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Editorial Board

Editorial Board

  • Editor-in-Chief

    • Prof. Dr.  Artemi Cerdà

      Soil Erosion and Degradation Research Group, Department of Geography, University of Valencia, Spain.

      Research Interests:
      land degradation; land restoration; soil erosion; runoff generation; socioeconomy; perception; forest fires; agriculture; sustainability.
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  • Editorial Board Members

    • Prof. Dr.  Mehdi Rahmati

      • 1. Senior Researcher, Institute of Bio- and Geosciences: Agrosphere (IBG-3), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany.
      • 2. Associate professor, Department of Soil Science & Engineering, University of Maragheh, Iran.
      Research Interests:
      environmental data science; soil, water, and terrestrial modeling; soil and water resources remote sensing; soil digital mapping; soil memory; soil infiltration; soil erosion.
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    • Prof. Dr.  Purushothaman Chirakkuzhyil Abhilash

      Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development (IESD) at Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi, India.

      Research Interests:
      land degradation; restoration of marginal and degraded lands for biomass production; land system management; nature-based solution; sustainable agriculture; UN-SDGs.
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    • Prof. Dr.  Jian Liu

      Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Norway.

      Research Interests:
      soil nutrients; soil health; water quality; best management practices; climate resilient agriculture.
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    • Prof. Dr.  Ataollah Kavian

      Professor in Soil and Water Conservation, Department of Watershed Management, Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University (SANRU), Sari, Iran.

      Research Interests:
      soil and water conservation; watershed management; natural hazards.
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    • Prof. Dr.  Ali El-Keblawy

      Department of Applied Biology, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

      Research Interests:
      plant ecology; arid-land restoration & desert ecology; halophytes and salt-stress tolerance; biodiversity conservation of native plants.
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    • Prof. Dr.  Pasquale Borrelli

      Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy.

      Research Interests:
      soil erosion modelling; land-use change and land degradation dynamics; spatial assessment of human-induced environmental change; hydrology and rainfall dynamics in the earth system.
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    • Prof. Dr.  Adel SEPEHR

      • 1. Soil, Catchment and Riverine Processes Unit, Soil and Catchment Science Branch, Science Division, Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
      • 2. Australian River Institute, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia.
      Research Interests:
      ecogeomorphology; riverine systems; land degradation; soil erosion and restoration; biological soil crusts.
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    • Prof. Dr.  Jasper Knight

      The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

      Research Interests:
      climate change; sedimentary systems; sustainability; geohazards; semiarid environments; paraglacial processes.
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    • Prof. Dr.  Ashish Pandey

      Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India.

      Research Interests:
      hydrological modeling; remote sensing, and gis applications in water resources.
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    • Prof. Dr.  Yakov Kuzyakov

      • 1. University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
      • 2. Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania.
      Research Interests:
      soil science; soil biochemistry; land use; rhizosphere; c and n cycles.
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    • Prof. Dr.  Kamel MSAADA

      Laboratory of Aromatic and Medicinal Plants, Biotechnology Center of Borj Cedria Technopole, Hammam-Lif, Tunisia.

      Research Interests:
      plant biotechnology; plant physiology; plant biology; aromatic and medicinal plants; secondary metabolites; biological activities.
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    • Prof. Dr.  Hafiz Mohkum Hammad

      Muhammad Nawaz Sharif University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan.

      Research Interests:
      carbon sequestration crop growth modeling; climate change; climate smart agriculture.
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    • Assoc. Prof. Dr.  Mulatie Mekonnen

      Bashir Dar University, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Department of Natural Resources Management, Bashir Dar, Ethiopia.

      Research Interests:
      landscape restoration; soil and water conservation; integrated watershed management; sustainable water reservoir use; earth observation and GIS applications in natural resources management; land resources mapping.
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    • Prof. Dr.  Karen Ghazaryan

      Dean of the Faculty of Biology, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia.

