Martin Gerzabek#
| Membership Number: | 3964 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2015 |
| Main Country of Residence: | AUSTRIA |
| Homepage(s): | https://forschung.boku.ac.at/fis/suchen.person_uebersicht?sprache_in=de&menue_id_in=101&id_in=5172 |
Present and Previous Positions
- since II/2010 Rector (President) of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna
- I/2009 -I /2010 Acting Rector of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna
- X/2003 - I/2010 Vice-Rector for research, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna
- since V/2001: full professor for environmental toxicology and isotopic methods, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences
- I/1997 - X/2003: head of the Department of Environmental Research, Austrian Institute of Technology
- 1993 - 1996: head of the Agricultural Research Unit, Austrian Institute of Technology
- VII/1984 - 1993: scientist, Institute of Agriculture, Austrian Institute of Technology
Fields of Scholarship
- Soil science
- Radioecology
- Humus chemistry
- Behaviour of heavy metals, radionuclides and organic pollutants in the soil – groundwater-plant system
- Adsorption/desorption studies
- Lysimetry
- Isotopic methods
- Molecular modelling of pollutant interactions with the soil matrix
Honours and Awards
- 2004 Decoration of Honour for Outstanding Contributions to Radiation Protection in Gold, Austria
- 2004 Award for innovative university management of the Danube University Krems
- 2006 honorary membership of the Austrian Soil Science Society for outstanding merits in soil science in Austria
- 2009 corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna.
- 2011 Doctor honoris causa: Georgian State Agrarian University, Tbilisi
- 2011 Doctor honoris causa: Life Science University Prague
- 2011 Doctor honoris causa: University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Midicine Cluj-Napoka
- 2011 Emil-Ramann medal of the German Soil Science Society for outstanding scientific achievements in soil science (1st awardee)
- 2012 Doctor honoris causa: “Ion Ionescu de la Brad” University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Iasi
- 2015: Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria
- 2016: Honory member of the International Union of Soil Sciences
