Overview
Background
Vilim has BSc and MSc degrees in Agroecology with a major in Soil Science and a PhD in Environmental Soil Physics and Ecohydrology from the University of Zagreb, Croatia. After the completion of his PhD on the topic of nitrate transport modelling in soil (2012), he has undertaken a postdoctoral fellowship (INRAE, France) focusing on modelling the impact of agricultural practices at the field scale on water dynamics and pesticide transport with Professor Yves Coquet and Dr. Pierre Benoit. He took on the academic position at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture (Croatia) in 2016 as Assistant Professor and from 2022 as Associate Professor. He has been teaching Environmental soil science and hydrology courses and has supervised 21 MSc and 2 PhD students. In 2022 he took on a research position at Federation University in Australia in the Future Region Research Centre led by Professor Thomas Baumgartl focusing on mine rehabilitation issues. During his career, he has been a visiting scholar at CSIRO (Australia), SLU (Sweden), University of California, University of Florida, Penn State University (USA), BOKU (Austria), CEH (UK), ZALF (Germany), CZU (Czech Republic) and ILVO (Belgium).
Vilim has led various national and international projects focusing on agricultural and environmental issues in the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum. He was granted a bilateral project with CSIRO in 2019 and Starting grant project in 2020 with ZALF and Forschungszentrum Jülich. These grants were funded by the Croatian Science Foundation (equivalent to the ARC funding body).
Vilim is currently Associate Editor of the Soil Science Society of America Journal and Vadose Zone Journal and is actively involved in different international scientific groups focusing on vadose zone processes and numerical modelling. He was the recipient of the Soil Society of America Early Career Award for 2019 and selected as a Visiting Fellow in 2021 at the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research ZALF Institute (with Dr Horst H. Gerke) in Germany.
Availability
- Dr Vilim Filipović is:
- Available for supervision
Research interests
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Soil physical and hydraulic properties estimation
Variations in soil water contents and water flow affect soil biogeochemistry, plant uptake, solute (e.g., nutrients and pesticides) movement, and heat transport. These processes are controlled by the soil's physical and hydraulic properties. Proper knowledge of soil water retention curves and hydraulic properties derived from infield, laboratory or inverse numerical methods is essential for sustainable agroecosystem management. My research aims to advance the estimation and understanding of soil hydraulic properties and improve the level of implementation of such information in applied environmental and agricultural studies.
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Transport processes in soil-plant-atmosphere continuum
The soil-plant-atmosphere nexus is a complex and interconnected system that is essential for the functioning of ecosystems. Understanding the dynamics and processes occurring in this system is crucial for addressing issues related to soil degradation, climate change, and food security. My research is focusing on the proper quantification of transport processes (water and solute fluxes) in soil-plant-atmosphere systems based on experimental data collection from displacement soil cores or monoliths (soil columns), lysimeters, CT imaging and in-situ monitoring techniques with emphasis on structured soils.
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Numerical modelling of water flow and solute dynamics in heterogenous soils
Numerical modelling can be used as a predicting tool for the estimation of various agricultural management systems (e.g., water management, tillage, fertilizer, compost, and pesticide application) leading towards more environmentally sustainable production. I’m focusing on applying models of various complexity (single and dual porosity and dual permeability models using HYDRUS suite) in one-, two-, or three-dimensional porous media. My research has shown the importance of estimation and modelling of preferential flow and nonuniform solute transport in structured soils.
Research impacts
Plant agricultural production primarily takes place in soil critical (vadose) zone which represents one of the most complex terrestrial systems due to a wide range of processes occurring within its boundaries. As the human population is continuously rising, large pressure is projected on soil and water resources, as well as on food production in agroecosystems. The aim of Vilim's research is to understand transport processes within the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum by combining novel soil monitoring and modelling approaches and examining the possibilities of decreasing environmental pressures on soil and water resources and supporting sustainable agriculture. Through his activities, he contributed to research topics on soil water dynamics and soil physics, preferential flow and non-equilibrium transport processes in soil, the fate of contaminants (e.g., nutrients, pesticides, trace metals, pharmaceuticals), mine rehabilitation ecohydrology, and numerical modelling within the soil vadose zone. His research includes large field experiments, as well as lysimeter, glasshouse, and laboratory scale research with expertise in numerical modelling. He has been working on these topics through fundamental scientific and applied projects at national and international levels.