      Research Interests:
      soil ecology, soil remediation, soil salinization, plant abiotic stress, ecological management of the environment, ecological evaluation of the environment.
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    • Prof. Dr.  Meddi Mohamed

      Higher National School for Hydraulics (ENSH), Blida, Algeria.

      Research Interests:
      erosion and sedimentation; rainfall–runoff modelling; modelling and management of water resources; climate scenarios; impacts of climate change on hydrological regimes and water resources; adaptation to climate change; vulnerability assessment; extreme events (drought and flooding).
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    • Prof. Dr.  Zorica Popović

      Senior Scientist, Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković", National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.

      Research Interests:
      functional plant ecology; chemodiversity; biodiversity conservation; climate change responses; fire ecology; human-environment interactions: environmental perceptions; traditional knowledge, and adaptation.
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    • Prof. Dr.  Ying Zhao

      College of Hydraulic and Civil Engineering, Ludong University, ShanDong, China.

      Research Interests:
      soil hydrology and critical zone processes; saline–alkali soil reclamation and management; root–soil–water interactions.
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    • Prof. Dr.  Ademir de Oliveira Ferreira

      Adjunct Professor, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (UFRPE), Recife, Brazil.

      Research Interests:
      soil science; soil use and management; soil Conservation; soil fertility; no-tillage; soil organic matter; carbon eequestration; mechanisms of C-protection.
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    • Prof. Dr.  Lyudmyla Symochko

      Department of Life Sciences, Centre for Functional Ecology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.

      Research Interests:
      microbial ecology; agroecology; antimicrobial resistance in the environment; ecosystem health; soil microbiome; bioremediation; one health approach; environmental risk assessment; sustainability.
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    • Prof. Dr.  Anna Klamerus-Iwan

      Laboratory of Forest Hydrology, Faculty of Forestry, University of Agriculture in Kraków, Kraków, Poland.

      Research Interests:
      forest Hydrology; ecohydrology; precipitation partitioning; water retention; cathment hydrology.
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    • Prof. Dr.  Sylwia Budzyńska

      Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poland.

      Research Interests:

      biomonitoring; dendroremediation; environmental chemistry; environmental pollution; forest sciences; heavy metals; metalloids; nature based restoration; phytoextraction; phytoremediation.

       

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    • Assoc. Prof.  Konstantine Bziava

      Georgian Technical University & Tsotne Mirtskhulava Water Management Institute.

      Research Interests:

      hydro-amelioration; integrated water resources management; debris flow & geohazard assessment; soil erosion modeling (RUSLE/SWAT); environmental engineering; GIS & Remote Sensing Applications; coastal eutrophication & water quality.

       

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    • Dr.  Manuel La Licata

      Department of Science, Roma Tre University, Italy.

      Research Interests:

      soil erosion; sediment dynamics; hydrological and sediment connectivity; environmental modelling; climate-driven geohazard scenarios; geomorphological mapping.

       

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    • Dr.  Rakhwe Kama

      College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzho, China.

      Research Interests:

      agricultural water soil engineering: agroecology; soil pollution and remediation; environmental management for agriculture; ecological restoration.

       

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    • Prof. Dr.  Arash MALEKIAN

      • 1. University of Tehran, Iran.
      • 2. Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources (NIEER), Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
      Research Interests:

      water resources management; climate resilience; watershed restoration; Ecosystem services; Hydrological modeling.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Hallouz Faiza

      • 1. Faculty of Earth Sciences, Geography and Territorial Planning, University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene (USTHB), Bab Ezzouar, Algiers, Algeria.
      • 2. Water and Environment Engineering Laboratory, National Higher School for Hydraulics (ENSH), Blida, Algeria.
      Research Interests:

      land use/land cover (LULC); sediment transport; climate change; hydrology; erosion; dam siltation.

       

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    • Prof. Dr.  Saeedreza Moazeni

      Department of Reclamation of Arid and Mountainous Regions, University of Tehran, Iran.

      Research Interests:

      hydrology; watershed management; soil erosion; hydrological modeling; watershed restoration.

       

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