WALTER W. WENZEL ao.Univ. Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. nat. techn. Stellvertreter des Institutsvorstandes Universitätslehrer Forschungsdokumentation Publikationsliste  Laufende Projekte Abgeschlossene Projekte Zusätzliche Informationen Rhizosphärenökologie und Phytotechnologie

Marital Status: married since 1987
Citizenship: Austria
Date of Birth: July 12, 1960
Place of Birth: Vienna

1966 - 1970     Elementary School Vienna / Austria
1970 - 1980     Highschool and Technical School for Chemistry Vienna / Austria
1980 - 1987     Studies at the University of Agriculture Vienna / Austria
                            Agriculture
                            Forestry
                            Landscape Ecology and Landuse Planning
1987     Graduated as Dipl.Ing. (equivalent to M.Sc.) in Landscape Ecology and Landuse Planning (Soil Science)
1990     Doctor of Natural and Technical Sciences (Dr.) in Landscape Ecology and Landuse Planning (Soil Science)

1990 - 1991     Graduate Research Assistant Vienna / Austria
                      Institute of Soil Science, Univ. of Agriculture
1991 - 1995     Assistant Professor Vienna / Austria
                      Institute of Soil Science, Univ. of Agriculture
1995 to present
                      Associate Professor Vienna / Austria
                      Institute of Soil Science, Univ. of Agriculture

Soil chemistry course  (2h)
Soil chemistry lab course (2h)
Soil genesis and classification course (2h)
Soil genesis and classification field course (2h)
Supervising student projects in landscape ecology (10 h)
Supervising M.S. and PHD students

Rhizosphere processes: Role in phytoremedphosphorus acquisition in sustainable agriculture
Soil remediation: Phytoextraction, phytostabilization
Arsenic in soils: Input of arsenic to forest ecosystems
Arsenic uptake by vegetation
Sequential extraction of arsenic
Modeling arsenic leaching / risk assessment
Tropical and subtropical soils: Soil hydrology, mineralogy and chemistry beneath Dypterocarp forests  (Indonesia)
Metal mobility in soils of Israel
Contamination and protection of soils: Methodological aspects of soil analysis
Soil inventories and monitoring
Case studies
Soil ecology: Effect of contaminants on soil enzymes
Heavy metals: Extractability of metals from soils
Ecosystem studies
Modeling and prediction of metal leaching
Fluorine chemistry: Effects of fluorine on soil chemistry
Fluorine mobility
Soil salinity: Saline soils under temperate climate
Spatial and temporal variability of soil properties / geostatistics

More than 20 research grants from various sources, such as FWF (=Austrian NSF), Federal Ministries and Federal States of Austria, and international sources (e.g. GTZ, Germany)

50 publications (15 in peer reviewed journals, 7 in other journals, 13 peer reviewed chapters in books and proceedings, 11 chapters in other books and proceedings, 4 books)
Edition of 1 conference proceedings

22 invited lectures
41 other presentations
Service in University of Agriculture Governance
Member, Senate of the  Agricultural Faculty
Vice Head, Institute of Soil Science
Member, Management Committee, Institute of Soil Science
Member, Personnel Recruting Committees
Member, Evaluation Committees

Vice-Chair of Commission G (Soil remediation) of International Union of Soil Science on Soil Remediation
Member of Editorial Board, J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci. (leading German soil science journal)
Member of Editorial Board, Advances in Environmental Sciences
Reviews for major international journals (Europ. J. Soil Science, Water Resources Research, J. Environ. Qual., Water, Air & Soil Pollution; Int. J. Environ. Anal. Chem.; Environ. Geochem. & Health; Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica; J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci.)
Chairman, 5th International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements (ICOBTE ´99, July 11-15, 1999, Vienna)
Co-Chair, International Symposium on Soil System Behaviour in Time and Space (Nov. 19-21, 1997, Vienna)
Organizing and cochairing Symposia and sessions at various international meetings
Co-initiator and Secretary General of the Steering Committee for the implementation of a Global Soil Remediation Center

International Soil Science Society
Soil Science Society of America
British Society of Soil Science
Deutsche Bodenkundliche Gesellschaft (German Society of Soil Science)
Österreichische Bodenkundliche Gesellschaft (Austrian Society of Soil Science)

1991: USA (Univ. of Washington, Seattle; Univ. of California, Riverside; Savannah River Ecology Lab, Aiken; University of Georgia, Athens, US Army Cold Regions Lab, Hanover)
1992-1994: Several short visits at Savannah River Ecology Lab, Aiken, SC/USA
1995: Field research in Samarinda / Indonesien (Mulawarman University)
1995: Field research in Israel (Hebrew University, Rehovot)
1996: Field research in Venezuela (Rain Forest, La Esmeralda / Rio Orinoco)
1997: Field research in Bangladesh (Arsenic contamination)

1990: Hrabak fellowship recognizing the best PHD thesis 1990 at the University of Agriculture
1993: Soil Cultivation Award of the Viennese Chamber of Trade 1993

German (mother tongue)
Englisch (excellent performance)
French (reading)
Latin

Prof. Hanns Sticher
Institut für Terrestrische Ökologie / Bodenchemie
ETH Zürich
Grabenstraße 3
CH-8952 Schlieren
Schweiz

Prof. Domy C. Adriano
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
The University of Georgia
Drawer E, Aiken, SC 29802
USA

Prof. Albert L. Page
Department of Soil and Water Sciences
University of California
Riverside, CA 92521
USA