Prof. Dr. Ruben Kretzschmar

Prof. Dr.  Ruben Kretzschmar

Prof. Dr. Ruben Kretzschmar

Full Professor at the Department of Environmental Systems Science

ETH Zürich

I. f. Biogeochemie/Schadstoffdyn.

CHN F 23.1

Universitätstrasse 16

8092 Zürich

Switzerland

Additional information

Research area

Soil chemistry, environmental geochemistry, soil mineralogy, biogeochemistry

Ruben Kretzschmar is Full Professor of Soil Chemistry in the Department of Environmental Sciences at ETH Zurich. He earned his Ph.D. degree in 1994 in the Department of Soil Science at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, where he specialized in soil chemistry and mineralogy. He was elected Associate Professor at ETH Zurich in 1999 and Full Professor in 2002. From August 2008 to July 2009 he was a Cox Visiting Professor in the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences at Stanford University, CA, USA.

The research of his group is primarily concerned with the biogeochemical behavior and cycling of essential and potentially toxic trace elements in terrestrial and semi-terrestrial systems, and the coupling of these elements to the biogeochemistry of iron, manganese and sulfur. Currently, his group focuses on the biogeochemistry of metals and metalloids in periodically flooded or water-saturated soils, such as contaminated river floodplains and irrigated rice paddies, where plant uptake of cadmium and arsenic pose important problems.

Ruben Kretzschmar has authored or co-authored more than 150 research articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals, several review articles and book chapters, and one of the leading textbooks in Soil Science.

Course Catalogue

Spring Semester 2024

Number Unit
701-0034-06L Integrated Practical: Soil
701-0362-00L Soils and Vegetation of the Alps (Excursion)
701-0501-AAL Pedosphere
701-1302-00L Term Paper 2: Seminar
701-1303-00L Term Paper 1: Writing
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