Prof. Dr. Mathias Becker

Karlrobert-Kreiten-Strasse 13
D-53115 Bonn

1999

Habilitation (Plant Production and Nutrition in the Tropics and Subtropics), University of Giessen

1990

PhD (Dr.agr. summa cum laude), University of Giessen

1986

M.Sc. (Dipl.Ing.agr.), University of Hohenheim

1979-1986

Study of Agricultural Sciences, University of Hohenheim

seit 1999

Professor, Plant Nutrition in the Tropics and Subtropics, University of Bonn

1993-1999

Cropping Systems Agronomist, West Africa Rice Development Association (WARDA), Bouaké, Côte d'Ivoire

1990-1993

Collaborative Research Scientist, Soil and Water Sciences, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Los Baños, Philippines

1986-1989

Collaborative Research Fellow, Soil Microbiology, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Los Baños, Philippines

1984-1985

Research Fellow, Office de Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer" (ORSTOM), Dakar, Senegal

Member of Steering Committee: Future Rural Africa TRR-228 – DFG Collaborative Research Center (2018- date)
Speaker of the BMBF international research cluster (GlobE-Wetlands) “Wetlands – Reconciling agricultural use with environmental protection (2013-2020)
Speaker of the DFG research unit FOR1501: “Resilience, Collapse, Reorganization – Social-ecological systems in African Savannahs” (2011-2018)
Advisor of 22 PhD students that finished at the University of Bonn and co-advisor of 12 PhD students
Member of selection committee for Ph. D. scholars from Asia. German Exchange Service (DAAD) (2002 – 2020)
Associate Editor of “Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science (since 2003)
Director of the International Master Programme “Agricultural Sciences and Resources Management in the Tropics and Subtropics”, University of Bonn (since 2003)
Member, Scientific Advisory Board of the German Institute of Tropical Agriculture – DITSL (since 2005)
Member, Scientific Advisory Board of the “Arbeitskreis für tropische und subtropische Agrarforschung-ATSAF (since 2005)