Works
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2021
Journal Article
Succession of microbial community in a small water body within the alluvial aquifer of a large river
Kulaš, Antonija, Marković, Tamara, Žutinić, Petar, Kajan, Katarina, Karlović, Igor, Orlić, Sandi, Keskin, Emre, Filipović, Vilim and Udovič, Marija Gligora (2021). Succession of microbial community in a small water body within the alluvial aquifer of a large river. Water, 13 (2) 115, 115. doi: 10.3390/w13020115
2021
Book Chapter
A review of time domain reflectometry (TDR) applications in porous media
He, Hailong, Aogu, Kailin, Li, Min, Xu, Jinghui, Sheng, Wenyi, Jones, Scott B., González-Teruel, Juan D., Robinson, David A., Horton, Robert, Bristow, Keith, Dyck, Miles, Filipović, Vilim, Noborio, Kosuke, Wu, Qingbai, Jin, Huijun, Feng, Hao, Si, Bingcheng and Lv, Jialong (2021). A review of time domain reflectometry (TDR) applications in porous media. Advances in Agronomy. (pp. 83-155) Maryland Heights, MO United States: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/bs.agron.2021.02.003
2021
Journal Article
Spatial mapping of soil chemical properties using multivariate geostatistics. A study from cropland in eastern croatia Prostorno mapiranje kemijskih svojstava tla koristeći multivarijatnu geostatistiku. Studija s oraničnih tala u istočnoj hrvatskoj
Bogunovic, Igor, Filipovic, Lana, Filipovic, Vilim and Pereira, Paulo (2021). Spatial mapping of soil chemical properties using multivariate geostatistics. A study from cropland in eastern croatia Prostorno mapiranje kemijskih svojstava tla koristeći multivarijatnu geostatistiku. Studija s oraničnih tala u istočnoj hrvatskoj. Journal of Central European Agriculture, 22 (1), 201-210. doi: 10.5513/JCEA01/22.1.3011
2021
Journal Article
Evaluation of a Sprayable Biodegradable Polymer Membrane (SBPM) Technology for soil water conservation in tomato and watermelon production systems
Braunack, Michael, Filipovic, Vilim, Adhikari, Raju, Freischmidt, George, Johnston, Priscilla, Casey, Phil S., Wang, Yusong, Simunek, Jiri, Filipovic, Lana and Bristow, Keith L. (2021). Evaluation of a Sprayable Biodegradable Polymer Membrane (SBPM) Technology for soil water conservation in tomato and watermelon production systems. Agricultural Water Management, 243 106446, 106446. doi: 10.1016/j.agwat.2020.106446
2020
Journal Article
Land management impacts on soil properties and initial soil erosion processes in olives and vegetable crops
Bogunovic, Igor, Telak, Leon Josip, Pereira, Paulo, Filipovic, Vilim, Filipovic, Lana, Percin, Aleksandra, Durdevic, Boris, Birkás, Márta, Dekemati, Igor and Comino, Jesus Rodrigo (2020). Land management impacts on soil properties and initial soil erosion processes in olives and vegetable crops. Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, 68 (4), 328-337. doi: 10.2478/johh-2020-0033
2020
Journal Article
Short-term impact of tillage on soil and the hydrological response within a fig (Ficus carica) orchard in croatia
Telak, Leon Josip, Pereira, Paulo, Ferreira, Carla S. S., Filipovic, Vilim, Filipovic, Lana and Bogunovic, Igor (2020). Short-term impact of tillage on soil and the hydrological response within a fig (Ficus carica) orchard in croatia. Water, 12 (11) 3295, 1-16. doi: 10.3390/w12113295
2020
Journal Article
Microplastics in terrestrial ecosystems: A scientometric analysis
He, Donghui, Bristow, Keith, Filipović, Vilim, Lv, Jialong and He, Hailong (2020). Microplastics in terrestrial ecosystems: A scientometric analysis. Sustainability, 12 (20) 8739, 1-15. doi: 10.3390/su12208739
2020
Journal Article
Modeling carbamazepine transport in wastewater-irrigated soil under different land uses
Filipović, Lana, Filipović, Vilim, Walker, Charles W., Williams, Clinton, Preisdanz, Heather E. and Watson, John E. (2020). Modeling carbamazepine transport in wastewater-irrigated soil under different land uses. Journal of Environmental Quality, 49 (4), 1011-1019. doi: 10.1002/jeq2.20074
2020
Journal Article
Response of Soil Dehydrogenase Activity to Salinity and Cadmium Species
Filipović, Lana, Romić, Marija, Sikora, Sanja, Huić Babić, Katarina, Filipović, Vilim, Gerke, Horst H. and Romić, Davor (2020). Response of Soil Dehydrogenase Activity to Salinity and Cadmium Species. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 20 (2), 530-536. doi: 10.1007/s42729-019-00140-w
2020
Journal Article
Initial experimental experience with a Sprayable Biodegradable Polymer Membrane (SBPM) technology in cotton
Braunack, Michael, Adhikari, Raju, Freischmidt, George, Johnston, Priscilla, Casey, Philip S., Wang, Yusong, Bristow, Keith L., Filipovic, Lana and Filipovic, Vilim (2020). Initial experimental experience with a Sprayable Biodegradable Polymer Membrane (SBPM) technology in cotton. Agronomy, 10 (4), 584. doi: 10.3390/agronomy10040584
2020
Journal Article
A Sprayable Biodegradable Polymer Membrane (SBPM) technology: Effect of band width and application rate on water conservation and seedling emergence
Braunack, Michael V., Zaja, Adriana, Tam, Kang, Filipović, Lana, Filipović, Vilim, Wang, Yusong and Bristow, Keith L. (2020). A Sprayable Biodegradable Polymer Membrane (SBPM) technology: Effect of band width and application rate on water conservation and seedling emergence. Agricultural Water Management, 230 105900, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.agwat.2019.105900
2020
Book Chapter
Agricultural management strategies for countering drought conditions in Eastern Croatia
Mustać, Ivan, Filipović, Vilim, Filipović, Lana, Ondrašek, Gabrijel and Petošić, Dragutin (2020). Agricultural management strategies for countering drought conditions in Eastern Croatia. Drought - detection and solutions. London, United Kingdom: IntechOpen. doi: 10.5772/intechopen.88503
2020
Journal Article
The effects of irrigation water salinity level on faba bean (Vicia faba l.) productivity Učinci razine zaslanjenosti vode za navodnjavanje na produktivnost boba (Vicia faba l.)
