Laurent Kidinda K.

@tu-dresden.de

Technische Universität Dresden
Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Institute Soil Science and Site Ecology

https://researchid.co/laurentkid

Laurent is currently a Ph.D. student at the Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Technische Universität Dresden in Germany. He is from The Democratic Republic of Congo and has experience in working in tropical systems.

Laurent is an Agronomist Engineer with an emphasis on soil weathering, carbon, and nutrient cycling. He is a research associate in the framework of TropSOC (DFG funded Emmy Noether group). Laurent's Ph.D. research focuses on understanding if soil erosion in the eastern part of the Congo Basin is fast enough to reach the less weathered regolith, which contains the minerals with more reactive surfaces to stabilize carbon, while still allowing fast soil weathering and nutrient retention at a high level. Along geochemical and geomorphic gradients, he characterizes microbial processes relevant for carbon and nutrients cycling.

EDUCATION

2018-2019: Associate researcher in a German Research Foundation (DFG) funded project (TROPSOC, project number 387472333) focusing on carbon and nutrient cycling in tropical systems. Soil sampling and experiment setup in the eastern Congo Basin (Rwanda, Uganda, and DR Congo).
2014-2016: Diploma of Agronomist Engineer, Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Lubumbashi, DR Congo. Thesis: Origin, concentration, and spatial distribution of nutrients in termite mounds in Lubumbashi, DR Congo. Distinction (77, 1%).
2011-2014: Undergraduate in Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Lubumbashi, DR Congo. Thesis: Characterizing 20 families of maize (Zea mays L.) using a hybridization technique. Distinction (73%).
2001-2007: High School Diploma, Kiambeshimba Institute, Tshofa.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Soil science, biogeochemistry, tropical systems, soil microbial processes

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RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

Extracellular polymeric substances are closely related to land cover, microbial communities, and enzyme activity in tropical soils
LK Kidinda, D Babin, S Doetterl, K Kalbitz, BB Mujinya, C Vogel
Soil Biology and Biochemistry 187, 109221 2023

Relationships between geochemical properties and microbial nutrient acquisition in tropical forest and cropland soils
LK Kidinda, S Doetterl, K Kalbitz, B Bukombe, D Babin, BB Mujinya, ...
Applied Soil Ecology 181, 104653 2023

Soil geochemistry–and not topography–as a major driver of carbon allocation, stocks, and dynamics in forests and soils of African tropical montane ecosystems
B Bukombe, M Bauters, P Boeckx, LN Cizungu, M Cooper, P Fiener, ...
New Phytologist 236 (5), 1676-1690 2022

Microbial properties in tropical montane forest soils developed from contrasting parent material—An incubation experiment
LK Kidinda, FK Olagoke, C Vogel, B Bukombe, K Kalbitz, S Doetterl
Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 185 (6), 807-820 2022

The relationships of geochemical soil properties and nutrient availability to the abundance of extracellular polymeric substances in African tropical montane forests
L Kidinda, K Kalbitz, B Bazirake Mujinya, S Doetterl, C Vogel
Jahrestagung der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft 2022: Grenzen 2022

Soil geochemistry as a major driver of carbon allocation, stocks and dynamics in vegetation and soils of African tropical forests
S Doetterl, B Bukombe, M Bauters, P Boeckx, L Cizungu, M Cooper, ...
EGU General Assembly 2022 2022

Organic matter cycling along geochemical, geomorphic and disturbance gradients in forests and cropland of the African Tropics–Project TropSOC Database Version 1.0
S Doetterl, R Asifiwe, G Baert, F Bamba, M Bauters, P Boeckx, B Bukombe, ...
Earth System Science Data Discussions 2021, 1-46 2021

Parent material and organic matter control soil microbial processes in African tropical rainforests
LK Kidinda, FK Ologoke, C Vogel, K Kalbitz, S Doetterl
EGU21 2021

Controls on heterotrophic soil respiration and carbon cycling in geochemically distinct African tropical forest soils
B Bukombe, P Fiener, AM Hoyt, S Doetterl
Soil Discussions 2021, 1-32 2021

Patterns of microbial processes shaped by parent material and soil depth in tropical rainforest soils
LK Kidinda, FK Olagoke, C Vogel, K Kalbitz, S Doetterl
Soil Discussions 2020, 1-25 2020

Soil carbon respiration in tropical forest soils along geomorphic and geochemical gradients
B Bukombe, L Kidinda, A Hoyt, C Vogel, M Bauters, F Wilken, K Kalbitz, ...
Universitt Augsburg 2020

Soil organic carbon stocks in tropical soil systems under rainforests controlled by geochemistry
M Reichenbach, P Fiener, F Wilken, J Six, L Kidinda, B Mujinya, S Dtterl
EGU2020 2020

