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Lukas Van Zwieten is affiliated with the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with a substantial focus on Soil Science, Plant Science, Ecology, Biomaterials, and Environmental Chemistry as subfields.

Their work extensively addresses topics related to Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Clay minerals and soil interactions, Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics.

Van Zwieten has contributed to a number of academic publications, including notable recent papers such as:

  • How biochar works, and when it doesn't: A review of mechanisms controlling soil and plant responses to biochar, 2021, GCB Bioenergy
  • Multifunctional applications of biochar beyond carbon storage, 2021, International Materials Reviews
  • Soil acidification and the liming potential of biochar, 2022, Environmental Pollution
  • Combined effects of biochar and fertilizer applications on yield: A review and meta-analysis, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Towards a better understanding of the role of Fe cycling in soil for carbon stabilization and degradation, 2022, Carbon Research

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Hailong Wang
  • Zhaoliang Song
  • Yu Luo
  • Michael T. Rose
  • Terry J. Rose

Van Zwieten's work has been published widely in venues such as:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • CATENA
  • Global Change Biology
  • Plant and Soil

Best Publications

  • How biochar works, and when it doesn't: A review of mechanisms controlling soil and plant responses to biochar

    Stephen Joseph;Annette L. Cowie;Annette L. Cowie;Lukas Van Zwieten;Lukas Van Zwieten;Nanthi Bolan;Nanthi Bolan

  • Multifunctional applications of biochar beyond carbon storage

    Nanthi Bolan;Nanthi Bolan;Son A. Hoang;Jingzi Beiyuan;Souradeep Gupta

  • Biochar and Emissions of Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases from Soil

    Lukas Van Zwieten;Bhupinderpal Singh;Stephen Joseph;Stephen Kimber

  • Biochar built soil carbon over a decade by stabilizing rhizodeposits

    Zhe Han Weng;Lukas Van Zwieten;Lukas Van Zwieten;Bhupinder Pal Singh;Ehsan Tavakkoli

  • A concise review of biochar application to agricultural soils to improve soil conditions and fight pollution.

    Muhammad Shaaban;Lukas Van Zwieten;Saqib Bashir;Aneela Younas

  • Effect of biochar amendment on the soil-atmosphere exchange of greenhouse gases from an intensive subtropical pasture in northern New South Wales, Australia

    Clemens Scheer;Peter R. Grace;David W. Rowlings;Stephen Kimber

  • Nanoscale organo-mineral reactions of biochars in ferrosol: an investigation using microscopy

    Yun Lin;Paul Munroe;Stephen Joseph;Stephen Kimber

  • Marked changes in herbicide sorption-desorption upon ageing of biochars in soil.

    Sheridan M. Martin;Rai S. Kookana;Rai S. Kookana;Lukas Van Zwieten;Evelyn Krull

  • Soil acidification and the liming potential of biochar

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  • Comparative analysis of the microbial communities in agricultural soil amended with enhanced biochars or traditional fertilisers

    Shaun Nielsen;Tom Minchin;Stephen Kimber;Lukas van Zwieten

  • Changes in microbial biomass and the metabolic quotient with biochar addition to agricultural soils: A meta-analysis

    Huimin Zhou;Dengxiao Zhang;Pan Wang;Xiaoyu Liu

  • Biochar lowers ammonia emission and improves nitrogen retention in poultry litter composting

    Eunice Agyarko-Mintah;Annette Cowie;Lukas Van Zwieten;Bhupinder Pal Singh;Bhupinder Pal Singh

  • Impact of Herbicides on Soil Biology and Function

    Michael T Rose;Timothy R Cavagnaro;Craig A Scanlan;Terry J Rose

  • Impact of glyphosate on soil microbial biomass and respiration: A meta-analysis

    Duy B. Nguyen;Michael T. Rose;Terry J. Rose;Stephen G. Morris

  • Combined effects of biochar and fertilizer applications on yield: A review and meta-analysis

    Shahla Hosseini Bai;Shahla Hosseini Bai;Negar Omidvar;Marta Gallart;Wiebke Kämper

  • The Electrochemical Properties of Biochars and How They Affect Soil Redox Properties and Processes

