Prof. UZ Dr. Barbara Amon
Scientist; Executive Board Representative for Research
Department: Technology Assessment
Telefon: +49 331 5699-243
E-Mail: bamon@atb-potsdam.de
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Program areas
Research areas
- Measuring and reducing emissions from animal husbandry
- Animal welfare and precision livestock farming
- Biogas production from animal manures and energy crops
- Sustainable manure management
- Improvement of emission inventories
- Nitrogen management and fluxes
- Sustainability in agricultural systems and technologies
- Integration of regional agricultural production systems into concepts of OneHealth
Scientific activities
- IPCC
- Review Editor to 6th Assessment Report
- Lead Author chapter 'Agriculture', 2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for the National Greenhouse Gas Inventories
- Expert Panel 'Good Practice Guidance and Uncertainty Management in National Greenhouse Gas Inventories'
- UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme)
- Coordinating Lead Author of Chapter 20.7 WEOG (Western Europe and Other Groups) of the GEO-7 (Global Environment Outlook)
- UNECE Control of Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP), EMEP Steering Body
- Task Force on Emission Inventories and Projections (TFEIP): Co-chair 'Agriculture and Nature Panel'
- Task Force on Reactive Nitrogen (TFRN): Expert Panel on 'Mitigation of Agricultural Nitrogen' and 'Nitrogen Budgets'
- FAO
- Coordinating Lead Author of Technical Advisory Group under the FAO-Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP) Partnership on "Guidelines on the role of livestock in circular bioeconomy systems"
- Network on Recycling of Agricultural, Municipal and Industrial Residues in Agriculture (RAMIRAN)
- Nutrient cycles accounting and impact assessment Technical Advisory Group under the FAO-Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP) Partnership
- KTBL Working group on climate protection
- German Environment Agency: Arbeitsgruppe "Erarbeitung der Europäischen Betriebsvorschriften in der Tierhaltung" (IPPC-BREF)
- VDI: Arbeitsgruppe "VDI 3475 Blatt 8 Emissionsminderung – Gärrestaufbereitungsanlagen und VDI 3475 Blatt 9 Emissionsminderung – Wirtschaftsdüngeraufbereitungsanlagen
- Guest Editor for special issue 'Gaseous Emissions and Mitigation Options during Waste Management in Agroecosystems'
- Associate Editor of 'Journal of Environmental Quality'
- Editorial board 'Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Topic Waste Management in AgroEcosystems'
- Austrian Expert Panel on IPPC (Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control) 'Intensive rearing of pigs and poultry'
- Austrian working group on the sector Agriculture within the Austrian Climate Protection Law
- Austrian Assessment Report: contributing lead author
Projects
- NUTRITIVE – Innovative decision-making tool for defining the most suitable manure management strategies to achieve a sustainable livestock farming system during the whole value chain Livestock farming is a key sector that involves 40 % of the total a…
- SMP4 – Understanding Antibiotic Use in Livestock Rearing under Infrastructure and Regulatory Constraints: Evidence from DRC Im Rahmen dieser Pilotstudie werden Daten aus erster Hand über den Antibiotikaeinsatz in der Rinderzucht und die Prävalenz von…
- AMRAfrika – Stärkung der Überwachungssysteme für Antibiotikaeinsatz und -resistenz durch partizipative One Health- und Datenmanagementsysteme bei Rinderfarmen der Provinz Süd-Kivu, D.R. Kongo Das Ziel des Projekts ist es, ein Entscheidungshilfemodell…
- INNOVAFRIKA – Sustainable Innovations and Digitalization in Crop - Livestock Systems Sub-Saharan Africa Dieses Projekt, das Teil eines dreiphasigen Förderprogramms der DFG ist, zielt darauf ab, die Zusammenarbeit zwischen deutschen Forschern und Inst…
- DairyMix – Multikriterielle Bewertung, Entscheidungshilfe und Managementinstrumente für Milchproduktion in nachhaltigen Systemen, die Kreisläufe schließen und Tierhaltung und Pflanzenbau integrieren (DairyMix) Das Projekt DairyMix zielt darauf ab, de…
- Climate Farm Demo – A European-wide network of pilot farmers implementing and demonstrating climate smart solutions for a carbon neutral Europe Hinter dem Projekt Climate Farm Demo steht ein einzigartiges transeuropäisches Netzwerk von Pilot-Demo-Lan…
- ECONUTRI – Innovative concepts and technologies for ECOlogically sustainable NUTRIent management in agriculture aiming to prevent, mitigate and eliminate pollution in soils, water and air ECONUTRI ist ein Konsortium aus wissenschaftlichen Experten un…
- LIFE CARBON FARMING – Development and implementation of a result-based funding mechanism for carbon farming in EU mixed crop livestock systems Ziel des Projekts LIFE CARBON FARMING ist es, den CO2-Fußabdruck landwirtschaftlicher Betriebe mit Mischkul…
- MEDICow – Individualisierte Mastitis-Risikoeinschätzung in der Milchviehhaltung durch Sensoren, Digitalisierung und künstliche Intelligenz Das deutsch-irische Kooperationsprojekt MEDICow hat sich zum Ziel gesetzt, auf Basis eines multisensorischen An…
- InnoHof – Leibniz-Innovationshof für nachhaltige Bioökoomie Auf dem Leibniz-Innovationshof für nachhaltige Bioökonomie werden künftig innovative Konzepte und Technologien für eine nachhaltige, zirkuläre Bioökonomie entwickelt und erprobt, indem Landw…
