Rate My Professor Frederik van der Bom

Van der Bom completed his PhD at the University of Copenhagen before joining the University of Queensland as Postdoctoral Research Fellow from 2018 to 2021, Research Fellow from 2021 to 2022, and Honorary Fellow/Lecturer since 2022. He also holds a Tenure Track Assistant Professor position in the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences at the University of Copenhagen. His career emphasizes integrating laboratory, greenhouse, and field experiments to address nutrient limitations in cropping systems, particularly in Vertisols and drought-prone environments. He contributes to teaching, including courses on legume nitrogen dynamics.

Van der Bom has an extensive publication record in leading journals. Key works include 'Overcoming recycling barriers to transform global phosphorus management' (Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 2025), 'Synchrotron-based 3D X-ray computed tomography reveals root system architecture: plastic responses to phosphorus placement' (Geoderma, 2025), 'Phosphorus dynamics in P-depleted sub-surface of cropping soils in northeast Australia' (Geoderma, 2025), 'Root angle, phosphorus, and water: interactions and effects on durum wheat genotype performance in drought-prone environments' (Plant and Soil, 2024), 'Short-term phosphorus sorption and desorption in contrasting cropped Vertisols' (European Journal of Soil Science, 2023), 'Root architecture for improved resource capture: trade-offs in complex environments' (Journal of Experimental Botany, 2020), and 'Long-term fertilisation strategies and form affect nutrient budgets and soil test values' (Plant and Soil, 2019). Additional contributions cover soil microbial diversity under fertilization (Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 2018) and resilient soil biology in no-till systems (book chapter, 2020). His work informs phosphorus recycling, root ideotype deployment, and climate-resilient agriculture.