Our Team

Soil4Kids is a collaboration between researchers, science communicators, and volunteer translators from research institutions around the world.

Core Team

Editors, coordinators, and infrastructure behind the project.

Malte Jochum

Collection Editor

iDiv & Leipzig University

Rémy Beugnon

Collection Editor

iDiv, Leipzig; CEFE, Montpellier

Helen R. P. Phillips

Collection Editor

iDiv; Saint Mary's University, Halifax

Romy Zeiss

Editor of Translations

iDiv, Leipzig

Elisabeth Bönisch

Editor of Translations

iDiv, Leipzig

Stefan Bernhardt

Communications & Photography

iDiv, Leipzig

Article Authors

The researchers who wrote the original articles translated in this collection.

Cristiana Ariotti

Univ. of Turin, Italy

Frank Ashwood

Forest Research, UK

Apolline Auclerc

Univ. of Lorraine, France

Olivia Azevedo

Univ. of Stirling, UK

Carlos Barreto

Western University, Canada

Jens Bast

Univ. of Cologne, Germany

Léa Beaumelle

INRAE, Bordeaux, France

Brad M. Bebout

NASA Ames Research Center, USA

Sue Benham

Forest Research, UK

Alexander Brandt

Univ. of Lausanne, Switzerland

Victoria J. Burton

Natural History Museum, London, UK

Kevin R. Butt

Univ. of Central Lancashire, UK

Santiago Cadena

CINVESTAV, Mérida, Mexico

Erin K. Cameron

Saint Mary's University, Halifax

Concha Cano-Díaz

Univ. Rey Juan Carlos, Spain

Yvan Capowiez

INRAE, Avignon, France

Henry Chung

Michigan State University, USA

Felicity V. Crotty

Royal Agricultural University, UK

Nicole M. van Dam

iDiv, Leipzig; Univ. of Jena

Elisabeth Darling

Michigan State University, USA

Sacha Delmotte

Univ. de Montpellier, France

Enrique Doblas-Miranda

CREAF, Barcelona, Spain

Agnès Duhamet

Univ. of Avignon, France

Nico Eisenhauer

iDiv, Leipzig; Leipzig University

Amandine Erktan

Univ. of Göttingen, Germany

Pierre Ganault

CNRS/Univ. de Montpellier, France

Paolina Garbeva

NIOO-KNAW, Netherlands

José Q. García-Maldonado

CINVESTAV, Mérida, Mexico

María Pilar Gavín-Centol

EEZA-CSIC, Almería, Spain

Stefan Geisen

Wageningen University, Netherlands

Elena Giuliano

Univ. of Turin, Italy

Felix Gottschall

iDiv, Leipzig

Sharon L. Grim

NASA Ames Research Center, USA

Jes Hines

iDiv, Leipzig; Leipzig University

Sandra I. Ramírez Jiménez

Univ. Autónoma Estado de Morelos, Mexico

François-Xavier Joly

Univ. of Stirling, UK

Stephanie D. Jurburg

iDiv, Leipzig

Eva Koller-France

Univ. of Tübingen, Germany

Angela Lafuente

Univ. Rey Juan Carlos, Spain

Gaëlle Lextrait

CNRS, France

Zoë Lindo

Western University, London, Canada

Nadia I. Maaroufi

Univ. of Bern, Switzerland

Stefanie Maaß

Freie Universität Berlin

Paul Manning

Dalhousie University, Canada

Inês S. Martins

University of York, UK

Paula Maza-Márquez

Univ. Autónoma Estado de Morelos, Mexico

Jordi Moya-Laraño

EEZA-CSIC, Almería, Spain

Lena Neuenkamp

Univ. of Bern, Switzerland

Yvonne Oelmann

Univ. of Tübingen, Germany

Xin Rui Ong

Nanyang Technological Univ., Singapore

Alberto Orgiazzi

European Commission JRC, Italy

Hüsna Öztoprak

Univ. of Cologne, Germany

Edel Pérez-López

Université Laval, Canada

Melanie M. Pollierer

Univ. of Göttingen, Germany

Anton Potapov

Univ. of Göttingen, Germany

Leslie Prufert-Bebout

NASA Ames Research Center, USA

Marisol Quintanilla-Tornel

Michigan State University, USA

Matthias C. Rillig

Freie Universität Berlin

Dolores Ruiz-Lupión

EEZA-CSIC, Almería, Spain

Ina Schaefer

Univ. of Göttingen, Germany

Stefan Scheu

Univ. of Göttingen, Germany

Julia Seeber

Eurac Research, Italy

Julia Siebert

iDiv, Leipzig

Eleanor M. Slade

Nanyang Technological Univ., Singapore

Marcel D. Solbach

Univ. of Cologne, Germany

Michael Steinwandter

Eurac Research, Bozen, Italy

Jens-Arne Subke

Univ. of Stirling, UK

Marie Sünnemann

iDiv, Leipzig

Axel J. Touw

iDiv, Leipzig; Univ. of Jena

Elena I. Vanguelova

Forest Research, UK

Gianpiero Vigani

Univ. of Turin, Italy

Franciska T. de Vries

Univ. of Amsterdam

Walter R. Waldman

Federal Univ. of São Carlos, Brazil

Wolfgang Wilcke

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Translators

Volunteer researchers and language experts who translated articles into 32 languages.

