LECTURES
Biobased Carbon Mitigation
Rural Livelihood and Climate Change Adaptation
Energy Dynamics in Climate Change
Climate, Energy and Development
Research methods and scientific paper writing
Seminar
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Nutrient cycles in terrestrial ecosystem
Soil greenhouse gas (CO2, N2O, CH4) emission
Soil carbon sequestration
Climate change
Agroforestry systems
Riparian buffer system
Watershed management
Biogeochemistry
How does expansion of bush encroachment affect soil carbon sequestration and soil greenhouse gas carbon dioxide emissions in the Borena pastoral system, Ethiopia?
EDUCATION
Global Change Processes, Landcare Research, New Zealand
Department of Natural Resources Ecology and Management, Iowa State University, Iowa, USA
Institute of Environmental Planning, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
2002 - 2003 Research Associate.
1999 - 2000 Research Assistant.
FUNDED GRANTS
Appropriate Technology and Approaches for Enhancing Food Security and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation of Smallholder Farming Systems, 2020-2025, International Atomic Energy Agency.
The potential of biochar improved soil fertility and carbon
sequestration in sub-Saharan small-holder agriculture, 2020, Swedish University
of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden.
Diversifying Cropping Systems - Traditional knowledge and Innovative approaches, 2019-2021, German DAAD, German.
Strengthening the Capacity to Address Climate Change in Ethiopia, 2018-2020, Korea International Cooperation Agency, South-Korea.
Hawassa University, Research and Development Program. 2012-2013. Net gain of soil carbon in indigenous Ethiopian home gardens to maintain sustainability and mitigate global climate change.
Hawassa University, Research and Development Program. 2012-2013. Impact of forest fire on carbon loss in Wondo Genet sub-catchment, Southern Ethiopia.
Hawassa University, Research and Development Program. 2012-2013. The effect of topographic characteristics and vegetation density and biodiversity on soil organic carbon stocks in natural forest, Wondo Genet, Southern Ethiopia.
USDA-SARE Graduate Student Grant Program. 2006-2007. Emission of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide from riparian forest buffers, warm-season and cool-season grass filters, and crop fields.
University of Iowa, Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research Seed Grant Program. 2007-2008. The effect of harvesting trees, shrubs and native grasses on soil carbon sequestration and greenhouse gases CO2, N2O and CH4 flux in riparian buffers designed to provide biomass for biofuel production.
[73] Li, Y., Li, Y., Zhang, Q., Xu, G., Liang, G., Kim, D.-G., Carmona, C.R., Yang, M., Xue, J., Xiang, Y., Yao, B., Shen, Y., 2024. Enhancing soil carbon and nitrogen through grassland conversion from degraded croplands in China: Assessing magnitudes and identifying key drivers of phosphorus reduction. Soil and Tillage Research 236, 105943, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2023.105943.
[72] Haj-Amor, Z., Kim, D.-G.,
Bouri, S., 2023. Sustainable Agriculture: Adaptation Strategies to Address
Climate Change by 2050 (1st ed.). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003404194
[71] Haj-Amor, Z., Araya, T., Kim, D.-G., Bouri, S., 2023. Climate change effects on soil salinity in rainfed maize areas: a case study from South Africa. Water Supply, 23 (6): 2447–2465. https://doi.org/10.2166/ws.2023.138
[70] Zerssa, G.W., Kim, D.-G., Koal, P., Eichler-Löbermann, B., 2023. Grain Mineral Concentrations in Maize (Zea Mays L.) and Nutrient Use Efficiency as Affected by Fertilizer Management on a Nitisol in Southwestern Ethiopia. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 54, 1939-1954, https://doi.org/10.1080/00103624.2023.2211107.
[69] Castro-Herrera, D., Prost, K., Kim,
D.-G., Yimer, F., Tadesse, M., Gebrehiwot, M., Brüggemann, N., 2023. Biochar
addition reduces non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions during composting
of human excreta and cattle manure. Journal of Environmental Quality, https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.20482.
