Soil Physics and Land Management

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Projects per year 1995 2007 2010 2012 2015 2016 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2026

• 56 Active
• 77 Finished

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  Applying nature based solutions to retain and remove nutrients from agricultural areas

  Nijboer, M. (PhD candidate) & Bartholomeus, R. (Promotor)

  1/02/25 → …

  Project: PhD

• Behavior and environmental fate of ionizable pollutants

  Deligiannis, M. (PhD candidate), Ritsema, C. (Promotor) & Droge, S. (Co-promotor)

  15/01/25 → …

  Project: PhD

• Modelling pollutant transport across the soil-atmosphere continuum.

  Zamuner, A. (PhD candidate), Krol, M. (Promotor), Ritsema, C. (Promotor), Rezaei, M. (Co-promotor) & van Stratum, B. (Co-promotor)

  15/11/24 → …

  Project: PhD

• Pesticide residues and microplastic mulching influence on soil health of commercial farms in Nepal

  Joshi, T. (PhD candidate), Geissen, V. (Promotor), Bhandari, G. (Co-promotor) & Harkes, P. (Co-promotor)

  1/09/24 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Pesticide Residue 100%
  • Soil Health 100%
  • Farming System 25%
  • Nontarget Organism 25%
  • Crop Production 25%

• Risk and fate of pesticides and synergies with other pollutants

  Alami, L. (PhD candidate), Geissen, V. (Promotor), Felix da Graca Silva, V. (Co-promotor) & Harkes, P. (Co-promotor)

  1/09/24 → …

  Project: PhD

• Farming system transformations through contract farming in Madagascar

  Uyttendaele, S. (PhD candidate), Fleskens, L. (Promotor), Veldwisch, G. J. (Co-promotor) & van der Kooij, S. (Co-promotor)

  15/07/24 → …

  Project: PhD

• Can’t escape the WaterScape: transforming water and governance systems for dealing with climate impacts in the Dutch Delta (WaterScape)

  van den Brink, M. (PhD candidate), Bartholomeus, R. (Promotor), Ritsema, C. (Promotor) & van Dam, J. (Co-promotor)

  15/04/24 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Climate Effect 100%
  • Land Use 100%
  • Water Management 75%
  • Soil Water 50%
  • Water Use 50%

• Integrated Assessment of Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) Techniques Combined with Water Reuse for Climate-Resilient Regional Water System

  Yazdani, M. (PhD candidate), Bartholomeus, R. (Promotor) & Ritsema, C. (Promotor)

  1/01/24 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Applicability 100%
  • Water Reuse 100%
  • Aquifer Recharge 100%
  • Groundwater Level 50%
  • Subsystems 50%

• Development of an Integrated BMP Model for the Indenting System at El-Gazira Scheme

  Barsi, M. (PhD candidate), Fleskens, L. (Promotor), Carvalho Nunes, J. (Co-promotor) & Baartman, J. (Other)

  1/12/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• How microplastics affect soil structure

  Weghorst, M. (PhD candidate), Ritsema, C. (Promotor), Baartman, J. (Co-promotor) & van Schaik, L. (Co-promotor)

  1/12/23 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Soil Structure 100%
  • Microplastics 100%
  • Soil Water Balance 66%
  • Rainfall Simulation 33%
  • Land Degradation 33%

• Microplastic Transport with Runoff and Erosion

  Liu, Q. (PhD candidate), Ritsema, C. (Promotor), Baartman, J. (Co-promotor) & van Schaik, L. (Co-promotor)

  1/12/23 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Microplastics 100%
  • Soil Structure 75%
  • Land Degradation 25%
  • Surface Water 25%
  • Transport Process 25%

• Spatial Analysis of the Impacts of Land Use Intensification on Soil Erosion Under Targeted Management Practices in Nsonge Catchment, Mt. Rwenzori, Uganda

  mr. Nedala, S. (PhD candidate), Fleskens, L. (Promotor), Baartman, J. (Co-promotor), Mücher, S. (Co-promotor) & Nielsen, F. (Other)

  1/11/23 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Uganda 100%
  • Land Use 100%
  • Spatial Analysis 100%
  • Erosion Control 100%
  • Control Measure 100%

