Name:

Matthias Lebert

Member Since:

June 8, 2007

Member Name:

Matthias.lebert

Last Logged in:

June 8, 2007

Matthias Lebert was born on 18 May, 1957, in Mannheim, Germany. He received a degree in Horticulture in 1984 from Hannover University, and his Doctorate (rer. nat.) in Soil Science in 1989 from Bayreuth University. He has worked as an Independent Soil Scientist and Consultant since 2003 at the Ingenieurbüro für Bodenphysik in Kiel, Germany. He is a Member of the international consortium Think Soils (Email: matthias@thinksoils.org).

• Indicators for the assessment of soil structure quality of agricultural soils
• Soil protection strategies against soil compaction
• Vulnerability and susceptibility of soils towards compaction
• Soil Mapping
• Guidelines for physical soil protection in agriculture
• Soil monitoring
• Soil structure prognosis
• Air and water regimes in soils

Work History:

• 2001-2003: Scientist at Federal Agricultural Research Center, Braunschweig, Germany
• 1997-2001: Senior scientist at the Saxonian Administration for Agriculture and Environment, Dresden, Germany
• 1989-1996: Assistant professor at Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Germany, Faculty for Agriculture
• 1985-1989: Research fellow at University of Bayreuth, Germany, Faculty for Geosciences

Memberships:

• International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS)
• International Soil and Tillage Research Organization (ISTRO)
• German Soil Science Society (DBG)
• Federal Soil Union, Germany (Bundesverband Boden e.V., BVB)

Contact Information:

Ingenieurbüro für Bodenphysik
Gutenbergstr. 26, 24118 Kiel, Germany
Email: Matthias Lebert