Johannes Kern
Room: B161
Kackertstr. 7
52072 Aachen
Office Hours
By appointment, registration via e-mail.
Research Focus
- Sustainable biochar value chain
- GIS-based geospatial analyses
- Influence of biochar on soil structures
Projects
- NewBIAS - New Biochars for the Improvement of Agricultural Soils
Funding: Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia - EnArgus3.0 - Al-supported information system for energy research
Funding: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action of Germany
Teaching
| WS 2024/25 | Production and Logistic |
| WS 2023/24 | Production und Logistic |
| SS 2023 | Project Module: Operations Management |
| WS/SS | Supervision of scientific thesis |
Supervised theses
| Type | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| BT | Integrated biomass and energy flow analysis with a focus on pyrolysis optimization | |
| MT | Description, optimization and analysis of utilization pathways of agricultural biomass in the region of North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| MT | Designing a Supply Chain of Miscanthus Biochar in North-Rhine Westphalia | |
| MT | Development of a methodology for dealing with uncertainty in the overall corporate planning of product portfolios using OR-based decision models in the automotive context | |
| MT | Explainable Random Forests using Earth Observation Data for Predictive Maize Yield Analysis | |
| MT | Nutzungspfade von Energie- und Industriepflanzen in Nordrhein-Westfalen: Eine Analyse im Kontext der Energie- und Ressourcenwende |
Publications
Refereed journals
Kern, J.; Abdelshafy, A.; Walther, G. (2024): A global geospatial analysis to evaluate the impact of biochar on maize yield In: Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 373, Pages 123501. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.123501
Poster-presentations (selection)Kern, J.; Abdelshafy, A.; Walther, G. (2023): Geographische Analyse zur Vorhersage des Potentials für den Einsatz von Pflanzenkohle als Düngermittelzusatz auf globaler Ebene In: International Biochar Forum 2023
Talks (selection)Kern, J. (2025): Panel Discussion: Biochar in the Global South - From current experiences to gigatons of carbon removed. Bio360Expo, 05. February - 06. February 2025, Nantes, talk on 05. February 2025
Kern, J.; Abdelshafy, A.; Walther, G. (2025): Global potentials of biochar as a soil amendment. Bio360Expo, 05. February - 06. February 2025, Nantes, talk on 06. February 2025
Kern, J.; Abdelshafy, A.; Walther, G. (2023): BioSC Project NewBIAS: WP6 - Operations Management. BioSC Project meeting, 25. May 2023, Jülich, talk on 25. May 2023