Arthur Gross
PhD Student
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M. Sc. Natural Resources Management +49-(0)345-5522538 Room: VSP 3.3.33 |
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PhD Thesis
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Bruno Glaser
Topics
Climate-smart agriculture, Carbon sequestration, Biochar, Life-Cycle Assessment
Projects
Publications
Menzel, A., Egli, L., Gross, A., Energy-efficiency of community supported agriculture farms and conventional vegetable production. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 9 (2025). https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2025.1490652
Handiso, M., Zebene A., Glaser, B., Bromm, T., Gross, A., Lemma, B. Effects of canopy management of umbrella tree (Terminalia brownii Fres.) on microclimate and maize (Zea mays L.) yield in agroforestry parkland of South Ari District, Southern Ethiopia. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 8 (2024). https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2024.1464609
Jazić, J., Gross A., Glaser, B., Agbaba, J., Simetić, T., Nikić, J., Maletić, S. Boosting advanced oxidation processes by biochar-based catalysts to mitigate pesticides and their metabolites in water treatment: A meta-analysis, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 12, 6 (2024), 114260,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2024.114260.
Gross, A., Bromm, T., Polifka, S., Fischer, D., Glaser, B. Long-term biochar and soil organic carbon stability – Evidence from field experiments in Germany, Science of The Total Environment 954, 176340 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176340.
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
Conference contributions
Gross, A., Apostolovic, T., García Rodríguez, Á. F., de la Rosa, J. M., Glaser, B., Knicker, H., and Maletic, S.: Impact of Biochar Aging on Soil Physicochemical Properties, EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 Apr–2 May 2025, EGU25-10162, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-10162, 2025
Gross, A., Bromm, T., Polifka, S., Fischer, D., and Glaser, B.: Long-term biochar and soil organic carbon stability – evidence from long-term field experiments in Germany, EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14–19 Apr 2024, EGU24-9944, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-9944 , 2024.
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