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Dr Kees Jan van Groenigen

Dr Kees Jan van Groenigen

Associate Professor

 KJ.VanGroenigen@exeter.ac.uk

 4619

 Laver Building 906

 

Laver Building, University of Exeter, North Park Road, Exeter, EX4 4QE, UK

Overview

I am a biogeochemist; through my research, I try to understand how plants and soil respond to environmental change and management practices. I have studied carbon and nutrient cycles in a wide range of ecosystems, including grasslands, cropland, and temperate forests. By using meta-analytic techniques, I synthesize findings in my field of research. I also study the role of soil microbes in carbon and nitrogen cycles, using techniques such as incubation experiments, isotopic tracers and analyses of biomarkers. More recently I have started using these techniques to study rice cropping systems, trying to find ways to optimize yields with minimal environmental impact. 

Links

- Google Scholar profile

Broad research specialisms

  • Elevated atmospheric CO2
  • Soil microbiology
  • Rice agriculture
  • Plant-soil interactions
  • Meta-analysis and data synthesis

Qualifications

  • MSc, Soil Science, Wageningen University
  • PhD, Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University

Career

  • 2023-                   Associate Professor, University of Exeter
  • 2017-2023         Senior Lecturer, University of Exeter
  • 2016                      Visiting Professor, University of California – Davis
  • 2015-2016          Assistant Research Professor, Northern Arizona University
  • 2012-2015          Postdoctoral scholar, Northern Arizona University
  • 2007-2012         Research fellow, Trinity College Dublin