    Stephen Joseph;Olivier Husson;Ellen Ruth Graber;Lukas van Zwieten

  • Wood biochar increases nitrogen retention in field settings mainly through abiotic processes

    Shahla Hosseini Bai;Shahla Hosseini Bai;Frédérique Reverchon;Cheng-Yuan Xu;Cheng-Yuan Xu;Zhihong Xu

  • The effects of short term, long term and reapplication of biochar on soil bacteria

    Thi Thu Nhan Nguyen;Thi Thu Nhan Nguyen;Thi Thu Nhan Nguyen;Helen M Wallace;Cheng-Yuan Xu;Lukas Van Zwieten

  • Biochar increases nitrogen retention and lowers greenhouse gas emissions when added to composting poultry litter

    Eunice Agyarko-Mintah;Annette Cowie;Bhupinder Pal Singh;Stephen Joseph

  • Is current biochar research addressing global soil constraints for sustainable agriculture

    Dengxiao Zhang;Ming Yan;Yaru Niu;Xiaoyu Liu

  • Biochar-based fertilizer: Supercharging root membrane potential and biomass yield of rice

    Jinkiat Chew;Longlong Zhu;Shaun Nielsen;Ellen Graber

  • Influence of copper fungicide residues on occurrence of earthworms in avocado orchard soils.

    Lukas Van Zwieten;Josh Rust;Tim Kingston;Graham Merrington

  • Carbon-nitrogen isotope coupling of soil organic matter in a karst region under land use change, Southwest China

    Guilin Han;Yang Tang;Man Liu;Lukas Van Zwieten

  • Enhanced biological N2 fixation and yield of faba bean (Vicia faba L.) in an acid soil following biochar addition: dissection of causal mechanisms

    Lukas Van Zwieten;Lukas Van Zwieten;Terry J Rose;David Herridge;Stephen Kimber

  • Terra Preta Australis: Reassessing the carbon storage capacity of temperate soils

    Adriana E. Downie;Lukas Van Zwieten;Ronald J. Smernik;Stephen Morris

  • Spartina alterniflora invasion controls organic carbon stocks in coastal marsh and mangrove soils across tropics and subtropics.

    Shaopan Xia;Weiqi Wang;Zhaoliang Song;Yakov Kuzyakov

  • Designing advanced biochar products for maximizing greenhouse gas mitigation potential

    Sanchita Mandal;Binoy Sarkar;Nanthi Bolan;Nanthi Bolan;Jeff Novak

  • A meta-analysis and critical evaluation of influencing factors on soil carbon priming following biochar amendment

    Fan Ding;Lukas Van Zwieten;Lukas Van Zwieten;Weidong Zhang;Zhe (Han) Weng

  • Influence of arsenic co-contamination on DDT breakdown and microbial activity.

    Lukas Van Zwieten;Matthew R. Ayres;Stephen G. Morris

  • An effective biochar-based slow-release fertilizer for reducing nitrogen loss in paddy fields

    Da Dong;Cheng Wang;Lukas Van Zwieten;Hailong Wang

  • Probing the nature of soil organic matter

    Zhe Weng;Zhe Weng;Johannes Lehmann;Lukas Van Zwieten;Stephen Joseph;Stephen Joseph;Stephen Joseph

  • Biochar as a Geoengineering Climate Solution: Hazard Identification and Risk Management

    Adriana Downie;Paul Munroe;Annette Cowie;Lukas Van Zwieten

  • Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and goethite promote carbon sequestration via hyphal-aggregate mineral interactions

    Peduruhewa H. Jeewani;Yu Luo;Guanghui Yu;Yingyi Fu

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen Joseph
Stephen Joseph University of Nottingham
Terry J. Rose
Terry J. Rose Southern Cross University
Hailong Wang
Hailong Wang Foshan University
Bhupinder Pal Singh
Bhupinder Pal Singh University of New England
Annette Cowie
Annette Cowie University of New England
Zhaoliang Song
Zhaoliang Song Tianjin University
Paul Munroe
Paul Munroe University of New South Wales
Nanthi Bolan
Nanthi Bolan University of Western Australia
Torsten Thomas
Torsten Thomas University of New South Wales
Cheng-Yuan Xu
Cheng-Yuan Xu Central Queensland University

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