Dr. Armin Keller
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Dr. Armin Keller Leiter Kompetenzzentrum Boden
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Contact hours
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Address
Berner Fachhochschule
School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL
Fachbereich Agronomie
Länggasse 85
3052 Zollikofen
You can find more information on the
German profile page.
Activities
Responsibilities
Head of Swiss Competence Center for Soils
www.ccsols.ch
Focus areas
soil science, soil information
soil mapping surveys, soil monitoring
element cycling in soils
soil functions and soil threats
Research
Specialisations
soil science, soil information
integration of new methodologies in soil mapping surveys
soil monitoring
element cycles in soils
soil functions and soil threats
Focus areas
see www.ccsols.ch
CV
Professional experience
- 2003-2019 Research Associate and Senior Scientist, Swiss Soil Monitoring Network (NABO) Agroscope, Zürich
- 2001-2002 Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship in Environmental Science. Project: Saturation and kinetics of phosphorus desorption in Swiss grassland soils Wageningen University, The Netherlands.
- 2001 Postdoctoral Researcher, ETH Zurich; Scientific coordinator, SNF 3 Switzerland-Bulgaria SCOPE project ETH Zürich
- 1996-2000 Doctoral candidate, Soil Protection Research Group (Prof. Schulin), Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems (ITÖ) ETH Zürich
- 1993-1995 Engineer, G.A.T-Gesellschaft für Umwelttechnik environmental engineering consultancy, Berlin, Germany
Education
- 2001-2002 Post Doc Wageningen University & ETH Zürich Soil Protection. National SCOPE project "Geostatistical Soil Quality Assessment" between Eastern Europe and Switzerlan
- 1996-2000 Dr. sc. nat Environmental Sciences Soil Protection Research Group (Prof. R. Schulin). Doctoral thesis: Assessment of Uncertainty in Modelling Heavy Metal Balances of Regional Agroecosystems
- 1997 CAS Certificate of Advanced Studies in Applied Statistics, ETH Zurich
- 1988-1994 Engineering Diploma Technical Environmental Protection, Berlin Technical University, Germany
Projects
Other projects
see www.ccsols.ch
Language skills and intercultural knowledge
Language skills
- English - Professional working proficiency
- German - Native or bilingual proficiency
- French - Limited working proficiency