[68] Werner, K.A., Castro-Herrera, D., Yimer, F., Tadesse, M., Kim, D.-G., Prost, K., Brüggemann, N., Grohmann, E., 2023. Microbial risk assessment of mature compost from human excreta, cattle manure, organic waste, and biochar. Sustainability 15, 4624. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15054624
[67] Kim, D.-G., Kirschbaum, M.U.F., Eichler-Löbermann, B., Gifford, R.M., Liáng, L.L., 2023. Data for: The effect of land-use change on soil C, N, P, and their stoichiometries: A global synthesis [Data set]. In Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment (Date of update: Feb. 20, 2023). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7656722
[66] Kim, D.-G., Kirschbaum, M.U.F., Eichler-Löbermann, B., Gifford, R.M., Liáng, L.L., 2023. The effect of land-use change on soil C, N, P, and their stoichiometries: A global synthesis. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 348, 108402. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2023.108402
[65] Degefa, H., Tolera, M., Kim, D.-G., Mekuria, W., 2023. Effects of exclosures on woody species composition and carbon stocks: Lessons drawn from the Central Rift Valley, Ethiopia. Land Degradation & Development. 34, 2073– 2087. https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.4590
[64] Kim, D.-G., Giltrap, D.,
Sapkota, T.B., 2023. Understanding response of yield-scaled N2O
emissions to nitrogen input: Data synthesis and introducing new concepts of
background yield-scaled N2O emissions and N2O
emission-yield curve. Field Crops Research 290, 108737. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2022.108737
[63] Borzouei, A., Karimzadeh,
H., Müller, C., Sanz-Cobena, A., Zaman, M., Kim, D.-G., Ding, W.,
2022. Relationship between nitrapyrin and varying nitrogen application rates
with nitrous oxide emissions and nitrogen use efficiency in a maize filed.
Scientific Reports 12, 18424. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-23030-1
[62] Kim, D.-G., Kassahun, G.,
Yimer, F., Brüggemann, N., Glaser, B., 2022. Agroforestry practices and on-site
charcoal production enhance soil fertility and climate change mitigation in
northwestern Ethiopia. Agron. Sustain. Develop. 42, 80. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-022-00810-7
[61] Kim, D.-G., Isaac, M.E., 2022. Nitrogen dynamics in agroforestry systems. A review. Agron. Sustain. Develop. 42, 60. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-022-00791-7
[58] Obsa, O., Tadesse, M., Kim, D.-G.,
Asaye, Z., Yimer, F., Gebrehiwot, M., Brüggemann, N., Prost, K., 2022. Organic
waste generation and its valorization potential through composting in
Shashemene, Southern Ethiopia. Sustainability 14, 3660. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14063660
[57] Kim, D.-G., Bond-Lamberty, B., Ryu, Y., Seo, B.,
Papale, D., 2022. Ideas and perspectives: Enhancing research and monitoring of
carbon pools and land-to-atmosphere greenhouse gases exchange in developing
countries. Biogeosciences 19, 1435-1450. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-1435-2022
[56] Castro-Herrera, D., Prost, K., Schäfer,
Y., Kim, D.-G., Yimer, F., Tadesse, M., Gebrehiwot, M.,
Brüggemann, N., 2022. Nutrient dynamics during composting of human excreta, cattle
manure and organic waste affected by biochar. J. Environ. Qual. 51, 19-32.
[55] Zerssa, G.W., Kim, D.-G.,
Koal, P., Eichler-Löbermann, B., 2021. Combination of compost and mineral fertilizers as
an option for enhancing maize (Zea mays L.) yields and mitigating
greenhouse gas emissions from a Nitisol in Ethiopia. Agronomy 11,
2097. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11112097
[52] Borzouei, A., Saadati, S., Müller, C., Sanz-Cobena, A., Kim, D.-G., Dawar, K., Zaman, M., 2021. Reducing nitrous oxide emissions from irrigated maize by using urea fertilizer in combination with nitrapyrin under different tillage methods. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-16768-0
[51] Kim, D.-G., Bond-Lamberty, B., Ryu, Y., Seo, B., Papale, D., 2021. Reviews and syntheses: Enhancing research and monitoring of land-to-atmosphere greenhouse gases exchange in developing countries. Biogeosciences Discuss. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-2021-5185.