• Evaluating the impact of sustainable soil and land management on multi-pollutant control and mitigation in Erhai Basin

  Ren, Y. (PhD candidate), Ritsema, C. (Promotor) & Gai, L. (Co-promotor)

  30/10/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• The toxicity impacts and ecological risk assessment of the synergistic interaction of micro-plastics and pesticides on soil biota

  Guo, B. (PhD candidate), Geissen, V. (Promotor), Beriot, N. (Co-promotor) & Yang, X. (Co-promotor)

  30/09/23 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Soil Biota 100%
  • Soil Nutrient 100%
  • Soil Quality 100%
  • Phytohaemagglutinin 100%
  • Leaching 100%

• The interaction between microorganisms and microplastics in soil environments

  A, L. (PhD candidate), Ritsema, C. (Promotor) & Yang, X. (Co-promotor)

  1/09/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• Soil carbon dynamics and soil carbon sequestration under different agricultural management practices in a Mediterranean changing climate

  Cardoso Ribeiro Moreira Soares, P. (PhD candidate), Ritsema, C. (Promotor) & Fleskens, L. (Co-promotor)

  1/08/23 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Soil Carbon 100%
  • Agricultural Management 100%
  • Carbon Sequestration 100%
  • Food Production 60%
  • Climate Change 60%

• Food Systems Transformation in Southern Africa for One Health (FoSTA-Health)

  Assogba, G. (Project Leader), Fleskens, L. (CoPI), Descheemaeker, K. (CoPI) & Andersson, J. (CoPI)

  1/08/23 → 30/04/26

  Project: PostDoc

• Evaluating Land and Water Productivity in a Changing Climatic and Management Regimes on Ethiopian River Basins

  Melese, M. (PhD candidate), Fleskens, L. (Promotor), Carvalho Nunes, J. (Co-promotor) & Baartman, J. (Other)

  5/05/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• Integrated Modeling of Climate Change Impacts on Groundwater Aquifer Systems and Agriculture

  Gomaa, S. (PhD candidate), Fleskens, L. (Promotor) & Carvalho Nunes, J. (Co-promotor)

  18/04/23 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Integrated Modeling 100%
  • Climate Change Impact 100%
  • Climate Change 100%
  • Crop Yield 20%
  • Development Area 20%

• Where and when is water moving in soil? Incorporating spatiotemporal variability of subsurface flows to improve hydrological modelling

  Bravo Peña, S. (PhD candidate), Ritsema, C. (Promotor), van Dam, J. (Co-promotor) & van Schaik, L. (Co-promotor)

  19/03/23 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Subsurface Flow 100%
  • Hydrology Models 100%
  • Water Flow 100%
  • Soil Structure 60%
  • Soil Physical Property 60%

• Soil degradation and conservation in the Upper Brantas Watershed, Indonesia

  Raushanfikr, B. (PhD candidate) & Ritsema, C. (Promotor)

  1/03/23 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Soil Degradation 100%
  • Indonesia 100%
  • Soil Conservation 100%
  • Water Conservation 100%
  • Ecosystem Service 75%

• SPRINT and MINAGRIS

  Meng, F. (Other), Ritsema, C. (Project Leader) & Geissen, V. (CoPI)

  1/01/23 → 1/08/25

  Project: PostDoc

  • Bioavailability 100%
  • Polluted Soils 100%
  • Chlorpyrifos 100%
  • Microplastics 100%
  • Polylactic Acid 33%

• trans4num: Transformation for sustainable nutrient supply and management

  Harkes, P. (PI)

  1/12/22 → 30/11/26

  Project: EU research project

  • China 100%
  • Nature-Based Solutions 100%
  • Nutrient Management 100%
  • Europe 66%
  • Emissions 33%

• Toxicology of microplastics to soil fauna

  Tan, G. (PhD candidate), Geissen, V. (Promotor) & Yang, X. (Co-promotor)

  1/10/22 → …

  Project: PhD

• How does bioturbation influence soil hydro-physical dynamics and modify landscapes?

