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Name, title: |
Dr. Peter A. Finke |
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Function: |
Em. professor (Hoogleraar) |
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Phone: |
(+32) (0)9 264 4630 |
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E-mail: |
peter.finke p ugent.be |
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Expertise: |
Pedology Spatial statistics Soil– and groundwater mapping Modelling (hydrology, leaching, pedogenesis) |
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Education: |
- (1988) Drs cum laude in Physical Geography with emphasis on soil survey and land evaluation, University of Amsterdam, NLD - (1992) Dr in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences with emphasis on precision agriculture, Wageningen University, NLD. |
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Current research: |
- Soil evolution modelling under global change (decade to millennium) 2024: Release of SoilGen3.8 code here - Pedometric mapping - Landscape reconstruction - Updating and upgrading of soil information systems |
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6 Key publications: |
- Finke, P.A. 1993. Field scale variability of soil structure and its impact on crop growth and nitrate leaching in the analysis of fertilising scenarios. Geoderma 60: 89-107. - Bierkens, M.F.P., P.A. Finke and P. de Willigen. 2000. Upscaling and downscaling methods for environmental research. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. - Finke, PA ; Brus, DJ ; Bierkens, MFP ; Hoogland, T ; Knotters, M ; De Vries, F. 2004. Mapping groundwater dynamics using multiple sources of exhaustive high resolution data. Geoderma 123: (1-2) 23-39. Best paper in pedometrics 2004. - Finke, P.A. and J. Hutson. 2008. Modeling soil genesis in calcareous löss. Geoderma 145 :462-479. - Peter A. Finke, Qiuzhen Yin, Nicholas J. Bernardini, and Yanyan Yu. 2018. Climate-soil model reveals causes of differences between MIS 5e and MIS 13 paleosoils. Geology. https://doi.org/10.1130/G39301.1 . Nominated for best paper in pedometrics 2018 - Peter Finke. 2024. Modelling soil development under global change. SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences 10032. ISBN: 978-3-031-55582-4. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-55583-1 |
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Professional activities: |
Affiliations - 1992-1997: Head, Department of of Systematic Soil Information (SSI) at the Winand Staring Centre, Wageningen - 1998-2002: Leader, Research Programme Geodata for the rural environment at Alterra, Wageningen. - 2002-2005: Head, Department of Statistics and Mathematics(Biometris) at Plant Research International, Wageningen. - 2005-2018: Associate professor in Pedology at Ghent University - 2018-: Full professor in Pedology at Ghent University - 2024: retirement. |
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