[50] Hernandez-Ramirez, G., Ruser, R., Kim, D.-G., 2021. How does soil compaction alter nitrous oxide fluxes? A meta-analysis. Soil Till. Res. 211, 105036. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2021.105036
[47] Deng L, Peng C, Kim D-G,
Li J, Liu Y, Hai X, Liu Q, Huang C, Shangguan Z, Kuzyakov Y. 2021. Drought
effects on soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics in global natural ecosystems: A
meta-analysis. Earth-Science Reviews: 103501. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103501.
[46] Moonis M, Lee J K, Jin H, Kim D-G,
Park J H. 2021. Effects of warming, wetting and nitrogen addition on
substrate-induced respiration and temperature sensitivity of heterotrophic
respiration in a temperate forest soil. Pedosphere. 31(2): 363–372. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1002-0160(20)60069-8
[45] Borzouei A, Mander U, Teemusk A,
Sanz-Cobena A, Zaman M, Kim D-G, Muller C, Kelestanie A A, Sayyad
Amin P, Moghiseh E, Dawar K, Pérez-Castillo A G. 2021. Effects of the
nitrification inhibitor nitrapyrin and tillage practices on yield-scaled
nitrous oxide emission from a maize field in Iran. Pedosphere. 31(2):314-322. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1002-0160(20)60067-4
[44] Pérez-Castillo A G, Chinchilla-Soto C,
Elizondo-Salazar J A, Barboza R, Kim D-G, Müller C, Sanz-Cobena
A, Borzouei A, Dawar K, Zaman M. 2021. Nitrification inhibitor nitrapyrin does
not affect yield-scaled nitrous oxide emissions in a tropical grassland.
Pedosphere. 31(2):265-278. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1002-0160(20)60070-4
[41] Villa, P.M., Martins, S.V., de Oliveira Neto, S.N., Rodrigues, A.C., Hernández, E.P., Kim, D.-G., 2020. Shifting cultivation and agroforestry in the Amazon: Premises for REDD+. Forest Policy and Economics 118, 102217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2020.102217
[35] Deng, L., Kim, D.-G., Peng, C., Shangguan, Z., 2018. Controls of soil and aggregate-associated organic carbon variations following natural vegetation restoration on the Loess Plateau in China. Land Degradation & Development 29: 3974-3984, https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.3142.
[7] Kim, D.-G., J. H. Park, H. J. Kang, and D. Lee. 2010. Removal of nitrogen and phosphorus from effluent of a secondary wastewater treatment plant using a pond-marsh wetland system. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution. 214: 37-47. doi: 10.1007/s11270-010-0399-8
[1] Chae, N., J. Kim, D.-G. Lee, R.-H. Kim, J. Ban, and Y. Son. 2003. Measurement of soil CO2 efflux using a closed dynamic chamber system. Korean J. Agric. For. Meteor. 5(2):94-100.
[11] Greenhouse
gases - remnants of runaway human desires (2). January 31, 2024. Good Morning
Chung-Cheong. South-Korea (in Korean) http://www.goodmorningcc.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=303929
[10] Greenhouse gases - remnants of runaway human desires. January 10, 2024. Good Morning
Chung-Cheong. South-Korea (in Korean) http://www.goodmorningcc.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=302729
[9] Soil, carbon is embraced. September 5, 2023. Good Morning Chung-Cheong. South-Korea (in Korean) http://www.goodmorningcc.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=295616
[8] Oasis in
climate crisis- diversity. August 1, 2023. Good Morning Chung-Cheong.
South-Korea (in Korean) http://www.goodmorningcc.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=293589
[7] Running
electric cars. June 5, 2023. Good Morning Chung-Cheong. South-Korea (in
Korean) http://www.goodmorningcc.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=290226
[6] Carbon
Neutrality at the Dinner Table. April 22, 2023. Good Morning Chung-Cheong.
