Dr. Nikolai Svoboda Academic education and degree 01/1999 – 01/2006 Study of Physical Geography, Department of Geography, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel (CAU); Minors: Landscape Development, Soil Sciences Study of Agriculture, Institute of Crop Science and Plant Breeding, 11/2006 – 09/2010 Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel (CAU) Scientific degrees 02/2006 01/2006 Diploma in Physical Geography, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel (CAU) Doctor of Agriculture, Faculty of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel (CAU) Career since final degree 11/2010 – 10/2015 Scientific assistant: BMBF project NaLaMa-nT, ZALF Müncheberg Since 11/2015 Research scientist and coordinator: BMBF project BonaRes (www.bonares.de), ZALF Müncheberg Ten most important research contributions (publications, software, data sets or similar) Gärtner, P., Svoboda, N., Kühnert, T., Zoarder, M. A. M., Heinrich, U. (2017) The BonaRes Metadata Schema. DOI: 10.20387/BonaRes-5PGG-8YRP Grosse, M., Hoffmann, C., Specka, X., Svoboda, N., (2019) ‘Managing long-term experiment data: a repository for soil and agricultural research’ chapter of: Long-term Farming Systems Research: Ensuring Food Security in Changing Climate, Published by Academic Press Specka, X., Gärtner, P., Hoffmann, C., Svoboda, N., Stecker, M., Einspanier, U., Senkler, K., Zoarder, M. A. M., Heinrich, U. (2019) The BonaRes metadata schema for geospatial soil-agricultural research data - merging INSPIRE and DataCite metadata schemes. Computers & Geosciences, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2019.07.005 Specka, X., Gärtner, P., & Svoboda, N. (2019). Semantic mapping of the BonaRes metadata schema to INSPIRE and DataCite [Data set]. BonaRes Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.20387/BONARES-3E47-R97N Stein, S., Eberhardt, E., Grosse, M., Helming, K., Hierold, W., Hoffmann, C., Kühnert, T., Ließ, M., Russel, D.J., Schulz, S., Specka, X., Svoboda, N., Zoarder, M.A.M., Heinrich, U. (2019). Report on available soil data for German agricultural areas (2018). BonaRes Centre. https://doi.org/10.20387/BONARES-CD4Q-1PEM Hoffmann, C., Schulz, S., Eberhardt, E., Grosse, M., Daedlow, K., Russell, D. J., Kühnert, T., Stein, S., Zoarder, M., Specka, X., Svoboda, N., Heinrich, U. (2018). Overview of relevant standards for the BonaRes-Program. BonaRes Centre for Soil Research. https://doi.org/10.20387/BONARES-9D25-0D93 Gärtner, P., Svoboda, N., Kühnert, T., Zoarder, M. M. A., & Heinrich, U. (2017). The BonaRes Metadata Schema. BonaRes Centre. https://doi.org/10.20387/BONARES-5PGG-8YRP Hoffmann, C., Schulz, S., Eberhardt, E., Grosse, M., Daedlow, K., Russell, D. J., Kühnert, T., Stein, S., Zoarder, M., Specka, X., Svoboda, N., Heinrich, U. (2017). Overview of relevant standards for the BonaRes-Program. BonaRes Centre. https://doi.org/10.20387/BONARES-FK84-PCR9 Svoboda, N., & Heinrich, U. (2017). The BonaRes Data Guideline. BonaRes Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.20387/BONARES-E1AZ-ETD7 Svoboda, N.; Hufnagel, J.; Strer, M. (2015), 'Rainfed winter wheat cultivation in the North German Plain will be limited under climate change until 2070', 'Environmental Sciences Europe' Riediger, J., Breckling, B., Svoboda, N., Schröder, W. (2015), ‘Modelling regional variability of irrigation requirements due to climate change in Northern Germany’, Science of The Total Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.09.043 Svoboda, N.; Taube, F.; Kluß, C.; Wienforth, B.; Sieling, K.; Hasler, M.; Kage, H.; Ohl, S.; Hartung, E.; Herrmann, A. (2015), 'Ecological Efficiency of Maize-Based Cropping Systems for Biogas Production', https://doi.org/10.1007/s12155-015-9614-1

