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Institute of Soil Research Konrad Lorenz-Straße 24, 3430 Tulln an der Donau walter.wenzel(at)boku.ac.at Tel: +43 1 47654-91143, 91161 BOKUonline-Visitenkarte  ORCID: 0000-0001-9466-370X
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Curr. Vitae
| 2012 - | Full Professor, Soil Protection and Soil Management |
| 2006 - | Visiting Professor, Department for Agrochemistry and Plant Nutrition, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague |
| 2000 - 2000 | Visiting Scientist, CSIRO Adelaide |
| 2000 - 2011 | Associate Professor, BOKU |
| 1997 - | Associate Professor |
| 1995 - | Habilitation, Soil science, BOKU |
| 1991 - | Associate Professor, BOKU |
| 1990 - | Doctorate, Soil science, BOKU |
| 1990 - | Research Assistant, BOKU |
| 1987 - | Master, Landscale ecology and landscape planning, BOKU |
Statistik Austria, science classification
- earth science; Analytical chemistry; Inorganic chemistry; Geochemistry; Ecotoxicology; Plant ecology; Remediation of contaminated sites; Recycling; Sustainable technologies; Plant nutrition; Soil science; Renewable resources; Sustainable agriculture;
Expertise
- soil ecology; soil contamination and conservation; heavy metals in soils; fluor chemistry in soils; arsenic chemistry in soils; soil rehabilitation; rhizosphere ecology; phytoremediation; bioavailability of pollutants; soil management; phosphorus; Silicon biogeochemistry; Bio- and hydrochars; Soil health; Soil organic carbon;
Awards
| 2018 | Innovation Award Plant Nutrition, Groupe Roullier |
| 2010 | Elsevier Frequently Cited Author Award 2007-2010 for article in Environmental Pollution 148, p. 155-165. |
| 2010 | Elsevier Frequently Cited Author Award 2007-2010 for article in Environmental Pollution 148, p. 107-114. |
| 2009 | Professor honoris causa, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague |
| 2002 | Co-memorial medal, 50th Anniversary of the Czech Agricultrual University, Prague |
| 1993 | Bodenkulturpreis der Wiener Wirtschaftskammer |
| 1990 | Stipendium der Hrabak-Stiftung |
Appointments/Memberships in Professional Societies
| 2020 -2023 | Scientific Mentoring Group of the Faculty of Science and Technology advisory board member |
| 2019 -2022 | International Advisory Board, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague advisory board member |
| 2017 -2019 | European Science Foundation College of Expert Reviewers expert |
| 2009 -2011 | International Society of Trace Element Biogeochemistry auditor |
| 2008 -2023 | Scientific Board of the Lower Austrian Landscape Fund advisory board member |
| 2007 -2011 | UFT Task Force (University and Research Center Tulln) chairman |
| 2007 -2009 | International Society of Trace Element Biogeochemistry (ISTEB) member of the managing board |
| 2007 -2010 | Euroleague for Life Science Universities (ELLS - Tak Force) chairman |
| 2005 -2006 | COST Action 631 - Understanding and Modeling of Processes in the Rhizopshere Environm,ent - UMPIRE (Management Committee) member of the commisson |
| 2003 -2013 | Austrian Association for Management of Contaminated Sites, (AAMCS) auditor |
| 2003 - | Euroleague for Life Science Universities (ELLS - Task Force) mandate as expert |
| 2003 -2005 | International Society of Trace Element Biogeochemistry president |
| 2002 -2006 | Subcommission Rhizosphere, International Union of Soil Sciences deputy head |
| 2001 -2003 | International Society of Trace Element Biogeochemistry Vice-President |
| 2001 -2004 | COST Action 631 - Understanding and Modeling of Processes in the Rhizopshere Environm,ent - UMPIRE (Management Committee) chairperson |
| 2000 - | Austrian Society for Soil Biology member |
| 1999 -2001 | International Society of Trace Element Biogeochemistry treasurer |
| 1998 -2002 | Subcommission G (Soil Remediation), International Union of Soil Science deputy head |
| 1998 -1999 | International Society of Trace Element Biogeochemistry (ISTEB) president |
| 1998 -1998 | International Society of Trace Element Biogeochemistry (ISTEB) founder member |
| 1994 - | British Society of Soil Science full member |
| 1991 - | Amerikanische Bodenkundliche Gesellschaft full member |
| 1990 - | German Society of Soil Science full member |
| 1990 - | International Union of Soil Sciences IUSS full member |
| 1985 - | Austrian Soil Science Society full member |
Editorial board appointments for scientific journals
| 2022 -2025 |
Soil & Environmental Health:
1st level below top level (Associate Editor) |
| 2003 - |
Plant Soil and Environment:
Editorial Board Member |
| 2002 -2007 |
Journal of Soils and Sediments:
Editorial Board Member |
| 2000 -2005 |
Journal of Environmental Quality:
1st level below top level (Associate Editor) |
| 1997 -2015 |
Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science:
Editorial Board Member |
Reviewer for scientific journals
| 2022 - | Global Change Biology |
| 2022 -2022 | Science |
| 2022 - | Regional Environmental Change |
| 2021 - | Trends in Plant Science |
| 2018 -2018 | Earth-Science Reviews |
| 2016 - | Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems |
| 2015 -2015 | Chemosphere |
| 2015 - | Biology and Fertility of Soils |
| 2013 -2013 | Environmental Chemistry Letters |
