JaDe Price 2022 for Prof. Sonoko Bellingrath-Kimura

 

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Prof. Sonoko Bellingrath-Kimura,  researcher at Leibniz-Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), was awarded the price of the Foundation for Japanese-German Scientific and Cultural Exchange (JaDe-Stiftung) on 05 February 2022 at the Japanese Cultural Institute Cologne.

With this award, the foundation honors the scientific achievements of the researcher and her contribution to the scientific exchange between Japan and Germany. Prof. Bellingrath-Kimura has contributed to the exchange between the two countries with cooperative projects and joint publications, as well as the supervision of visiting students, according to Prof. Dr. Katja Koelkebeck and Dr. Wolfgang Staguhn, board members of the German JSPS Alumni Association.

Prof. Bellingrath-Kimura conducts research on innovative forms of land use at the Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) in Müncheberg. As coordinator of the DAKIS project - "Digital Knowledge and Information System for Agriculture" - she is working on using digital solutions to help farmers to farm sustainably and conserve resources. Prof. Bellingrath-Kimura heads Program Area 2 "Land Use and Governance" and the working group "Provision of Ecosystem Services in Agricultural Systems" at ZALF.

The scientist studied crop science and plant nutrition at Hokkaido University and received her PhD in soil science. She then taught at the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology and the Technical University of Munich. Since 2015, Prof. Bellingrath-Kimura has been conducting research at the Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) in Müncheberg and is a professor of land use systems at Humboldt University Berlin.

Further information:

• Vita Prof. Sonoko Bellingrath-Kimura
  
• Project DAKIS - „Digital Agricultural Knowledge & Information System“
• Video recording of the award ceremony on 05 February 2022
  
• Announcement of the German JSPS Alumni Association (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)
  

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Agricultural scientist Prof. Sonoko Bellingrath-Kimura (left) was honored by the JaDe Foundation for her contribution to research and exchange between Japan and Germany. The award was presented by Prof. Dr. Werner Pascha, Chairman of the JaDe Foundation (right). Source: © June Ueno.