Deputy Director of the institute

Head of the research unit Soil Organic Matter

Professorship at the Technical University Braunschweig, Institute of Geoecology [Link]

• Soil organic matter management in agroecosystems
• Possibilities and limits for C sequestration in agriculture (carbon farming)
• Impact of land use change and land management on biogeochemical cycles in tropical and temperate ecosystems
• Processes of C stabilization and destabilization in topsoils and subsoils
• Plant-microbiome-soil interactions: influence of management and biodiversity
• Ecosystem functions of hedgerows and other agroforestry systems