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Overview

Claudia Kammann is affiliated with Hochschule Geisenheim University in Germany, contributing extensively to environmental science with a focus on soil science, global and planetary change, and environmental engineering.

Their research primarily covers key topics such as soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, clay minerals and soil interactions, CO2 sequestration and geologic interactions, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, thermochemical biomass conversion processes, and phosphorus and nutrient management.

Frequent coauthors in Claudia Kammann's work include Hans-Peter Schmidt, Nikolas Hagemann, Annette Cowie, Constanze Werner, and Wolfgang Lucht.

Common publication venues for their research are Scientific Reports, GCB Bioenergy, Sustainability, Atmospheric Research, and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

Some notable recent papers include:

  • "Feedstock choice, pyrolysis temperature and type influence biochar characteristics: a comprehensive meta-data analysis review" (2020, Biochar)
  • "Biochar in climate change mitigation" (2021, Nature Geoscience)
  • "Biochar in agriculture - A systematic review of 26 global meta-analyses" (2021, GCB Bioenergy)
  • "Enhancing plant N uptake with biochar-based fertilizers: limitation of sorption and prospects" (2022, Plant and Soil)
  • "Biochar alleviated the toxic effects of PVC microplastic in a soil-plant system by upregulating soil enzyme activities and microbial abundance" (2023, Environmental Pollution)

Kammann's scientific output is situated predominantly within the field of environmental science, as evidenced by 24 related publications, with significant contributions to soil science through 10 publications and global and planetary change also represented by 10 publications. Additional work includes industrial and manufacturing engineering and biomaterials.

Best Publications

  • Hydrothermal carbonization of biomass residuals: a comparative review of the chemistry, processes and applications of wet and dry pyrolysis

    Judy A Libra;Kyoung S Ro;Claudia Kammann;Axel Funke

  • A Review of Biochar and Soil Nitrogen Dynamics

    Tim J. Clough;Leo M. Condron;Claudia Kammann;Christoph Müller

  • Feedstock choice, pyrolysis temperature and type influence biochar characteristics: a comprehensive meta-data analysis review

    James A. Ippolito;Liqiang Cui;Claudia Kammann;Nicole Wrage-Mönnig

  • Organic coating on biochar explains its nutrient retention and stimulation of soil fertility

    Nikolas Hagemann;Stephen Joseph;Stephen Joseph;Stephen Joseph;Hans Peter Schmidt;Claudia I. Kammann

  • Plant growth improvement mediated by nitrate capture in co-composted biochar

    Claudia I. Kammann;Hans-Peter Schmidt;Nicole Messerschmidt;Sebastian Linsel

  • Biochar, soil and land-use interactions that reduce nitrate leaching and N2O emissions: A meta-analysis.

    Nils Borchard;Michael Schirrmann;Maria Luz Cayuela;Claudia Kammann

  • Influence of biochar on drought tolerance of Chenopodium quinoa Willd and on soil–plant relations

    Claudia Irene Kammann;Claudia Irene Kammann;Sebastian Linsel;Johannes W. Gößling;Hans-Werner Koyro

  • European Biochar Certificate - Guidelines for a sustainable production of Biochar

    Hans Peter Schmidt;Thomas Bucheli;Claudia Kammann;Bruno Glaser

  • Biochar in agriculture – A systematic review of 26 global meta-analyses

    Hans-Peter Schmidt;Claudia Kammann;Nikolas Hagemann;Jens Leifeld

  • Biochar and hydrochar effects on greenhouse gas (carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, and methane) fluxes from soils.

    Claudia Kammann;Stefan Ratering;Christian Eckhard;Christoph Müller

  • Biochar effects on methane emissions from soils: A meta-analysis

    Simon Jeffery;Frank G.A. Verheijen;Claudia Kammann;Diego Abalos

  • Biochar and biochar-compost as soil amendments to a vineyard soil: Influences on plant growth, nutrient uptake, plant health and grape quality

    Hans-Peter Schmidt;Claudia Kammann;Claudio Niggli;Michael W.H. Evangelou

  • Biochar reduced nitrate leaching and improved soil moisture content without yield improvements in a four-year field study

    Ghulam Haider;Diedrich Steffens;Gerald Moser;Christoph Müller;Christoph Müller

  • Land-Management Options for Greenhouse Gas Removal and Their Impacts on Ecosystem Services and the Sustainable Development Goals

    Pete Smith;Justin Adams;David J. Beerling;Tim Beringer

  • Microstructural and associated chemical changes during the composting of a high temperature biochar: Mechanisms for nitrate, phosphate and other nutrient retention and release.

    Stephen Joseph;Stephen Joseph;Claudia I. Kammann;Jessica G. Shepherd;Pellegrino Conte

  • Processes leading to N2O emissions in grassland soil during freezing and thawing

    Christoph Müller;M Martin;R.J Stevens;R.J Laughlin

  • Evidence for methane production by saprotrophic fungi

    Katharina Lenhart;Michael Bunge;Stefan Ratering;Thomas R. Neu

  • Biochar but not humic acid product amendment affected maize yields via improving plant-soil moisture relations

    Ghulam Haider;Hans-Werner Koyro;Farooqe Azam;Diedrich Steffens

  • Biochar as a tool to reduce the agricultural greenhouse-gas burden – knowns, unknowns and future research needs

    Claudia Kammann;Jim Ippolito;Nikolas Hagemann;Nils Borchard

  • Biochar, hydrochar and uncarbonized feedstock application to permanent grassland—Effects on greenhouse gas emissions and plant growth

    Sonja Schimmelpfennig;Christoph Müller;Christoph Müller;Ludger Grünhage;Christian Koch

  • Biochar for Climate Change Mitigation : Navigating from Science to Evidence-Based Policy

    Dominic Woolf;Johannes Lehmann;Annette Cowie;Maria Luz Cayuela

Frequent Co-Authors

Christoph Müller
Christoph Müller Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Kurt A. Spokas
Kurt A. Spokas United States Department of Agriculture
Stephen Joseph
Stephen Joseph University of Nottingham
Jeffrey M. Novak
Jeffrey M. Novak United States Department of Agriculture
James A. Ippolito
James A. Ippolito The Ohio State University
Hans-Werner Koyro
Hans-Werner Koyro University of Giessen
Tim J. Clough
Tim J. Clough Lincoln University
Sven Marhan
Sven Marhan University of Hohenheim
Maria Luz Cayuela
Maria Luz Cayuela Spanish National Research Council
Bruno Glaser
Bruno Glaser Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

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