Natural molecular structures as drivers and tracers of terrestrial C fluxes (MOLTER)

2011 Awards

Exchange Grants

Ref.Applicant
Host Planned starting date/
Length
Project Title
EX/3697A Novara (IT)Y Kuzyakov (DE)15/11/2011 
(24 weeks)
Fate of low molecular weight organic compounds in calcareous and volcanic soils: a 13C tracer study
EX/3694C Armas Herrera (ES) MF Dignac (FR)01/12/2011 
(24 weeks)
Effects of the conversion of grassland to farmland on soil organic matter dynamics as seen by isotope analysis  
EG/3479J Vonk (CH)S Zimov (RU)01/07/2011 
(4 weeks)
Application of a novel stir bar sorptive extraction technique for characterization of thawing Pleistocene carbon in Arctic Siberia
EG/3478M Martí (ES)F Hagedorn (CH) 12/09/2011 
(12 weeks)
Microbial communities and soil organic matter stabilisation in acid and alkaline soils of the Mediterranean area across different land uses
EG/3473R Neculman (FR) I Kögel-Knabner (DE)13/06/2011 
(2 weeks)
Carbon sequestration into deep volcanic soil of pristine temperate Old-growth rainforests in southern Chile
EG/3438M Griepentrog (CH)P Boeckx (BE) 01/10/2011 
(6 weeks)
Effect of nitrogen deposition on composition and turnover of amino sugars in density fractions of forest soils
EG/3433M Calabi (CL)C Rumpel (FR) 09/05/2011 
(14 weeks)
Nanoclays from allophanic and non-allophanic soils: their implications on carbon sequestration potential      
EG/3202N Nimisha (CH)  E Brodie (US)
 17/01/2011 
(12 weeks)
Effect of pyrogenic carbon in the forest soil on microbial community structure and functionalities  
EG/3179  A Gunina (RU)Y Kuzyakov (DE) 01/03/2011 
(12  weeks)
Sensitivity of soil organic matter pools decomposition to microbial activity and temperature: a 13C and 14C tracer study   

 

 Short Visits

Ref.Applicant
Host Planned starting date/
Length
Project Title
SV/3745 P Barré (FR)A Plante (US)6/3/11 
(7 days)
 Evolution of SOM quality in long-term bare fallow plots using thermal analysis