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Short CV - Lars Stoumann Jensen, Professor of Soil Fertility and Organic Waste Recycling (Aug 2022)

Research area

My research deals with soil biogeochemistry, in particular fundamental soil C, N and P turnover following recy­cling of organic materials such as crop residues, manures and biowaste as biobased fertilisers. My research also covers nutrient utilisation and fertiliser value, as well as gaseous (e.g. NH₃, N₂O, CH₄) and aquatic (NO₃^-, PO₄^2-) emissions from land application of these recycled products. Finally, mechanistic modelling of these processes, and model use for overall system analysis and environmental impact assessment are favourites.

Education

1994: PhD in Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition, Royal Vet. & Agricultural Univ. (KVL), Dept. Agricultural Sciences.

1990: M.Sc. in Agriculture, Royal Vet. & Agricultural Univ., DK. MSc thesis in Chemistry.

Positions

2015: Professor of Soil Fertility and Organic Waste Recycling, at KU-PLEN.

2007: Professor (with special responsibilities), Soil Biological Fertility as Influenced by Manure and Waste, KU.

1999: Associate Professor at the Plant and Soil Science Lab., Dept. of Agricultural Sciences, KVL.

1996: Assistant Professor at the Plant Nutrition and Soil Fertility Lab., Dept. of Agricultural Sciences, KVL.

1995: Research Fellow at the Danish Root Zone Centre.

Activities

2014-2021: Member, and from 2019-2021 Chairperson, of the EU Nitrogen Expert Panel (www.eunep.com).

2015-2019: Research group leader, Soil Fertilty, KU-PLEN.

2019-now: Head of Plant and Soil Section, KU-PLEN.

2012-2014: Director, Center Sustainable Agriculture & Forestry Systems, cross-faculty, interdisciplinary centre.

2003-2008: Study Director BSc program in Natural Resources and MSc program in Agriculture, KVL / KU-LIFE.

Teaching

Involved in teaching at BSc, MSc and PhD levels. Main contributions in Plant Nutrition and Soil Fertility (MSc) and Animals and Sustainability (MSc)

Supervision

I have supervised +75 BSc & MSc thesis students, 37 PhD students (4 current as main) and +15 postdocs.

Awards

2015: Recipient of award from Ulrik and Marie Brinch's Foundation for creating a new research field.

Recent grants and projects

During 2018-2022, I have contributed to 15 funded projects, totalling +65 mio DKK for PLEN. A few main ones:

2019-2024 PI of “CatCap – Catch Crops for Carbon Capture“, Min. Agriculture, 16.8 mio DKK total / 10.4 PLEN.

2019-2023 WP-lead “LEX4BIO - Optimizing Bio-based Fertilisers in Agriculture’ EU H2020, 50 / 4 mio DKK PLEN.

2020-2023 PI of “FertiCycle – New Bio-based Fertilisers from Organic Waste Upcycling“ EU MSC-ITN, 31 / 9.1.

Publications

Peer-reviewed publications total (aug. 2022) = 200; total citations 8022; H-index = 49 (Scopus). See further info under tab Research Outputs.