Sophie F. von Fromm
PhD student

Room: B1.003
Phone: +49 3641-576184

Email: sfromm(at)bgc-jena.mpg.de
Street address: Hans-Knöll-Str. 10, 07745 Jena, Germany

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Research Interest

My research project focuses on understanding large-scale controls on organic carbon in (sub)tropical soils in sub-Saharan Africa. I use a wide range of methods, including field measurements, statistical tools and lab techniques. In addition, I am involved in the development and maintenance of the International Soil Radiocarbon Database (ISRaD).

Curriculum Vitae

Publications

Todd-Brown KEO, Abramoff RZ, Beem-Miller J, Blair HK, Earl S, Frederick KJ, Fuka DR, Guevara Santamaria M, Harden JW, Heckman K, Heran LJ, Holmquist JR, Hoyt AM, Klinges DH, LeBauer DS, Malhotra A, McClelland SC, Nave LE, Rocci KS, Schaeffer SM, Stoner S, van Gestel N, von Fromm SF, Younger ML (2022), Reviews and syntheses: The promise of big diverse soil data, moving current practices towards future potential, Biogeosciences, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-2021-323.

Heckman KA, Hicks Pries CE, Lawrence CR, Rasmussen C, Crow SE, Hoyt AM, von Fromm SF, Shi Z, Stoner S, McGrath C, Beem-Miller J, Berhe AA Blankinship J, Keiluweit M, Marín-Spiotta E, Monroe G, Plante AF, Schimel J, Sierra CA, Thompson A, Wagai R (2021), Beyond bulk: Density fractions explain heterogeneity in global soil carbon abundance and persistence, Global Change Biology, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.16023.

Matschullat J, Monteiro Bezerra de Lima R, von Fromm SF, Coimbra Martins G, Schneider M, Mathis A, Plessow A, Kibler K (2021), Sustainable land-use alternatives in tropical rainforests? – Evidence from natural and social sciences, European Geologist, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5769730.

von Fromm SF, Hoyt AM, Lange M, Acquah GE, Aynekulu E, Berhe AA, Haefele SM, McGrath SP, Shepherd KD, Sila AM, Six J, Towett EK, Trumbore SE, Vågen T-G, Weullow E, Winowiecki LA, Doetterl S (2021), Continental-scale controls on soil organic carbon across sub-Saharan Africa, SOIL, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-7-305-2021.

Lawrence CR, Beem-Miller J, Hoyt AM, Monroe G, Sierra CA, Stoner S, Heckman K, Blankinship JC, Crow SE, McNicol G, Trumbore S, Levine PA, Vindusková O, Todd-Brown K, Rasmussen C, Hicks Pries CE, Schädel C, McFarlane K, Doetterl S, Hatté C, He Y, Treat C, Harden JW, Torn MS, Estop-Aragonés C, Berhe AA, Keiluweit M, Della Rosa Kuhnen Á, Marín-Spiotta E, Plante AF, Thompson A, Shi Z, Schimel JP, Vaughn LJS, von Fromm SF, Wagai R (2020), An open-source database for the synthesis of soil radiocarbon data: International Soil Radiocarbon Database (ISRaD) version 1.0, Earth System Science Data, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-61-2020.

Matschullat J, Coimbra Martins G, Enzweiler J, von Fromm SF, van Leeuwen J, Monteiro Bezerra de Lima R, Schneider M, Zurba K (2020), What influences Amazon basin upland soil chemistry? Major, minor and trace elements in the upper rhizosphere, Journal of Geochemical Exploration, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gexplo.2019.106433.

Matschullat J, Monteiro Bezerra de Lima R, von Fromm SF, Pospiech S, Ramos AM, Coimbra Martins G, Lenhart K (2019), Carbon, nitrogen and sulfur (CNS) status and dynamics in Amazon basin upland soils, Brazil, SOIL Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-2019-16, not accepted after discussion.

Books

Doetterl S, Abramoff R, Cornelis J-T, Frossard A, Fiener P, Garland G, Kaiser M, Laub M, Opfergelt S, Van de Broek M, van den Broek S, von Fromm SF (2022), Chapter 5 - Understanding soil organic carbon dynamics at larger scale in Understanding and fostering soil carbon sequestration, Editor: Rumpel C, under review.