  Loreggian, M. (PhD candidate), Ritsema, C. (Promotor), Wallinga, J. (Promotor), Baartman, J. (Co-promotor) & Larsen, A. (Co-promotor)

  1/10/22 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Bioturbation 100%
  • Dynamics 100%
  • Rainfall Simulation 33%
  • Temporal Scale 33%
  • Soil Structure 33%

• Ecohydrological modelling - devising strategies for sustainable agricultural water management in the Hindon basin

  Shah, S. S. (PhD candidate), Ritsema, C. (Promotor), Bonetti, S. (Co-promotor) & van Dam, J. (Co-promotor)

  1/07/22 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Ecohydrological Modeling 100%
  • Water Management 100%
  • Water Use Efficiency 100%
  • Agricultural Water Management 100%
  • Irrigation 100%

• Dynamic crop growth modelling to quantify the yield gap due to unfavorable soil hydrological conditions.

  Mulder, M. (PhD candidate), Ritsema, C. (Promotor), Heinen, M. (Co-promotor) & van Dam, J. (Co-promotor)

  1/06/22 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Sweating 100%

• Evaluation of distribution of pesticide residues on agricultural soils and their impact on soil health and food quality

  Santos Veiga, A. (PhD candidate), Geissen, V. (Promotor) & Felix da Graca Silva, V. (Co-promotor)

  1/04/22 → …

  Project: PhD

• Sustainable watershed management measures for mitigating sediment deposition in a closed highland lake in northern Ethiopia

  Hadush, H. (PhD candidate), Hoitink, T. (Promotor), van der Ploeg, M. (Promotor) & Vermeulen, B. (Co-promotor)

  1/03/22 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Ethiopia 100%
  • Watershed Management 100%
  • Hillslope 50%
  • Natural Resource 50%
  • Gully Erosion 50%

• Fire resilient landscapes

  Newman Thacker, F. (PhD candidate), Ritsema, C. (Promotor), Stoof, C. (Promotor) & Bartholomeus, H. (Co-promotor)

  1/12/21 → …

  Project: PhD

• Methods and Geohydrological Tools to improve the freshwater availability of the Higher Sandy Regions of the Netherlands

  Fernandes, V. (PhD candidate), Bartholomeus, R. (Promotor), Ritsema, C. (Promotor) & de Louw, P. (Co-promotor)

  20/09/21 → …

  Project: PhD

• Plastic fate, risk and potential control in agricultural soil

  Zhang, H. (PhD candidate), Geissen, V. (Promotor) & Yang, X. (Co-promotor)

  1/09/21 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Plastic Film 100%
  • Agricultural Soil 100%
  • Soil Quality 33%
  • Plastic Pollution 33%
  • Soil Property 33%

• Quantify the off-site impacts of existing and promising agricultural measures on water quantity and quality

  Ning, Y. (PhD candidate), Ritsema, C. (Promotor) & Carvalho Nunes, J. (Co-promotor)

  1/09/21 → …

  Project: PhD

• Remediationof soils polluted with micro plastics - Microbial degradation of plastic debris

  Munhoz, D. R. (PhD candidate), Geissen, V. (Promotor) & Harkes, P. (Co-promotor)

  1/07/21 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Soil Microbiome 100%
  • Polluted Soils 100%
  • Low Density Poly-Ethylene 100%
  • Microbial Biodegradation 100%
  • Microbial Treatment 100%

• Soil pollution under orchards in central-eastern Portugal: sources, risks and potential solutions

  Oliveira Veloso Macedo, A. (PhD candidate), Geissen, V. (Promotor) & Felix da Graca Silva, V. (Co-promotor)

  1/07/21 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi 100%
  • Herbicide 100%
  • Pesticide Residue 100%
  • Soil Pollution 100%
  • Trifolium pratense 33%

• Impact of pesticides on the terrestrial ecosystem across Europe

  Knuth, D. (PhD candidate), Geissen, V. (Promotor), Felix da Graca Silva, V. (Co-promotor) & Harkes, P. (Co-promotor)

  1/06/21 → …

  Project: PhD

• Managing and engineering quality effects of effluents, brines and sludges for application in soil and groundwater

  Soedarso, J. (PhD candidate), Rijnaarts, H. (Promotor), Sutton, N. (Promotor), Meeussen, H. (Co-promotor), Sigmund, G. (Co-promotor) & Tang, D. (Other)

