Dr. Gerrit de Rooij

Soil Physicist


gerrit.derooij@ufz.de

phone: +49 (0) 345 558 5343
fax: +49 (0)345 558-5449


Theodor-Lieser-Straße 4
06120 Halle (Saale), Germany


Dr. Gerrit de Rooij

Education/training

1990 MSc Land and Water Studies, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands

1996 PhD Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands. Thesis: Preferential flow in water-repellent sandy soils - Model development and lysimeter experiments

Employment

1996 Research associate, Dept. Water Resources, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands

1997-1998 Associate Professor, Dept. Agricultural Sci., Saga University, Japan (Research and teaching)

1998-2003 Fellow of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, based at Wageningen University, The Netherlands (Research and teaching)

2003-2009 Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor, Soil Physics, Ecohydrology, and Groundwater Management Group, Wageningen University, The Netherlands (Research and teaching)

2010-present Senior Researcher, Soil System Sciences Dept., Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Halle, Germany

Research visits

1998, 1999 Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

2000-2001 School of Ecology and Environment, Deakin University, Warrnambool Campus, Australia

Professional service (selected)

1999-2003 Sub-section Secretary and Subdivision President for the Unsaturated Zone within the Hydrological Sciences Division of the European Geophysical Society

2011-2015 President of the Hydrological Sciences Division of the European Geosciences Union

2015-2017 Programme Committee Chair of the European Geosciences Union

Member of several editorial boards over the years, reviewer for approximately 20 journals and multiple funding organizations.





Research interests

Hydrological controls on export of dissolved organic carbon to streams

Large-scale subsurface hydrology

Limitations on the validity of Darcy's Law

Groundwater recharge and movement of liquid water and water vapor in soils in (semi-)arid areas

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