Liste med publikasjoner fra min forskning. (Cristin)
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Date of Birth: | 20 June 1971 |
Nationality: | Dutch |
Current Positions: | Technical Expert, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI)- 80% Professor, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway- 20% Associate Professor, Stockholm University, Department of Environmental Science (ITM)- 10% |
Overview of Positions:
From 2010 (tenured term): Professor, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB), Ås, Norway.
From 2005 (tenured term): Technical Expert, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI), Oslo, Norway.
From 2005 (tenured term): Associate Professor, Institute of Applied Environmental Research (ITM), Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
2002-2004 (fixed-term; 80% fte): Post-doctoral researcher, Institute of Applied Environmental Research (ITM), Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
2000-2002 (fixed-term; 80% fte): Risk assessment regulator, Ministry of Public Works and Water Management.
1994-2000 (tenured term; 80% fte): Researcher/project manager, Institute for Inland Water Management and Waste Water Treatment (RIZA), Lelystad, The Netherlands.
Track Record August 2015
Number of full peer-reviewed research papers (ISI): 95
H-index G. Cornelissen (ISI): 34
Total number of citations (ISI): > 4400
Number of citations per paper (ISI) 47
The red thread in my research is the fate and behaviour of organic chemicals in soils and sediments, especially in black carbon such as biochar. Five distinct main areas:
1. Biochar for Sequestering carbon, improving soil quality and remediating soil contamination. Six projects in Indonesia, Malaysia, Zambia, Tanzania, Nepal, Brazil. This area of research provides an important link between climate change and my previous experience with black carbon, pollution, passive sampling and sorption/desorption.
2. Desorption of organic chemicals from soils and sediments: The merits of the research were i) the development of the “Tenax method”, still recognized world-wide as the most suitable desorption method, and ii) the discovery of the close connection between slowly desorbing fractions and the extent of microbial biodegradation.
3. The impact of black carbon (soot and charcoal) on the sorption of organic compounds; The merit of this research was that it took the concept of black carbon sorption to the environmental level: previously it had been known that pure soot sorbed strongly, but it was unknown to what extent the environmentally present black carbon would impact overall binding strength.
4. The use of equilibrium passive samplers for the measurement of freely dissolved organic compounds in air, water and soil/sediment: Development of one of the first field-applicable equilibrium passive sampler (thin polyoxymethylene), and the development of the first equilibrium passive sampler for air.
5. In-situ remediation of soils and sediments through sorbent amendment (Research as PI at NGI, Oslo): Pilot tests (in fact, the largest and deepest in the world, involving 80 tons activated carbon) were established for sediment and soil, with a number of industry partners and additional funding from the Norwegian EPA.
Research funding raised: 20 projects totaling around NOK 50 mill, of which 12 as PI and 10 with the Norwegian Research Council. Most important recent projects funded last years:
- Norwegian Research Council project 243789, program Klimaforsk, 2015-2018, Principal Investigator Sarah E. Hale, NGI: “Biochar as an adaptation strategy for climate change”, NOK 6.0 mill
- Norwegian Research Council Free Project 217918 "FriPro", 2012-2018, Principal Investigator Cornelissen, NOK 8.5 mill. “Biochar in soil: Carbon sequestration, Soil quality improvement and Contaminant remediation.”
- Norwegian Research Council project 204112, program FRIMUF, 2011-2014, Principal Investigators Jan Mulder and Gerard Cornelissen, IPM and NGI: “Mechanisms and socio-economics of carbon sequestration and soil quality improvement of biochar in weathered, acidic agricultural lands”, NOK 6.7 mill
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs project (Embassy in Zambia), 2010-2015, Principal Investigator Cornelissen: “Biochar in weathered agricultural lands in Zambia: carbon sequestration and improved livelihoods”, NOK 6.4 mill
- Norwegian Research Council project, program NorGlobal, 2011-2014, Principal Investigator Gerard Cornelissen, NGI: “Biochar on acidic agricultural lands in South-East Asia: Sequestering carbon and improving crop yield”, NOK 3.9 mill
- Norwegian Research Council Joint Industry Project, 2007-2012, “Opticap: Thin layer capping of contaminated sediments using active materials”, Principal Investigators Eek and Cornelissen, NOK 24 mill (with contributions from Norsk Hydro, Norwegian EPA, and several other contractors).
- Norwegian Research Council Joint Industry Project, 2008-2012, “Active: Recovering Metal and Organic contaminated soil by Active Amendments”, Principal Investigator Cornelissen, NOK 4.7 mill (with contributions from Lindum, a large recycling company).
- Norwegian Research Council Research Project “Coast and Sediment”, “Activated Carbon Amendment as a Novel Remediation Technology: a field test in Trondheim Harbor”. 2008-2010, Principal Investigator Cornelissen, NOK 3.2 mill
- Norwegian Research Council Research Project “Coast and Sediment”, “Organic pollutants in a Norwegian Fjord: old sins or ongoing emissions”. 2007-2009, Principal Investigator Cornelissen, NOK 3.0 mill