Filipović, Lana, Romić, Davor, Ondrašek, Gabrijel, Mustać, Ivan and Filipović, Vilim (2020). The effects of irrigation water salinity level on faba bean (Vicia faba l.) productivity Učinci razine zaslanjenosti vode za navodnjavanje na produktivnost boba (Vicia faba l.). Journal of Central European Agriculture, 21 (3), 537-542. doi: 10.5513/JCEA01/21.3.2872
2019
Journal Article
The effect of stabilization on the utilization of municipal sewage sludge as a soil amendment
Černe, Marko, Palčić, Igor, Pasković, Igor, Major, Nikola, Romić, Marija, Filipović, Vilim, Igrc, Marina Diana, Perčin, Aleksandra, Goreta Ban, Smiljana, Zorko, Benjamin, Vodenik, Branko, Glavič Cindro, Denis, Milačič, Radmila, Heath, David John and Ban, Dean (2019). The effect of stabilization on the utilization of municipal sewage sludge as a soil amendment. Waste Management, 94, 27-38. doi: 10.1016/j.wasman.2019.05.032
2019
Journal Article
Estimating the extent of fire induced soil water repellency in Mediterranean environment
Weninger, Thomas, Filipović, Vilim, Mešić, Mirel, Clothier, Brent and Filipović, Lana (2019). Estimating the extent of fire induced soil water repellency in Mediterranean environment. Geoderma, 338, 187-196. doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2018.12.008
2019
Journal Article
Effect of fire-induced water repellency on soil hydraulic properties and water flow
Filipović, Lana, Mešić, Mirel, Weninger, Thomas, Schwen, Andreas, Novosel, Alen, Maretić, Matej and Filipović, Vilim (2019). Effect of fire-induced water repellency on soil hydraulic properties and water flow. Agriculturae Conspectus Scientificus, 84 (2), 143-150.
2018
Journal Article
Inverse estimation of soil hydraulic properties and water repellency following artificially induced drought stress
Filipović, Vilim, Weninger, Thomas, Filipović, Lana, Schwen, Andreas, Bristow, Keith L., Zechmeister-Boltenstern, Sophie and Leitner, Sonja (2018). Inverse estimation of soil hydraulic properties and water repellency following artificially induced drought stress. Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, 66 (2), 170-180. doi: 10.2478/johh-2018-0002
2018
Journal Article
Organic matter and salinity modify cadmium soil (phyto)availability
Filipović, Lana, Romić, Marija, Romić, Davor, Filipović, Vilim and Ondrašek, Gabrijel (2018). Organic matter and salinity modify cadmium soil (phyto)availability. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 147, 824-831. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2017.09.041
2017
Journal Article
Quality of surface water in the agricultural district Lonja field (Croatia)
Simunic, Ivan, Orlovic-Leko, Palma, Senta Maric, Ankica, Cigleneki, Irena, Minkina, Tatiana and Filipovic, Vilim (2017). Quality of surface water in the agricultural district Lonja field (Croatia). The Journal "Agriculture and Forestry", 63 (3), 5-14. doi: 10.17707/agricultforest.63.3.01
2017
Journal Article
Quantifying subsurface lateral flow along sloping horizon boundaries in soil profiles of a hummocky ground moraine
Filipović, Vilim, Gerke, Horst H., Filipović, Lana and Sommer, Michael (2017). Quantifying subsurface lateral flow along sloping horizon boundaries in soil profiles of a hummocky ground moraine. Vadose Zone Journal, 17 (1) 170106, 1-12. doi: 10.2136/vzj2017.05.0106
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Supervision history
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Doctor Philosophy
Wheat responses to different sources of nitrogen as affected by phosphorus in the northern grain region of eastern Australia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Michael Bell, Dr Tim McLaren
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