CURRICULUM VITAE OF Professor Michael A. FULLEN Present Occupation: Professor of Soil Technology at The University of Wolverhampton. A) Current Collaborative Research Programmes include: 1. Soil erosion and conservation in the West Midlands of England. 2. Soil erosion and conservation in Yunnan Province, China (in recognition of this Programme appointed Honorary Professor of Yunnan Agricultural University, with effect from 05/09/02). 3. Soil conservation in Lithuania (in recognition of this Programme appointed Academician of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences (LMA Akad.), with effect from 18/03/08). B) Publications: Research papers have been published in Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Advances in GeoEcology, Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Agricultural Sciences in China, Ambio, American Journal of Plant Sciences, Anuário do Instituto de Geociências – UFRJ, Applied Clay Science, Aquaterra, Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, The Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering, Biological Conservation, Canadian Journal of Soil Science, Catena, China Review, Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Environmental Sciences Processes and Impacts, European Journal of Soil Science, Field Crops Research, Geoderma, The Geographical Magazine, Geography Review, Geomorphology, Hungarian Geographical Bulletin, Hydrological Processes, International Journal of Ecodynamics, International Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management, International Journal of Environmental Studies, International Soil and Water Conservation Research, Journal of Applied Geophysics, Journal of Arid Environments, Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management, Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering, Journal of Meteorology, Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, Land Degradation and Development, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, The Naturalist, Outlook on Agriculture, Oxidation Communications, Pedosphere, Progress in Physical Geography, Revista Brasileira de Geomorfologia, Revista Geonorte, Soil Technology, Soil & Tillage Research, Soil Use and Management, Sustainability, Weather and Zemdirbyste-Agriculture. Total of 232 published papers, 226 conference papers and 26 consultancy reports. For open access, see: University of Wolverhampton WIRE e-Library: http://wlv.openrepository.com/wlv/ ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michael_Fullen Academia: https://wlv.academia.edu/MichaelFullen Google Scholar h-index 29: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=63s2q9kAAAAJ&hl=en&cstart=0&pagesize=20 Orcid Account: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6644-0944 C) Referee: Member of the Editorial Boards of: Geomorphology, The World Association for Soil and Water Conservation (WASWAC), The Lithuanian Journal of Science, The African Journal of Agricultural Research, The Open Journal of Geology, The Lithuanian Institute of Agriculture, The Geographical Research Bulletin (Hungarian Academy of Sciences), ‘Sociedade & Natureza’ (Brazil), Applied and Environmental Soil Science, The Spanish Journal of Soil Science, Pedosphere, Boletín de Geología (Columbia), Environmental Science (Bulgaria), Environmental Research, Engineering and Management (Lithuania), Journal of Environmental Science (China), International Soil and Water Conservation Research, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation of India, Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management, DESERT, Agricultural and Environmental Soil Science, Soils, Sustainability, Bulletin of Soil and Water Conservation and Espaço Aberto (Open Space; the Journal of the Department of Geography at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) (total 24 Editorial Boards). Referee for: Advances in GeoEcology, Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Ambio, Annals of Applied Biology, Applied Clay Science, Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, Arid Land Research and Management, Australian Journal of Soil Research, BASE (Biotechnology, Agronomy, Science and the Environment), Canadian Journal of Soil Science, Catena, Earth Science Reviews, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Environmental Development, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Environmental Quality (EQA), Environmental Science and Policy, Environmental Science and Technology, Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences, Estonian Journal of Ecology, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, European Journal of Soil Science, Field Studies, Geoderma, Geomorphology, Hydrological Processes, The Lithuanian Journal of Science, International Journal of Environmental and Analytical Chemistry, Industrial and Engineering Chemical Research, International Journal of Geosciences, International Journal of Physical Sciences, Journal of Agricultural Engineering, Journal of