  24/04/21 → …

  Project: PhD

• The balance between water retention and water discharge in the Pleistocene uplands of the Netherlands

  de Wit, J. (PhD candidate), Bartholomeus, R. (Promotor), Ritsema, C. (Promotor) & van Dam, J. (Co-promotor)

  1/11/20 → …

  Project: PhD

• Soil health in Norway

  Bøe, F. (PhD candidate), Ritsema, C. (Promotor) & van Schaik, L. (Co-promotor)

  1/10/20 → …

  Project: PhD

• SPRINT: SUSTAINABLE PLANT PROTECTION TRANSITION: A GLOBAL HEALTH APPROACH

  Harkes, P. (PI)

  1/09/20 → 31/08/25

  Project: EU research project

  • Herbicide 100%
  • Plant Protection 85%
  • Pesticide Residue 85%
  • Intestine Flora 85%
  • Glyphosate 64%

• Assessing climate-smart agricultural options for rainfed smallholder farmers in data-limited areas of South Africa: The integration of remote sensing and crop models

  Dlamini, L. (PhD candidate), Ritsema, C. (Promotor), van Dam, J. (Co-promotor) & van Dam, J. (Other)

  1/07/20 → …

  Project: PhD

• Microplastic in the urban environment - A case study of Coimbra, Portugal

  Amorim Do Vale Leitão, I. (PhD candidate), Geissen, V. (Promotor) & van Schaik, L. (Co-promotor)

  1/07/20 → …

  Project: PhD

• Contaminant transport in agro-ecosystems with re-use of marginal water (treated effluent)

  Soltani Tehrani, R. (PhD candidate), Ritsema, C. (Promotor), Yang, X. (Co-promotor) & van Dam, J. (Co-promotor)

  25/06/20 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Vadose Zone 100%
  • Pollution Transport 66%
  • Water Flow 66%
  • Transients 66%
  • Sand Column 66%

• Exploring learning approaches and competences for shaping effective change-agents in sustainable agriculture in Burundi

  Nyamweru, J. (PhD candidate), Biemans, H. (Promotor) & Kessler, A. (Co-promotor)

  15/12/19 → …

  Project: PhD

• SURface runoff in FLAT areas SURFLAT

  Schaap, P. (PhD candidate), Ritsema, C. (Promotor), van der Zee, S. (Promotor) & de Louw, P. (Other)

  1/12/19 → …

  Project: PhD

• Towards a Transformative Learning Ecology for Fostering Socio-ecological Stewardship among Smallholder Farmers and Children in Uganda

  Misanya, D. (PhD candidate), Wals, A. (Promotor), Kessler, A. (Co-promotor) & Tassone, V. (Co-promotor)

  1/12/19 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Uganda 100%
  • Focus Group 90%
  • Group Discussion 90%
  • Learning Process 80%
  • Educational Objectives 60%

• Reservoir sedimentation and nutrient deposition under semi-arid climate conditions of Northern Ethiopia

  Berhe, G. (PhD candidate), Ritsema, C. (Promotor), Baartman, J. (Co-promotor) & Veldwisch, G. J. (Co-promotor)

  1/11/19 → …

  Project: PhD

• Herbicide impacts on soil ecosystem services and determining factors involved, in Uruguayan agricultural production systems

  Carriquiry, I. (PhD candidate), Geissen, V. (Promotor), Felix da Graca Silva, V. (Co-promotor) & Harkes, P. (Co-promotor)

  1/11/19 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Herbicide 100%
  • Soil Ecosystem 100%
  • Endpoints 21%
  • Weed Control 21%
  • Soil Health 14%

• Sediment analysis in the Yellow River Basin, China

  Wu, Z. (PhD candidate), Ritsema, C. (Promotor), Baartman, J. (Co-promotor) & Carvalho Nunes, J. (Co-promotor)

  3/10/19 → …

  Project: PhD

• Water rights and conflict resolution for more productive flood-based livelihood systems

  Zenebe, M. (PhD candidate), Ritsema, C. (Promotor) & Fleskens, L. (Other)

  7/07/18 → …

  Project: PhD