New permanent employment as professor in soil physics

Lis Wollesen de Jonge, JORD, has become a permanent professor of soil physics with effect from 1 June 2018.

If you say that 53-year-old Lis Wollesen de Jonge has soil in her head, it's not an insult - on the contrary. She is simply fascinated by soil and its structure, function, chemistry, microbiology and she finds that everything happening in the soil to be exciting.

- Soil is the most complex bio-material on our planet. The top few meters of the earth form the basis of our existence and society and are crucial for groundwater as well as indoor and outdoor climate. We only have very limited knowledge about this often spun zone of the globe and the effects that humans and the climate have on it, says Lis.

She researches in a wide range of land, including the transport of pollutants in the soil, soil structure and the interaction between processes in the earth and the earth's architecture. Recently she has looked at the Arctic soil, among other things, as head of a new project, investigating whether glacier can be used to improve agricultural land in Greenland.

Lis got her PhD in soil and environment from Aalborg University, were she also obtained her master's degree in environmental technology. Followed by a postdocs in the United States and Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences (DJF) in Foulum. Lis has been employed in Foulum since 1995 - since 1998 as senior researcher, from 2010 as research professor and from 1 June 2018 as a permanent professor.

Over time she has published more than 300 articles, of which 154 are in international scientific journals. A number of successful PhD courses is also some of Lis's many activities.