Christian Folberth
Senior Research Scholar
Agriculture, Forestry, and Ecosystem Services Research Group
Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program
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Biography
Christian Folberth joined IIASA's Ecosystem Services and Management Program as a Research Scholar in November 2013. He received his BSc in Horticultural Sciences and MSc in Environmental Planning and Engineering Ecology from Technical University of Munich. For the latter, he investigated factors influencing the degradation of pesticides in soil samples under laboratory conditions and a method for estimating the bioavailability of pesticides in soils.Subsequently, he conducted a PhD research project at the Swiss Federal institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG) and ETH Zurich. The thesis dealt with large-scale modeling of climate change impacts on global crop yields, regionalization of the crop model for sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and the assessment of different management practices for elevating yields and adapting to climate change in SSA. Additional research projects included climate change impacts on biofuel production in the USA, unbalanced fertilizer application in SSA, and the participation in the Intersectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project (ISI-MIP).
Dr. Folberth's research interests include bio-physical agricultural modeling, climate change impacts on agricultural production, and environmental quality related to agricultural production.
Last update: 19 NOV 2013
Publications
Ermolieva, T., Havlik, P. , Derci Augustynczik, A.L., Boere, E., Frank, S. , Kahil, T. , Wang, G., Balkovič, J. , Skalský, R. , Folberth, C. , Komendantova, N. , & Knopov, P. S. (2023). A Novel Robust Meta-Model Framework for Predicting Crop Yield Probability Distributions Using Multisource Data. Cybernetics and Systems Analysis 10.1007/s10559-023-00620-z.
Lutz, W. & Pachauri, S. (2023). Systems Analysis for Sustainable Wellbeing. 50 years of IIASA research, 40 years after the Brundtland Commission, contributing to the post-2030 Global Agenda. IIASA Report. Laxenburg, Austria: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) 10.5281/zenodo.8214208.
Molina Bacca, E.J., Stevanović, M., Bodirsky, B.L., Karstens, K., Chen, D.M.-C., Leip, D., Müller, C., Minoli, S., Heinke, J., Jägermeyr, J., Folberth, C. , Iizumi, T., Jain, A.K., Liu, W., Okada, M., Smerald, A., Zabel, F., Lotze-Campen, H., & Popp, A. (2023). Uncertainty in land-use adaptation persists despite crop model projections showing lower impacts under high warming. Communications Earth & Environment 4 (1) e284. 10.1038/s43247-023-00941-z.
Ermolieva, T., Skalský, R. , Balkovič, J. , Folberth, C. , Havlik, P. , Derci Augustynczik, A.L., Frank, S. , Kahil, T. , Wang, G., & Komendantova, N. (2023). Robust meta-model for investigating crop yields and Soil Organic Carbon dynamics and probability distributions depending on land use practices, soil characteristics and climate change: Insights for soil health preservation and Food security. In: Soil Physics and Healthy Cropland Cultivation, 4-7 August, 2023, Hangzhou, China.
De Vos, K., Janssens, C., Jacobs, L., Campforts, B., Boere, E., Kozicka, M. , Havlik, P. , Folberth, C. , Balkovič, J. , Maertens, M., & Govers, G. (2023). Rice availability and stability in Africa under future socio-economic development and climatic change. Nature Food 10.1038/s43016-023-00770-5.