directors. In: German Soil Science Society. Retrieved June 21, 2020 .
- ↑ Much cited - Highly Cited Researchers: Prof. Dr. Georg Guggenberger - Faculty of Natural Sciences. Retrieved June 21, 2020 .
- ↑ CULTURA Prize 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Guggenberger, Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German geoecologist and university professor for soil science |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wurzburg |