AA

Aicha Aboukhait

French

DA

Dino Aleksandrić

Croatian

MA

Matteo Anderle

Italian

IA

Ignatius Putra Andika

Bahasa Indonesia

SA

Sarka Angst

Czech

AA

Ana Elizabeth Bonato Asato

Portuguese; Italian

MA

Michela Audisio

Italian

JB

Janna Barel

Dutch

CB

Caterina Barrasso

Italian

Carlos Barreto

Portuguese

Western University, Canada

AB

Andrea Benech

Italian

EB

Elisa Bergami

Italian

NB

Nisha Bhakat

Bengali

SB

Sachin Bhattarai

Nepali

JB

Jonathan Bonfanti

French

Elisabeth Bönisch

German

iDiv, Leipzig

AB

Anne Boudrot

French

BĆ

Bruno Ćaleta

Croatian

Concha Cano-Díaz

Spanish

Univ. Rey Juan Carlos, Spain

LC

Lilia Costa Carvalhais

Portuguese (Brazilian)

AC

Anibal Castillo

Spanish

Evangelia Linda Chronopoulou

Greek

FC

Flavien Collart

French

Ioannis Constantinou

Greek

BC

Bibiana Betancur Corredor

Spanish

JD

Julie Delaunay

French

MD

Mayrice Delforge

French

Sacha Delmotte

French

Univ. de Montpellier, France

UD

Ujjwal Dhakal

Nepali

AD

Anastazija Dimitrova

Macedonian

Enrique Doblas-Miranda

Spanish

CREAF, Barcelona, Spain

JD

Juan F. Dueñas

Spanish

AD

Audrey Losfeld Dutoit

French

AE

Andrea Ermenić

Croatian

JE

Julian Escher

German

NF

Nathalie Fromin

French

AG

Anne Gallet-Budynek

French

BG

Benoit Gauzens

French

EG

Elia Guariento

Italian

KG

Kiran Gurung

Hindi

DH

Davorka K. Hackenberger

Croatian

Amelie Hauer

German

TH

Tabea Hoppe

German

SH

Susanne Horka

German

KH

Kevin Hörmle

German

MH

Marie Husseini

French

ZJ

Zarah Janda

German

Malte Jochum

German

iDiv & Leipzig University

AJ

Agnieszka Józefowska

Polish

WK

Weronika Kamola-Uberman

Polish

PK

Paul Kardol

Dutch

RK

Raza Ullah Khan

Urdu

SK

Sagar Kumar

German

BL

Birgit Lang

German

AL

Alyssa Larges

French

CL

Camila Leandro

French

RL

Ricarda Lehmitz

German

JL

Justine Lejoly

French

SL

Simin Li

Chinese

ZL

Ziyu Lin

Chinese

Stefanie Maaß

German

Freie Universität Berlin

TM

Tiia Määttä

Finnish

ŽM

Željka Magdić

Croatian

LM

Lucie Malard

French

KM

Katarina Matvijev

Serbian

RM

Raghad S. Mouhamad

Arabic

LM

Levan Mumladze

Georgian

LN

Lena Neuenkamp

German

JO

Jonathan von Oppen

German

AO

Adam Ossowicki

Polish

PP

Piotr Pacanowski

Polish

PP

Patrick Pachl

German

IP

Ingrid Patetta

French

CP

Caroline Pequegnot

French

AP

Alejandro Pereira

Spanish

WP

William Perrin

French

IP

Isis Petrocelli

Portuguese (Brazilian)

Melanie M. Pollierer

German

Univ. of Göttingen

VP

Vinicius Tirelli Pompermaier

Portuguese

FP

Filip Popović

Serbian

Anton Potapov

Russian

Univ. of Göttingen, Germany

SP

Sarita Pudasaini

Nepali

DR

Dajana Radujkovic

Serbian

DR

Dragana Rajković

Serbian

MR

María Morel Revetria

Spanish

Dolores Ruiz-Lupión

Spanish

EEZA-CSIC, Almería, Spain

SS

Simone Kilian Salas

Spanish

AS

Aditya Salvi

Hindi

PS

Pablo Castro Sánchez-Bermejo

Spanish

AS

Agustín Sarquis

Spanish

SS

Sally S. Saud

Arabic

IS

Irshad Ali Saudagar

Hindi

NS

Nupur Sawant

Marathi

Ina Schaefer

German

Univ. of Göttingen

NS

Nicole Scheunemann

German

Julia Seeber

German

Eurac Research, Italy

AS

Alkyoni Sfendouraki-Basakarou

Greek

MS

Muniba Shan

Urdu

DS

Dominika Siegieda

Polish

MS

Mariana Gliesch Silva

Portuguese (Brazilian)

MS

María Teresa Barral Silva

Spanish

TŠ

Teodora Šimić

Croatian

SS

Susana Castro Sowinski

Spanish

Michael Steinwandter

Italian

Eurac Research, Bozen, Italy

AS

Alma Steireif

French

XS

Xin Sun

Chinese

Marie Sünnemann

German

iDiv, Leipzig

US

Usama Ali Syed

Urdu

ZT

Zhonghui Tang

Chinese

LT

Lise Thouvenot

French

TT

Tanja Trakic

Croatian

SV

Sandra Varga

Spanish

PV

Perla Griselle Mellado Vazquez

Spanish

SV

Smrithy Vijayan

Malayalam

Franciska T. de Vries

Dutch

Univ. of Amsterdam

BW

Bartłomiej Woś

Polish

BZ

Bourezah Zahia

Arabic

AZ

Andrey Zaytsev

Russian

Romy Zeiss

German

iDiv, Leipzig

IZ

Islam Mohammad Zidan

Arabic

JZ

Jon Zubieta

Basque

AZ

Andrey G. Zuev

Russian

AZ

Anna Zueva

Russian