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Markus Kleber

Assistant Professor - Soil Biogeochemistry

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Mailing Address:
Department of Crop and Soil Science
3017 Agricultural and Life Science Building
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331

Office: ALS 3067
Phone: 541-737-5718
Fax: 541-737-5725
E-Mail: Email

Department Website: Department of Crop and Soil Science
Vita: Short

Education:

Habilitation 2004 Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
Ph.D. 1997 University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
M.S. 1992 University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

Current Work Focus: The processes at the interface between organic matter and mineral surfaces, including mineral surface properties, organic matter properties, bonding mechanisms, adsorption processes, mineral-microbial interactions and organic matter turnover dynamics.

Graduate Students:

Teaching:  

  •  CSS 375 Soil Resource Potentials (Fall Term)

    Introduces  soils as habitats and as providers of ecological services. Includes practical field work. Shows that sustainable management of the soil resource requires a profound understanding of the role that soils play in the functioning of natural ecosystems as well as forested or agricultural systems. Course explains how field observations of soil properties can be translated into quantitative estimates of the supplies a given soil can make available to a vegetation cover. Students are  guided through a land suitability evaluation by comparing vegetation and general land use requirements with soil potentials
  •  CSS 525X  Mineral-organic interactions (Spring Term)

    Treats soil as the interface between organic and mineral components. Introduces molecular scale properties of major system components (mineral types and forms of soil organic matter). Shows how interactions between minerals and organics determine the special nature of the soil "bioreactor". Course is focused on biogeochemical processes that determine soil organic matter turnover.

Projects:

  • Collaboration with Delphine Derrien and Bernd Zeller, INRA Nancy, France: Dynamics of nitrogen containing organic compounds in organo-mineral associations from 15N labelling experiments (Christophe Moni, Postdoc)
  • Collaboration with Jillian Gregg, EPA Corvallis: Dynamics of Dissolved Carbon and Nitrogen in an asymmetric soil warming experiment (Christophe Moni, Postdoc)  
  • Interactions of aromatic compounds with mineral and organic constituents of terrestrial systems (Marco Keiluweit, Graduate Student)
  • Collaboration with Maria Dragila and Don Horneck, CSS: The role of surface hydrophobicity for water infiltration in irrigated circles near Hermiston (Priscilla Woolverton, Undergraduate Student)

Web Resources:

Publications:

Journal Articles

Dohrmann, R., Rüping, K. B., Kleber, M., Ufer, K. and R. Jahn. 2009. Variation of preferred orientation in oriented clay mounts as a result of sample preparation and composition. Clays and Clay Minerals, in press. 

Isaacson, C. W., Kleber, M. and J. A. Field. 2009. Quantitative Analysis of Fullerene Nanomaterials in Environmental Systems: A Critical Review. Environmental Science & Technology, 43:6463-6474.

Keiluweit, M. and M. Kleber. 2009. Molecular-level interactions in soils and sediments: The role of aromatic pi-systems. Environmental Science & Technology, 43:3421-3429.  

Bird, J. A., Kleber, M. and M. S. Torn. 2008. 13C and 15N stabilization dynamics among soil organic matter fractions during needle and fine root decomposition. Organic Geochemistry. 39:465-477

Kögel-Knabner, I., Guggenberger G., Kleber, M., Kandeler, E., Kalbitz, K., Scheu, S., Eusterhues, K. and P. Leinweber. 2008. The importance of organo-mineral associations for carbon stabilization in temperate soils: integrating organic matter chemistry, soil mineralogy and soil microbiology. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 171:61-82

Kleber, M., Sollins, P. and R. Sutton. 2007. A conceptual model of organo-mineral interactions in soils: Self-assembly of organic molecular fragments into zonal structures on mineral surfaces. Biogeochemistry 85: 9-24

Kleber, M. and R. Jahn. 2007. Andosols and Soils with Andic Properties in the German Soil Taxonomy. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 170:317-328

Kleber, M., Schwendenmann, L., Veldkamp, E., Rößner, J. and R. Jahn. 2007. Halloysite versus gibbsite: silicon cycling as a pedogenetic process in two lowland neotropical rain forest soils of La Selva, Costa Rica. Geoderma. 138: 1-11

Sollins P, Swanston C, Kleber M, Filley T, Kramer M, Crow S, Caldwell BA, Lajtha K, and Bowden R (2006) Organic C and N stabilization in a forest soil: Evidence from sequential density fractionation. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 38: 3313-3324

Mikutta R., Kleber M., Torn M. and Jahn R. 2006. Stabilization of Soil Organic Matter: Association with Minerals or Chemical Recalcitrance? Biogeochemistry 77: 25-56

Kleber, M, Mikutta, R., Torn, M. S., and R. Jahn. 2005. Poorly cystalline mineral phases protect organic matter in acid subsoil horizons. European Journal of Soil Science, 56: 717-725.

Mertz, C., Kleber, M., and R. Jahn. 2005. Soil organic matter dynamics in clay subfractions from a time series of fertilizer deprivation. Organic Geochemistry, 36: 1311-1322.

