Professor Richter received his PhD degree in Plant Biology from the University of Vienna, Austria. Andreas Richter is professor for Soil and Climate Change Ecology at the University of Vienna, Austria, and the current director of the Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science (CeMESS). He is also Senior Guest Research Scholar at the International Institute for Advanced Systems Science (IIASA). He is interested in all aspects of terrestrial ecosystem ecology and biogeochemistry. His research aims at a mechanistic understanding of the role of soil microbes and their interaction with plants in the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems.
Agricultural Engineer, PhD, Professor of Agronomy in the University of Seville (since 1996, full professor since 2009). He is director of the Agricultural Research Service of the University of Seville since 2008. As other services to the University, he has been also Director of the Office of Technology Transfer (December 2004 to April 2008) and Director of the Doctoral School of the University of Seville (April 2008 to February 2016).
His research is mainly focused on soil fertility and fertilization management, particularly on phosphorus, and interaction of organic matter and microorganisms with nutrients; he has been involved in different research on saline soil reclamation and environmental impact of fertilization and soil amendment (nutrient loss from soil and trace elements enrichment). He has published 107 articles in JCR journals (with more than 3100 cites, June 2025), 17 book chapters, 5 invited keynotes in congresses, > 100 proceedings and abstracts in congresses, and obtained 5 patents of invent. His h-index is 36. He has been Associate editor-in-chief of the European Journal of Agronomy (2013-2021), Associate Editor of the Journal of Environmental Quality (2009-2014), and Associate Editor of the Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research (2013), member of the editorial board of the European Journal of Agronomy (2013), and invited editor for special issue in Soil Use and Management.
Agricultural Engineer from the "Luiz de Queiroz" School of Agriculture (ESALQ), University of São Paulo (2004-2008). Scientific initiation scholarship from CNPq (2005 - 2006) and FAPESP (2007-2008). Master's degree (2011) and PhD (2015) in Sciences, in the area of concentration in Crop Science at ESALQ/USP. Visiting researcher at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, USA (2012). Researcher specialist in plant nutrition in the Research and Development department at fertilizer industry (2017-2022). Currently is a professor of Plant Mineral Nutrition in the Soil Science department, ESALQ. He works in the area of research in mineral nutrition applied to the physiology of crop, on the topics: efficiency of nutrient absorption and utilization, nutrient interaction and root-nutrient signaling.
Graduated in Agricultural Sciences at the University of Milan on 1988. PhD in Environmental Protection on 1993, at the University of Basilicata, Italy. Researcher at the A. Natta Institute of Industrial Chemistry of the Polytechnic of Milan on 1994-95. Since 1996 at University of Milan (Italy). Full professor and teacher of the course "Biomass and Waste Recycling Promoting the Circular Economy" for the Master's Degree in English "Biotechnology for the Bioeconomy". Adjunct Professor at the National Center for International Research of BioEnergy Science and Technology (iBEST), China Agricultural University (China). Scientific Bibliometrics: (SCOPUS source): Documents 271; h index = 69; total quotes 12529. He is in the top 2% of scientists (Stanford, 2025).