Publications
- Bonizzi, S.; Colombini, S.; Pavesi, M.; Zucali, M.; Failla, O.; Dragoni, F.; Amon, B.; Ragaglini, G.; Sadrucci, A. (2025): Can tree leaves be an alternative source of feed for dairy ruminants?. Agroforestry Systems. (article number 47): p. 0. Online: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-025-01150-7
- Umar, W.; Vandenbussche, C.; Dinuccio, E.; Hongmin, D.; Amon, B. (2025): Acidification of slurry in housing and during storage to reduce the NH3 and GHG emissions- Recent advancements and future perspectives. Waste Management. (July): p. 114856. Online: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2025.114856
- Epper, C.; Zavattaro, L.; Velthof, G.; Janke, D.; Dragoni, F.; Diaz de Otálora Aguirre, X.; Amon, B.; Ammann, C.; Mayer, J. (2025): Optimizing nitrogen use efficiency in European livestock systems: From feed to plant growth. Advances in Agronomy. (191): p. 273-358. Online: https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.agron.2025.01.003
- Hafner, S.; Pedersen, J.; Fuß, R.; Nørlem Kamp, J.; Frederik Rask, D.; Amon, B.; Pacholski, A.; Adamsen, A.; Sommer, S. (2025): Improved tools for estimation of ammonia emission from field-applied animal slurry: refinement of the ALFAM2 model and database. Atmospheric Environment. (January): p. 120910. Online: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2024.120910
- Ouatahar, L.; Amon, B.; Bannink, A.; Amon, T.; Zentek, J.; Deng, J.; Janke, D.; Hempel, S.; Beukes, P.; Van der Weerden, T.; Krol, D.; Lanigan, G. (2025): production systems: Comparing dynamic process-based greenhouse gas emissions factors with IPCC Tier 1 and Tier 2 approaches in confinement and pasture-based systems. Journal of Cleaner Production. (486): p. 144479. Online: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.144479
- Amon, B.; Bannink, A.; Amon, T.; Zentek, J.; Deng, J.; Janke, D.; Hempel, S.; Beukes, P.; van der Weerden, T.; Krol, D.; Lanigan, G. (2024): An integral assessment of carbon and nitrogen emissions in dairy cattle production systems: Comparing dynamic process-based greenhouse gas emissions factors with IPCC Tier 1 and Tier 2 approaches in confinement and pasture-based systems. Journal of Cleaner Production. (1 January 2024): p. 144479. Online: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.144479
- Hutchings, N.; Petersen, S.; Richards, K.; Pacholski, A.; Fuß, R.; Abalos, D.; Forrestal, P.; Pelster, D.; Eckard, R.; Alfaro, M.; Smith, K.; Thomann, R.; Butterbach-Bahl, K.; Chirinda, N.; Bittman, S.; de Klein, C.; Hyde, B.; Amon, B.; van der Weerden, T.; del Prado, A.; Krol, D. (2024): Preconditions for including the effects of urease and nitrification inhibitors in emission inventories. Global Change Biology. (12): p. 0. Online: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17618
- Fratczak-Muller, J.; Rychla, A.; Winiwarter, W.; Amon, B. (2024): Social conditions of smallholder dairy farmers influence their environmental decisions. Scientific Reports. : p. 31020. Online: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-82120-4
- Méite, R.; Bayer, L.; Martin, M.; Amon, B.; Uthes, S. (2024): Modeling the environmental impacts of Asparagopsis as feed, a cow toilet and slurry acidification in two synthetic dairy farms. Heliyon. (9): p. 29389. Online: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e29389
- Dr. O. Petersen, S.; Ma, C.; Hilgert, J.; Mjöfors, K.; Sefeedpari, P.; Amon, B.; Aarnink, A.; Franko, B.; Dragoni, F.; Groenestein, K.; Gyldenkrne, S.; Herrmann, C.; Hutchings, N.; Kristensen, I.; Liu, J.; Olesen, J.; Rodhe, L. (2024): In-vitro method and model to estimate methane emissions from liquid manure management on pig and dairy farms in four countries. Journal of Environmental Management. (Februar): p. 120233. Online: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120233
Curriculum Vitae
WORK EXPERIENCE
Aug 2022 - Board representative for research at ATB
Nov 2018- Associate professor for environmental engineering and agricultural engineering at the University of Zielona Góra, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Environmental Engineering, Poland
Jan 2015- Jul 2022 Coordinator of ATB research programme 1 ‘Precision farming in crop and livestock production’
Sep 2012- Senior research scientist at the Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB)
1994-2017 Senior research scientist at the Division of Agricultural Engineering, Department of Sustainable Agricultural Systems and at the Institute of Soil Research of the Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna
1993-94 Research assistant at the Technical University of Munich, Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture (LfL) in Freising-Weihenstephan, Department ‘Agricultural Engineering and Animal Housing’
EDUCATION
2007 Habilitation in Agricultural Engineering
1998 Degree as Dr. nat.techn.
1994-98 Universität für Bodenkultur, Wien (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna)
1990 Gap year in farms incl. extensive on-farm training
1993 Degree of ‘Diplomagraringenieurin’
1988-93 Technical University of Munich, Topic: ‘Agricultural Engineering’, Specialisation in: ‘Animal Production’
1987 School leaving certificate, university entry qualification