Siregar, A., Kleber, M., Mikutta R. and R. Jahn. 2005. Sodium hypochlorite oxidation reduces soil organic matter concentrations without affecting inorganic soil constituents. European Journal of Soil Science, 56: 481-490.

Mikutta, R., Kleber, M and R. Jahn. 2005. Poorly crystalline minerals determine concentrations of stable organic carbon in clay subfractions from acid subsoil horizons. Geoderma, 128: 106-115.

Mikutta, R., Kleber, M., Kaiser K., and R. Jahn. 2005. Removal of Organic Matter from Soils using Hydrogen Peroxide, Sodium Hypochlorite and Disodium Peroxodisulfate - a Review. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 69:120-135.

Kleber, M., Mertz, C., Zikeli, S., Knicker, H. and R. Jahn. 2004. Changes in surface reactivity and organic matter composition of clay subfractions from a time series of fertilizer deprivation. European Journal of Soil Science, 55: 381-391.

Kleber, M., Mikutta, C. and R. Jahn. 2004. Andosols in Germany - pedogenesis and properties. Catena,56: 67-83.

Sommer, M., Fiedler, S., Glatzel, S. and M. Kleber. 2004. First estimates of regional (Allgäu, Germany) and global CH4 fluxes from wet colluvial margins of closed depressions in glacial drift areas. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 103:251-257.

Kahle, M., Kleber, M. and R. Jahn. 2004. Retention of dissolved organic matter by phyllosilicate and soil clay fractions in relation to mineral properties. Organic Geochemistry, 35:269-276.

Kahle, M., Kleber, M. and R. Jahn. 2003. Retention of dissolved organic matter by illitic soils and clay fractions: Influence of mineral phase variables. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 166: 737-741.

Eusterhues, K., Rumpel, C., Kleber, M. and I. Kögel-Knabner. 2003. Interactions of an old soil organic matter pool with the mineral matrix - analysed by demineralisation and oxidation with disodium roxodisulphate. Organic Geochemistry, 34:1591-1600.

Kahle, M. Kleber, M., Torn, M. and R. Jahn. 2003. Carbon storage in coarse and fine clay fractions of illitic soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 67:1732-1739.

Grabe, M., Kleber, M., Hartmann, K.-J. and R. Jahn. 2003. Preparing a soil carbon inventory of Saxony-Anhalt, Central Germany using GIS and the state soil data base SABO-P. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 166:642-648.

Kleber, M., Zikeli, S., Kastler, M. and R. Jahn. 2003. An Andosol from Eastern Saxony, Germany. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 166:533-542.

Kleber, M., J. Rößner, C. Chenu, B. Glaser, H. Knicker and R. Jahn. 2003. Prehistoric Alteration of Soil Properties in a Central German Chernozemic Soil: in Search of Pedologic Indicators for Prehistoric Activity. Soil Science, 168:292-306.

Fiedler, S., Scholich, G., and M. Kleber. 2003. Construction and evaluation of a redox electrode with a summing operational amplifier - application in the study of methane emissions. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis. 34:481-496.

Fiedler, S., Jungkunst, H. P. F., Jahn, R., Kleber, M., Sommer, M. and K. Stahr. 2002. Linking soil classification and soil dynamics - pedological and ecological perspectives. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. 165:517-529.

Kahle, M., Kleber, M. and R. Jahn. 2002. XRD-based quantitative analysis of clay minerals in soils: the suitability of Mineral Intensity Factors. Geoderma. 109:191-205.

Kahle, M., Kleber, M. and R. Jahn. 2002. Predicting carbon content in illitic clay fractions from surface area, cation exchange capacity and dithionite-extractable iron. European Journal of Soil Science. 53:639-644.

Kahle, M., Kleber, M. and R. Jahn. 2002. Carbon storage in loess derived surface soils from Central Germany: Influence of mineral phase parameters. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. 165:141-150.

Kleber, M., Niklaus, P., Kuzyakov, Y. and K. Stahr. 2000. Formation of mineral N (NH4+, NO3-) during mineralization of organic matter from coal refuse material and municipal sludge. Zeitschrift für Pflanzenernährung und Bodenkunde. 163:73-80.

Friedel, J. K., Herrmann, A. and M. Kleber. 2000. Ion exchange resin - soil mixtures as a tool in net nitrogen mineralisation studies. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 32:1529-1536.

Kleber, M., Hong, J.-P. and K. Stahr. 1998. Microbial biomass C- and N-dynamics in grassland soils amended with liquid manure. Zeitschrift für Pflanzenernährung und Bodenkunde. 161:87-92.

Kleber, M. and K. Stahr. 1997. Soil carbon balance in intensively managed, humid grasslands. Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie. 27:117-126.

