Franz Zehetner

Career

• 2025 Professor, Institute of Soil Research, BOKU, Vienna
• 2013 - 2025 Assoc.Prof., Institute of Soil Research, BOKU, Vienna
• 2009 - 2013 Senior Scientist, Institute of Soil Research, BOKU, Vienna
• 2005 - 2009 Assistant Professor, Institute of Soil Research, BOKU, Vienna
• 2005 Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
• 2003 PhD, Soil Science, University of Georgia, USA
• 2003 - 2004 Consultant of Soil Science, SANREM-CRSP (USAID), Ecuador
• 1998 Certificate for the Teaching Profession, Natl. Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Education, Vienna
• 1997 M.S., Soil Science, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna

Awards

• Year: 2023 Awards: Editors’ Choice Article, Geoderma Regional
• Year: 2023 Awards: Top Downloaded Article, Soil Science Society of America Journal
• Year: 2021 Awards: Manfred Schwanninger-Preis für Lehre, BOKU Wien / Manfred Schwanninger Teaching Award, BOKU Vienna
• Year: 2017 Awards: Most Downloaded Article, Geoderma
• Year: 2016 Awards: Best Paper Award, Journal of Environmental Quality
• Year: 2011 Awards: Preis der Stiftung "120 Jahre Universität für Bodenkultur Wien" / Award of the Foundation "120 Years University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna"
• Year: 2006 Awards: Faculty Research Award of the Taiwan Ministry of Education
• Year: 2003 Awards: Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award of the University of Georgia