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and socioeconomic issues influencing the environment
and global changes. The specific topics covered are
anthropogenic influences in soil water and air, land use
and changes, agricultural intensification, GHG fluxes
from land uses, carbon dynamics, land degradation,
system analyses, environmental education, conflict,
peace and development studies including wisdom and
personal transformation relevant for ecosystem management, and global change and development. He has
field research experiences from Europe, Asia, Africa,
and North America through institutional collaboration,
educational program, and networking projects with
national and international organization. He has various
program leadership experiences. He has contributed in
developing various educational program and course
curricula and created several educational documentary
films. Despite more than 190 scientific publications, he
has wider public engagements/social work with extensive delivery of public talks with media coverage.
Rattan Lal, PhD is a distinguished university professor of Soil Science and director of the Carbon
Management and Sequestration Center, Ohio State
University, and an adjunct professor of the University
of Iceland. He was president of the World Association
of Soil and Water Conservation (1987–1990),
International Soil and Tillage Research Organization
(1988–1991), Soil Science Society of America (2006–
2008), and International Union of Soil Sciences (2017–
2018). His professional research interests include soil
carbon sequestration for food and climate security, conservation agriculture, principles and practices of soil
erosion control, eco-intensification of agroecosystems,
soil restoration, and sustainable management of soils.
He authored 950 journal articles, authored/edited 100
books, mentored 350 researchers, has 144 h index and
total citations of 95,000, and is editor of the Advances
in Soil Science and Encyclopedia of Soil Science. He is
laureate of the GCHERA World Agriculture Prize
2018, Glinka World Soil Prize 2018, and Japan Prize
2019.
Editors Biographies
and socioeconomic issues influencing the environment
and global changes. The specific topics covered are
anthropogenic influences in soil water and air, land use
and changes, agricultural intensification, GHG fluxes
from land uses, carbon dynamics, land degradation,
system analyses, environmental education, conflict,
peace and development studies including wisdom and
personal transformation relevant for ecosystem management, and global change and development. He has
field research experiences from Europe, Asia, Africa,
and North America through institutional collaboration,
educational program, and networking projects with
national and international organization. He has various
program leadership experiences. He has contributed in
developing various educational program and course
curricula and created several educational documentary
films. Despite more than 190 scientific publications, he
has wider public engagements/social work with extensive delivery of public talks with media coverage.
Rattan Lal, PhD is a distinguished university professor of Soil Science and director of the Carbon
Management and Sequestration Center, Ohio State
University, and an adjunct professor of the University
of Iceland. He was president of the World Association
of Soil and Water Conservation (1987–1990),
International Soil and Tillage Research Organization
(1988–1991), Soil Science Society of America (2006–
2008), and International Union of Soil Sciences (2017–
2018). His professional research interests include soil
carbon sequestration for food and climate security, conservation agriculture, principles and practices of soil
erosion control, eco-intensification of agroecosystems,
soil restoration, and sustainable management of soils.
He authored 950 journal articles, authored/edited 100
books, mentored 350 researchers, has 144 h index and
total citations of 95,000, and is editor of the Advances
in Soil Science and Encyclopedia of Soil Science. He is
laureate of the GCHERA World Agriculture Prize
2018, Glinka World Soil Prize 2018, and Japan Prize
2019.
Editors Biographies