Dr. Kazem Zamanian

Dr. Kazem Zamanian
Address
Herrenhäuser Straße 2
30419 Hannover
Building
Room
007
Dr. Kazem Zamanian
Address
Herrenhäuser Straße 2
30419 Hannover
Building
Room
007
Positions
Postdoctoral researchers
Institute of Soil Science
Postdoctoral researchers
Section Soil Chemistry

Focus in research and teaching

  • Dynamics of soil inorganic carbon i.e. carbonate minerals and dissolved CO2 species under various land-uses including urban areas, agroecosystems and marginal lands
  • The role of soil inorganic carbon in global warming via regulating the concentration of atmospheric CO2
  • Dynamics of carbon and nitrogen in the unsaturated zone (from land to the ocean) under various land uses and management
  • Developing the concept of Anthropedogenesis i.e. soil development by human interventions
  • Formation mechanisms of pedogenic carbonates and the implications for paleo-environment reconstructions and radiocarbon dating

Curriculum vitae

  • Professional background

    2022 – Today
    Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Soil Science, Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany

    2021 – 2022
    Guest researcher, School of Geographical Sciences, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China

    2017 – 2022
    Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Soil Science of Temperate Ecosystems, University of Göttingen, Germany

    2017 – 2019
    Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Biogeochemistry of Agroecosystems (Prof. Michaela Dippold), University of Göttingen, Germany

    2006 – 2010
    Lecturer and laboratory assistant, Dept. of Soil Science, University of Tehran, Iran and Dept. of Soil Science, University of Rafsanjan, Iran

  • Education

    03.2023 - 11.2023
    Pro Lehre fest 2023 (didactic workshop for teaching development, Leibniz University of Hannover)

    15. and 16.03.2023
    Prüfen – Lernentwicklungen begleiten und bewerten (didactic workshop for teaching development, Leibniz University of Hannover)

    28.02.2023
    Neu in der Lehre – Hochschuldidaktische Einführungsveranstaltung (didactic workshop for teaching development, Leibniz University of Hannover)

    12.05.2017 PhD degree
    Title of PhD thesis: Recrystallization of pedogenic and biogenic carbonates in soil: Environmental controls, modelling and relevance for paleoenvironmental reconstructions and dating
    Dept. of Soil Science of Temperate Ecosystems, University of Göttingen, Germany
    Name of PhD Supervisor: Prof. Yakov Kuzyakov

    01.09.2016 - 31.10.2016
    Research visit at Department of Earth & Space Sciences (Prof. Katharine W. Huntington), University of Washington

    2014 – 2017
    PhD. studies, Dept. of Soil Science of Temperate Ecosystems (Prof. Yakov Kuzyakov), University of Göttingen, Germany

    2013 – 2014
    PhD. studies (prior to transfer to Göttingen), Dept. of Soil Science (Prof. Karl Stahr), University of Hohenheim, Germany

    2011 – 2012
    Visiting student, Institute for Systematic Botany and Ecology (Prof. Marian Kazda), University of Ulm, Germany

    2003 - 2006
    Master of Science (MSc.), Title of MSc. thesis: Study of Fashand-Hashtgerd soils and investigation of formation mechanisms of petrocalcic horizons in theses soils
    Department of Soil Science, University of Tehran, Iran
    Name of MSc. Supervisor: Prof. Shahla Mahmoudi

    1999 - 2003
    Bachelor of Science (BSc.), Title of BSc. thesis: Estimation of chloride concentration based on electrical conductivity measurements in some saline soils of Amir-Abad, Damghan, Iran
    Department of Agriculture, University of Guilan, Iran
    Name of BSc. Supervisor: Prof. Akbar Forghani

  • Memberships

    Reviewer for scientific proposals

    • US-NSF, USA
    • AGreenSkills+, France
    • NWO, The Netherlands

     

    Ad hoc reviewer for journals

    • Associate editor in “Land Degradation and Development” (since 2018)
    • Global Change Biology
    • Geoderma
    • Catena
    • Quaternary research
    • Quaternary international
    • Science of the Total Environment
    • Biogeosciences
    • European Journal of Soil Biology
    • Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science
    • Spanish Journal of Soil Science
    • Biogeochemistry

     

    Memberships in Scientific Societies

    • German Soil Science Society (DBG)
    • European Geosciences Union