Soils concluded publication with Volume 1, Issue 1. It has been succeeded by Soil Systems, which has a revised scope and a new editorial direction and is now published here. To preserve historical data integrity, the information on this webpage is retained but will no longer be updated. The Editorial Board listed here reflects the journal’s composition at the time it ceased publishing.
Editorial Board
Please note that the order in which the Editors appear on this page is alphabetical, and follows the structure of the editorial board presented on the MDPI website under information for editors: editorial board responsibilities.
Members
Earth System Science Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-4015, USA
Interests: soil biogeochemistry; contaminant transport; carbon cycling; nutrient dynamics; redox processes
Interests: soil biogeochemistry; contaminant transport; carbon cycling; nutrient dynamics; redox processes
Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Universitätstrasse 16, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
Interests: soil; geochemistry; trace elements; speciation; sorption; redox; colloids; nanoparticles
Interests: soil; geochemistry; trace elements; speciation; sorption; redox; colloids; nanoparticles
Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering (ISE) Laboratory, Delaware Environmental Institute, University of Delaware, 221 Academy Street, Suite 250, Newark, DE 19716, USA
Interests: kinetics; surface chemistry; sorption; redox; metal geochemistry; synchrotron techniques
Interests: kinetics; surface chemistry; sorption; redox; metal geochemistry; synchrotron techniques
Sydney Institute of Agriculture, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Interests: Soil chemistry, clay minerals, carbon cycling, biochar, trace elements, sorption-desorption, mineral-organic interactions, Fe oxides
Interests: Soil chemistry, clay minerals, carbon cycling, biochar, trace elements, sorption-desorption, mineral-organic interactions, Fe oxides
Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Delaware, USA
Interests: soil biogeochemistry, trace-element and nutrient cycling, food security, advanced imaging techniques
Interests: soil biogeochemistry, trace-element and nutrient cycling, food security, advanced imaging techniques
School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, USA
Interests: plant-microbe-soil interaction in metal(loid)-contaminated environments, crop production and soil quality
Interests: plant-microbe-soil interaction in metal(loid)-contaminated environments, crop production and soil quality
School of Engineering, RMIT University, Australia
Interests: soil chemistry, plant nutrition, rhizosphere chemistry, metal and metalloid bioavailability in soil, ecotoxicology and environmental impact assessment
Interests: soil chemistry, plant nutrition, rhizosphere chemistry, metal and metalloid bioavailability in soil, ecotoxicology and environmental impact assessment
Department of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside 900 University Ave. Riverside, CA 92521, USA
Interests: soil chemistry; biogeochemistry
Interests: soil chemistry; biogeochemistry
Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1170, USA
Interests: emerging contaminants; radionuclides; metals; biogeochemistry; organic matter; fracking; mining; ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry; synchrotron techniques
Interests: emerging contaminants; radionuclides; metals; biogeochemistry; organic matter; fracking; mining; ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry; synchrotron techniques
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA
Interests: soil chemistry; water chemistry; carbon cycle; redox reactions; emerging pollutants
Interests: soil chemistry; water chemistry; carbon cycle; redox reactions; emerging pollutants
Stockbridge School of Agriculture, University of Massachusetts--Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA
Interests: microbial biogeochemistry, organic matter transformations, mineral-organic interfaces, root-soil interactions, nutrient dynamics
Interests: microbial biogeochemistry, organic matter transformations, mineral-organic interfaces, root-soil interactions, nutrient dynamics
Resilient Energy, Water and Infrastructure Program Domain Lead, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, USA
Interests: soil carbon; redox; metals; reactive oxygen species; manganese; carbon stabilization; NEXAFS; X-ray; synchrotron
Interests: soil carbon; redox; metals; reactive oxygen species; manganese; carbon stabilization; NEXAFS; X-ray; synchrotron
Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology (EEOB), Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
Interests: carbon stable isotopes and radiocarbon, redox reactions, lignin, organo-mineral interactions, trace gas fluxes
Interests: carbon stable isotopes and radiocarbon, redox reactions, lignin, organo-mineral interactions, trace gas fluxes
Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics, Faculty of Geoscience and Environment, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Interests: manganese; molecular-scale biogeochemistry; microbe-mineral interactions; redox processes; biomineralization; water quality; X-ray absorption spectroscopy; X-ray scattering
Interests: manganese; molecular-scale biogeochemistry; microbe-mineral interactions; redox processes; biomineralization; water quality; X-ray absorption spectroscopy; X-ray scattering
Department of Crop & Soil Sciences, University of Georgia, Atlanta, GA, USA
Interests: iron; soil; biogeochemistry; mössbauer; redox dynamics; Isotopes; numerical modeling; mineral composition; redox interfaces
Interests: iron; soil; biogeochemistry; mössbauer; redox dynamics; Isotopes; numerical modeling; mineral composition; redox interfaces
Geomicrobiology, Center for Applied Geoscience, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
Interests: geomicrobiology; iron biogeochemistry; electron transfer processes; humic substances
