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Researcher
Erik Smolders
- Disciplines:Soil sciences, challenges and pollution, Agriculture, land and farm management
Affiliations
- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering (Faculty)
Responsible
From1 Aug 2023 → Today - Soil and Water Management (Division)
Member
From1 Aug 2020 → Today - Division of Soil and Water Management (Division)
Member
From1 Oct 1999 → 31 Jul 2020
Projects
1 - 10 of 62
- The effect of soil structure on the bioavailability of trace metalsFrom29 Feb 2024 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- PC – Biological and geochemical controls of Phosphate saturation on organic Carbon in agricultural soilsFrom1 Jan 2024 → TodayFunding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Predicting the long-term effects of iron addition on phosphorus dynamics in streams using modelling and high-resolution in-situ techniques.From1 Oct 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO junior postdoctoral fellowship
- The role of soil colloids and nanofertilizers on phosphorus bioavailability to plantsFrom18 Sep 2023 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Metal exposure from manufacture and use of artisanal cookwares and its impact on the public healthFrom24 Mar 2023 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Multiscale Characterization of Exchangeable Potassium Content in Soil to Remediate Agricultural Land Affected by Radioactive Contamination using Machine Learning , Soil Spectroscopy and Remote Sensing.From1 Mar 2023 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Development of a novel in situ phenotyping methodology to measure nitrification in the rhizosphere.From3 Oct 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO fellowships
- Reactive Membranes to Map Colloid and Solute Fluxes in Undisturbed SoilsFrom1 Oct 2022 → TodayFunding: BOF - projects
- The Identification of the Reactive Pore Space in SoilsFrom1 Oct 2022 → TodayFunding: Horizon Europe - European Research Council (ERC)
- Combining high-resolution in situ techniques and modelling to unravel the long-term effects of iron addition on phosphorus dynamics around sediment-water interfaceFrom1 Oct 2022 → 30 Sep 2023Funding: BOF - postdoctoral mandates
Publications
1 - 10 of 334
- The phosphorus saturation degree as a universal agronomic and environmental soil P test(2024)
Authors: Erik Smolders
Pages: 385 - 404 - The economic costs of cadmium non-tariff measures for smallholder cocoa farmers in Ecuador(2024)
Authors: Erik Smolders, Miet Maertens
Pages: 1147 - 1166 - Do contaminants compromise the use of recycled nutrients in organic agriculture? A review and synthesis of current knowledge on contaminant concentrations, fate in the environment and risk assessment(2024)
Authors: Erik Smolders
- Internal loading of phosphorus in streams described by a Sediment-Water Exchange Model for Phosphorus (SWEMP): From lab to field scale(2024)
Authors: Toon van Dael, Charlotte Vermeiren, Erik Smolders
- Extrapolating Metal (Cu, Ni, Zn) Toxicity from Individuals to Populations Across Daphnia Species Using Mechanistic Models: The Roles of Uncertainty Propagation and Combined Physiological Modes of Action(2024)
Authors: Erik Smolders
Pages: 338 - 358 - Cadmium speciation in cacao beans changes during a fermentation-like incubation(2024)
Authors: Erik Smolders
- Accelerated weathering of silicate rock dusts predicts the slow-release liming in soils depending on rock mineralogy, soil acidity, and test methodology(2023)
Authors: Robrecht Van Der Bauwhede, Bart Muys, Karen Vancampenhout, Erik Smolders
- Transplacental transfer of cobalt: Evidence from a study of mothers and their neonates in the African Copperbelt(2023)
Authors: Erik Smolders, Benoit Nemery de Bellevaux, Tim Nawrot
- Metal Mixture Toxicity of Ni, Cu, and Zn in Freshwater Algal Communities and the Correlation of Single-Species Sensitivities Among Single Metals: A Comparative Analysis(2023)
Authors: Erik Smolders
Pages: 2666 - 2683 - Remediation of acid mine drainage and immobilization of rare earth elements: Comparison between natural and residual alkaline materials(2023)
Authors: Erik Smolders
Patents
1 - 2 of 2
- Cadmium removal from cacao (Inventor)
- Cadmium removal from intact cacao beans after fermentation (Inventor)