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Prof. Dr. Georg Guggenberger
Prof. Dr. Georg Guggenberger
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Herrenhäuser Straße 2
30419 Hannover
30419 Hannover
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Prof. Dr. Georg Guggenberger
Vice-Dean of Research
Dean's Office, Natural Sciences
Executive Director
Institute of Soil Science
Executive Director
Soil Science Section
Chairperson
Admissions Board for MSc Landscape Sciences
Representatives for Professors
Curriculum and Teaching Committee, Geosciences (BSc) / (MSc)
Deputy Representatives for Professors
Examination Board, Geosciences
Deputy Representatives for Professors
Admissions Board for MSc Geosciences
Professors
Soil Science Section
Professors
Section Soil Chemistry
Focus in research and teaching
- Transformation and stabilisation processes of soil organic matter
- Impact of land use and climate change on soil organic matter
- Mineral-organic associations
- Plant-mycorrhizal soil interface
- Carbon balance of permafrost soils
- Nitrogen-carbon interactions in soil
My work focuses on basic and applied research on the transport and storage of organic matter in the soil and the preservation of soil fertility. In soils of many regions of the world, from the Arctic to boreal and temperate and steppe zones to the subtropics and tropics, I investigate fundamental processes of biotic and abiotic factors on the formation and stabilization of soil organic matter and its effects on ensuring various soil functions. Selected field experiments along gradients (e.g. land use, climate, time) are accompanied by laboratory and field manipulation experiments to identify the underlying mechanisms. Methodological expertise includes stable isotope approaches, biomarker analyses, (micro)spectroscopic techniques (e.g. XPS, ESEM, NMR, NanoSIMS) and more recently molecular biological methods. An important aspect of my work is to integrate the results into a system-oriented approach and to overcome disciplinary boundaries. This basic research is also prerequisite to identify and adopt sustainable land use practices.
Curriculum vitae
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Professional background
since 2008
Full Professor of Soil Science (W3), Leibniz University Hannover, Germany2002-2008
Full Professor of Soil Biology and Soil Ecology (C3), Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany2000-2001
Deputy Professor of Soil Biology and Soil Ecology (C3), Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (half position)1995-1996
Visiting Scientist, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, USA1992-2002
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Chair of Soil Science, University Bayreuth (break from 1995-1996; from 2000-2001 half position)1989-1992
Chair of Soil Science, University Bayreuth (half position)1987-1989
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Education
1998
Habilitation in Soil Science at University Bayreuth, Germany1989 – 1992
Doctoral student with degree in Soil Science at University Bayreuth (summa cum laude)1982 – 1987
Diploma Geoecology, University Bayreuth -
Memberships and service to the scientific community
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Editorial board
- Associate editor: “Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition” (since 2017)
- Associate editor: “European Journal of Soil Science” (since 2004)
- Editorial board: “Biology and Fertility of Soils” (since 2008)
- Subject editor: “Soil Biology & Biochemistry” (2000-2008)
- Co-Editor: “Handbuch der Bodenkunde” (2010-2023)
Ad-hoc reviewer
More than 30 different journals
Committees
- Member of various committees in Germany and abroad
- dissertations
- habilitations
- professorships
Evaluations
- Member of ad-hoc review panels of German and International research organisations
- Evaluator for about 20 national and international research organizations
- Evaluator of research institutions
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Funded projects
Numerous projects, partly integrated projects with speaker function, funded by
- German Research Foundation (DFG)
- German Ministry of Education and Science (BMBF)
- German Ministry of Environment (BMU)
- German Ministry of Nutrition and Agriculture (BMEL)
- German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
- Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation (AvH)
- German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
- European Union; Framework VI and VII, Horizon 2020
- European Science Foundation (ESF)
- Ministry of Agriculture of Lower Saxony
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Awards
2020
Philippe Duchaufour Medal of the European Geophysical Union (EGU)2018
Teaching Award of the Faculty of Natural Sciences at Leibniz University2017
European CULTURA Award of Alfred Toepfer Foundation F.V.S.
