Member Profile
Dong-Gill Kim
Wondo Genet College of Forestry and Natural Resources,
Hawassa University, PO Box 128, Shashemene, Ethiopia
Webpage: http://donggillkim.blogspot.com/
EDUCATION
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., 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 change | May 20, 2013 |
Proposal Links
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Activities
Dong-gill Kim updated a proposal African agroforestry to maintain sustainability and mitigate climate change | Jul 12, 2013 |
Dong-gill Kim updated a proposal African agroforestry to maintain sustainability and mitigate climate change | Jul 12, 2013 |
Dong-gill Kim updated a proposal African agroforestry to maintain sustainability and mitigate climate change | Jul 11, 2013 |
Dong-gill Kim updated a proposal African agroforestry to maintain sustainability and mitigate climate change | May 20, 2013 |
Dong-gill Kim updated a proposal African agroforestry to maintain sustainability and mitigate climate change | May 20, 2013 |
Dong-gill Kim updated a proposal African agroforestry to maintain sustainability and mitigate climate change | May 6, 2013 |