Biochar Research and Educational Resources
IBI Board Member Johannes Lehmann works with biochar researchers at Brookhaven National Laboratories to unravel the secrets of biochar. Photo courtesy of Johannes Lehmann
The amount of programs and research that focus on biochar have greatly expanded over the last 5 years. Both institutes of higher education as well as research institutions are developing programs and teaching positions in biochar with some becoming quite large and well funded. The information below highlights biochar programs in higher eduction and in research institutions, links to each are listed by country and are those that IBI is aware of at this time. If your program is not listed here, or if you have a correction or an update, please submit your information to Thayer Tomlinson, IBI Communications Director.
Biochar Programs in Higher Education
AUSTRALIA
- James Cook University
- University of Adelaide
- University of New South Wales, School of Materials Science and Engineering
- University of Newcastle
- University of Sydney
- University of Western Australia
- University of Wollongong
BRAZIL
CANADA
- Fleming College, Centre for Alternative Wastewater Treatment
- McGill University (Plant Science Dept.)
- Queens Univeristy
- University of Saskatchewan
- University of Toronto
- University of Waterloo
- University of Western Ontario
CHILE
COLOMBIA
COSTA RICA
GERMANY
- University of Bayreuth, Institute of Soil Science and Soil Geography, Terra Preta Program
- Bingen University of Applied Sciences
ITALY
JAPAN
NEW ZEALAND
UNITED KINGDOM
- Low Carbon Innovation Centre, University of East Anglia
- UK Biochar Research Centre, University of Edinburgh
UNITED STATES
- University of Colorado, Boulder, Center for Energy and Environmental Security
- Cornell University, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Program on Soil Fertility Management and Soil Biogeochemistry with projects in Terra Preta de Indio and Biochar Soil Management
- Delaware State University, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources
- University of Florida, Department of Geological Sciences
- University of Georgia, Biorefining and Carbon Cycling Program
- University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii Natural Energy Institute
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Sustainable Technology Center
- Iowa State, Bioeconomy Institute
- Ohio State University, Carbon Management and Sequestration Center
- Rice University, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Department of Earth Science
- Virginia Tech University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Research Institutes with Biochar Programs
INTERNATIONAL
- United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
- International Rice Research Institute
- Australia and New Zealand Biochar Researchers Network
- The North Sea Region Programme Biochar Project
AUSTRALIA
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO)
- Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia
- Department of Primary Industries, New South Wales
- Department of Primary Industries, Victoria
BRAZIL
CANADA
CHINA
COLOMBIA
GHANA
- Soil Research Institute
INDIA
ITALY
NETHERLANDS
PHILIPPINES
UNITED KINGDOM
UNITED STATES