Effects of Bradyrhizobium japonicum on Some Chemical Properties of Ferralsols under Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) Cultivation
KLEAKL Ben Tshibuyi Kasu-Bandi, Laurent Kidinda Kidinda, Germain Nyembo ...
American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences 14, 86-94 2019

Correlations between Growth and Yield Parameters of Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) under the Influence of Bradyrhizobium japonicum in Kipushi (The Democratic Republic of Congo)
KLEAKL Ben Tshibuyi Kasu-Bandi, Laurent Kidinda Kidinda, Germain Nyembo ...
American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences 14, 86-94 2019

The combination of herbicides, an expensive option in the fight against weeds in maize crop in Lubumbashi (DR Congo).
MAL Mick Assani Lukangila, FT Kahozi, LK Kidinda, JPM Katshongo, ...
2015

La combinaison des herbicides, une option onreuse dans la lutte contre les mauvaises herbes en masiculture Lubumbashi (RD Congo)[The combination of herbicides, an expensive
ABL Mick, TK Flix, KK Laurent, MKJ Paul, TT Dominique, NK Luciens, ...
International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies 12 (1), 140 2015

Influence du semis tardif sur la croissance et le rendement du soja (Glycine max Merril) cultiv sous diffrents cartements Lubumbashi, RD Congo [Influence of late sowing on
BL Louis, KK Laurent, KK Maurice, MK Michel, TT Dominique, NK Luciens
International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies 12 (1), 104 2015

Valorisation agricole des dchets comme alternative ā leur gestion dans les villes d’Afrique subsaharienne: caractrisation des dchets urbains ā Lubumbashi et valuation de
LB Longanza, LK Kidinda, DT Tamina, AT Jacob, MT Ikatalo
Afrique Science: Revue Internationale des Sciences et Technologie 11 (2), 76-84 2015

L'apport de biodchets amliore la croissance des cultures maraichres Lubumbashi: signe d'une bonne qualit de biodchets?[The contribution of biowastes improves the growth
CM Magnifique, KK Laurent, MK Michel, BL Louis
International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies 11 (4), 908 2015

The combination of herbicides, an expensive option in the fight against weeds in maize crop in Lubumbashi (DR Congo).
AL Mick, FT Kahozi, LK Kidinda, JPM Katshongo, DT Tamina, LN Kimuni, ...
International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies 12 (1), 140-147 2015

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

Impact of Chicken Manure Integration with Mineral Fertilizer on Soil Nutriments Balance and Maize (Zea mays) Yield: A Case Study on Degraded Soil of Lubumbashi (DR Congo)
LKK ,Ben Tshibuyi Kasu-Bandi, John Banza Mukalay, Maurice Kilumba Kabemba ...
American Journal of Plant Nutrition and Fertilization Technology 5 ((3)), 71-78 2015
Citations: 21

Controls on heterotrophic soil respiration and carbon cycling in geochemically distinct African tropical forest soils
B Bukombe, P Fiener, AM Hoyt, S Doetterl
Soil Discussions 2021, 1-32 2021
Citations: 10

Mise en vidence des doses de fertilisants minraux appliquer aux nouvelles varits de mas introduites dans la rgion de Lubumbashi (RD Congo)
KK Laurent, KK Jimmy, TT Dominique, KK Maurice, MM Gabriel, L Serge, ...
La culture du mas dans le Haut-Katanga 2015
Citations: 8

Evaluation of Maize Response (Zea mays L.) to Various Modes and Moments of Chicken Manure Spreading in Lubumbashi, DR Congo
H Ilunga Tabu, T Muganguzi Ntale, L Kidinda Kidinda, J Banza Mukalay, ...
American Journal of Plant Nutrition and Fertilization Technology 5 (3) 2015
Citations: sponse (Zea mays L.) to Various Modes and Moments of Chicken Manure Spreading in Lubumbashi, DR Congo

Evaluation of Maize Response (Zea mays L.) to Various Modes and Moments of Chicken Manure Spreading in Lubumbashi, DR Congo
LMLNKL Ilunga Tabu Hugues, Muganguzi Ntale Trsor, Kidinda Kidinda Laurent ...
American Journal of Plant Nutrition and Fertilization Technology 5 (3), 96-105 2015
Citations: 6

Patterns of microbial processes shaped by parent material and soil depth in tropical rainforest soils
LK Kidinda, FK Olagoke, C Vogel, K Kalbitz, S Doetterl
Soil Discussions 2020, 1-25 2020
Citations: 1

Influence of late sowing on growth and yield of soybean (Glycine max Merril) grown under different spaces in Lubumbashi, DR Congo.
LB Longanza, LK Kidinda, MK Kabemba, S Langunu, MM Kwey, ...
International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies 12 (1), 104-109 2015
Citations: 1