Rattan Lal

Director, CFAES Dr. Rattan Lal Carbon Management and Sequestration Center (C-MASC)
Distinguished University Professor of Soil Science
Adjunct Professor, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland
Adjunct Professor, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, India
Chair in Soil Science and Goodwill Ambassador for Sustainable Development Issues, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), San José, Costa Rica

Signature Areas
Soil carbon sequestration and climate change
Soil degradation and restoration
Soil health and global food security
Soil quality and sustainable agriculture
Conservation agriculture
Soils of the tropics
Research Interests
Soil carbon dynamics and global warming
Soil structure and its management
Soil erosion and the fate of carbon transported by erosional processes
Soil wetness and anaerobiosis
Sustainable management of soil and water resources
Restoration and rehabilitation of degraded soils including mine lands, soil resilience, water quality, soil structure and compaction
Conservation agriculture
Agroforestry
Soils of tropical agroecosystems
Natural resources management with emphasis on food security and environmental quality
Agricultural development in developing countries