During his PhD studies, Joan Sebastián Gutiérrez Díaz researched different approaches to map soil health indicators at a national scale for Denmark. A sustainable future for the growing global population depends on maintaining healthy soil that supports life and productivity. Sebastián studied how machine learning and mechanistic models can be used to map soil health indicators and how these maps might be integrated to offer an overview of the potential threats to soil health in Denmark.

The new research findings contribute to understanding the spatial dimensions of soil health status in Denmark. They provide a baseline for formal soil health assessments and support for evidence-based land management policies.

The PhD study was completed at Department of Agroecology, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Aarhus University.

This summary was prepared by the PhD student.

Time: Thursday, 21 November 2024 at 10:00
Place: 8814-3050, AU Viborg, Aarhus University, Blichers Allé 20, 8830 Tjele
Title of PhD thesis: Mapping soil health indicators
Contact information: Joan Sebastián Gutiérrez Díaz, e-mail: seb.gd@agro.au.dk, tel.: +45 91861662
Members of the assessment committee:
Professor Luboš Borůvka, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZU), Czech Republic
Senior Researcher Rosario Napoli, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment (CREA-AA), Italy
Senior Researcher Henrik Skovgård (chair), Agroecology Department, Aarhus University, Denmark
Main supervisor:
Professor Mogens Humlekrog Greve, Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Denmark
Co-supervisor:
Professor Lis Wollesen de Jonge, Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Denmark
Assistant Professor Anders Bjørn Møller, Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Denmark
Language: The PhD dissertation will be defended in English

The defence is public.
The PhD thesis is available for reading at the Graduate School of Technical Sciences/GSTS, Ny Munkegade 120, building 1521, 8000 Aarhus C.