Prof. Dr. P.K. Ramachandran Nair

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsForestry,Soil Sciences
Keywordsagroforestry, carbon sequestration, ecosystem services, international development

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityGainesville
InstitutionUniversity of Florida
InstituteSchool of Forest Resources and Conservation, Center for Subtropical Agroforestry

Host during sponsorship

Dr. GrimmeLandwirtschaftliche Forschungsanstalt Büntehof, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover
Prof. Dr. Bernhard UlrichInstitut für Bodenkunde und Waldernährung, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen
Prof. Dr. Friedrich BeeseInstitut für Bodenkunde und Waldernährung, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen
Prof. Dr. Edzo VeldkampInstitut für Bodenkunde und Waldernährung, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen
Start of initial sponsorship01/09/1976

Programme(s)

1976Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme
2006Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Nair, a distinguished professor at the School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, is a pioneering researcher and an international leader in the field of agroforestry. His current research is focused on biophysical aspects of agroforestry systems. This includes soil productivity and the interaction of different components of the systems. Based on these fundamental processes like carbon sequestration, nutrient exchange between trees and field crops, nutrient turnover and mineralization, designs of agroforestry systems are developed as well as schemes to evaluate the systems. Professor Nair will be involved in conceptualizing and developing a research project to examine the role and potential of agroforestry in Europe.