朱堃

探索土壤， 珍重环境。

Explore and learn from Soil,

Treat Mother Nature with Love and Respect.

Research My major research focus has been on soil biological fertility and the influence of utilizing agricultural and urban waste as fertilizer. With the exponential growth of intensified animal production, animal manure is becoming a major waste product, requiring safe, sustainable and sanitary management. Urban waste management approaches are also undergoing rapid changes, which have particular impacts on nutrient cycling opportunities in many countries. When waste is utilized on arable land, its fertilizer value and effects on soil / environment should be optimized and negative effects of xenobiotics and pathogens on ecosystem and human health should be eliminated. My recent research focus has thus been broadened to also cover these areas, namely:

Utilisation of agricultural and urban waste as fertilizer- Land application of animal manures and other waste products from agriculture, industry and society and their fertiliser value and effects on soil quality, gas emissions and nutrient losses to the environment.

Microscale dynamics of soil processes- Investigation of hot spots in a complex media via novel techniques, e.g., planar optode, diffusive gradient in thin films (DGT).