Torsten Müller (agroscientist)


Torsten Müller is an agricultural scientist at the University of Hohenheim. He is chairman of the examination and admissions board of the European master's degree Course "Organic Agriculture and Food Systems" and Dean of Education of the Agricultural Science Faculty in Hohenheim.

Biography

After attending school in Kassel he passed a practical examination in agriculture. He studied Agricultural Science at the George-August University in Goettingen, Germany, and passed the appropriate examinations in 1983, followed an Agricultural
Engineering Diploma in 1986 and a Ph. D. in 1992.
He then undertook studies on "European Expert in Environmental Conservation" at the Environmental Protection Service in Muenster, Germany, and became Assistant and Associate Professor for plant nutrition and soil health at the Faculty of Agricultural Science at The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Frederiksberg from 1993 to 2000.
He was a Scientific Assistant for Soil Biology and Plant Nutrition at the University of Kassel, Witzenhausen 2001 to 2204. Habilitation with Venia Legendi for Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Kassel University, 2004.
There followed an appointment as Professor of Fertilization and Soil Matter Dynamics in the Institute of Plant Nutrition at Hohenheim University.

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