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Claudio Zaccone is Researcher in Agricultural Chemistry at the
Department of Agro-Environmental Sciences, Chemistry and Plant
Protection (Di.S.A.C.D.), University of Foggia, Italy, and
"Aggregate Professor" of Soil Chemistry at the same university.
He received his Laurea
in Environmental Science and Forestry from the University of Bari,
Italy, on April 2003
with highest grade (110/110) "cum Laude".
In 2007,
he
obtained his Ph.D. in Agricultural Chemistry from the
same university. After the doctoral period spent at the Department
of Biology and Chemistry of Agro-Forestry and Environment (Di.B.C.A.),
University of Bari, he carried out his research at the same
department until December 2008. In 2005 and 2006 he was visiting
researcher at the Institute of Environmental Geochemistry, University
of Heidelberg, Germany, while in 2010 he was Guest Scientist at the
Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Heidelberg, Germany.
His main research interests include:
i) the molecular and functional characterization of fresh and
humified organic matter in soils and sediments, ii) the
interactions between humic substances and organic/inorganic
pollutants, iii) the geochemistry of trace elements,
radionuclides and organic pollutants: utilization of ombrotrophic
profiles as archives of atmospheric depositions of these pollutants
during centuries (natural vs. anthropogenic sources), iv) the
evolution of organic matter in soils and sediments in relation to
climate changes (sinks or sources of C?), and v) biomass
utilization in agriculture.
His teaching
activity includes the following courses: i) "Soil Chemistry";
ii) "Soil and Environment"; iii) "Soil quality and
biomass management".
He is member of the International Humic Substances Society (IHSS),
the European Geosciences Union (EGU), the International Union of
Soil Sciences (IUSS), the Italian Society of Soil Science (SISS), and of the Italian Society of Agricultural Chemistry
(SICA).
He is also Outreach Officer of the Soil System Science (SSS) Division of
the European Geoscience Union (EGU), Web Officer of the
International Humic Substances Society (IHSS), and Elected Member of
the Commissions II (Soil Chemistry) and VIII (Soil and Environment)
of the Italian Society of Soil Science (SISS).
In 2011, he has been awarded by the European Geosciences Union (EGU)
with the Outstanding Young Scientist Award (OYSA 2012) of the Soil System
Sciences Division.
He is the author or co-author of several publications on these
topics published in national and international journals and
conference proceedings.
He was also invited speaker, convener and chairman in several National and International
Congresses.
He is referee for the following (28) international peer-reviewed journals
(ISI): Applied Geochemistry (Elsevier), Applied Soil Ecology (Elsevier),
Biology and Fertility of Soils (Springer), Catena (Elsevier),
Chemistry and Ecology (Taylor & Francis), Chemosphere (Elsevier),
Clean - Soil, Air, Water (Wiley), Ecotoxicology and Environmental
Safety (Elsevier), Environmental Chemistry (CSIRO), Environmental
Science & Technology (ACS Publications), European Journal
of Agronomy (Elsevier), European Journal
of Forest Research (Springer), European Journal of Soil Science (Wiley-Blackwell),
Field Crops Research (Elsevier), Food Analytical Methods (Springer), Geoderma (Elsevier), HortScience
(Amer. Soc. Horticultural Science), International Journal of
Environmental Analytical Chemistry (Taylor & Francis), Journal of
Environmental Monitoring (RCS Publishing), Journal of
Environmental Quality (Amer. Soc. Agronomy), Journal of Hazardous
Materials (Elsevier), Journal of Synchrotron
Radiation (Wiley-Blackwell), Organic Geochemistry (Elsevier), Science of the Total Environment (Elsevier),
Scientia Horticulturae (Elsevier), Soil & Tillage Research
(Elsevier), Soil Science (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins), Water, Air, & Soil Pollution (Springer). He is also referee for the following (3) international
peer-reviewed journals without Impact Factor (non ISI): Acta
geodynamica et geomaterialia (Acad. Sci. Czech Rep.), Applied and
Environmental Soil Science (Hindawi), Journal of Environmental
Chemistry and Ecotoxicology (Academic Journals).
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