South-Korea (in Korean) http://www.goodmorningcc.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=287736
Effects of soil rewetting and thawing on soil gas fluxes: a review of current literature (http://rewettingandthawing.blogspot.com/)
Dependency of direct nitrous oxide emissions on fertilizer nitrogen input (http://ninput-n2oemission.blogspot.com/)
Soil greenhouse gas emissions in Africa: study lists and database (http://ghginafrica.blogspot.com/)
The effect of nitrification inhibitors on soil ammonia emissions in nitrogen managed soils (http://niandnh3.blogspot.co.nz/)
Wondo Genet home garden carbon sequestration research (http://hgcsr.blogspot.com/)
Wondo Genet College Weather Station (http://wgcws.blogspot.com/)
Technology and approaches for enhancing greenhouse gas research in developing countries (https://www.facebook.com/ATA4GHG)
Sustainable Wetlands for Sustainable Communities (https://www.facebook.com/sus.wetland/)
• Invited lectures and contributions
Kim, D.-G. 2022. How to Enhance Carbon &
Greenhouse Gas Research in Developing Countries? Department of Forestry, Chon
Nam University, South-Korea, September 19, 2022
Kim, D.-G. 2022. Enhancing food security and
mitigating greenhouse gas emission in smallholder farming systems in
sub-Saharan Africa, Department of Rural and Biosystems Engineering, Chon Nam
University, South-Korea, September 3, 2022
Kim, D.-G. 2022. Challenges and
opportunities for enhancing food security and greenhouse gas mitigation in
smallholder farming in sub-Saharan Africa. Universidad Nacional Agraria, Nicaragua,
August 12,
2022
Kim, D.-G. 2022. How to Enhance Greenhouse
Gas Research in Developing Countries? Universidad Nacional Agraria, Nicaragua, August
11, 2022
Kim, D.-G. 2022. How to Enhance Greenhouse
Gas Research in Developing Countries? Chon Nam University, South-Korea, July 18, 2022
Kim, D.-G. 2022. How to Enhance Greenhouse
Gas Research in Developing Countries? OJERI, Korea University, South-Korea, July 13, 2022
Kim, D.-G. 2022. Enhancing food security and
mitigating greenhouse gas emission in smallholder farming systems in
sub-Saharan Africa, Dankook University. South-Korea. July 8, 2022.
Kim, D.-G. 2022. Enhancing food security and
mitigating greenhouse gas emission in smallholder farming systems in sub-Saharan
Africa, Gyungsang National University. South-Korea. July 4, 2022.
Kim, D.-G. 2022. How to Enhance Greenhouse
Gas Research in Developing Countries? Development of a Framework for Evaluating Global
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Information for Decision Making: A Workshop. The
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. June 27-28, 2022
Kim, D.-G. 2022. Enhancing food security and
mitigating greenhouse gas emission in smallholder farming systems in
sub-Saharan Africa, KOICA centre, Chonnam University. South-Korea. June 9, 2022.
Kim, D.-G. 2022. How to enhance research of
carbon pools and land-to-atmosphere greenhouse gases exchange in developing
countries? webinar for Diversifying
Cropping Systems online workshop. University of Rostock, Germany. May 10 – 11,
2022.
Kim, D.-G. 2022. Enhancing food security and
mitigating greenhouse gas emission in smallholder farming systems in
sub-Saharan Africa, University of Minnesota. USA. March 4, 2022.
Kim, D.-G. 2021. Research Ethics. Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania. March 8 – 13, 2021.
Kim, D.-G. 2020. Shifting cultivation and
teff-Acacia agroforestry in Ethiopia. webinar
for Diversifying
Cropping Systems online workshop. December 7 – 11, 2020.
Kim, D.-G. 2020. Technology & Approach
for Carbon & Greenhouse gas Research in Developing Countries. webinar for Diversifying Cropping Systems online workshop.
December 7 – 11, 2020.
Kim, D.-G. 2020. Roles of Agroforestry for Food
Security & Climate Change. webinar
for Diversifying
Cropping Systems online workshop. December 7 – 11, 2020.
Kim, D.-G. 2020. Carbon and Greenhouse Gas Dynamics in Agriculture
and Ecosystems. Training on Assessment of Greenhouse Gas Emission and Removal
in the Agricultural Sector. Hawassa, Ethiopia. November 19-21, 2020.
Kim, D.-G. 2019. Greenhouse gas emissions
mechanisms and control factors & mitigation strategies in agriculture. Jefe
(S) División de Investigación y Aplicaciones Nucleares, Comisión Chilena de
Energía Nuclear. Santiago, Chile. December 20, 2019.
