Sonoko Bellingrath-Kimura
Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research
http://www.zalf.de/en/ueber_uns/mitarbeiter/Pages/bellingrath-kimura_s-d.aspx
Contact by mailWorking Carrier 05/2018 up to now W3 Professor for “Land Use Systems” Humboldt University Berlin, Germany 01/2018 up to now Head of Research Area 2, Land Use and Governance, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Germany 09/2015 to 04/2018 W2 Professor for “Land Use Systems” Humboldt University Berlin, Germany 04/2015 to 12/2017 Institute head, Institute of Land Use Systems, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Germany 10/2014 to 03/2015 Visiting Professor, Institute of Plant Nutrition, Technical University Munich, Germany 04/2009 to 03/2015 Associate Professor (Tenure, achieved at half time), Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Department of International Environmental and Agricultural Science 10/2006 to 03/2009 Associate Professor (Tenure Track) Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Department of International Environmental and Agricultural Science 10/2004 to 09/2006 Assistant Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Graduate School of Bio-Applications and Systems Engineering Degrees 03/2005 Ph.D. Hokkaido University, Japan (Soil Science ) 03/2002 M.Sc. Hokkaido University, Japan (Crop Science and Plant Nutrition) 03/2000 B.Sc. Hokkaido University, Japan (Crop Science and Plant Nutrition) Committee Member - Chair of Commission 4.3– Soils and land use change International Union of Soil Science (vice chair 2018-2020) - Board member of German Society of Agronomy (since 2017-) - Committee Member of Project Group „Digitaler Wandel“ of the Leibniz Associations (since 2017) - Chair of research area „sustainable agriculture” of the Leibniz Research Alliance "Sustainable Food Production and Healthy Nutrition" (since 2016-) - Board member of European Land use Institute (since 2016-) - Assistant Editor of Frontiers in Environmental Science | Soil Processes (since 2014) - Board of Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition (2010-2015) - Board of Japanese Society of Organic Agriculture (since 2010-2015) - Board of Japanese Society of Sago Palm (2009-2015) - Editorial Board of Japanese Soil Physics (2011-2013) - Editorial Board of the Japanese Society of Organic Agriculture (2011-2017) - Japanese Committee for Greenhouse Gases Emissions Estimation Methods (agricultural section) of the Ministry of Environment (2008-2014) - Global Land Project Committee, Japan (2010-2011) - Committee for Japan-Stockholm Junior Water Prize (2010 to 2015) - Convener of the session 3.6 SOM as key factor of soil and ecosystem productivity, 5th International Symposium on Soil Organic Matter (2015) - Co-convener of the commission 4.3 “Specification of key processes and controlling factors to mitigate land degradation associated with land use” at the 20th World Congress of Soil Science (2014) Scientific cooperation - Visiting Professor (2015-) Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan - Specially appointed Researcher (2012-2015) National Institute for Agro-Environmental Science, Japan - Visiting Researcher (01/2008, 08/2008, 09/2009, 03/2010) Tropical Peat Research Laboratory, Chief Minister Unit Sarawak, Malaysia - Visiting Professor (7/2009) Center of Tropics and Subtropics, University Hohenheim, Germany - Visiting Professor (11/2008, 10/2012) Institute of Soil Science, Sao Paulo State University, Brazil - Visiting Researcher (02/2007 to 03/2007) Department of Crop and Soil Science, Cornell University, USA - Visiting Researcher (04/2005 up to now) Center for Spatial Information Science, The Tokyo University, Japan - Visiting Researcher (05/2007, 06/2008) Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Science, China University Management (at TUAT, Japan) - Committee member for Education (2013-2014) - Committee member for Public affairs (2012) - Committee member for International affairs (2010-2011) - Committee member to prevent and control Harassment (2013-2014) - Committee member for Cooperation between Vietnam (2012-2015) - Committee member for Cooperation between Brazil (2012-2015) - Counter partner for Kasetsart University (2012-2015) - Counter partner for Hohenheim University (2010-2015) Institute Management (at ZALF, Germany) - Head of Research Area (since 2018-) - Member for ZALF-Rat (since 2016-) - Institute head (2015-2017) University Management (at HUB, Germany) - Task force member for Strategy Development of the Institute of Agriculture and Horticulture (2017)