| 2013 -2015 | Soil Biology & Biochemistry |
| 2013 -2013 | Vadose Zone Journal |
| 2012 -2012 | Environmental Chemistry |
| 2012 - | Forest Ecology and Management |
| 2012 -2014 | Environmental and Experimental Botany |
| 2012 -2012 | Forest Snow and Landscape Research |
| 2006 -2019 | Plant Soil and Environment |
| 2006 -2006 | Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry |
| 2006 -2013 | Pedosphere |
| 2005 -2022 | Geoderma |
| 2005 -2005 | Journal of Applied Microbiology |
| 2005 -2005 | Plant Physiology and Biochemistry |
| 2005 -2005 | Naturwissenschaften |
| 2004 -2013 | Science of the Total Environment |
| 2003 -2013 | New Phytologist |
| 2003 -2022 | Plant and Soil |
| 2002 -2002 | Acta Biologica Cracoviensia Series Botanica |
| 2002 -2002 | Journal of Biotechnology |
| 2000 -2013 | European Journal of Soil Science |
| 2000 -2016 | Environmental Pollution |
| 1999 -2015 | Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science |
| 1998 -2004 | AGRONOMIE |
| 1998 -2013 | Journal of Environmental Quality |
| 1993 -2004 | Environmental Geochemistry and Health |
| 1993 -2003 | International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry |
| 1993 -2003 | Water Resources Research |
| 1993 -2003 | Water Research |
| 1993 -2021 | Environmental Science & Technology |
| 1993 -2000 | ADV ENVIRON RES |
| 1993 -2000 | Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section A-Animal Science |
| 1993 -2015 | Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science |
| 1993 -2005 | Water air and Soil Pollution |
Expert for external appointment/habilitation procedures
| 2022 | Externe Berufung: Gutachter: Lincoln University Associate Professor |
| 2011 | Externe Berufung: Gutachter: University of Southhampton Principal Research Fellow |
Reviewer/Expert funding organizations
| 2018 -2019 | Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft - Germany |
| 2017 -2018 | Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft - Germany |
| 2012 - | Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) - France |
| 2006 - | Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) - Netherlands |
| 2006 -2006 | CEU Admissions Office - Hungary |
| 2005 - | Academia Sinica - Taiwan |
| 2003 -2003 | Schweizer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung - Switzerland |
Reviewer/Expert organization
| 2015 | Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague (CULS), Tschechische Republik, Tschechische Republik Projektanträge |
| 2014 | Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague (CULS), Tschechische Republik Projektanträge |
| 2014 | Universität für Bodenkultur Wien Begutachtung einer Dissertation |
| 2013 | Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague (CULS) Zwei Projektreviews als Grundlage für die Vergabe interner Forschungsmittel |
| 2013 | Univeristät für Bodenkultur Wien Graduiertenstipendium |
| 2012 | Tehran University PhD Thesis Assessment |
| 2012 | DEPARTAMENTO DE EDAFOLOXÍA E QUÍMICA AGRÍCOLA
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela PhD Thesis Assessment |
| 2011 | Universität für Bodenkultur Wien PhD Thesis Assessment (Dissertation Madeleine Dell´mour) |
| 2011 | Czech University of Life Sciences (CULS) Beurteilung der Quality Assurance Mechanismen auf gesmtuniversitärer Ebene und in den Faklutäten / Departments |
| 2010 | University of Copenhagen PhD Thesis Assessment |
| 2009 | University of Zagreb PhD Thesis Assessment |
| 2006 | Czech University of Agriculture in Prague (CUAP) |
Organizer of scientific conferences, Chairs
| 2024 | 31st CONFERENCE OF THE WORKING COMMUNITY OF THE DANUBE REGIONS Organiser |
| 2024 | 20. Jahrestagung des Europäischen Bodenbündnisses (ELSA) Organiser |
| 2023 | Soil Mapping Activities in the Danube Region:
Objectives, methods, and challenges in the context of the EU Strategie for the Danube Region (EUSDR) and the EU Mission: A Soil Deal for Europe Organiser |
| 2022 | 29th CONFERENCE OF THE WORKING COMMUNITY OF THE DANUBE REGIONS Organiser |
| 2021 | 28th CONFERENCE OF THE WORKING COMMUNITY OF THE DANUBE REGIONS Member of the Organisation Committee |
| 2020 | 27th CONFERENCE OF THE WORKING COMMUNITY OF THE DANUBE REGIONS - SOIL HEALTH – INNOVATE, DEMONSTRATE & COMMUNICATE
Organiser |
| 2019 | SOIL HEALTH MANAGEMENT IN THE DANUBE REGION AND BEYOND THROUGH AGRO-ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMMES. April 9-10, 2019 Organiser |
| 2019 | 6th Conference on Dffusive Gradients in Thin Films 2019 (DGT 2019)
Organiser |
| 2018 | 25th CONFERENCE OF THE WORKING COMMUNITY OF THE DANUBE REGIONS, April 24-25, 2018 Organiser |
| 2018 | European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2018,
Session „New and traditional soil amendments: impacts, benefits, and risks“ Member of the Organisation Committee |
| 2017 | 24th CONFERENCE OF THE WORKING COMMUNITY OF THE DANUBE REGIONS, April 26-27, 2017 Organiser |
| 2016 | 23rd CONFERENCE OF THE WORKING COMMUNITY OF THE DANUBE REGIONS, April 13-14, 2016 Member of the Organisation Committee |
| 2015 | Workshop on "Agrobiology", 6th CASEE Conference, May 24-26, Nitra, Slovak Republic. Chair (Session) |
| 2015 | 22nd CONFERENCE OF THE WORKING COMMUNITY OF THE DANUBE REGIONS, March 25-26, 2015, Tulln.
