Torsten Müller (born 12 July 1961 in
Kassel
Kassel (; in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Kassel and the district of the same name and had 201,048 inhabitants in December 2 ...
, West Germany) is an agricultural scientist at the
University of Hohenheim
The University of Hohenheim (german: Universität Hohenheim) is a campus university located in the south of Stuttgart, Germany. Founded in 1818, it is Stuttgart's oldest university. Its primary areas of specialisation had traditionally bee ...
. He is chairman of the examination and admissions board of the European master's degree Course "Organic Agriculture and Food Systems" and Dean of Education of the Agricultural Science Faculty in Hohenheim.
Torsten Mueller on the Webpage University of Hohenheim
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Biography
After attending school in Kassel he passed a practical examination in agriculture. He studied Agricultural Science at the George-August University in Goettingen, Germany, and passed the appropriate examinations in 1983, followed an Agricultural
Engineering Diploma in 1986 and a Ph. D. (Doctor of Agricultural Science) in 1992.
He then undertook studies on "European Expert in Environmental Conservation" at the Environmental Protection Service in Muenster, Germany, and became Assistant and Associate Professor for plant nutrition and soil health
Soil health is a state of a soil meeting its range of ecosystem functions as appropriate to its environment. In more colloquial terms, the health of soil arises from favorable interactions of all soil components (living and non-living) that belong ...
at the Faculty of Agricultural Science at The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Frederiksberg (Copenhagen) (today the Faculty of Life Science) from 1993 to 2000.
C Habilitation with Venia Legendi for ''Plant Nutrition and Soil Science'', Kassel University, 2004.
There followed an appointment as Professor of ''Fertilization and Soil Matter Dynamics'' (Former Fertilization with Soil Chemistry)in the Institute of Plant Nutrition (today Institute of Horticultural Science) at Hohenheim University.
Memberships and Affiliations
German Society for Plant Nutrition
* German Agricultural Society
* Federal Earth Society
* Danish Soil Science Society (Dansk Forening for Jordbundsvidenskab, DFJ)
* International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS)
* International Fertiliser Society (IFS)
* International Society of Organic Agriculture Research (ISOFAR)
* (GWUP; "Society for the Investigation of Parasciences")
* Society of German Agricultural Investigation and Research Institute
* International Graduate Council: Modelling of Material Flow and Production Systems for Sustainable Resource Use in Intensive Arable and Vegetable systems In the North Chinese Plains
* Member of the German Life Saving Association; since 1975 voluntary lifeguard, paramedic, trainer and instructor.
Field of Interest and Publications
Torsten Muellers research projects
Torsten Muellers publication list
References
External links
CV of Torsten Müller on the Webpage of the University Hohenheim
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Living people
German agronomists
1961 births