Prof. Dr. Christine Alewell
Environment, Mathematics and statistics, biogeochemistry, isotope geochemistry, soil science
Prof. Dr. Ingrid Kögel-Knabner
Nominated by
- Acatech - National Academy of Science and Engineering
- German Research Foundation (DFG)
- National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- AcademiaNet member since 17.05.2010
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Employed by
- Technische Universität München
Further professional affiliations
Institute of Advanced Study TU München, Garching
Academic Discipline/Fields
- Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
Field
Agriculture, Environment
Area of specialisation
Soil science
Research interests
Organic matter in soils
Role of soils in the carbon cycle
Organo-mineral compounds in soils
Distinctions and Awards
Emil Ramann Medal from the German Soil Science Society, 2015
Philippe-Duchaufour-Medal European Geosciences Union, 2015
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, 2013
Member of the committee on ecology, Bavarian Academy of Sciences, since 2008
Member of the German National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech), since 2007
Member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, since 2001
Offer of a C4 professorship in sedimentary systems at RWTH Aachen University, in conjunction with the position of director of the Institute of Sedimentary Systems at Forschungszentrum Jülich research centre; declined, 1999
Offer of a C4 professorship in soil science and soil conservation at the Faculty of Agriculture, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany; declined, 1994
Languages
English, French
Doctorate
- 1987: Organische Stoffgruppen in Waldhumusformen und ihr Verhalten während der Streuzersetzung und Humifizierung ("Organic substance groups in forest humus forms and their behaviour during litter decomposition and humification ")
PostDoc qualification, e.g. Habilitation
- 1992: Forest soil organic matter: structure and formation
Short CV/Education and training
- 1978Abitur (A-levels), Richard Wagner Gymnasium (grammar school), Bayreuth, Germany
- 1978 – 1983Diplom degree in geoecology from the University of Bayreuth
- 1983 – 1985Academic staff member in the Department of Soil Science, University of Bayreuth
- 1985 – 1987Teaching assistant as primary occupation in the Department of Soil Science, University of Bayreuth
- 1987Doctorate in biology/chemistry/Earth science from the University of Bayreuth, magna cum laude: Organic substance groups in forest humus forms and their behaviour during litter decomposition and humification
- 1987 – 1992Academic councillor (temporary appointment) in the Department of Soil Science, University of Bayreuth
- 1992Habilitation (postdoctoral qualification) in the field of soil science at the University of Bayreuth: Forest soil organic matter: structure and formation
- 1992Appointment as C3 university professor of soil science and soil ecology at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
- 1995Appointment as C4 university professor of soil science in the Faculty of Agriculture, Technical University of Munich, Germany (now the Centre of Life and Food Sciences Weihenstephan)
- 2011Carl von Linde Senior Fellow TUM Institute of Advanced Study
Selected publications
Membership in scientific bodies/juries
Member of the senate and executive committee of the German Research Foundation (DFG), 2009 – 2015
Member of the science council committee on research buildings, 2007 – 2013
Vice dean of research, Centre of Life and Food Sciences Weihenstephan, 2003 – 2006
Member of the DFG senate committee on joint research in Earth science, 2002 – 2006
Member of the executive committee, Bavarian Research Association for Waste Research and Recycling (Bayforrest), since 2000
Member of the board of trustees, German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), Hannover, Germany, 2000 – 2009
Member of the senate, Technical University of Munich, Germany, 2000 – 2003
Member of the scientific advisory board of the German Research Centre for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany 1998 – 2001
Member of the DFG senate committee on substances and resources in agriculture, since 1996, chairperson since 2006
Soft Skills/Other activities and achievements
Other activities and achievements/family
married, three children
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