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Publications

Journal articles

Van Groenigen KJ (In Press). A trade-off between plant and soil carbon storage under elevated CO2. Nature
Zheng J, Mao X, van Groenigen KJ, Zhang S, Wang M, Guo X, Yu W, Luo L, Chang J, Shi Z, et al (2024). Decoupling of soil carbon mineralization and microbial community composition across a climate gradient on the Tibetan Plateau. Geoderma, 441
Shang Z, Cui X, van Groenigen KJ, Kuhnert M, Abdalla M, Luo J, Zhang W, Song Z, Jiang Y, Smith P, et al (2024). Global cropland nitrous oxide emissions in fallow period are comparable to growing‐season emissions. Global Change Biology, 30(2). Abstract.
Liao P, Liu L, Chen J, Sun Y, Huang S, Zeng Y, Jan van Groenigen K (2024). Liming reduces nitrogen uptake from chemical fertilizer but increases that from straw in a double rice cropping system. Soil and Tillage Research, 235 Abstract.
Zhang Y, Cheng X, van Groenigen KJ, García-Palacios P, Cao J, Zheng X, Luo Y, Hungate BA, Terrer C, Butterbach-Bahl K, et al (2024). Shifts in soil ammonia-oxidizing community maintain the nitrogen stimulation of nitrification across climatic conditions. Glob Chang Biol, 30(1). Abstract.  Author URL.
Chang Y, Sokol NW, van Groenigen KJ, Bradford MA, Ji D, Crowther TW, Liang C, Luo Y, Kuzyakov Y, Wang J, et al (2023). A stoichiometric approach to estimate sources of mineral‐associated soil organic matter. Global Change Biology, 30(1). Abstract.
Moinet GYK, Amundson R, Galdos MV, Grace PR, Haefele SM, Hijbeek R, Van Groenigen JW, Van Groenigen KJ, Powlson DS (2023). Climate change mitigation through soil carbon sequestration in working lands: a reality check. Global Change Biology, 30(1).
Qian H, Zhu X, Huang S, Linquist B, Kuzyakov Y, Wassmann R, Minamikawa K, Martinez-Eixarch M, Yan X, Zhou F, et al (2023). Greenhouse gas emissions and mitigation in rice agriculture. Nature Reviews Earth and Environment, 4(10), 716-732. Abstract.
Xia L, Cao L, Yang Y, Ti C, Liu Y, Smith P, van Groenigen KJ, Lehmann J, Lal R, Butterbach-Bahl K, et al (2023). Integrated biochar solutions can achieve carbon-neutral staple crop production. Nature Food, 4(3), 236-246.
Liu Y, Ge T, Wang P, van Groenigen KJ, Xu X, Cheng K, Zhu Z, Wang J, Guggenberger G, Chen J, et al (2023). Residence time of carbon in paddy soils. Journal of Cleaner Production, 400, 136707-136707.
Chen J, Sinsabaugh RL, van Groenigen KJ (2023). Soil extracellular enzymes for climate-smart and resource-efficient agroecosystems: Research priorities. PLOS Climate, 2(5).
Zheng F, Liu X, Zhang M, Li S, Song X, Wang B, Wu X, van Groenigen KJ (2023). Strong links between aggregate stability, soil carbon stocks and microbial community composition across management practices in a Chinese dryland cropping system. Catena, 233
Qian H, Jin Y, Chen J, Huang S, Liu Y, Zhang J, Deng A, Zou J, Pan G, Ding Y, et al (2022). Acclimation of CH<inf>4</inf> emissions from paddy soil to atmospheric CO<inf>2</inf> enrichment in a growth chamber experiment. Crop Journal, 10(1), 140-146. Abstract.
Qian H, Chen J, Zhu X, Wang L, Liu Y, Zhang J, Deng A, Song Z, Ding Y, Jiang Y, et al (2022). Intermittent flooding lowers the impact of elevated atmospheric CO<inf>2</inf> on CH<inf>4</inf> emissions from rice paddies. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 329 Abstract.
Zhang H-M, Liang Z, Li Y, Chen Z-X, Zhang J-B, Cai Z-C, Elsgaard L, Cheng Y, van Groenigen KJ, Abalos D, et al (2022). Liming modifies greenhouse gas fluxes from soils: a meta-analysis of biological drivers. AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT, 340  Author URL.
Zheng F, Wu X, Zhang M, Liu X, Song X, Lu J, Wang B, van Groenigen KJ, Li S (2022). Linking soil microbial community traits and organic carbon accumulation rate under long-term conservation tillage practices. Soil and Tillage Research, 220
Zhu X, Chen J, Huang S, Li W, Penuelas J, Chen J, Zhou F, Zhang W, Li G, Liu Z, et al (2022). Manure amendment can reduce rice yield loss under extreme temperatures. COMMUNICATIONS EARTH & ENVIRONMENT, 3(1).  Author URL.
Janzen HH, van Groenigen KJ, Powlson DS, Schwinghamer T, van Groenigen JW (2022). Net Primary Production constraints are crucial to realistically project soil organic carbon sequestration. Response to Minasny et al. Geoderma, 424
