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Arthur Gross

PhD Student and technical staff

PhD Thesis

Sustainable soil amendment strategy enhancing
carbon sequestration and carbon dioxide removal in European Agriculture

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Bruno Glaser

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Topics

Climate-smart agriculture, Carbon sequestration, Biochar, Life-Cycle Assessment

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Projects

Sustainable soil amendment strategy enhancing
carbon sequestration and carbon dioxide removal in European Agriculture (SUSCARBO)

Twinning excellence on organic soil amendments effect on nutrient and contaminant dynamics in the subsurface (TwinSubDyn)

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Publications

Gross, A., Möller A. & Glaser B. (2023): Pflanzenkohle-Systeme zur Kohlenstoffspeicherung in Böden. In: Lozán J. L., Graßl H., Breckle S.-W.,  Kasang D. &  Quante M. (Hrsg.). Warnsignal Klima. S. 133-142. www.
warnsignal-klima.de   .

Baier C., Gross A., Thevs N. and Glaser B. Effects of agroforestry on grain yield of maize (Zea mays L.)—A global meta-analysis. Front. Sustain. Food Syst. 7:1167686 (2023) doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2023.1167686   

Baier, C., Modersohn, A., Jalowy, F., Glaser, B., Gross, A. Effects of recultivation on soil organic carbon sequestration in  abandoned coal mining sites: a meta-analysis. Sci Rep 12, 20090 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22937-z    

Gross, A., Bromm, T., Polifka, S. et al. The carbon footprint of milk during the conversion from conventional to organic production on a dairy farm in central Germany. Agron. Sustain. Dev. 42, 37 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-022-00775-7   

Gross, A., Glaser, B. Meta-analysis on how manure application changes soil organic carbon storage. Sci Rep 11, 5516 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-82739-7   

Gross, A.; Bromm, T.; Glaser, B. Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration after Biochar Application: A Global Meta-Analysis. Agronomy 2021, 11, 2474. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11122474   

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Curriculum vitae

Education

Since 2021

Doctoral studies, Department of Soil Biogeochemistry, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

2018- 2021

M.Sc., Natural Resources Management, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

Thesis: The impacts on climate change when switching from conventional to organic milk production - a dynamic LCA study

2015- 2018

B.Sc., Natural Resources Management, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

Thesis: Beurteilung der Klimawirkung der Milchproduktion am Hof Pfaffendorf mit der Methode Ökobilanz

Research Experience

Since 2021

Doctoral studies, Department of Soil Biogeochemistry, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

10/2020 - 03/2021

Student research assistant, Department of Soil Biogeochemistry, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

2017- 2020

Student research assistant, Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Land Systems Group

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