Presentations

Coming next:

DBG 2022 (5-8 Sep): von Fromm SF, Hoyt A, Butler BM, Aynekulu E, Berhe AA, Haefele SM, McGrath SP, Shepherd K, Six J, Winowiecki LA, Trumbore S, Doetterl S, Persistenz von Kohlenstoff in Böden in Verbindung mit deren Mineralogie und Klima in Subsahara-Afrika, Jahrestagung der DBG, Trier, Germany. Find the session here

Past:

von Fromm SF, Doetterl S, Butler BM, Trumbore S, Six J, Aynekulu E, Berhe AA, Haefele SM, McGrath SP, Shepherd K, Winowiecki LA, Hoyt A, Soils with seasonal climates have highest potential to stabilize carbon by minerals in sub-Saharan Africa, highlighted talk, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria. Find the abstract here.

von Fromm SF, Doetterl S, Butler BM, Six J, Berhe AA, Betemariam E, Haefele SM, McGrath SP, Shepherd K, Winowiecki LA, Trumbore S, Hoyt A (2022): Strong variation in the potential of soils from sub-Saharan Africa to stabilize carbon, invited, Crop Production Ecology Seminar Series, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden. Watch the talk here.

von Fromm SF, Doetterl S, Butler BM, Trumbore S, Six J, Berhe AA, Betemariam E, Haefele SM, McGrath SP, Shepherd K, Towett EK, Winowiecki LA, Hoyt A (2021), Old Soils in Sub-Saharan Africa Contain Mostly Young Carbon, Oral presentation, AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA, https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm21/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/853663.

Hoyt AM, Lawrence CR, Beem-Miller J, Stoner S, Hicks Pries CE, Heckman K, Sierra CA, Metzler H, von Fromm SF, Schaedel C, Crow SE, Shi Z, Randerson J, Allison S, Levine P, Torn M, Trumbore SE (2021), Improving Constraints on Soil Carbon Cycling Using Community-Based Databases, SSSA International Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.

von Fromm SF, Hoyt AM, Butler BM, Berhe AA, Doetterl S, Haefele SM, McGrath SP, Shepherd KD, Six J, Towett EK, Winowiecki LA, Trumbore SE (2021), Soil carbon persistence linked to mineralogy across sub-Saharan Africa, solicited vPICO, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU21/EGU21-10703.html.

Trumbore SE, Sierra CA, Hoyt AM, Hilman B, Beem-Miller J, Stoner S, von Fromm SF, Shi Z, Randerson J (2021), Radiocarbon constraints on carbon cycling in plants and soils, Vernadsky Medal talk, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU21/EGU21-13298.html.

Hicks Pries CE, Heckman KA, Crow SE, von Fromm SF, Hoyt AM, Lawrence CR, Rasmussen C, Stoner S, Shi Z (2020), Climate, land cover, and parent material drive global patterns of soil C partitioning and persistence, Oral Presentation, AGU Fall Meeting.

Hicks Pries CE, Heckman KA, Lawrence CR, Rasmussen C, Crow SE, von Fromm SF, Hoyt AM, Stoner S, Beem-Miller J, Shi Z (2020), Beyond Bulk: Climate, parent material, and vegetation drive global patterns of soil carbon partitioning and persistence, Talk, Pop-Up Global Symbosia about Life and Ecology for You, Forest Ecology Lab, University of Minnesota, https://forestecology.cfans.umn.edu/pop-global-symposia-about-life-ecology-you-pugsley: (Video archive).

von Fromm SF, Hoyt AM, Berhe AA, Shepherd KD, Vågen T-G, Winowiecki LA, Desta LT, Tondoh JE, Sila AM, Towett EK, Weulow E, Aynekulu E, Six J, Trumbore SE, Doetterl S (2020), Large-scale controls of soil organic carbon in (sub)tropical soils, Talk/Online Display, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/EGU2020-13719.html.

von Fromm SF, Schwab VF, Trumbore SE, Tichomirowa M (2019), Parent material and depth effects on the age of radiocarbon in chemical fractions for Central German soils, Talk, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2019/EGU2019-8727.pdf.

von Fromm SF, Matschullat J, Coimbra Martins G (2018), Soil respiration (CO₂, CH₄ and N₂O) in the Amazon Basin, Brazil, Talk, Hammamet, Tunisia.

Awards

Public outreach and community service

Peer reviewer for: Earth System Science Data, Biogeosciences (EGU), JGR Biogeosciences (AGU), European Journal of Soil Science