Zhou G, Terrer C, Huang A, Hungate BA, van Gestel N, Zhou X, van Groenigen KJ (2022). Nitrogen and water availability control plant carbon storage with warming. Sci Total Environ, 851(Pt 1). Abstract.  Author URL.
Liu H, Wang H, Li N, Shao J, Zhou X, van Groenigen KJ, Thakur MP (2022). Phenological mismatches between above- and belowground plant responses to climate warming. Nature Climate Change, 12(1), 97-102. Abstract.
Janzen HH, van Groenigen KJ, Powlson DS, Schwinghamer T, van Groenigen JW (2022). Photosynthetic limits on carbon sequestration in croplands. Geoderma, 416 Abstract.
Abalos D, Rittl TF, Recous S, Thiébeau P, Topp CFE, van Groenigen KJ, Butterbach-Bahl K, Thorman RE, Smith KE, Ahuja I, et al (2022). Predicting field N2O emissions from crop residues based on their biochemical composition: a meta-analytical approach. Sci Total Environ, 812 Abstract.  Author URL.
Grados D, Butterbach-Bahl K, Chen J, Jan van Groenigen K, Olesen JE, Willem van Groenigen J, Abalos D (2022). Synthesizing the evidence of nitrous oxide mitigation practices in agroecosystems. Environmental Research Letters, 17(11), 114024-114024. Abstract.
Qian H, Zhang N, Chen J, Chen C, Hungate BA, Ruan J, Huang S, Cheng K, Song Z, Hou P, et al (2022). Unexpected Parabolic Temperature Dependency of CH4 Emissions from Rice Paddies. Environ Sci Technol, 56(8), 4871-4881. Abstract.  Author URL.
Shao J, Zhou X, Groenigen KJ, Zhou G, Zhou H, Zhou L, Lu M, Xia J, Jiang L, Hungate BA, et al (2022). Warming effects on grassland productivity depend on plant diversity. GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY, 31(3), 588-598.  Author URL.
Xia L, Lam SK, Kiese R, Chen D, Luo Y, van Groenigen KJ, Ainsworth EA, Chen J, Liu S, Ma L, et al (2021). Elevated CO<inf>2</inf> negates O<inf>3</inf> impacts on terrestrial carbon and nitrogen cycles. One Earth, 4(12), 1752-1763. Abstract.
Liao P, Huang S, Zeng Y, Shao H, Zhang J, van Groenigen KJ (2021). Liming increases yield and reduces grain cadmium concentration in rice paddies: a meta-analysis. PLANT AND SOIL, 465(1-2), 157-169.  Author URL.
Zhou G, Terrer C, Hungate B, Gestel NV, Zhou X, Groenigen KJV (2021). Nitrogen availability controls plant carbon storage with warming. Abstract.
Zhou G, Terrer C, Hungate B, Gestel NV, Zhou X, Groenigen KJV (2021). Nitrogen availability controls plant carbon storage with warming. Abstract.
Liu Y, Ge T, van Groenigen KJ, Yang Y, Wang P, Cheng K, Zhu Z, Wang J, Li Y, Guggenberger G, et al (2021). Rice paddy soils are a quantitatively important carbon store according to a global synthesis. Communications Earth & Environment, 2(1). Abstract.
Hungate BA, Marks JC, Power ME, Schwartz E, van Groenigen KJ, Blazewicz SJ, Chuckran P, Dijkstra P, Finley BK, Firestone MK, et al (2021). The Functional Significance of Bacterial Predators. mBio, 12(2). Abstract.  Author URL.
Chen C, van Groenigen KJ, Yang H, Hungate BA, Yang B, Tian Y, Chen J, Dong W, Huang S, Deng A, et al (2020). Global warming and shifts in cropping systems together reduce China's rice production. Global Food Security, 24 Abstract.
Huang X, Song Z, van Groenigen KJ, Xu Z, Huang B, Zhang Y, Hang X, Tan S, Zhang D, Zhang W, et al (2020). Grassland conversion along a climate gradient in northwest China: Implications for soil carbon and nutrients. SOIL USE AND MANAGEMENT, 36(3), 410-419.  Author URL.
He M, Zhou G, Yuan T, van Groenigen KJ, Shao J, Zhou X (2020). Grazing intensity significantly changes the C : N : P stoichiometry in grassland ecosystems. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 29(2), 355-369. Abstract.
LIAO P, ROS MBH, VAN GESTEL N, SUN YN, ZHANG J, HUANG S, ZENG YJ, WU ZM, VAN GROENIGEN KJ (2020). Liming reduces soil phosphorus availability but promotes yield and P uptake in a double rice cropping system. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 19(11), 2807-2814. Abstract.
Chen J, van Groenigen KJ, Hungate BA, Terrer C, van Groenigen J, Maestre FT, Ying SC, Luo Y, Jørgensen U, Sinsabaugh RL, et al (2020). Long‐term nitrogen loading alleviates phosphorus limitation in terrestrial ecosystems. Global Change Biology, 26(9), 5077-5086. Abstract.
