Sustainable Soil Systems in Global South

About

Dr. Matthew Chidozie Ogwu Dr. Matthew Chidozie Ogwu is an Assistant Professor of Integrated Ecology and Sustainable Development at Appalachian State University USA. He is an interdisciplinary academic with transdisciplinary skills and diverse convergence research interests (One Health and Eco Health) pertinent to the assessment of coupled human and natural as well as socio-ecological systems and has numerous awards research grants and scholarships to his name. Dr. Ogwu serves on the board of and as a reviewer for many peer-reviewed journals. He continues to volunteer his time and skills to promote sustainable development. Dr Sylvester Chibueze Izah Dr. Sylvester Chibueze Izah is a lecturer at Bayelsa Medical University in Yenagoa Nigeria where he also serves as the Assistant Director of Academic Planning Research and Innovations. Dr. Izah is a licensed Environmental Health Specialist in Nigeria. He is a multidisciplinary academic with multifaceted abilities relevant to Sustainable Human-Environmental Health Interactions (covering air soil and water quality; toxicology; hygiene and sanitation; food science; waste management; biodiversity and their sustainability and risk assessment). He has an impressive track record of over 280 peer-reviewed publications including journal articles book chapters and edited books. Dr. Izah has also collaborated on research projects with colleagues worldwide and actively contributes as an editorial and review board member for several esteemed journals. Dr Jacynthe Dessureault-Rompré Dr. Jacynthe Dessureault-Rompré is a professor of soil conservation and health at Laval University Canada.  Dr. Dessureault-Rompré specializes in the conservation and restoration of cultivated peatland with a focus on carbon equilibrium through biomass production and soil amendment. Her scientific interests include soil conservation in general and that of cultivated peatland in particular the soil-plant relationship and climate change the optimization of N and C cycle in soils for sustainable agriculture and the regeneration of degraded soils using phytotechnology. Dr Dionosios Gasparatos Dr. Dionisios Gasparatos is an Associate Professor of Soil Science in the Laboratory of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry at the Agricultural University of Athens Greece. His scientic interests are related to a wide variety of soil problems including genesis of redoximorphic features in saturated soils amendment effects on potential toxic elements integrated soil nutrient management practices soilplant relations phosphorus dynamics and key threats to soil resources. Dr. Gasparatos is a reviewer and editorial board member of several international journals as well as an editor of textbooks for graduate students.