Interests: geomicrobiology; iron biogeochemistry; electron transfer processes; humic substances
Centro de Edafologia y Biologia Aplicada del Segura, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CEBAS-CSIC), Campus de Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain
Interests: soil degradation and conservation, carbon sequestration, desertification, land rehabilitation, semiarid soils
Interests: soil degradation and conservation, carbon sequestration, desertification, land rehabilitation, semiarid soils
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Interests: arid soils, isotopes, geochemistry, geomorphology
Interests: arid soils, isotopes, geochemistry, geomorphology
Geotechnical and Hydrogeological Engineering Research Group (GHERG), Federation University Australia, Australia
Interests: rehabilitation; soil structure; soil hydrology; geomechanics; water balance; soil-plant-atmosphere interaction
Interests: rehabilitation; soil structure; soil hydrology; geomechanics; water balance; soil-plant-atmosphere interaction
Department of Plant Sciences University of California Davis, CA 95616, USA
Interests: plant nutrition; boron; Orchard systems; micronutrients; nickel; phyto-remediation; fertilizers; salinity
Interests: plant nutrition; boron; Orchard systems; micronutrients; nickel; phyto-remediation; fertilizers; salinity
North Florida Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Quincy, FL32351, USA
Interests: soil nutrient bioavailability; soil C sequestration; forest soils; soil phosphorus chemistry
Interests: soil nutrient bioavailability; soil C sequestration; forest soils; soil phosphorus chemistry
Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Lincoln University, Lincoln 7647, Canterbury, New Zealand
Interests: biogeochemistry of organic carbon and major nutrients in natural and managed ecosystems, with an emphasis on the nature, dynamics and bioavailability of organic and mineral forms of nutrients in the soil-plant system in relation to soil management and land use. Project areas include organic matter and nutrient dynamics in grassland and forest soils, soil chronosequence dynamics, rhizosphere processes and nutrient acquisition, relationships between soil microbial diversity and function, and the nature, and the bioavailability and mobility of phosphorus in terrestrial environments
Interests: biogeochemistry of organic carbon and major nutrients in natural and managed ecosystems, with an emphasis on the nature, dynamics and bioavailability of organic and mineral forms of nutrients in the soil-plant system in relation to soil management and land use. Project areas include organic matter and nutrient dynamics in grassland and forest soils, soil chronosequence dynamics, rhizosphere processes and nutrient acquisition, relationships between soil microbial diversity and function, and the nature, and the bioavailability and mobility of phosphorus in terrestrial environments
Director of the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Box 352100, Seattle, WA 98195-2100, USA
Interests: carbon and nitrogen dynamics of natural and disturbed ecosystems; the influence of restoration activities on ecosystem function; fire as a driver of ecosystem processes in forest ecosystems; nitrogen fixation in terrestrial ecosystems; soil resource sustainability as influenced by land management
Interests: carbon and nitrogen dynamics of natural and disturbed ecosystems; the influence of restoration activities on ecosystem function; fire as a driver of ecosystem processes in forest ecosystems; nitrogen fixation in terrestrial ecosystems; soil resource sustainability as influenced by land management
Department of Soil Sciences, Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau (FiBL), Research Institute of Organic Agriculture, Institut de recherche del'agriculture biologique, Ackerstrasse 113, Postfach 219, CH-5070 Frick, Switzerland
Interests: soil biology; soil biodiversity; soil functions; soil quality; soil fertility; soil indicators; agricultural systems soil tillage, organic resource management, urban farming, Africa, cropping systems, long-term experiments; participatory research; transdisciplinary research; on-farm research
Interests: soil biology; soil biodiversity; soil functions; soil quality; soil fertility; soil indicators; agricultural systems soil tillage, organic resource management, urban farming, Africa, cropping systems, long-term experiments; participatory research; transdisciplinary research; on-farm research
Faculty of Science and Engineering，The University of Wolverhampton，Wolverhampton WV1 1LY, UK
Interests: soil erosion; soil conservation; desertification; desert reclamation; soil system dynamics
Interests: soil erosion; soil conservation; desertification; desert reclamation; soil system dynamics
Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Sciences, Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, Feo di Vito, 89122 Reggio Calabria, Italy
Interests: soil fertility; nutrient cycling; soil microbiology; microbial ecology; use of composted by-products in agriculture
Interests: soil fertility; nutrient cycling; soil microbiology; microbial ecology; use of composted by-products in agriculture
Institute for Epidemiology and Pathogen Diagnostics, Julius Kühn – Institut (JKI) - Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Messeweg 11-12, 38104 Braunschweig, Germany
Interests: phytonematodes; microbial ecology of agroecosystems; nematode-microbe interaction; rhizosphere soil; soil suppressiveness to phytopathogens; epidemiology of soil-born diseases of cultivated plants
Interests: phytonematodes; microbial ecology of agroecosystems; nematode-microbe interaction; rhizosphere soil; soil suppressiveness to phytopathogens; epidemiology of soil-born diseases of cultivated plants
Biology Department, University of Antwerp, Campus Drie Eiken, Universiteitsplein 1, D.B.014, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
Interests: soil carbon, root processes, ecosystem productivity, global change, plant phenology