Qian H, Huang S, Chen J, Wang L, Hungate BA, van Kessel C, Zhang J, Deng A, Jiang Y, van Groenigen KJ, et al (2020). Lower‐than‐expected CH<sub>4</sub> emissions from rice paddies with rising CO<sub>2</sub> concentrations. Global Change Biology, 26(4), 2368-2376. Abstract.
Huang X, Terrer C, Dijkstra FA, Hungate BA, Zhang W, van Groenigen KJ (2020). New soil carbon sequestration with nitrogen enrichment: a meta-analysis. Plant and Soil, 454(1-2), 299-310.
Chen J, Elsgaard L, van Groenigen KJ, Olesen JE, Liang Z, Jiang Y, Lærke PE, Zhang Y, Luo Y, Hungate BA, et al (2020). Soil carbon loss with warming: New evidence from carbon‐degrading enzymes. Global Change Biology, 26(4), 1944-1952. Abstract.
Ros MBH, Koopmans GF, van Groenigen KJ, Abalos D, Oenema O, Vos HMJ, van Groenigen JW (2020). Towards optimal use of phosphorus fertiliser. Scientific Reports, 10(1). Abstract.
Jiang Y, Qian H, Huang S, Zhang X, Wang L, Zhang L, Shen M, Xiao X, Chen F, Zhang H, et al (2019). Acclimation of methane emissions from rice paddy fields to straw addition. Science Advances, 5
Van Groenigen JW, Van Groenigen KJ, Koopmans GF, Stokkermans L, Vos HMJ, Lubbers IM (2019). How fertile are earthworm casts? a meta-analysis. Geoderma, 338, 525-535. Abstract.
Jiang Y, Qian H, Wang L, Feng J, Huang S, Hungate BA, van Kessel C, Horwath WR, Zhang X, Qin X, et al (2019). Limited potential of harvest index improvement to reduce methane emissions from rice paddies. Glob Chang Biol, 25(2), 686-698. Abstract.  Author URL.
Jiang Y, Carrijo D, Huang S, Chen J, Balaine N, Zhang W, van Groenigen KJ, Linquist B (2019). Water management to mitigate the global warming potential of rice systems: a global meta-analysis. Field Crops Research, 234, 47-54. Abstract.
Chen J, Luo Y, van Groenigen KJ, Hungate BA, Cao J, Zhou X, Wang R-W (2018). A keystone microbial enzyme for nitrogen control of soil carbon storage. Sci Adv, 4(8). Abstract.  Author URL.
Liao P, Huang S, van Gestel NC, Zeng Y, Wu Z, van Groenigen KJ (2018). Corrigendum to ’Liming and straw retention interact to increase nitrogen uptake and grain yield in a double rice-cropping system’ [Field Crops Research 216 (2018) 217-224] (S0378429017318105) (10.1016/j.fcr.2017.11.026)). Field Crops Research, 219 Abstract.
Chen J, Luo Y, García-Palacios P, Cao J, Dacal M, Zhou X, Li J, Xia J, Niu S, Yang H, et al (2018). Differential responses of carbon-degrading enzyme activities to warming: Implications for soil respiration. Global Change Biology, 24(10), 4816-4826. Abstract.
Jiang Y, Liao P, van Gestel N, Sun Y, Zeng Y, Huang S, Zhang W, van Groenigen KJ (2018). Lime application lowers the global warming potential of a double rice cropping system. Geoderma, 325, 1-8. Abstract.
Liao P, Huang S, van Gestel NC, Zeng Y, Wu Z, van Groenigen KJ (2018). Liming and straw retention interact to increase nitrogen uptake and grain yield in a double rice-cropping system. Field Crops Research, 216, 217-224. Abstract.
Van Gestel N, Shi Z, Van Groenigen KJ, Osenberg CW, Andresen LC, Dukes JS, Hovenden MJ, Luo Y, Michelsen A, Pendall E, et al (2018). Predicting soil carbon loss with warming. Nature, 554(7693), E4-E5.
van Gestel N, Shi Z, van Groenigen KJ, Osenberg CW, Andresen LC, Dukes JS, Hovenden MJ, Luo Y, Michelsen A, Pendall E, et al (2018). Predicting soil carbon loss with warming. NATURE, 554(7693), E4-E5.  Author URL.
van Groenigen KJ, Osenberg CW, Terrer C, Carrillo Y, Dijkstra FA, Heath J, Nie M, Pendall E, Phillips RP, Hungate BA, et al (2017). Faster turnover of new soil carbon inputs under increased atmospheric CO₂. Glob Change Biol, 23(10), 4420-4429. Abstract.
Jiang Y, van Groenigen KJ, Huang S, Hungate BA, van Kessel C, Hu S, Zhang J, Wu L, Yan X, Wang L, et al (2017). Higher yields and lower methane emissions with new rice cultivars. Global Change Biology, 23(11), 4728-4738. Abstract.
Liu XJA, van Groenigen KJ, Dijkstra P, Hungate BA (2017). Increased plant uptake of native soil nitrogen following fertilizer addition – not a priming effect?. Applied Soil Ecology, 114, 105-110. Abstract.