Book Chapters

Kleber, M. and R. Jahn. 2007. Soils of volcanic regions of Germany. pp. 13-23. In: Soils of Volcanic Regions in Europe. Arnalds, Ó.; Bartoli, F.; Buurman, P.; Óskarsson, H.; Stoops, G.; García-Rodeja, E. (Eds.), XXVI, 644 p., 169 illus., Hardcover. Springer, ISBN: 978-3-540-48710-4

Monteiro, F., Kleber, M., Fonseca, M., Madeira, M. and R. Jahn. 2007. Crystalline clay constituents of soils from European volcanic systems. pp. 181-195 In: Soils of volcanic regions in Europe. Arnalds, Ó.; Bartoli, F.; Buurman, P.; Óskarsson, H.; Stoops, G.; García-Rodeja, E. (Eds.), XXVI, 644 p., 169 illus., Hardcover. Springer, ISBN: 978-3-540-48710-4 Kleber.

Niklaus, P., Kleber, M. und K. Stahr. 2000. Rekultivierung von Bergehalden des Steinkohlebergbaus - Bodenkundliche Untersuchungen am Versuchsstandort Halde Reden. S. 207-223. In: Broll, G., W. Dunger, B. Keplin und W. Topp (Hrsg.) Rekultivierung in ergbaufolgelandschaften. Bodenorganismen, bodenökologische Prozesse und Standortentwicklung. GUG-Schriftenreihe Geowissenschaften und Umwelt. Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg.

Kleber, M., Glatzel, S. and K. Stahr 1998. Influence of porosity and substrate availability on methane emissions from waterlogged meadow soils. pp. 379-390. In: Peter, D., Maracchi, G. and A. Ghazi (Eds.): Climate change impact on agriculture and forestry. Proceedings of the European School of Climatology and Natural Hazards. Volterra, Italy, March 16th-23th, 1996. EUR 18175 EN, Luxembourg.

Kleber, M. und K. Stahr. 1995. Soil carbon turnover in subalpine systems and its dependence on climate. In: Zwerver, S., van Rompaey, R., Kok, M. and M. Berk (Eds.) Climate Change Research: Evaluation and Policy Implications, pp 561-566. Studies in Environmental Science 65A, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam.

Conference Proceedings

Kleber, M. 2007. The reactivity of biogeochemical interfaces. Talk given June 18th at Subsurface Biosphere Initiative and IGERT Workshop. June 17-19 Newport, Oregon.

Kleber, M., Nico, P., Sollins, P. 2007. Nitrogen on mineral surfaces: A STXM/NEXAFS investigation. Poster presented at 3rd. International Conference on mechanisms of Organic Matter Stabilisation and Destabilisation in Soils and Sediments. September 23-26 Adelaide, Australia.

Kleber, M., Nico, P., Sollins, P. 2007. STXM/NEXAFS to investigate C and N distibution on Fe-bearing mineral particles from density fractions. Poster presented as ASA-CSSA-SSSA 2007 International annual meetings November 4-8, New Orleans, Lousiana

Herrmann, A. M., Kleber M., Nunan N., Clode P. L., Stockdale E. A., Murphy D.V, Nico, P., Ritz, K., 2007. Potential of visualisation methods to further our understanding of CO2 feedback mechanisms of soil organic matter decomposition. Poster presented at conference “The Role of Soils in the Terrestrial Carbon Balance”, Pont à Mousson (France) Prémontrés Abbey 20th – 22th November 2007.

Kramer, M., Lajtha, K., Thomas, G., Sollins, P., Swanston, C., Kleber, M., Aufdenkampe, A., Wagai., R. 2007. The Use of Density Fractionation Techniques for Studies of Soil Carbon Stabilization: Do Problems of Sodium Polytungstate Contamination Cloud Results? Poster presented at conference “ The Role of Soils in the Terrestrial Carbon Balance”, Pont à Mousson (France) Prémontrés Abbey 20th – 22th November 2007.

Kleber M. 2007. The physical chemistry of recalcitrance – What is stable organic carbon? Invited talk given at Symposium Soils: mechanisms of carbon stabilization and response to climate change I. American Geosciences Union (AGU) Fall Meeting 10-14 December 2007. San Francisco, California.

Plante, A. F., Kleber, M. 2007. Characterization of organo-mineral associations by thermal analysis of density fractions. Talk given at Symposium Soils: mechanisms of carbon stabilization and response to climate change I. American Geosciences Union (AGU) Fall Meeting 10-14 December 2007. San Francisco, California.

Nico, P., Kleber, M., Sollins, P. 2007. A STXM/NEXAFS Investigation of the role of particle composition in organic matter stabilization. Invited talk given at Symposium Soils: mechanisms of carbon stabilization and response to climate change I. American Geosciences Union (AGU) Fall Meeting 10-14 December 2007. San Francisco, California.

Caldwell, B., Filley, T., Sollins, P., Lajtha, K., Swanston, C., Kleber, M., Kramer M. 2007. Aliphatic and aromatic plant biopolymer dynamics in soil particles isolated from sequential density fractionation. Poster presented at Session Soils: mechanisms of carbon stabilization and response to climate change V Posters. American Geosciences Union (AGU) Fall Meeting 10-14 December 2007. San Francisco, California.