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Arthur Groß

Doktorand

Doktorarbeit

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

Betreuer: Prof. Dr. Bruno Glaser

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Arbeitsschwerpunkte

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

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Projekte

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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Publikationen

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   

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Konferenzbeiträge

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.

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Curriculum vitae

Akademischer Werdegang

Seit 2021

Promotion, Bodenbiogeochemie, Martin Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg

2018- 2021

M.Sc., Management natürlicher Ressourcen, Martin Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg

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

2015- 2018

B.Sc., Management natürlicher Ressourcen, Martin Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

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

Wissenschaftliche Erfahrung

Seit 2021

Promotion, Bodenbiogeochemie, Martin Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg

10/2020 - 03/2021

Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft, Bodenbiogeochemie, Martin Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg

2017- 2020

Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft, Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in Transformationsökonomien (IAMO), Land Systems Group

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