Ingrid Kögel-Knabner
Ingrid Kögel-Knabner (born 1958) is a German soil scientist whose research focuses on soil organic matter, the carbon cycle in soil, and soil-based carbon sequestration.[1] She is a professor at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), chair of soil science, dean of the TUM School of Life Sciences,[2] and a Carl von Linde Senior Fellow in the TUM Institute for Advanced Study.[3]
Education and career
[edit]Kögel-Knabner was born in Bayreuth in 1958. After studying at the Richard-Wagner-Gymnasium Bayreuth, she became a student of geoecology at the University of Bayreuth in 1978, soon after its founding in 1975. She earned a diploma there in 1983, and received her doctorate there in 1987 under the supervision of Wolfgang Zech. She completed a habilitation in 1992 with the habilitation thesis Forest soil organic matter: structure and formation.[4]
After working as an assistant in Zech's chair for soil science at Bayreuth until 1992, she obtained a permanent position as Universitätsprofessor for soil science and soil ecology at Ruhr University Bochum in 1992. She was offered a professorship at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg in 1994, but turned down the offer, instead moving in 1995 to her present position at the Technical University of Munich.[4]
Recognition
[edit]Kögel-Knabner has been a member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina since 2001, a member of acatech (the German Academy of Science and Engineering) since 2007, a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities since 2017, a member of Academia Europaea since 2020,[4] and an international member of the US National Academy of Engineering since 2025, elected "for contributions to mechanisms for soil organic carbon persistence and impacts on soil functions and climate".[5]
She received the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2013, and the Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art in 2018.[4] She was the 2015 recipient of the Philippe Duchaufour Medal of the European Geosciences Union,[6] and the 2015 recipient of the Emil Ramann Medal of the German Soil Science Society.[7] In 2015, the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna gave her an honorary doctorate.[4] She was the 2019 recipient of the German Environmental Prize of the German Federal Environmental Federation.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Ingrid Kögel-Knabner erhält den Deutschen Umweltpreis 2019", Mitgleider im fokus (in German), German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, 2019, retrieved 2025-02-22
- ^ School office, TUM School of Life Sciences, retrieved 2025-02-22
- ^ "Head", Chair of Soil Science, TUM School of Life Sciences, retrieved 2025-02-22
- ^ a b c d e Curriculum vitae (PDF) (in German), TUM School of Life Sciences, retrieved 2025-02-22
- ^ National Academy of Engineering Elects 128 Members and 22 International Members, National Academy of Engineering, 11 February 2025, retrieved 2025-02-22
- ^ Philippe Duchaufour Medal, European Geosciences Union, retrieved 2025-02-22
- ^ Emil-Ramann-Medal, German Soil Science Society, retrieved 2025-02-22
External links
[edit]- Ingrid Kögel-Knabner publications indexed by Google Scholar
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- German soil scientists
- German women scientists
- Women soil scientists
- University of Bayreuth alumni
- Academic staff of Ruhr University Bochum
- Academic staff of the Technical University of Munich
- Members of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- Members of Academia Europaea
- Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering