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Academic Background Prof. Dr. Jan Siemens

  • since 2015: Full Professor for Soil Resources, Justus Liebig University Giessen. Director of the Institute of Soil Science and Soil Conservation.
  • 2012: Venia Legendi for the subject Soil Science at the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Bonn.
  • 2012: Habilitation in Soil Science at the Faculty of Planning Building Environment of the Berlin University of Technology. Title of the Habilitation thesis: “Soils as landscape compartments regulating fluxes of matter from terrestrial to aquatic ecosystems”.
  • 2008-2015: Scientist and lecturer at the Institute of Crop Science and Resopurce Conservation – Division Soil Science at the University of Bonn.
  • 2003-2008: Scientific Assistant at the Department of Soil Science, Berlin University of Technology.
  • 2002-2003: Postdoc at the Department of Soil Science, Berlin University of Technology.
  • 2002: PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) obtained from the Faculty of Planning Building Environment, Berlin University of Technology (passed with distinction/summa cum laude). Examiners: Prof. Kaupenjohann, Prof. Guggenberger, Prof. Diestel. Title of the PhD thesis: “Controls of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus fluxes in vadose zone and groundwater of protected watersheds in Münster (Germany)”.
  • 2001-2002: Scientific employee at the Department of Soil Science, Berlin University of Technology.
  • 1997-2001: Scientific employee at the Institute of Soil Science, University of Hohenheim.
  • 1997: Degree “Diplom Geoökologe” (1.1, passed with distinction). Specialization in Soil Science/Soil Physics (Prof. Zech/Prof. Huwe); Hydrology (Prof. Herrmann); Agraroecology (Prof. Goldbach); Microbiology (Prof. Kleiner).
  • 1996: Internship at IWW Water Centre, Mühlheim/Ruhr.
  • 1995-1997: Studies “Geoecology”, University of Bayreuth.
  • 1994-1995: Studies “Soil, water, and atmosphere” at Wageningen University as scholar of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
  • 1990-1994: Studies “Geoecology”, University of Bayreuth.