Dr Evelyn Krull: leading carbon and nutrient cycling research

Dr Evelyn Krull's research activities lie in the area of organic matter processes in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

• 10 September 2010 | Updated 14 October 2011

• Current activities
• Background
• Academic qualifications
• Achievements 
• Professional activities  

Current activities

Dr Evelyn Krull is a research scientist and Research Team Leader of the Carbon and Nutrient Cycling team.

Her research activities lie in the area of organic matter processes in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystem. She has led and is leading several research activities on the effect of human management changes on aquatic ecosystems, including the Coorong lagoons, Lake Alexandrina and the Goolwa channel, the Logan/Albert estuary and Fitzroy estuary.

Analytical tools to resolve these changes over space and time include stable isotope geochemistry (13C and 15N), radioisotopic analyses (14C, 137Cs, 210Pb), MIR and 13C-NMR spectroscopy as well as compound-specific isotopic analyses.

She is currently leading two national research projects on biochar which aim to explore the effects of different biochar material on nutrient dynamics in agricultural soils as well as on the stability of different biochars, their effect on N2O emissions and life-cycle assessment methodology.

Background

Dr Krull has more than 10 years experience in the application of stable and radiogenic isotopes to rocks, soils and sediments to decipher organic matter processes and changes in biogeochemical cycles.

Since joining CSIRO, her focus has been on the quantification and qualification of natural charcoal (char) in soils and sediments as well as the application of biochar to soils.

Academic qualifications

Dr Krull has been awarded a Doctor of Philosophy in Geological Sciences in 1998 from the University of Oregon, USA.

Achievements

Dr Krull is the leading and co-author of more than 50 scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals or book-chapters. She regularly presents at national and international conferences and has been invited several times to give keynote addresses. She has co-supervised two doctoral and several honour's students.

In 2002, Dr Krull was the recipient of the CSIRO John Phillip award for the Excellence in Young Scientists.

Professional activities

Dr Krull is member of the American Geophysical Union, the Australian Marine Science Association and the Australian Quaternary Association. She is part of the member panel of the Australian and New Zealand Network for Biochar Research.

She has co-organised five national and international conferences and participates in national and international expert panels on biochar.

Read more in the Biochar fact sheet.