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Dong-gill Kim

Dong-gill Kim

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Dong-Gill Kim

Wondo Genet College of Forestry and Natural Resources,

Hawassa University, PO Box 128, Shashemene, Ethiopia

Webpage: http://donggillkim.blogspot.com/

 

EDUCATION

2003 - 2008 Iowa State University, Iowa, US. Ph.D., August 2008. Environmental Science
Advisor: Dr. Richard C. Schultz

2000 - 2002 Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. M.S., February 2002. Environmental Science Advisor: Dr. Dowon Lee

1992 - 1998 Daejon University, Daejeon, Korea. B.S., February 1998. Environmental Engineering

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Wondo Genet College of Forestry and Natural Resources, Hawassa University, Ethiopia

2012 - Present   Assistant Professor

 

Global Change Processes, Landcare Research, New Zealand

2010 - 2012   Post-doc researcher

Greenhouse gas measurements and development of mitigation strategies in managed grassland

 

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University College Cork, Ireland

2008 - 2009   Post-doc researcher

Comparing greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N2O) emission measured using chamber systems and eddy covariance systems, N2O emission modeling, national N2O emission inventories and scenario analyses for predicting N2O emission.


Department of Natural Resources Ecology and Management, Iowa State University, USA

2003 - 2008   Research Assistant

1) Emission of the greenhouse gas N2O from riparian forest buffers, warm-season and cool-season grass filters and crop fields 2) 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.
 

LECTURES

Biobased Carbon Mitigation

Rural Livelihood and Climate Change Adaptation 

Energy Dynamics in Climate Change 

Research Methods and Scientific Paper Writing

Seminar 

 

PUBLICATIONS

• Refereed Journal

Kim, D.-G., Hernandez-Ramirez, G., Donna, G. 2013. Background nitrous oxide emissions in agricultural and natural lands: a meta-analysis. Plant and Soil. doi: 10.1007/s11104-013-1762-5. Research Blog

Saggar S, N Jha, J Deslippe, NS Bolan, J Luo, DL Giltrap, D-G Kim, M Zaman and RW Tillman. 2013. Denitrification and N2O:N2 production in temperate grasslands: processes, measurements, modelling and mitigating negative impacts.  Science of the Total Environment. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.11.050.

Saggar, S., Singh, J., Giltrap, D.L., Zaman, M., Luo, J., Rollo, M., Kim, D.-G., Rys, G., van der Weerden, T.J., 2013. Quantification of reductions in ammonia emissions from fertiliser urea and animal urine in grazed pastures with urease inhibitors for agriculture inventory: New Zealand as a case study. Science of the Total Environment. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.07.088

Kim, D.-G.,Hernandez-Ramirez, G., Donna, G. 2013. Linear and nonlinear dependency of direct nitrous oxide emissions on fertilizer nitrogen input: A meta-analysis. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 168: 53-65, doi:10.1016/j.agee.2012.02.021, Research Blog
  
Kim, D.-G., Giltrap, D.  P., Saggar, S., Palmada, T., Berben, P., Drysdale D., 2012. Fate of the nitrification inhibitor, dicyandiamide (DCD) sprayed on a grazed pasture: effect of rate and time of application. Soil Research, 50: 337-347. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SR12069.

Kim, D.-G., Roudier, P., and Saggar, S., 2012. The effect of nitrification inhibitor on soil ammonia emission: A meta-analysis. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. 93, 51-64. doi: 10.1007/s10705-012-9498-9

Kim, D.-G., 2012. Estimation of net gain of soil carbon in a nitrogen-fixing tree and crop intercropping system in sub-Saharan Africa: results from re-examining a study. Agroforestry Systems, 86: 175-184. doi:10.1007/s10457-011-9477-1, Research Blog

Kim, D.-G., Vargas, R., Bond-Lamberty, B., and Turetsky, M. R. 2012. Effects of soil rewetting and thawing on soil gas fluxes: a review of current literature and suggestions for future research, Biogeosciences, 9, 2459-2483, doi:10.5194/bg-9-2459-2012, Research Blog

Kim, D.-G. 2011. Soil greenhouse gas emissions and global warming. In: Ecological Society of Korea (Eds.), Ecosystems and Climate Change, Geobook, Seoul, Korea. pp. 50-53 (in Korean)

Saggar, S., Luo, J., Kim, D.-G., Jha, N., 2011, Intensification in pastoral farming: impacts on soil attributes and gaseous emissions. In: B. P. Singh, A. Cowie and Y. Chan (Eds.), Soil Health and Climate Change (Soil Biology Series).  Springer-Verlag. pp. 207-236.

