Organisation

The Villum Foundation funded the project and three partners were involved:

ICROFS

Coordinator of the overall project
Niels Halberg, director
Phone: +45 87 15 80 37
mobile: +45 29 63 00 93

Administrative manager of the overall project
Lise Andreasen, scientific officer
Phone: +45 87 15 77 04
Mobile: +45 20 69 16 85

University of Aarhus

Soil carbon and microbiology effects from deep rooting
Jørgen E. Olesen, professor 
Phone: +45 87 15 77 78
Mobile: + 45 40 82 16 59

Soil microbiology, quantifying microbial and soil quality changes
Lars Elsgaard, associate professor
Phone: +45 87 15 76 74

Deep Frontier Advisory Board

Alain Pierret, National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute (NAFRI), Laos
Contact: Alain Pierret 

Timothy Crews, The Land Institute, USA
Contact: Timothy Crews 

Philippe Hinsinger, INRA, France
Contact: Philippe Hinsinger 

John Kirkegaard, CSIRO, Australia
Contact: John Kirkegaard 

Ebbe Sønderriis, Denmark
Contact: Ebbe Sønderriis 

University of Copenhagen

Scientific manager, studies of deep root growth and resource acquisition of cropping systems
Kristian Thorup-Kristensen, professor
Phone: +45 35 33 22 16
Mobile: +45 61 6934 25

Method development, root growth and activity, isotope tracer
Dorte Bodin Dresbøll, associate professor 
Phone: +45 35 33 34 52
Mobile: +45 29 47 04 71

Supervisor of PhD-student on soil biological communities, methods for extraction of DNA from soil
Mette Haubjerg Nicolaisen, associate professor
Phone: +45 35 33 26 49
Mobile: +45 23 70 41 84 

Supervisor of PhD-student on soil biological communities, life conditions for microorganisms in soil and rhizosphere
Ole Nybroe, associate professor and section head
Phone: +45 35 33 26 29
Mobile: +45 22 59 05 73

Supervisor of PhD-student on soil biological communities, molecular analysis of plant associated microbes
Ole Søgaard Lund, associate professor
Phone: +45 35 33 21 90

 

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