Alfred Obia, Department of Environmental Sciences will defend his PhD thesis “Impact of biochar on soil physical characteristics and greenhouse gas emission”, on 30 November 2015.
Norwegian title of thesis:
"Effekt av biokull på jordfysiske egenskaper og klimagassutslipp"
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture:
"Towards modern Terra Preta? – A critical assessment of the impact of biochar on native soil organic carbon stocks"
Time and place for the trial lecture and the public defence:
Monday 30 November 2015 at 12:15
The auditorium at Vitenparken, Fredrik A. Dahlsvei 8, Ås
Evaluation committee:
Professor Claudia Kammann, Department of Soil, Hochschule Geisenheim University, Germany
Researcher Dr. Daniel P. Rasse, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO)
Associate Professor Line Tau Strand, Department of Environmental Sciences, NMBU
Supervisors:
Professor Jan Mulder (Main supervisor)
Professor Gerard Cornelissen (Co-supervisor)
Professor Trond Børresen (Co-supervisor)
Researcher Dr. Peter C. Dörsch (Co-supervisor)
All at Department of Environmental Sciences, NMBU
The doctoral thesis is available for public review at the NMBU library
Thesis number 2015:100, ISSN 1894-6402,ISBN 978-82-575-1333-7.