Georg Guggenberger

Geoecologist, Soil Scientist

Researcher ID: www.researcherid.com/rid/C-8423-2013

guggenberger@ifbk.uni-hannover.de
+49 511 762 2623, +49 511 762 5999

Leibniz Universität Hannover

Institute of Soil Science
Herrenhäuser Strasse 2, 30419 Hannover
Germany

I am a Geoecologist (Diploma) graduated at the University of Bayreuth, Germany, with a major in Soil Science under the supervision of Prof. Wolfgang Zech. This combination of soil science and geoecology strongly influences my academic career. I consider soils as a complex natural body, which is in tight interactions with other spheres of the environment. Therefore, I always try to link my basic soil research to the impact that it might have in a larger context. This refers for example to the understanding of controlling mechanisms of sorption of dissolved organic matter und different climatic conditions with to the water quality in ground and surface waters. My research is funded by different funding agencies in Germany, the EU, and Russia and published in about 150 peer-reviewed manuscripts. Based on this experience I am also serving academia as member of several evaluation panels. It is very important for me to involve students into practical education. Therefore, I am organizing quite a high number of field courses besides my regular teaching.

Education and Academic Positions

since 2008 Professor of Soil Science (W3) Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
2002-2008 Professor of Soil Biology and Soil Ecology (C3) MLU Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
2000-2001 Deputy Professor of Soil Biology and Soil Ecology (C3) MLU Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
1998 Habilitation in Soil Science Universität Bayreuth, Germany
1995-1996 Visiting Scientist Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, USA
1992-2002 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Chair of Soil Science Universität Bayreuth
1989-1992 Ph.D. Soil Science Universität Bayreuth
1982-1987 Dipoloma in Geoecology Universität Bayreuth