Zheng C, Zhang J, Chen J, Chen C, Tian Y, Deng A, Song Z, Nawaz MM, van Groenigen KJ, Zhang W, et al (2017). Nighttime warming increases winter-sown wheat yield across major Chinese cropping regions. Field Crops Research, 214, 202-210. Abstract.
Rubin RL, van Groenigen KJ, Hungate BA (2017). Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria are more effective under drought: a meta-analysis. Plant and Soil, 416(1-2), 309-323. Abstract.
Van Groenigen JW, Van Kessel C, Hungate BA, Oenema O, Powlson DS, Van Groenigen KJ (2017). Response to the Letter to the Editor Regarding Our Viewpoint "Sequestering Soil Organic Carbon: a Nitrogen Dilemma". Environ Sci Technol, 51(20), 11503-11504.  Author URL.
Van Groenigen JW, Van Kessel C, Hungate BA, Oenema O, Powlson DS, Van Groenigen KJ (2017). Sequestering Soil Organic Carbon: a Nitrogen Dilemma. Environmental Science and Technology, 51(9), 4738-4739.
Luo Y, Ahlstrom A, Allison SD, Batjes NH, Brovkin V, Carvalhais N, Chappell A, Ciais P, Davidson EA, Finzi AC, et al (2016). Toward more realistic projections of soil carbon dynamics by Earth system models. GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES, 30(1), 40-56.  Author URL.
van Groenigen KJ, Xia J, Osenberg CW, Luo Y, Hungate BA (2015). Application of a two-pool model to soil carbon dynamics under elevated CO2. Glob Chang Biol, 21(12), 4293-4297. Abstract.  Author URL.
Dijkstra P, Salpas E, Fairbanks D, Miller EB, Hagerty SB, van Groenigen KJ, Hungate BA, Marks JC, Koch GW, Schwartz E, et al (2015). High carbon use efficiency in soil microbial communities is related to balanced growth, not storage compound synthesis. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 89, 35-43. Abstract.
Lundy ME, Pittelkow CM, Linquist BA, Liang X, van Groenigen KJ, Lee J, Six J, Venterea RT, van Kessel C (2015). Nitrogen fertilization reduces yield declines following no-till adoption. Field Crops Research, 183, 204-210. Abstract.
Pittelkow CM, Liang X, Linquist BA, van Groenigen KJ, Lee J, Lundy ME, van Gestel N, Six J, Venterea RT, van Kessel C, et al (2015). Productivity limits and potentials of the principles of conservation agriculture. Nature, 517(7534), 365-368. Abstract.  Author URL.
Lubbers IM, van Groenigen KJ, Brussaard L, van Groenigen JW (2015). Reduced greenhouse gas mitigation potential of no-tillage soils through earthworm activity. Sci Rep, 5 Abstract.  Author URL.
Pittelkow CM, Linquist BA, Lundy ME, Liang X, van Groenigen KJ, Lee J, van Gestel N, Six J, Venterea RT, van Kessel C, et al (2015). When does no-till yield more? a global meta-analysis. Field Crops Research, 183, 156-168. Abstract.
Hagerty SB, Van Groenigen KJ, Allison SD, Hungate BA, Schwartz E, Koch GW, Kolka RK, Dijkstra P (2014). Accelerated microbial turnover but constant growth efficiency with warming in soil. Nature Climate Change, 4(10), 903-906. Abstract.
van Groenigen JW, Lubbers IM, Vos HMJ, Brown GG, De Deyn GB, van Groenigen KJ (2014). Earthworms increase plant production: a meta-analysis. Sci Rep, 4 Abstract.  Author URL.
van Groenigen KJ, Qi X, Osenberg CW, Luo Y, Hungate BA (2014). Faster decomposition under increased atmospheric CO₂ limits soil carbon storage. Science, 344(6183), 508-509. Abstract.  Author URL.
van Kessel C, Venterea R, Six J, Adviento-Borbe MA, Linquist B, van Groenigen KJ (2013). Climate, duration, and N placement determine N2 O emissions in reduced tillage systems: a meta-analysis. Glob Chang Biol, 19(1), 33-44. Abstract.  Author URL.
Linquist BA, Liu L, van Kessel C, van Groenigen KJ (2013). Enhanced efficiency nitrogen fertilizers for rice systems: Meta-analysis of yield and nitrogen uptake. Field Crops Research, 154, 246-254. Abstract.
Lubbers IM, Van Groenigen KJ, Fonte SJ, Six J, Brussaard L, Van Groenigen JW (2013). Greenhouse-gas emissions from soils increased by earthworms. Nature Climate Change, 3(3), 187-194. Abstract.
Van Groenigen KJ, Van Kessel C, Hungate BA (2013). Increased greenhouse-gas intensity of rice production under future atmospheric conditions. Nature Climate Change, 3(3), 288-291. Abstract.
Van Groenigen KJ, Forristal D, Jones M, Smyth N, Schwartz E, Hungate B, Dijkstra P (2013). Using metabolic tracer techniques to assess the impact of tillage and straw management on microbial carbon use efficiency in soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 66, 139-145. Abstract.
