Affiliated staff & Honorary Fellows

ISRIC affiliated staff include guest researchers, PhD candidates and volunteers. Honorary Fellows are appointed in recognition of mutual long and fruitful relationship with ISRIC.

• Dr Wim G. Sombroek (in memoriam) ― First Honorary Fellow ― former Director of ISRIC; and outstanding contributions to the Institute by optimising the earned recognition worldwide.

• Professor Dr Rudi Dudal (in memoriam) ― mastermind of the Soil Map of the World and long-time friend of ISRIC.

• Professor Dr Klaas Jan Beek (in memoriam) ― seminal work of land evaluation and through the trusteeship as Rector of the International Institute for Geo-information Science and Earth Observation.

• Dr Robert Brinkman ― seminal work carrying soil survey through land evaluation to land use planning; and support as Chief of FAO Land Resources.

• Dr Luca Montanarella ― leading soil science in the EU Joint Research Centre; promoting the European Digital Archive of Soil Maps and SOTER; and carrying soil survey data into policy.

• Professor Dr Johan Bouma ― soil physical properties and application of soil survey data; carrying soil information into national and international policy; and for long-time support as a member of the ISRIC Board.

• Professor Dr Pedro Sanchez ― seminal work on the properties and management of soils of the tropics; and support as Co-Chair of the Hunger Task Force of the UN Millennium Project.

• Dr JA (Seppe ) Deckers emeritus professor at the University of Leuven in Belgium. He has a leading role in the field of international soil classification, education of soils and their sustainable management; long time collaboration with ISRIC, especially in the development of the World Reference Base for Soil Resources.

• Dr RA (Bob) MacMillan ― Scientific coordinator of the GlobalSoilMap project, helped establish GlobalSoilMap specifications. He is a genuine advocate of Open Soil data and international collaboration and has been instrumental in the development of SoilGrids.