Interests: soil carbon, root processes, ecosystem productivity, global change, plant phenology
Department of Soil Science of Temperate Ecosystems, Department of Agricultural Soil Science, University of Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
Interests: soil biogeochemistry; rhizosphere ecology; rhizodeposition; pedogenic carbonates; land use
Interests: soil biogeochemistry; rhizosphere ecology; rhizodeposition; pedogenic carbonates; land use
Crop & Soil Sciences Department, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-7272, USA
Interests: N mineralization, ammonia volatilization, runoff water quality
Interests: N mineralization, ammonia volatilization, runoff water quality
Soil and Crop Sciences, Cornell University, 909 Bradfield Hall, USA
Interests: biogeochemistry; soil organic matter; nutrient cycles; nutrients; soil science; soil science, climate change, sustainable development, tropical agroecosystem; soils; sustainable land use
Interests: biogeochemistry; soil organic matter; nutrient cycles; nutrients; soil science; soil science, climate change, sustainable development, tropical agroecosystem; soils; sustainable land use
Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Ascot, SL5 7PY, UK
Interests: tropical soils, soil-vegetation interactions, soils, climate change, the global carbon cycle
Interests: tropical soils, soil-vegetation interactions, soils, climate change, the global carbon cycle
Group Leader Precision Soil and Crop Engineering (Precision SCoRing), Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Department of Environment, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, Blok B, 1st Floor 9000 Gent, Belgium
Interests: proximal soil sensing; precision agriculture; soil analysis, data fusion
Interests: proximal soil sensing; precision agriculture; soil analysis, data fusion
Geopedology and Landscape Development, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU), 03046, Cottbus, Germany
Interests: soil development, soil classification, soil distribution, soil geomorphology, soil contamination, mining, geoarchaeology
Interests: soil development, soil classification, soil distribution, soil geomorphology, soil contamination, mining, geoarchaeology
Institute for Environmental Research, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 1, 52074 Aachen, Germany
Interests: fate of xenobiotics in soil and water-sediment systems; interaction of xenobiotics with soil humic matter; non-extractable residues of xenobiotics in soil; resilience of soils; remediation of soils
Interests: fate of xenobiotics in soil and water-sediment systems; interaction of xenobiotics with soil humic matter; non-extractable residues of xenobiotics in soil; resilience of soils; remediation of soils
Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstr. 185758 Oberschleissheim, Germany
Interests: Soil Microbiomes; Soil Metagenomes; Plant - microbe interactions; rhizosphere microbiology; N turnover; P turnover; Plant growth promotion; Human pathogens in Soil; Microbial networks; subsoil
Interests: Soil Microbiomes; Soil Metagenomes; Plant - microbe interactions; rhizosphere microbiology; N turnover; P turnover; Plant growth promotion; Human pathogens in Soil; Microbial networks; subsoil
Department of Environmental Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, P.O. Box 5003, Ås, Norway
Interests: soil fertility and plant nutrition, soil carbon sequestration and land use, heavy metals in soils and plants, biofortification of food and feed crops
Interests: soil fertility and plant nutrition, soil carbon sequestration and land use, heavy metals in soils and plants, biofortification of food and feed crops
Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3114, USA
Interests: soil chemistry; aqueous geochemistry; hydrology of "green water"; physics of flow through porous media
Interests: soil chemistry; aqueous geochemistry; hydrology of "green water"; physics of flow through porous media
Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Interests: microbial ecology; metagenomics; phenomics
Interests: microbial ecology; metagenomics; phenomics
School of Global Environmental Sustainability and Department of Biology, Colorado State University, CO, USA
Interests: global soil biodiversity; ecosystem functioning; nematode ecology
Interests: global soil biodiversity; ecosystem functioning; nematode ecology
Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, Research Initiative "Chemistry Meets Microbiology", University of Vienna, Althanstraße 14, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
Interests: terrestrial ecosystem ecology; soil biology; plant-soil interactions; ecological stoichiometry (C:N:P), nitrogen cycling; stable isotope fractionation; global change effects on ecosystem processes
Interests: terrestrial ecosystem ecology; soil biology; plant-soil interactions; ecological stoichiometry (C:N:P), nitrogen cycling; stable isotope fractionation; global change effects on ecosystem processes
Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville 3010, Australia
Interests: soil fertility; plant mineral nutrition; soil carbon; soil water relations; viticulture
Interests: soil fertility; plant mineral nutrition; soil carbon; soil water relations; viticulture
Stockbridge School of Agriculture, College of Natural Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
Interests: environmental & soil chemistry; sorption of organic contaminants; engineered nanoparticles; biochar characterization and use
Interests: environmental & soil chemistry; sorption of organic contaminants; engineered nanoparticles; biochar characterization and use
College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China
Interests: soil nutrient; plant-soil interactions; rhizosphere; nutrient management; food security and environmental sustainability
Interests: soil nutrient; plant-soil interactions; rhizosphere; nutrient management; food security and environmental sustainability
Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, 101 David L. Boren Blvd., Norman, OK 73019, USA
