Abebaw Ambaw Misganaw
My name is Abebaw Misganaw Ambaw, and I am originally from Ethiopia. Having completed my Bachelor of Science degree in Biotechnology at the University of Gondar in Ethiopia in 2012, I joined the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR) as a Junior Researcher specializing in plant biotechnology. In December 2020, I completed my MSc degree in Agricultural Sciences from the University of Bonn in Germany, with funding support from DAAD. In 2021, I pursued further academic enrichment by obtaining a second Master's degree in Plant Biotechnology from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
This research project is aimed to investigate root-associated soil structural changes in perennial crops as compared to annual crops, more specifically permanent grasslands versus agricultural crops. This will show to which degree biopore networks are destroyed by tillage in annual cropping and how far and whether at all the exploration of the subsoil can be improved by perennial root systems. These land use comparisons will be carried out at several long-term field trials in Germany to assess the impact of texture and other site conditions on these effects. It will also be investigated whether the land use effect results in differences with respect to infiltration or exploitation of soil water.
Supervisors: Prof. Dr Doris Vetterlain, Dr Steffen Schlüter (UFZ)