Prof. Dr. Martin H. Gerzabek was born 1961 in Vienna, studies of agriculture/plant nutrition in Vienna; PhD 1987; 1984-1996 staff scientist and 1997-2003 head of the Dep. for Environm. Res. at the Austrian Res. Centers Seibersdorf; 1993 Assc. Prof. for soil science at the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU); 2001 full professor and vice-director of the Institute of Soil Research; since 2003 vice-president for research of the university; president of the Austrian Soil Science Society (2000-2006); chairman of the Com. Soil Chemistry of the IUSS (since 2006, vice-chairman 2002-2006), vice-president of the Europ. Confederation of Soil Sci. Soc. (since 2004); 337 scientific publications, thereof 161 peer reviewed journal articles and 28 book chapters; supervision of 31 PhD theses. Fields of research: humus chemistry, behaviour of heavy metals, radionuclides and organic pollutants in soil (including molecular modeling), lysimetry, use of isotopic methods.