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Researcher
Erik Smolders
- Disciplines:Soil sciences, challenges and pollution, Agriculture, land and farm management
Affiliations
- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering (Faculty)
Responsible
From1 Aug 2023 → Today - Soil and Water Management (Division)
Member
From1 Aug 2020 → Today - Division of Soil and Water Management (Division)
Member
From1 Oct 1999 → 31 Jul 2020
Projects
21 - 30 of 62
- Impact of land use change on the migration of historical radionuclide and heavy metal contamination in riparian soils of the Grote Nete ValleyFrom2 Nov 2020 → TodayFunding: SCK (Study Centre Nuclear Energy)
- Bioavailability and exposure to cadmium from chocolate consumption: a nutritional studyFrom25 Oct 2020 → 16 May 2022Funding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
- Development of novel formulations for improved molybdenum fertilizationFrom1 Oct 2020 → 30 Sep 2023Funding: H2020-EU.1.3.- EXCELLEN SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
- Improving the institutional capacity of Colombia and Ecuador to mitigate trade barriers due the high cadmium levels in cacao.From1 Sep 2020 → TodayFunding: Private funding of national origin - undefined
- Life Narmena A1: Metal extractionsFrom1 Jul 2020 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Laser Ablation- Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass SpectrometryFrom1 May 2020 → TodayFunding: BOF - scientific equipment program
- Fostering low cadmium and climate-relevant innovations to enhance the resilience and inclusiveness of th growing cocoa sectors in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Clima-LoCaFrom1 Jan 2020 → TodayFunding: H2020 - European Institute of Innovation and Technology
- Bridging knowledge to the field: an evaluation of the agronomic and socio-economic potential of Robusta coffee genetic resources as a cash cropin the Congo Basin.From15 Dec 2019 → TodayFunding: BRAIN-be(Belgian Research Action through Interdisciplinary Networks)
- Effect of applying vivianite and P-containing Fe(III)oxides on P bioavailability and dynamics in different agricultural soil typesFrom6 Nov 2019 → 6 Nov 2023Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- The long-term accumulation of bioavailable uranium in soil due to the use of mineral phosphate fertilizersFrom1 Nov 2019 → 22 Nov 2023Funding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
Publications
1 - 10 of 334
- The phosphorus saturation degree as a universal agronomic and environmental soil P test(2024)
Authors: Erik Smolders
Pages: 385 - 404 - The economic costs of cadmium non-tariff measures for smallholder cocoa farmers in Ecuador(2024)
Authors: Erik Smolders, Miet Maertens
Pages: 1147 - 1166 - Do contaminants compromise the use of recycled nutrients in organic agriculture? A review and synthesis of current knowledge on contaminant concentrations, fate in the environment and risk assessment(2024)
Authors: Erik Smolders
- Internal loading of phosphorus in streams described by a Sediment-Water Exchange Model for Phosphorus (SWEMP): From lab to field scale(2024)
Authors: Toon van Dael, Charlotte Vermeiren, Erik Smolders
- Extrapolating Metal (Cu, Ni, Zn) Toxicity from Individuals to Populations Across Daphnia Species Using Mechanistic Models: The Roles of Uncertainty Propagation and Combined Physiological Modes of Action(2024)
Authors: Erik Smolders
Pages: 338 - 358 - Cadmium speciation in cacao beans changes during a fermentation-like incubation(2024)
Authors: Erik Smolders
- Accelerated weathering of silicate rock dusts predicts the slow-release liming in soils depending on rock mineralogy, soil acidity, and test methodology(2023)
Authors: Robrecht Van Der Bauwhede, Bart Muys, Karen Vancampenhout, Erik Smolders
- Transplacental transfer of cobalt: Evidence from a study of mothers and their neonates in the African Copperbelt(2023)
Authors: Erik Smolders, Benoit Nemery de Bellevaux, Tim Nawrot
- Metal Mixture Toxicity of Ni, Cu, and Zn in Freshwater Algal Communities and the Correlation of Single-Species Sensitivities Among Single Metals: A Comparative Analysis(2023)
Authors: Erik Smolders
Pages: 2666 - 2683 - Remediation of acid mine drainage and immobilization of rare earth elements: Comparison between natural and residual alkaline materials(2023)
Authors: Erik Smolders
Patents
1 - 2 of 2
- Cadmium removal from cacao (Inventor)
- Cadmium removal from intact cacao beans after fermentation (Inventor)