Kim, D.-G. 2019. Appropriate Approaches and Technologies for Enhancing Carbon and Greenhouse Gas Research in Developing Countries Current status and Suggestion for Further Development. Training Workshop on Enhancing Capacity of Ethiopia to Address Climate Change. Hawassa, Ethiopia. August 5-6, 2019.
Kim, D.-G. 2012. Mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sequestration in agriculture and natural resources: global aspects and opportunities for Ethiopia. Invited presentation at KEAA seminar: Lesson to be learned from the Korean experience for the Growth and Transformation Plan of Ethiopia. July 28, 2012. Addis Ababa. Ethiopia.
Kim, D.-G. Past, Present, and Future of the Bear Creek Riparian Buffer Projects. Invited presentation at Syngenta, Inc. Greensboro, NC. October 30, 2007.
Interviewed by Nature News for an article "Korean waterway project gathers opposition". published online 19 March 2008 (http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080319/full/news.2008.679.html)
Kim, D.-G. 2011. Comments on Schmidt et al., (2011) in Nature (http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v478/n7367/full/nature10386.html)
• Proceedings and Abstracts
Kim, D.-G. 2022. Response of soil carbon & greenhouse gas emissions to soil salinization and its implication for climate-smart agriculture. International symposium on Managing Land and Water for Climate-Smart Agriculture, IAEA Headquarters, Vienna, Austria, Jul 25 – 29, 2022
Kim, D.-G. 2021. Potentials for enhancing food security and greenhouse gas mitigation in agroforestry: synthesis of global data. International Congress of Biotechnology and Neotropical Ecosystems. Universidad Regional Amazónica Ikiam, Ecuador. October 22, 2021
Kim D.-G., Hernandez-Ramirez G (2010) Dependency of nitrous oxide emission factors on nitrogen input rates: a meta-analysis. 19th World Congress of Soil Science, Soil Solutions for a Changing World. 1 - 6 August 2010. Brisbane, Australia.
Isenhart, T.M., Kim, D.-G., Schultz, R.C. 2009. Emission of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide from riparian forest buffers, warm-season and cool-season grass filters, and crop fields. In M.A. Gold and M.M. Hall (eds.). Agroforestry Comes of Age: Putting Science into Practice. Proceedings, 11th North American Agroforestry Conference. 143-153.
Kim, D.-G., Schultz, R.C., Isenhart, T.M., Simpkins, W., Parkin, T.B., Raich, J.W., Loynachan, T.E. 2007. Emission of the Greenhouse Gas Nitrous Oxide (N2O) from Riparian Forest Buffers, Warm-Season and Cool-Season Grass Filters and Crop Fields. In: ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, Nov. 4-8, 2007, New Orleans, LA.
Kim, D.-G., Schultz, R.C., Isenhart, T.M., Parkin, T.B., Raich, J.W., Loynachan, T.E. 2006. Flux of dissolved N2O in groundwater from crop field to riparian buffers. In: Soil and Water Conservation Society workshop, Managing Agricultural Landscapes for Environmental Quality: Strengthening the Science Base, October 11-13, 2006. Kansas City, MO.
Kim, D.-G., Chae, J. Kim, S. Kang, and D. Lee. 2003. Pulse of soil CO2 efflux caused by rainfall at the deciduous, coniferous, and mixed forests near Kwangneung flux tower, Korea. Poster presentation, 58th Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Georgia. U.S, August 7-12.
Kim, D. -G., J. H. Park, H. J. Kang, C. W .Ahn, and D. Lee. 2002. Removal of nitrogen and phosphorus in a constructed wetlands system. Oral presentation, 8th Meeting of the international Congress of Ecology, Seoul, Korea, August 11-18.
Kim, D. -G., S. Mu, N. Chae, J. Kim, S. Kang, and D. Lee. 2002. Comparison of soil respiration at the deciduous, coniferous, and mixed forests near Kwangneung flux tower, Korea. Poster presentation, 8th Meeting of the International Congress of Ecology, Seoul, Korea, August 11-18.
Kim, D. -G. and W. Jang. 1998. A study of soil contamination in heaped soil dredged from storage ponds in the Pohang Industrial Complex. Oral presentation, Annual Meeting of Korea Society of Soil Environment, Cheju University, Korea, October 11-13.