Soil Science and Agrochemistry Research Group

RESEARCH GROUP LEADER: Erika Csákiné Michéli DSc., professor, Doctor of Hungarian Academy of Sciences

CONTACT: Micheli.Erika@mkk.szie.hu

RESEARCH GROUP MEMBERS:
Professor: 2
Associate professor: 4
Assistant professor: 4
Junior assistant professor: 2
Assistant: 2
PhD student: 4

RESEARCH AREAS:
Soil science, Soil survey , Soil classification, Soil genesis, Investigation of soil organic matter turnover, Soil physical measurements, Soil and plant analysis, Soil contamination analysis, Hyper spectral technology development (proxy and remote sensing)

LONG-TERM COLLABORATIONS:
Centre for Agricultural Research, Institute for Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry of HAS, Hungary
University of Szeged, Department of Colloid Chemistry, Hungary
Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Science, Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Hungary
Central Agricultural Office, Gödöllő and county offices, Hungary
Purdue University, USA
EU Joint Research Centre, Italy
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Soil Science
Cranfield University, UK
Technical University of Munich, Germany
University of the Free State, Republic of South Africa
Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania

SERVICES:
expertise
soil test
organic material characterization
soil survey
soil mapping
soil , plant and water analysis
nutritional consulting
pollution study

GRANTS:

NKTH TÉT The development of modern terminology and methodology system for soil Information harmonization (2011)
OTKA Effect of bio char on soil fertility, organic matter management and its role in climate change mitigation (2010)
EU JRC Framework contract for the provision of policy relevant studies in support of the European Soil Data Centre, ESDAC (2009)
NKTH Jedlik Sustainable biodiesel technology and value-added products (2009)
EU eContentplus Assessment and Strategic Development of INSPIRE compliant Geodata-Services for European Soil Data, GS SOIL (2009)
EU FP7 Regional pilot platform as EU contribution to a Global Soil Observing System, e-SOTER (2008)
OTKA The development of the principles of state-of-the-art soil observation and information system to serve the conservation of soil resources of Hungary (2008)
VM/FVM Research on the impact of soil of the mineral-organic complexes, in particular the stability of micro-aggregates and the conclusion of the absorption of nutrients (2005)
NKTH NKFP Microbiological remediation of chlorinated hydrocarbons in contaminated soils (2005)
GVOP The development of advanced method of determining soil acidity for a more efficient soil-conditioning purposes (2005)

CONTRACTS:
EU Joint Research Centre (ISPRA), Eurofins soil sampling company (since 2009), Oil and gas company (since 2008), Company dealing with urban areas management