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Division Soil and Water Management

 

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Address
  • Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, bus 2459
Postcode
3001 
City
Heverlee 
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Telephone
  • +32 (0)16 321605
Fax
+32 (0)16 321997 
Email
 
 

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Current staff (54)

Title Name Role Starting Ending
Prof. Dr Ir Smolders, Erik leader
Dr Breugelmans, Philip post-doc October 2007
Dr Ryckeboer, Jaak post-doc February 2006
Ir Neerinckx, Simon PhD student October 2006
Abu El-Nasr, Ahmed unknown
Amery, Fien unknown
Bers, Karolien unknown
Boonen, Miet unknown
Buekers, Jurgen unknown
Carrera Arellano, Oscar H.F. unknown
Cheyns, Karlien unknown
De Bièvre, Bert unknown
De Troyer, Inne unknown
Debor, Linde unknown
Prof. Dr Ir Deckers, Jozef unknown
Defrijn, Sven unknown
Degryse, Fien unknown
Descheemaeker, Katrien unknown
Dr Diels, Jan unknown
Prof. Dr Ir Feyen, Jan unknown
Dr Geerts, Sam unknown
Gillabel, Jeroen unknown
Govaerts, Bram unknown
Haest, Pieter Jan unknown
Hamonts, Kelly unknown
Hernandez-Soriano, Maria Del Carmen unknown
Hoorelbeke, Sofie unknown
Horemans, Benjamin unknown
Jelle , Mertens unknown
Jeroen , Gillabel unknown
Klaartje , Vandersypen unknown
Prof. Dr Ir Merckx, Roeland unknown
Mertens, Jelle unknown
Nyssen, Jan unknown
Ore, Solvita unknown
Philips, Jo unknown
Pieter Jan , Haest unknown
Dr Quevauviller, Philippe unknown
Prof. Dr Ir Raes, Dirk unknown
Rossi, Joni unknown
Ruyters, Stefan unknown
Segers, Kaatje unknown
Ir Sniegowski, Kristel unknown
Prof. Dr Ir Springael, Dirk unknown
Thomas , Van Nooten unknown
Van Holm, Lieven unknown
Van Laer, Liesbeth unknown
Vancampenhout, Karen unknown
Prof. Dr Vanderborght, Jan unknown
Vandersypen, Klaartje unknown
Verbist, Bruno unknown
Verstraeten, Willem unknown
Wouters, Katinka unknown
Prof. Dr Ir Wyseure, Guido unknown

Related units
 

Name Institution Relationship Starting Ending
Forest Ecology and Management K.U.Leuven collaboration

Projects Export projects
 

Progressing projects (8)

Title
Bacterial abiotic cellular stress and survival improvement network (BACSIN)
Integrated soil fertility management strategies to enhance food security in the Central Highlands of Kenya (ZEIN2003PR287).
Key processes and controlling factors in the storage of carbon in terrestrial ecosystems.
Metal fixation in soil: kinetics, mechanisms and its effect on metal bioavailability.
Role of biofilms in interspecies interactions and activity of a linuron degrading bacterial consortium: a strctural and functional analysis.
Soil biology, physics and fertility; their controls and effects on emissions of selected greenhouse gases.
Surface fluxes of carbon and soil particles and their relation with carbon sequestration.
Zero-tillage als duurzaam productie-alternatief voor mais/tarwe bedrijfssystemen in de vulkanische hooglanden van de tropen. (Oost-Afrika).

Completed projects (64)

