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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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    • 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.  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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