Since 2002, Alberto's scientific interest has been devoted to the fields of biology and biotechnology, with a particular interest in molecular biology and soil metagenomics. His PhD project was aimed at the analyses of soil biodiversity by means of next-generation sequencing technologies (metabarcoding-based approach). While doing his PhD, he spent time at AGROSCOPE (Zurich, Switzerland) [...]
Actual PhD student/TEAGASC Walsh Fellowship on Information and Communication Technologies at Jozef Stefan International Postgraduate School. My research interests are based on topic: “Machine Learning and Soil Functions”. Working experience: EU FORTISSIMO project on Experiment 3.This experiment's objective was to create a model to simulate and calculate the micro-macro mechanical properties of the composite structure. [...]
Dr. Giovanna Visioli is a biologist working at the Department of Life Sciences, University of Parma who has got her Ph.D in Agronomic Genetics and she worked as a plant biologist for the last 20 years. Her main fields of expertise are the study of interactions between higher plants (and soil microorganisms) and soil pollutants [...]
Jeroen van Leeuwen has a strong ecological background, and did a PhD in soil food web modelling and analysis at Wageningen University. He works as postdoc in the department of mathematical and statistical methods in Wageningen. His main interests are soil ecology, soil quality, ecosystem services and herpetology. Key tasks in LANDMARK WP3 postdoc Pillar2 [...]
Head of the agronomy and environment department, Chamber of Agriculture of Poitou-Charentes Coordinator of the mixed technology network “soil and rural areas” (RMT “Sols et Territoires”) in partnership with INRA Orléans Member of the scientific committee of the multi -scale programme IGCS (“inventory, management and soil conservation”, “Inventaire, Gestion et Conservation des Sols”), led by INRA Orléans (Infosol Unit) [...]
Staes Jan is working as an assistant at the Ecosystem Management Research Group since 2002 and coordinated several projects on Ecosystem Services and Climate Adaptation. He recently defended his PhD, entitled: “Application Of Ecosystems Services For Integrated Land, Soil And Water Management”. Jan Staes was involved in the application and execution of many research projects [...]
Key tasks in LANDMARK WP5 Task 5.3 contributor
As a researcher at the Department of Soil Science and Agrochemistry Dr Lang works on data harmonization and correlation issues along with data management and mapping. He is a PhD in Soil Science. Key tasks in LANDMARK Data correlation and harmonization methods Data management
As a researcher at the Department of Soil Science and Agrochemistry Dr Szegi works on field survey, data harmonization, soil degradation and conservation, soil health and function related researches. He is a PhD in Soil Conservation. Key tasks in LANDMARK Collection and harmonization of soil management data Identification of soil functions related to soil properties
After having graduated as an agricultural engineer at AgroParisTech in 2004 (Master’s level), Sylvain Sturel coordinated teams of agricultural and rural advisers in Central Africa and South-East Asia for seven years. Since 2003, he has been in charge of European projects and international cooperation for the French Chambers of Agriculture. These projects deal with the [...]