Academic education and degree 1996 – 2003 Student of Geo-Ecology, University of Potsdam, Germany, Diploma Scientific degrees 2004 –2009 PhD in Geo-Ecology, University of Potsdam Career since final degree 05/2009-11/2012 PostDoc in the BMBF project INKA BB – Climatic adaption strategies – Wind Erosion, ZALF Müncheberg 12/2012-06/2013 PostDoc fellow (DAAD), Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, Synthesis of grassland ecosystem functions 07/2013-11/2015 PostDoc in the SAW project “Landscales”, ZALF Müncheberg, Distribution of soil erosion in small water body catchments since 12/2015 Senior scientist in the BMBF project BonaRes Data Centre, ZALF Müncheberg, Soil-agricultural research data management, data standards ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0001-6457-4853 Important research contributions (publications, data sets) [1] Hoffmann, C., Schulz, S., Eberhardt, E., Grosse, M., Stein, S., Specka, X., Svoboda, N., Heinrich, U. (2020) Data Standards for Soil- and Agricultural Research, BonaRes Series 12. BonaRes Data Centre. doi.org/10.20387/BonaRes-ARM4-66M2 [2] Thi H.T., Bellingrath-Kimura, S.D., Hoffmann, C., Barkusky, D. (in press) Effect of long-term fertiliser regimes and weather on spring barley yields in sandy soil in North-East Germany. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science. doi.org/10.1080/03650340.2019.1697436 [3] Grosse, M., Hoffmann, C., Specka, X., Svoboda, N., (in press) ‘Managing long-term experiment data: a repository for soil and agricultural research’ chapter of: Long-term Farming Systems Research: Ensuring Food Security in Changing Climate, Published by Academic Press [4] Specka, X., Gärtner, P., Hoffmann, C., Svoboda, N., Stecker, M., Einspanier, U., Senkler, K., Zoarder, M. A. M., Heinrich, U. (2019) The BonaRes metadata schema for geospatial soil-agricultural research data - merging INSPIRE and DataCite metadata schemes. Computers & Geosciences 132, 33-41. [5] Leue, M., Hoffmann, C., Hierold, W., Sommer, M. (2019): In-situ multi-sensor characterization of soil cores along an erosion-deposition gradient. Catena 182 [6] Stein, S., Eberhardt, E., Grosse, M., Helming, K., Hierold, W., Hoffmann, C., Kühnert, T., Ließ, M., Russell, D. J., Schulz, S., Specka, X., Svoboda, N., Zoarder, M. A. M., Heinrich, U. (2019) Report on available soil data for German agricultural areas (2018). BonaRes Series 7. BonaRes Data Centre. doi.org/10.20387/bonares-cd4q-1pem [7] Hoffmann, C., Funk, R. (2018): Dust measurements in Inner Mongolian grasslands (data publication). Open Research Data Portal. DOI: 10.4228/ZALF.DK.54 [8] Nitzsche, K.N., Kaiser, M., Premke, K. Gessler, A. Ellerbrock, R.H., Hoffmann, C., Kleeberg, A., Kayler, Z.E. (2017): Organic matter distribution and retention along transects from hilltop to kettle hole within an agricultural landscape. Biogeochemistry 136 (1), 47-70 [9] Hoffmann, C., Giese, M., Dickhoefer, U., Wan, H.W., Bai, Y.F., Steffens, M., Butterbach-Bahl, K., Han, X.G. (2016): Effects of grazing and climate variability on grassland ecosystem functions in Inner Mongolia: Synthesis of a 6-year grazing experiment. Journal of Arid Environments 135, 50-63 [10] Giese, M., Brueck, H., Gao, Y. Z., Lin, S., Steffens, M., Kögel-Knabner, I., Glindemann, T., Susenbeth, A., Taube, F., Butterbach-Bahl, K., Zheng, X. H., Hoffmann, C., Bai, Y. F., Han, X. G. (2013) N balance and cycling of Inner Mongolia typical steppe: a comprehensive case study of grazing effects. Ecological Monographs 83, 2, 195-219.