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Editors Biographies
Bal Ram Singh, PhD is a professor emeritus at the
Norwegian University of Life Sciences. He earned his
PhD degree from G.B. Pant University of Agriculture
and Technology, India. His program focuses on bioavailability and mobility of heavy metals in the soil and
plant system, fertility management and agricultural
sustainability in soils of the tropics, and carbon sequestration in soils. He has served as chairman of the program board “Soils and Plants” of the Research Council
of Norway and as deputy head of the Department, in
addition to many national and international committees. He chaired the Cost Action FA0905 (EU) “Mineral
Improved Crop Production for Healthy Food and
Feed,” in which more than 200 scientists from 31 countries participated. He has supervised 76 graduate students and 16 visiting fellows/scientists from 20
countries and published 456 articles, of which 260 are
in peer-reviewed journals and books. He is a fellow of
ASA (2004) and SSSA (2005) and recipient of the
International Soil Science Award (SSSA) in 2011. He
is currently chair of Division 3 of the International
Union of Soil Science, president of the Norwegian
Society of Soil Science, and member of the
Geomedicine Committee – Food, Environment, and
Health of the Norwegian Academy of Science and
Letters.
Editors Biographies
Bal Ram Singh, PhD is a professor emeritus at the
Norwegian University of Life Sciences. He earned his
PhD degree from G.B. Pant University of Agriculture
and Technology, India. His program focuses on bioavailability and mobility of heavy metals in the soil and
plant system, fertility management and agricultural
sustainability in soils of the tropics, and carbon sequestration in soils. He has served as chairman of the program board “Soils and Plants” of the Research Council
of Norway and as deputy head of the Department, in
addition to many national and international committees. He chaired the Cost Action FA0905 (EU) “Mineral
Improved Crop Production for Healthy Food and
Feed,” in which more than 200 scientists from 31 countries participated. He has supervised 76 graduate students and 16 visiting fellows/scientists from 20
countries and published 456 articles, of which 260 are
in peer-reviewed journals and books. He is a fellow of
ASA (2004) and SSSA (2005) and recipient of the
International Soil Science Award (SSSA) in 2011. He
is currently chair of Division 3 of the International
Union of Soil Science, president of the Norwegian
Society of Soil Science, and member of the
Geomedicine Committee – Food, Environment, and
Health of the Norwegian Academy of Science and
Letters.