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Environmental Sciences
Germany
2023

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Plant Science and Agronomy

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Citations
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Citations
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Germany Leader Award
  • 2005 - Francis E. Clark Distinguished Lectureship on the Frontiers in Soil Biology, American Society of Agronomy

Overview

Wulf Amelung is affiliated with the University of Bonn in Germany and is recognized for contributions in the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research spans various subfields including Soil Science, Plant Science, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, and Pollution.

Their published work frequently appears in multiple scientific venues, with the highest number of publications in:

  • Geoderma
  • Plant and Soil
  • Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Their research focuses on several main topics, including:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques

Wulf Amelung has collaborated extensively with other researchers, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Sara L. Bauke
  • Roland Bol
  • Melanie Braun
  • Eva Lehndorff
  • Erwin Klumpp

Among recent publications authored or co-authored by Wulf Amelung are:

  • "Towards a global-scale soil climate mitigation strategy", 2020, Nature Communications

Other influential articles relevant in the broader research area include:

  • "Emerging contaminants: A One Health perspective", 2024, The Innovation
  • "Soil hydrology in the Earth system", 2022, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Soil organic matter in major pedogenic soil groups", 2020, Geoderma
  • "Nutrient deficiency effects on root architecture and root-to-shoot ratio in arable crops", 2023, Frontiers in Plant Science

In recognition of contributions to soil biology, Wulf Amelung received the Francis E. Clark Distinguished Lectureship on the Frontiers in Soil Biology from the American Society of Agronomy in 2005.

Best Publications

  • Scheffer/Schachtschabel Lehrbuch der Bodenkunde

    Wulf Amelung;Hans-Peter Blume;Heinrich Fleige;Rainer Horn

  • Plastics in soil: Analytical methods and possible sources

    Melanie Bläsing;Wulf Amelung

  • Quantitative assessment of microbial necromass contribution to soil organic matter.

    Chao Liang;Chao Liang;Wulf Amelung;Johannes Lehmann;Johannes Lehmann;Matthias Kästner

  • Biogeochemistry of paddy soils

    Ingrid Kögel-Knabner;Wulf Amelung;Zhihong Cao;Sabine Fiedler

  • Microaggregates in soils

    Kai Uwe Totsche;Wulf Amelung;Martin H. Gerzabek;Georg Guggenberger

  • Gas chromatographic determination of muramic acid, glucosamine, mannosamine, and galactosamine in soils

    Xudong Zhang;Wulf Amelung

  • Comparison of quantification methods to measure fire-derived (black/elemental) carbon in soils and sediments using reference materials from soil, water, sediment and the atmosphere

    Karen Hammes;Michael W.I. Schmidt;Ronald J. Smernik;Lloyd A. Currie

  • Interactive priming of black carbon and glucose mineralisation

    Ute Hamer;Bernd Marschner;Sonja Brodowski;Wulf Amelung

  • Modeling Soil Processes: Review, Key Challenges, and New Perspectives

    H. Vereecken;A. Schnepf;J. W. Hopmans;M. Javaux

  • Towards a global-scale soil climate mitigation strategy.

    W Amelung;W Amelung;D Bossio;W de Vries;I Kögel-Knabner

  • Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) in surface waters, sediments, soils and wastewater - A review on concentrations and distribution coefficients.

    P. Zareitalabad;J. Siemens;M. Hamer;W. Amelung;W. Amelung

  • Fate and effects of veterinary antibiotics in soil

    Sven Jechalke;Holger Heuer;Jan Siemens;Wulf Amelung

  • Aggregate‐occluded black carbon in soil

    S. Brodowski;B. John;H. Flessa;W. Amelung

  • Structure and function of the soil microbial community in microhabitats of a heavy metal polluted soil.

    Ellen Kandeler;D. Tscherko;K. D. Bruce;M. Stemmer

  • Morphological and chemical properties of black carbon in physical soil fractions as revealed by scanning electron microscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy.

    Sonja Brodowski;Sonja Brodowski;Wulf Amelung;Ludwig Haumaier;Clarissa Abetz

  • Combining biomarker with stable isotope analyses for assessing the transformation and turnover of soil organic matter

    W. Amelung;S. Brodowski;A. Sandhage-Hofmann;R. Bol

  • Emerging Contaminants: A One Health Perspective

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  • Soil Carbon Saturation Controls Labile and Stable Carbon Pool Dynamics

    S. Gulde;H. Chung;W. Amelung;C. Chang

  • Revised black carbon assessment using benzene polycarboxylic acids

    S. Brodowski;S. Brodowski;A. Rodionov;L. Haumaier;B. Glaser

  • Innovative methods in soil phosphorus research: A review

    Jens Kruse;Jens Kruse;Marion Abraham;Wulf Amelung;Wulf Amelung;Christel Baum

  • Dynamics and functional relevance of ammonia-oxidizing archaea in two agricultural soils.

    Kristina Schauss;Andreas Focks;Sven Leininger;Anja Kotzerke

  • Carbon, Nitrogen, and Sulfur Pools in Particle-Size Fractions as Influenced by Climate

    Wulf Amelung;Wolfgang Zech;Xudong Zhang;Ronald F. Follett

  • Pesticides in surface water, sediment, and rainfall of the northeastern Pantanal basin, Brazil.

    Volker Laabs;Wulf Amelung;Alicio A. Pinto;Matthias Wantzen

Frequent Co-Authors

Roland Bol
Roland Bol Forschungszentrum Jülich
Wolfgang Zech
Wolfgang Zech University of Bayreuth
Jan Siemens
Jan Siemens University of Giessen
Harry Vereecken
Harry Vereecken Forschungszentrum Jülich
Erwin Klumpp
Erwin Klumpp Forschungszentrum Jülich
Christopher Martius
Christopher Martius Center for International Forestry Research, Germany
Michael Schloter
Michael Schloter Technical University of Munich
Klaus Kaiser
Klaus Kaiser Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Ludwig Haumaier
Ludwig Haumaier University of Bayreuth
Bruno Glaser
Bruno Glaser Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

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