Professor of Environmental Soil Science & Engineering

Aalborg University, Environmental Engineering Section, Dept. of Chemistry, Biotechnology, and Environmental Engineering

Sohngaardsholmsvej 57, DK-9000 Aalborg, Denmark

96 35 84 60

pm@bio.aau.dk

Research interests:

Soil Physics

Unsaturated Soil Hydrology

Vadose Zone Processes

Soil Vapor Extraction

Gas Transport

Gas and Solute Diffusion

Air and Water Permeability

Colloid Transport and Colloid-facilitated Chemical Transport

Time Domain Reflectometry

Advisor for PhD students:

Anne Thorbjørn Kristensen (Gas Diffusivity in Unsaturated, Undisturbed Soil)

Key publications:

Moldrup, P., T. Olesen, S. Yoshikawa, T. Komatsu, and D.E. Rolston. 2005a. Predictive-descriptive models for gas and solute diffusion coefficients in variably saturated porous media coupled to pore-size distribution: I. Gas diffusivity in repacked soil. Soil Science 170:843-853.

Moldrup, P., T. Olesen, S. Yoshikawa, T. Komatsu, and D.E. Rolston. 2005b. Predictive-descriptive models for gas and solute diffusion coefficients in variably saturated porous media coupled to pore-size distribution: II. Gas diffusivity in undisturbed soil. Soil Science 170:854-866.

Moldrup, P., T. Olesen, S. Yoshikawa, T. Komatsu, and D.E. Rolston. 2005c. Predictive-descriptive models for gas and solute diffusion coefficients in variably saturated porous media coupled to pore-size distribution: III. Inactive pore space interpretations of gas diffusivity. Soil Science 170:867-880.