Paul van Genuchten

Paul van Genuchten is a Research Associate at Wageningen University & Research, affiliated with ISRIC - World Soil Information. His work focuses on soil data infrastructure, semantic web technologies, and agricultural informatics.

• Research Areas: Soil science, metadata management, knowledge graphs, semantic web, European soil policy
• Key Collaborations: Active in European Joint Programme EJP SOIL, collaborating with institutions across Europe
• Tools Developed: Co-developer of SoilWise-HE tools for soil health knowledge graph creation

His recent research explores FAIR data principles, open geospatial consortium standards, and semantic sensor networks for soil monitoring. He contributes to developing decentralized soil information systems through metadata catalogues and geodatabases.

Paul participates in European workshops and conferences, presenting on soil data infrastructure and metadata management solutions. His work emphasizes creating standardized, accessible soil datasets for agricultural and environmental applications.