Contact
Professor Jon-Petter Gustavsson
Department of Soil and Environment
jon-petter.gustafsson@slu.se, 018-671284
Soil chemistry
Last changed: 20 June 2024
The chemistry of soils affects our life in many ways. Food production, forestry, and the effects of pollution on ecosystems are all dependent on chemical reactions that occur in soils.
Our mission is to understand soil chemical processes and to evaluate the significance of these processes for element bioavailability, soil fertility, and the composition of runoff water.
We are conducting research in the following areas:
- Efficient and safe nutrient management
- Phosphorus geochemistry in agricultural soils
- Risk assessment of pollutants in contaminated areas
- Prediction of metal binding and ecotoxicity in soils and waters
- Nutrient dynamics in the soil-plant-microorganism system
- Clay mineralogy of agricultural soils and its significance for nutrient availability
- Role of soil weathering for the acid-base status of soils