Applied Geophysics, Journal of Arid Environments, Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management, Journal of Environmental Science (China), Journal of Environmental Management, Journal of Mountain Science, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, Land Degradation and Development, Land Use Policy, Open Journal of Geology, Mountain Research and Development, Paleo-3, Pedosphere, Soil Technology, Society and Natural Resources, Soil & Tillage Research, Soil Use & Management, South African Journal of Geology, Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Wessex Institute of Technology. Refereed 285 journal papers for 53 journals. Publons merits: 308 (placed 67th in the UK and 766th in the World): https://publons.com/author/954973/michael-fullen#profile D) Research Supervision: Jointly supervised 25 Ph.D. theses and nine post-doctoral researchers, joint supervisor to five Ph.D. degree projects and examiner for 27 Ph.D. theses. Mentor on the Ph.D. supervisor staff development programme. Registered as an Evaluator for European Union (Frameworks 5, 6, 7 and ‘Horizon 2020’) Research Programmes, the Estonian Science Foundation, Flemish Interuniversity Council, the Hong Kong Research Council, the BBSRC, NERC, the Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation, ‘Fonds de la Researche Scientifique’ (Government of Wallonia, Belgium), the ‘Italian Ministry of University Education and Research’ (MIUR), the University of Bologna, the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA), the Brazilian National Research Council (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Technológia, CNPq), the EU Biodiversity Research Programme (BiodivERsA) and the British Council. E) Research Grants: Co-ordinator for European Union (DG Research) Project SHASEA (1998-2002) on ‘Improving the productivity and sustainability of crop systems on fragile slopes in the highlands of South China and Thailand’ (funded under the INCO-DC Scheme (€680,000) and for the BORASSUS EU Research Project ‘The environmental and socio-economic contribution of palm geotextiles to sustainable development and soil conservation,’ July 2005-February 2009 (€1,750,000). Research grants received from Advantage West Midlands, The Han Suyin Trust for Scientific Exchange between China and the West, The British Council, The British Embassy (Vilnius), The Brazilian National Research Council, The Government of China, The Commonwealth Secretariat, The Cornish Calcified Seaweed Company, Department for International Development, The European Union, Four Star Services (USA), The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), The Gough Richie Trust, The Great Britain-China Centre, The Leverhulme Trust, The Linnean Society, The Manx Government, The Manx Heritage Foundation, The Government of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Germany), NATO, Overseas Development Agency, The Petroleum Development Fund (Nigeria), The Royal Society, Royal Biological Society, Royal Geographical Society, Royal Meteorological Society, British Geomorphological Research Group, British Society of Soil Science, The Spanish Ministry of Education and the West Midlands in Europe Office. F) Professional Membership: Vice-President of the European Society for Soil Conservation (ESSC), UK Representative on the Council of the ESSC, Member ESSC Executive Council, Editor-in-Chief ESSC Newsletter, Vice-President, Councillor and UK Representative of the World Association for Soil and Water Conservation (WASWAC), Secretary of the Midlands Branch of the British Soil Science Society, Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Joint winner of the ‘Gerold Richter Prize’ from the ESSC, May 2015. EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS: BSc, MSc, PhD, DSc, LMA Akad., F Inst Soil Sci, FRBS, FRGS, B.Sc. Degree in Geography (First Class Honours), awarded by the University of Hull, 1977. M.Sc. Degree in Geography awarded by the University of Hull, 1981. Ph.D. Degree in Soil Science awarded for a thesis entitled ‘An investigation of Rainfall, Runoff and Erosion on Fallow Arable Soils in East Shropshire.’ U.K. Council for National Academic Awards, 1984. D.Sc. Degree in Soil Science for a portfolio of papers on ‘Soil Management’ (130 publications completed between 1982-2011), awarded by The University of Wolverhampton, 2012. CONTACT DETAILS: Faculty of Science and Engineering, The University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton WV1 1LY, UK. Tel. 00 44 1902 322410, Fax. 00 44 1902 322714, e-mail:
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The children resident in the ‘favelas’ (slums) of São Luís presenting gifts of bookmarks made from waste plastic bottles to the BORASSUS team. These were made for, and given to, children in the European Union. January 2008.
Award Ceremony as an Academician of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, Headquarters of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, Vilnius, 23/09/08. Left: His Excellency Mr. Simon Butt (H.M. Ambassador to Lithuania), and centre Professor Zenonas Rokus Rudzikas (President of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences).
Award Ceremony as an Academician of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, Headquarters of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, Vilnius, 18/09/08.
‘Walking on water,’ Tongching Lake, Yunnan Province (China), October 2009.
Absailing over the Upper Yangtze River, August 2007.
