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Ole K. Borggaard is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research spans multiple fields and subfields, with a particular focus on soil science, pollution, analytical chemistry, and health-related toxicology. This multidisciplinary approach contributes to several key topics within environmental and agricultural sciences.

The main topics of research addressed by Borggaard include:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Analytical chemistry methods development
  • Water Treatment and Disinfection

Borggaard has contributed to four notable research publications in recent years. These include:

  • "A retrospective quantification study of benzoic acid, ibuprofen, and mecoprop in Danish groundwater samples," 2022, published in Environmental Advances
  • "Remediation of heavy metal contaminated soils by dissolved organic matter," 2020, published in International Journal of Agricultural Resources Governance and Ecology
  • "Groundwater Biomarkers for Land Use - a Retrospective Quantification Study of Benzoic Acid, Ibuprofen, and Mecoprop in Danish Groundwater Samples," 2021, published in SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Remediation of heavy metal contaminated soils by dissolved organic matter," 2020, published in International Journal of Agricultural Resources Governance and Ecology

Their frequent co-authors involved in collaborative efforts include:

  • Peter Christensen
  • Mette Kristensen
  • Jan H. Christensen
  • Bjarne W. Strobel
  • Peter E. Holm

Borggaard's research has been disseminated primarily through the following publication venues:

  • International Journal of Agricultural Resources Governance and Ecology
  • Environmental Advances
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Their work focuses on experimental and analytical techniques to assess environmental pollutants and the potential remediation of contaminated soils. Areas such as the presence and behavior of pharmaceuticals in groundwater and the removal of heavy metals from soils have been central topics in their research output.

Best Publications

  • Fate of glyphosate in soil and the possibility of leaching to ground and surface waters: a review.

    Ole K Borggaard;Anne Louise Gimsing

  • Abiotic Nitrate Reduction to Ammonium: Key Role of Green Rust

    Hans Chr. B. Hansen;Christian B. Koch;Hanne Nancke-Krogh;Ole K. Borggaard

  • Source identification of heavy metals in peri-urban agricultural soils of southeast China: An integrated approach.

    Wenyou Hu;Wenyou Hu;Huifeng Wang;Lurui Dong;Biao Huang

  • Influence of organic matter on phosphate adsorption by aluminium and iron oxides in sandy soils

    O. K. Borggaard;S. S. Jdrgensen;J. P. Moberg;B. Raben-Lange

  • Influence of humic substances on phosphate adsorption by aluminium and iron oxides

    O.K. Borggaard;B. Raben-Lange;A.L. Gimsing;B.W. Strobel

  • Potential of dissolved organic matter (DOM) to extract As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn from polluted soils: A review

    Ole K. Borggaard;Peter E. Holm;Bjarne W. Strobel

  • Influence of soil composition on adsorption of glyphosate and phosphate by contrasting Danish surface soils

    A. L. Gimsing;O. K. Borggaard;M. Bang

  • Evaluation of the free energy of formation of Fe(II)-Fe(III) hydroxide-sulphate (green rust) and its reduction of nitrite

    Hans Christian Bruun Hansen;Ole Kragholm Borggaard;Jan Sørensen

  • Effect of Surface Area and Mineralogy of Iron Oxides on Their Surface Charge and Anion-Adsorption Properties

    O. K. Borggaard

  • The potential of willow for remediation of heavy metal polluted calcareous urban soils

    Julie K. Jensen;Peter E. Holm;Jens Nejrup;Morten B. Larsen

  • Runoff and losses of soil and nutrients from small watersheds under shifting cultivation (Jhum) in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh

    Abdul Gafur;Jens Raunsø Jensen;Ole K Borggaard;Leif Petersen

  • Effect of natural organic soil solutes on weathering rates of soil minerals

    K. Raulund-Rasmussen;O. K. Borggaard;H. C. B. Hansen;M. Olsson

  • Chemical and microbiological soil characteristics controlling glyphosate mineralisation in Danish surface soils

    Anne Louise Gimsing;Ole Kragholm Borggaard;Ole Stig Jacobsen;Jens Aamand

  • Composition and reactivity of DOC in forest floor soil solutions in relation to tree species and soil type

    Bjarne W. Strobel;Hans Christian Bruun Hansen;Ole K. Borggaard;Martin K. Andersen

  • Competitive adsorption and desorption of glyphosate and phosphate on clay silicates and oxides

    A. L. Gimsing;O. K. Borggaard

  • Mycorrhiza and root hairs in barley enhance acquisition of phosphorus and uranium from phosphate rock but mycorrhiza decreases root to shoot uranium transfer.

    Baodong Chen;Per Roos;Ole K. Borggaard;Yong-Guan Zhu

  • Effect of Endophytic Fungi on Cadmium Tolerance and Bioaccumulation by Festuca Arundinacea and Festuca Pratensis

    Mohsen Soleimani;Mohammad A. Hajabbasi;Majid Afyuni;Aghafakhr Mirlohi

  • Sorption of glyphosate and phosphate by variable-charge tropical soils from Tanzania

    A.L. Gimsing;C. Szilas;O.K. Borggaard

  • Molybdenum Adsorption by Aluminum and Iron Oxides and Humic Acid

    Allan Bibak;Ole K. Borggaard

  • Estimation of soil phosphate adsorption capacity by means of a pedotransfer function

    Ole K. Borggaard;Casper Szilas;Anne Louise Gimsing;Lars Holm Rasmussen

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans Christian Bruun Hansen
Hans Christian Bruun Hansen University of Copenhagen
Peter E. Holm
Peter E. Holm University of Copenhagen
Karsten Raulund-Rasmussen
Karsten Raulund-Rasmussen University of Copenhagen
Michael Zwicky Hauschild
Michael Zwicky Hauschild Technical University of Denmark
Wenyou Hu
Wenyou Hu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Steen Mørup
Steen Mørup Technical University of Denmark
Morten Madsen
Morten Madsen University of Copenhagen
Bo Elberling
Bo Elberling University of Copenhagen
Jan Tind Sørensen
Jan Tind Sørensen Aarhus University
Søren Hansen
Søren Hansen University of Copenhagen

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