Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Genxing Pan
Member of Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE)
Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE)
Interests: SOM and soil carbon sequestration; Greenhouse gas mitigation and carbon management in agriculture; Biochar science and technology; Climate change and agriculture
Prof. Dr. Yakov Kuzyakov
Department of Soil Science of Temperate Ecosystems
University of Göttingen, Germany
Interest: Soil ecology, Biogeochemistry; Rhizosphere ecology; Soil degradation; C and N cycles; C sequestration,Priming effects; Nutrient mobilization; Rhizodeposition,Pedogenic carbonates
Executive Editor
Prof. Dr. Ji Chen
Institute of Earth and Environment
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Interests: Global change ecology; Extracellular enzymes; Climate-smart agriculture; Sustainability agronomy
Advisory Board
Prof. Dr. Åsgeir Almås
Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management (MINA)
Norweigian Science & Technology University, Norway
Interests: Soil carbon sequestration
Prof. Dr. Kamman Claudia
Department of Applied Ecology
Hochshule Giessenheim University,
Interests: Biochar; Elevated CO2; Greenhouse gas fluxes; Biogeochemistry
Prof. Dr. Nicholas Clarke
Division of Environment and Natural Resources
Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Norway
Interests: Soil carbon sequestration
Dr. Chiriacò Maria Vincenza (Cinzia)
Institute for Climate Resilience
Miditeerania Euro Center, Italy
Interests: Sustainable management of agro-forestry systems; Adaptation to climate change
Prof. Dr. Tida GE
Institute of Plant Virology
Ningbo University, China
Interests: Paddy soils; Soil C dynamics; C sequestration; Greenhouse gas emission; Stable and radioactive isotope; Microbial C use strategies; Soil-plant- microorganism interactions; Soil biogeochemistry; Priming effects; Land use
Prof. Dr. Shiwei Guo
College of Resources and Environmental Sciences
Nanjing Agricultural University, China
Interests: Water Stress; Photosynthesis; Hydroponics; Abiotic Stress; Nitrogen; Salt Stress
Prof. Dr. Shuijin Hu
Department of Plant Pathology
North Carolina State University, the United States of America
Interests: Soil microbial and ecosystem ecology; Plant-microbe interactions; Mycorrhizae; C and N cycling; Soil greenhouse gas emissions
Prof. Dr. Joseph Stephen
School of Materials Science
University of NSW, Sydney, Australia
Interests: Biochar
Prof. Dr. Shih-Hao Jien
Department of Soil and Water Conservation
Pingdong University of Science and Technology, China
Interest: Soil Science
Prof. Dr. Pil Joo Kim
Division of Applied Life Science
Kangwang University, Republic of Korea
Interest: Soil Science
Prof. Dr. Xiaolong Liang
Institute of Applied Ecology
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Interests: Soil viral ecology; Microbial ecology and soil biogeochemistry; Plant-microbe interaction
Prof. Dr. George A. Kowalchuk
Institute of Ecological Science
Utrecht University, Netherlands
Interests: Ecology and biodiversity; Environmental biology
Dr. Ruy Korscha Anaya de la Rosa
Department of Primary Industries · DPI Climate
New South Wales, Australia
Interests: Biochar-bioenergy systems; Carbon trading
Prof. Dr. Ruben Sakrabanii
Department of Environmental Science and Technology
University of Cranfield (Ag-food-environment), United Kingdom
Interest: Soil chemistry; Nutrients; Heavy metals; Organic waste materials
Prof. Dr. Jianwen Zou
Environmental Science
Nanjing Agricultural University, China
Interests: Greenhouse gas emissions; Nutrient cycling in agroecosystem; Green and low-carbon agriculture; Sustainable agriculture
Associate Editors
Prof. Dr. Rong Li
College of Resources and Environmental Sciences
Nanjing Agricultural University, China
Interests: Microbial ecology; Soil-borne disease suppression; Orgainc waste utilization; Development of novel biofertilizers
Prof. Dr. Natarajan Ishwaran
International Promotion
IUGS/DDE.UNESCO, France
Interests: Environment development
Prof. Dr. Jon Samseth
Department of Process Technology
Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway
Interests: Environment management
Prof. Dr. Yonglong Lu
College of the Environment & Ecology
Xiamen University, China
Interests: Environmental management and policy; Regional ecological risk assessment
Dr. Sweijd Neville
Alliance for Collaboration on Climate & Earth Systems Science (ACCESS)., South Africa
Interests: Enviornment and ecology for agriculture
Prof. Dr. Rigmor Johnson
Department of Chemistry
Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway
Interests: Soil Science
Prof. Dr. Yuxin Zhang
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Chongqing University, China
Interests: Functional clay and porous materials for soil and environments
Editorial Board Members
Dr. Yu Luo
College of Environmental and Resource Sciences
Zhejiang University, China
Interests: Soil Organic Matter (Carbon, Nitrogen)
Dr. Drosos Marios
School of Agricultural, Forestry and Environmental Sciences (SAFE)
University of Basilicata, Italy
Interests: Soil organic matter
Prof. Dr. Jin Ma
Department of Water Pollution Control Technology
Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, China
Interests: Soil environmental geochemistry; Soil exposure and health risk assessment; Soil environmental criteria; Fate and transport of pollutants in soil; Machine learning
Prof. Dr. Weiqi Wang
School of Geographical Sciences
Fujian Normal University, China
Interests: Soil carbon cycle
Prof. Dr. Francisco Dini Andreote
Department of Plant Science
The Pennsylvania State University, United States of America
Interests: Microbial ecology; Plant-microbe interaction; Ecology; Metagenomics; Soil sciences; Environmental microbiology
Prof. Dr. Yuji Jian
Institute of Soil Science
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Interests: Predation mechanism and nutrient regulation of soil fauna
Prof. Dr. Junjie Liu
Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China
Interests: Microbial ecology; Microbial biogeography; Anthropogenic disturbance on microbial diversity and function; Ecological assembly processes
Prof. Dr. Ning Ling
Center for Grassland Microbiome
Lanzhou University, China
Interests: Soil C/N/P cycling; Soil microbiology; Rhizosphere ecology; Soil fertility; Soil health
Dr. Wei Qin
School of Biological Sciences
University of Oklahoma, United States of America
Interests: Soil microbiology and Biochemical cycling
Dr. Fahd Rasul
Department of Agronomy
University of Agriculture Faisalabad Pakistan, Pakistan
Interests: Soil fertility
Prof. Dr. Hu Zhou
Department of Soil and Water Science
China Agricultural University, China
Interests: Soil Physics; Soil Structure; Conservation Agriculture; Soil-root Interaction; Micromorphology
Prof. Dr. Zhenhua Zhang
Department of Plant Nutrition
Hunan Agricultural University, China
Interests: Crop Nutrient Physiology; Plant-Soil Interaction
Prof. Dr. Fangjie Zhao
College of Resources and Environmental Sciences
Nanjing Agricultural University, China
Interests: Soil Science; Environmental Science; Agricultural Plant Science