Kim, D.-G., Mishurov, M., and Kiely, G. 2010. Effect of increased N use and drought on N2O emission in a fertilized grassland. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 88, 397-410. doi: 10.1007/s10705-010-9365-5

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

Kim, D.-G., S. Mu, S. Kang, and D. Lee. 2010. Factors controlling soil CO2 effluxes and the effects of rewetting on effluxes in adjacent deciduous, coniferous, and mixed forests in Korea. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 42, 576-585. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.12.005

Kim, D.-G., Isenhart, T. M., Parkin, T. B., Schultz, R. C., Loynachan, T. E., and Raich, J. W.: Nitrous oxide emissions from riparian forest buffers, warm-season and cool-season grass filters, and crop fields, Biogeosciences Discuss., 6, 607-650, 2009. doi:10.5194/bgd-6-607-2009

Kim, D.-G., Isenhart, T. M., Parkin, T. B., Schultz, R. C., and Loynachan, T. E.: Nitrate and dissolved nitrous oxide in groundwater within cropped fields and riparian buffers, Biogeosciences Discuss., 6, 651-685, 2009. doi:10.5194/bgd-6-651-2009

Kim, D.-G., Schultz, R.C., Isenhart, T.M., Parkin, T.B., Loynachan, T.E. 2009. Methane Flux in Cropland and Adjacent Riparian Buffers with Different Vegetation Covers, Journal of Environmental Quality 39, 97-105. doi: 10.2134/jeq2008.0408

Kim, D.-G. 2008. Can South-Korea’s canal project reduce greenhouse gas emission?. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. Vol. 6, No. 7, pp. 355-355. doi: 10.1890/1540-9295(2008)6[355a:CSKCPR]2.0.CO;2

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.


• Manuscripts in review

Kim, D.-G., Rafique, R., Leahy, P., Kiely, G. Predicting the impact of changing fertilizer application rate, land use, and climate on greenhouse gas nitrous oxide emission in Irish grasslands.

Kim, D.-G., Giltrap DL, Saggar S, Hanly JA. The effect of nitrification inhibitor, dicyandiamide (DCD) on pasture yields, nitrous oxide emissions and nitrogen leaching losses in Manawatu region, New Zealand


• Manuscripts in the final stage of preparation

Kim, D.-G., Miko U. F. Kirschbaum. Effect of land use change on greenhouse gases exchanges between land and atmosphere: a meta analytical review.

 

• Research Blogs and web based open database 

Background nitrous oxide emissions in agricultural and natural lands (http://backgroundn2oemissions.blogspot.com/

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/)

Proposals

African agroforestry to maintain sustainability and mitigate climate changeMay 20, 2013

Proposal Links

Global Complementary Currency Pegged to the Production of Organic Living BiomassFeb 2, 2018
STRENGTHENING OF THE ENTREPRISES ECOSYSTEM IN THE FOREST LANDSCAPEJan 3, 2018
Global complementary currency indexed to living matter in resilient agrosystemsJul 1, 2019

Supporting

Testing agroforestry models in mid-Missouri, USAJul 12, 2013
Woody Agriculture: Breeding & Implementing Hazelnut & Chestnut as Staple CropsJul 12, 2013
African agroforestry to maintain sustainability and mitigate climate changeMay 20, 2013

Activities

Dong-gill Kim updated a proposal African agroforestry to maintain sustainability and mitigate climate changeJul 12, 2013
Dong-gill Kim updated a proposal African agroforestry to maintain sustainability and mitigate climate changeJul 12, 2013
Dong-gill Kim updated a proposal African agroforestry to maintain sustainability and mitigate climate changeJul 11, 2013
Dong-gill Kim updated a proposal African agroforestry to maintain sustainability and mitigate climate changeMay 20, 2013
Dong-gill Kim updated a proposal African agroforestry to maintain sustainability and mitigate climate changeMay 20, 2013
Dong-gill Kim updated a proposal African agroforestry to maintain sustainability and mitigate climate changeMay 6, 2013
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