Linquist B, Van Groenigen KJ, Adviento-Borbe MA, Pittelkow C, Van Kessel C (2012). An agronomic assessment of greenhouse gas emissions from major cereal crops. Global Change Biology, 18(1), 194-209. Abstract.
Dauber J, Brown C, Fernando AL, Finnan J, Krasuska E, Ponitka J, Styles D, Thrän D, Van Groenigen KJ, Weih M, et al (2012). Bioenergy from "surplus" land: Environmental and socio-economic implications. BioRisk(7), 5-50. Abstract.
Brown JR, Blankinship JC, Niboyet A, van Groenigen KJ, Dijkstra P, Le Roux X, Leadley PW, Hungate BA (2012). Effects of multiple global change treatments on soil N <inf>2</inf>O fluxes. Biogeochemistry, 109(1-3), 85-100. Abstract.
Linquist BA, Adviento-Borbe MA, Pittelkow CM, van Kessel C, van Groenigen KJ (2012). Fertilizer management practices and greenhouse gas emissions from rice systems: a quantitative review and analysis. Field Crops Research, 135, 10-21. Abstract.
van Groenigen KJ, Osenberg CW, Hungate BA (2011). Increased soil emissions of potent greenhouse gases under increased atmospheric CO2. Nature, 475(7355), 214-216. Abstract.  Author URL.
van Groenigen KJ, Hastings A, Forristal D, Roth B, Jones M, Smith P (2011). Soil C storage as affected by tillage and straw management: an assessment using field measurements and model predictions. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 140(1-2), 218-225. Abstract.
van Groenigen KJ, Bloem J, Bååth E, Boeckx P, Rousk J, Bodé S, Forristal D, Jones MB (2010). Abundance, production and stabilization of microbial biomass under conventional and reduced tillage. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 42(1), 48-55. Abstract.
van Groenigen JW, Velthof GL, Oenema O, Van Groenigen KJ, Van Kessel C (2010). Towards an agronomic assessment of N<inf>2</inf>O emissions: a case study for arable crops. European Journal of Soil Science, 61(6), 903-913. Abstract.
Hungate BA, van Groenigen KJ, Six J, Jastrow JD, Luo Y, de Graaff MA, van Kessel C, Osenberg CW (2009). Assessing the effect of elevated carbon dioxide on soil carbon: a comparison of four meta-analyses. Global Change Biology, 15(8), 2020-2034. Abstract.
DONDINI M, VAN GROENIGEN K, DEL GALDO I, JONES MB (2009). Carbon sequestration under <i>Miscanthus</i>: a study of <sup>13</sup>C distribution in soil aggregates. GCB Bioenergy, 1(5), 321-330. Abstract.
Van Groenigen KJ, Six J, Harris D, Van Kessel C (2007). Elevated CO<inf>2</inf> does not favor a fungal decomposition pathway. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 39(8), 2168-2172. Abstract.
van Groenigen K-J, Six J, Hungate BA, de Graaff M-A, van Breemen N, van Kessel C (2006). Element interactions limit soil carbon storage. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 103(17), 6571-6574. Abstract.  Author URL.
de Graaff MA, van Groenigen KJ, Six J, Hungate B, van Kessel C (2006). Interactions between plant growth and soil nutrient cycling under elevated CO<inf>2</inf>: a meta-analysis. Global Change Biology, 12(11), 2077-2091. Abstract.
Van Groenigen KJ, Gorissen A, Six J, Harris D, Kuikman PJ, Van Groenigen JW, Van Kessel C (2005). Decomposition of <sup>14</sup>C-labeled roots in a pasture soil exposed to 10 years of elevated CO <inf>2</inf>. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 37(3), 497-506. Abstract.
Van Groenigen KJ, Six J, Harris D, Blum H, Van Kessel C (2003). Soil <SUP>13</SUP>C-<SUP>15</SUP>N dynamics in an N<sub>2</sub>-fixing clover system under long-term exposure to elevated atmospheric CO<sub>2</sub>. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY, 9(12), 1751-1762.  Author URL.
Van Groenigen KJ, Six J, Harris D, Blum H, Van Kessel C (2003). Soil <sup>13</sup>C-<sup>15</sup>N dynamics in an N<inf>2</inf>-fixing clover system under long-term exposure to elevated atmospheric CO<inf>2</inf>. Global Change Biology, 9(12), 1751-1762. Abstract.
Van Groenigen KJ, Harris D, Horwath WR, Hartwig UA, Van Kessel C (2002). Linking sequestration of <sup>13</sup>C and <sup>15</sup>N in aggregates in a pasture soil following 8 years of elevated atmospheric CO<inf>2</inf>. Global Change Biology, 8(11), 1094-1108. Abstract.