Title
Abiotic characterisation of vulnerable habitats with regard to desiccation, acidification and eutrophication.
Achieving development impact and environmental enhancement through edoption of Balanced Nutrient Management Systems by Farmers in the West-African Savanna (BNMSII).
Aggregation in highly weathered, tropical soils: the relationship with carbon sequestration and sustainable soil fertility.
Analysis of the cadmium and zinc toxicity on nitrogen fixation in soil.
Assessment of lead secondary poisoning to mammals and birds: proposal for a different approach.
Assessment of the mineral nitrogen concentrations in soil as a policy tool.
Begroting vban de evapotranspiratie en het bodemvochtgehalte als limiterende factoren van de fotosynthese op regionale schaal met behulp van een energiebalansmodel en teledetectiebeeldinformatie.
Behaviour and leaching of cadmium in sandy soils.
Bio-availability of aged polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in heavily contaminated soils.
Biodegradation of methyl-t-butyl ether (MTBE) in gasoline contamined aquifers under in situ bioremediation conditions.
Comparison of ecosystem functioning and biogeochemical cycles in temperate forests in Southern Chile and Flanders
Copper bioavailability in soils: development of a predictive model of bioavailability and toxicity of copper in soils.
Decision-supporting tools for water consumers in collective irrigation projects. A case-study in the Office du Niger irrigation project (Mali)
Determination of key parameters for the sustainable management of irrigation of Quinoa.
Determination of macroscopic hydraulic soil properties based on the structure of the pore network.
Development of a predictive model of bioavailability and toxicity of nickel in soils.
Development of an integrated wetland monitoring scheme for the assessment of the effects of desiccation, acidification and eutrophication on ecosystem structure and function.
Diagnosis and remediation of soil degradation in the Austro Ecuatoriano.
Effects of biodiversity and climate warming on carbon sequestration mechanisms in terrestrial ecosystems.
Effects of elevated zinc concentrations in soil on the potential nitrification rate: identification of biological availability and mechanisms of tolerance.
Effects of increased zinc concentrations in the soil on the potential nitrification: identification of the biological availability and mechanisms of tolerance
Effects of sludge applications on soil fertility and soil quality.
Evaluatie van de fysico-chemische toestand van de vallei van de Winterbeek.
Evaluation of critical concentrations of metals in soil.
Experimental and nuemerical analysis of the soil water dynamics and the nutrient balance in wet alluvial plains.
Experimental and numerical analysis of the soil hydrology and the nutrition balance in wettish valley areas.
Experimental and numerical analysis of the transport and fate of nitrogen in groundwater abstraction sites for water supply.
Experimentele en numerieke analyse van de zwaveldynamiek in de bodem.
Field-scale analyses of water flow and solute transport in furrows.
Hydrological and pedological response to exclosures in the Tigray highlands, Northern Ethiopia.
ICP: Water resources engineering.
Identification and characterization of soil structural elements that define water flow and solute leaching at different scales.
Improved fallows by legume plants in Eastern and Southern Africa. Impact of soil biota improvement on bean and maize yields, soil organic matter dynamics and soil conservation.
Improving phosphorus availability in strongly weathered soils by adapted legume - cereal rotations - determining the available P-pool by an enhanced assessment of the E-value.
In situ mineralization and availability of phosphorus along a gradient of nutrient limited natural ecosystems.
Influence of land use on the hydrological properties of volcanic soils in the high Andes region.
Integrated modelling of the hydrological cycle at different time and space scales.
Invloed van de organische-stoftoestand van bodems op de erosiegevoeligheid.
Key processes and controlling factors in the sequestration of carbon in soils of terrestrial ecosystems.
Land evaluation for land use planning and development of sustainable agriculture in South Vietnam.
Methodology for a multidisciplinary agroecological characterization in Syria at different scales with special reference to irrigated agriculture.
Microbial utilization of solid sorbed polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in soil.
Modeling soil organic matter fractions and soil aggregation using modular programming techniques.
Mountain irrigation: performance assessment and introduction of new concepts to improve the water distribution at field level.
Numerical assessment of the nitrate losses to the shallow drainage system and the underlying aquifer system at soil and regional scale.
Nutrient management in EU countries.
Participatieve ontwikkeling en adaptatie van technologische innovaties voor het duurzaam beheer van bodem en water in Ecuador.
Participative agro-ecological characterization in Syria.
Participatory agro-ecological characterisation in Syria.
Participatory research on small scale irrigation farms in South-East Tanzania.
Particpatory discussion and experimentation platform for bridging the gap between academic research and stakeholders.
Replenishing phosphorus capital in depleted soils of the central highlands and eastern region of South-Vietnam.
Risk assessment of agricultural intensification on N deposition on pristine forests and plantations in Southern Chile.
Rol van biogeochemische reacties in de duurzaamheid van permeable reactieve wanden.
Role of biogeochemical reactions in the long-lasting of permeable reactive walls.
Secondary poisoning of nickel to marine birds.
Selection of soils for copper and zinc toxicity studies.
Soil conservation management in Southeast Tanzania.
Stimulated reduction of dehalogenation of trichlorine-ethylene in the sub-soil: research of the velocity controlling parameters by the reactive transport
The prediction of the influence of climate changes on soil organic matter dynamics over the entire soilprofile: a process and simulation study
Towards a water balance- and heavy metals balance model for vegetated roofs.
Water demand-supply and administrative management in medium sized irrigation schemes in the Sierra of Ecuador.
Water flow and sulfate transport in agricultural soils.
Zinc toxicity to plants and soil microbial processes as affected by Zn availability.
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