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Jörg Prietzel is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany, contributing extensively to the fields of environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their research focuses on soil science, environmental chemistry, biomaterials, and ecology, with a specific emphasis on soil interactions and nutrient dynamics.

The main research themes include:

  • Clay minerals and soil interactions
  • Soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics
  • Soil and water nutrient dynamics
  • Peatlands and wetlands ecology
  • Soil and unsaturated flow
  • Iron oxide chemistry and applications
  • Geology and paleoclimatology research

Prietzel's recent published work demonstrates engagement with diverse aspects of soil and ecosystem studies. Selected publications include:

  • "Half a century of Scots pine forest ecosystem monitoring reveals long-term effects of atmospheric deposition and climate change" (2020, Global Change Biology)
  • "The fate of calcium in temperate forest soils: a Ca K-edge XANES study" (2020, Biogeochemistry)
  • "From rock eating to vegetarian ecosystems - Disentangling processes of phosphorus acquisition across biomes" (2020, Geoderma)
  • "Dissolved and colloidal phosphorus affect P cycling in calcareous forest soils" (2020, Geoderma)
  • "Influence of Physical-Chemical Soil Parameters on Microbiota Composition and Diversity in a Deep Hyperarid Core of the Atacama Desert" (2022, Frontiers in Microbiology)

Frequently publishing in well-known venues, Prietzel contributes mostly to:

  • Geoderma
  • Biogeochemistry
  • Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science
  • Global Change Biology
  • Frontiers in Microbiology

Collaboration is evident with recurring co-authors, who include:

  • Wantana Klysubun
  • Luís Carlos Colocho Hurtarte
  • Wulf Amelung
  • Friederike Lang
  • Gertraud Harrington

Research conducted by Prietzel provides data on long-term ecosystem monitoring, phosphorus cycling, soil calcium dynamics, and microbial diversity in extreme environments. The work integrates biogeochemistry and soil science to understand nutrient interactions and environmental impacts on forest and soil ecosystems.

Best Publications

  • Soil organic matter stabilization in acidic forest soils is preferential and soil type-specific

    S. Spielvogel;J. Prietzel;I. Kögel‐Knabner

  • Phosphorus in forest ecosystems: New insights from an ecosystem nutrition perspective

    Friederike Lang;Jürgen Bauhus;Emmanuel Frossard;Eckhard George

  • Soil phosphorus supply controls P nutrition strategies of beech forest ecosystems in Central Europe

    F. Lang;J. Krüger;W. Amelung;S. Willbold

  • Synchrotron-based P K-edge XANES spectroscopy reveals rapid changes of phosphorus speciation in the topsoil of two glacier foreland chronosequences

    Jörg Prietzel;Alexander Dümig;Yanhong Wu;Jun Zhou

  • Storage and drivers of organic carbon in forest soils of southeast Germany (Bavaria) - Implications for carbon sequestration

    Martin Wiesmeier;Jörg Prietzel;Frauke Barthold;Peter Spörlein

  • Sulfur Speciation in Soil by S K-Edge XANES Spectroscopy: Comparison of Spectral Deconvolution and Linear Combination Fitting

    Jörg Prietzel;Anna Botzaki;Nora Tyufekchieva;Mareike Brettholle

  • Speciation of phosphorus in temperate zone forest soils as assessed by combined wet-chemical fractionation and XANES spectroscopy

    Jörg Prietzel;Wantana Klysubun;Florian Werner

  • The use of stable sulfur and oxygen isotope ratios for interpreting the mobility of sulfate in aerobic forest soils

    B. Mayer;P. Fritz;J. Prietzel;H.R. Krouse

  • Soil organic carbon and nitrogen stocks under pure and mixed stands of European beech, Douglas fir and Norway spruce

    Maike Cremer;Nils Valentin Kern;Jörg Prietzel

  • Iron speciation in soils and soil aggregates by synchrotron‐based X‐ray microspectroscopy (XANES,μ‐XANES)

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  • Speciation of sulphur in soils and soil particles by X‐ray spectromicroscopy

    J. Prietzel;J. Thieme;U. Neuhäusler;J. Susini

  • Causes and Consequences of Forest Growth Trends in Europe – Results of the RECOGNITION Project

    H. P. Kahle;T. Karjalainen;A. Schuck;G. I. Ågren

  • Standard Protocol and Quality Assessment of Soil Phosphorus Speciation by P K-Edge XANES Spectroscopy

    Florian Werner;Jörg Prietzel

  • Organic carbon stocks in forest soils of the German Alps

    Jörg Prietzel;Dominik Christophel

  • Changes of soil phosphorus speciation along a 120-year soil chronosequence in the Hailuogou Glacier retreat area (Gongga Mountain, SW China)

    Jun Zhou;Yanhong Wu;Jörg Prietzel;Haijian Bing

  • Organic matter losses in German Alps forest soils since the 1970s most likely caused by warming

    Jörg Prietzel;Lothar Zimmermann;Alfred Schubert;Dominik Christophel

  • Reference spectra of important adsorbed organic and inorganic phosphate binding forms for soil P speciation using synchrotron-based K-edge XANES spectroscopy.

    Jörg Prietzel;Gertraud Harrington;Werner Häusler;Katja Heister

  • Sulfur K-edge XANES spectroscopy reveals differences in sulfur speciation of bulk soils, humic acid, fulvic acid, and particle size separates

    Jörg Prietzel;Jürgen Thieme;Murielle Salomé;Heike Knicker

  • Changes of soil chemistry, stand nutrition, and stand growth at two Scots pine ( Pinus sylvestris L.) sites in Central Europe during 40 years after fertilization, liming, and lupine introduction

    Jörg Prietzel;Karl Eugen Rehfuess;Ulrich Stetter;Hans Pretzsch

  • Changes in soil organic C and N stocks after forest transformation from Norway spruce and Scots pine into Douglas fir, Douglas fir/spruce, or European beech stands at different sites in Southern Germany

    Jörg Prietzel;Sven Bachmann

  • Changes of lignin phenols and neutral sugars in different soil types of a high-elevation forest ecosystem 25 years after forest dieback

    Sandra Spielvogel;Jörg Prietzel;Ingrid Kögel-Knabner

  • Recent carbon and nitrogen accumulation and acidification in soils of two Scots pine ecosystems in Southern Germany

    Jörg Prietzel;Ulrich Stetter;Hans-Joachim Klemmt;Karl Eugen Rehfuess

  • Long-term trends of phosphorus nutrition and topsoil phosphorus stocks in unfertilized and fertilized Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) stands at two sites in Southern Germany

    Jörg Prietzel;Ulrich Stetter

  • Long-term nutritional trends of conifer stands in Europe: results from the RECOGNITION project

    Karl Heinz Mellert;Jörg Prietzel;Ralf Straussberger;Karl Eugen Rehfuess

Frequent Co-Authors

Ingrid Kögel-Knabner
Ingrid Kögel-Knabner Technical University of Munich
Carsten W. Mueller
Carsten W. Mueller University of Copenhagen
Bernhard Mayer
Bernhard Mayer University of Calgary
Seppo Kellomäki
Seppo Kellomäki University of Eastern Finland
Göran I. Ågren
Göran I. Ågren Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Wulf Amelung
Wulf Amelung University of Bonn
Hans Pretzsch
Hans Pretzsch Technical University of Munich
Robert Mikutta
Robert Mikutta Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Yakov Kuzyakov
Yakov Kuzyakov University of Göttingen

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