Chapters

van Groenigen KJ, de Graaff MA, Six JW, Harris D, Kuikman P, van Kessel C (2006). The impact of elevated atmospheric CO2 on soil C and N dynamics: a meta-analysis. In Nösberger J, Long SP, Norby RJ, Stitt M, Hendrey GR, Blum H (Eds.) Managed Ecosystems and CO2 Case Studies, Processes, and Perspectives, Springer Science & Business Media. Abstract.

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External Engagement and Impact

Awards/Honorary fellowships

2023 Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher

2020-present  Stanford list of top 2% scientists in the world

2016 RCA award for most significant research at Northern Arizona University

2010 IRC-Marie Curie International Mobility Fellowship in Science, Engineering and Technology


Editorial responsibilities

2016-present      Associate Editor, Biogeosciences

2012-2015            Section Editor, Plant and Soil

2011-present       Editorial Board, Plant and Soil


Invited lectures

  1. van Groenigen KJ (2017). Studying plants and soil through meta-analysis: strengths, limitations and opportunities. Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.
  2. van Groenigen KJ (2015). Microbial feedbacks to elevated atmospheric CO2. University of Amsterdam, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, the Netherlands.
  3. van Groenigen KJ (2014). Faster decomposition under increased atmospheric CO2 limits soil carbon storage. Wageningen University, Dept. of Soil Quality, the Netherlands.
  4. van Groenigen KJ (2013). Future atmospheric conditions increase the greenhouse-gas intensity of rice production. University of Oklahoma, Dept. of Microbiology and Plant Biology, USA.

Media Coverage

- Interview with  www.laboratoryequipment.com, for their column “Scientist of the week”

- Interview on Capitol Public Radio (USA)

- Interview with news agency Reuters

- Articles in several international news outlets, including the New York times.

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Teaching

Office Hours

Wednesday14:00-15:00 & Thursday 10:00-11:00  

(or email and we'll find a mutually agreeable time)  

 

Modules

2023/24


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Supervision / Group

Postgraduate researchers

  • Ping Liao - Visiting PhD student from Jiangxi Agricultural University

Alumni

  • Xiaomin Huang - Visiting PhD student from Nanjing Agricultural University

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Office Hours:

Wednesday 15:00-16:00  

Thursday 10:00-11:00  

Please click here to make a booking. Meetings are in person by default; if you prefer to meet online instead, just let me know and we can talk over Teams.

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