Prof. Dr. Alvin J.M. Smucker

Profil

Derzeitige StellungProfessor W-3 und Äquivalente
FachgebietBodenwissenschaften
Keywordsmicrodensitrometry, Soil carbon sequestration, intra-aggregate porosity, soil aggregate stability microdensitometry, ion advection

Aktuelle Kontaktadresse

LandUSA
OrtEast Lansing
Universität/InstitutionMichigan State University
Institut/AbteilungCrop and Soil Sciences Department

Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung

Prof. Dr. Rainer HornInstitut für Pflanzenernährung und Bodenkunde, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel
Beginn der ersten Förderung01.02.2004

Programm(e)

2003Humboldt-Forschungspreis-Programm für Naturwissenschaftler*innen aus den USA

Projektbeschreibung der*des Nominierenden

Professor Smucker is honoured for his outstanding work in Soil Biophysics on aggregate formation processes, on changes in soil functions over more than two decades and in recognition of his internationally well accepted achievements in analytical methods for the quantification of carbon distribution and sequestration inside soil structure units under various land use systems. These research aspects will be deepened during his stay in Kiel with respect to determine the effects of aggregate formation on spatial variations in ion composition and carbon distribution as well as the consequences for microbial and hydraulic transport phenomena.