Organiser |
| 2014 | 19th Expert Meeting of the Soil Conservation Working Group of the Danube Countries Working Community, March 26-27, 2014, Tulln.
Member of the Organisation Committee |
| 2014 | Workshop on "Soil - Plant - Water Interactions", 5th CASEE Conference, May 25-27, Novi Sad, Serbia. Organiser |
| 2013 | 12th International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements (ICOBTE ´13), June 16-20, 2013, Athens, Georgia Chair (Session) |
| 2013 | Euroleague for Life Science Universities (ELLS) Scientific Student Conference 2013, November 15-16, 2013, Vienna Chair (Session) |
| 2013 | 12th International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements (ICOBTE ´13), June 16-20, 2013, Athens Reviewer |
| 2013 | 12th International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements (ICOBTE ´13), June 16-20, 2013, Athens, Georgia, USA; Member, International Committee. Member of the Organisation Committee |
| 2013 | 18th Expert Meeting of the Soil Conservation Working Group of the Danube Countries Working Community, April 17-18, 2013, Tulln. Member of the Organisation Committee |
| 2013 | Special Symposium: Soil Plant and Soil – Pant – Microbial Interactions in the Rhizosphere, 12th International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements (ICOBTE ´13), June 16-20, 2013, Athens, Georgia, USA; Co-Organiser, Special Symposium. Organiser |
| 2013 | 12th International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements (ICOBTE ´13), June 16-20, 2013, Athens, Georgia, USA; Member, Special Symposia Editorial Committee. Member of the Organisation Committee |
| 2013 | Euroleague for Life Science Universities (ELLS) Conference 2013, November 14-15, 2013, Vienna, Austria; Organiser. Organiser |
| 2013 | Euroleague for Life Science Universities (ELLS) Scientific Student Conference 2013, November 15-16, 2013, Vienna, Austria; Organiser. Organiser |
| 2013 | Workshop on "Soil protection and the Danubean perspectives",
4th CASEE conference “Food and Biomass Production - Basis for a Sustainable Rural Development”, July 1–3, 2013, Zagreb, Croatia
Member of the Organisation Committee |
| 2012 | Special Symposium: Plant – Soil Interactions from the Rhizosphere to the Field Scale, Organiser |
| 2012 | Soil Science for the Future. Conference for early-stage carrier soil scientists sponsored by the Austrian Society of Soil Science, October 19, 2012. Member of the Organisation Committee |
| 2012 | The 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Remediation 2012, November 14-16, 2012, Vienna and Tulln, Austria; Co-organiser. Member of the Organisation Committee |
| 2011 | 11th International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements Member of the Organisation Committee |
| 2011 | Annual Meeting, European Network of Soil Alliances (ENSA) Organiser |
| 2007 | RHIZOSPHERE 2 Member of the Organisation Committee |
| 2007 | Euroleague for Life Science Universities (ELLS) Conference 2007 Organiser |
| 2007 | Second International Congress "Arsenic in the environment: Arsenic from nature to humans" (As2) Member of the Organisation Committee |
| 2004 | RHIZOSPHERE Member of the Organisation Committee |
| 2004 | SUSTAIN LIFE - SECURE SRVIVAL Member of the Organisation Committee |
| 2004 | Summer university: Soil - Plant - Microbe Interactions: Fundamentals and Applcations Organiser |
| 2002 | 1st Joint Working Group 631 Organiser |
| 2001 | The Rhizosphere - A Natural Biochemical Reactor at the Soil-Root Interface: Its Secrets and Technological Applications (during International BOKU Congress ) Organiser |
| 1999 | 5th International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements (ICOBTE ´99) Organiser |
| 1997 | International Symposium on Soil System Behaviour in Time and Space Member of the Organisation Committee |