Research

Research focus

Ecophysiology of soil microorganisms: microbial metabolism as a driver for biogeochemical cycles in soil
Microbial turnover of intact metabolites: Quantifying C recycling and effects on soil C cycles
Multidirectional nutrient and carbon dynamics: From plant-soil-microorganism interfaces to ecosystem functions
Pedosphere interactions with bio-, hydro- and atmosphere by combining biomarker and isotopic tracer aproaches

Funding	Title
Erasmus+	IMSOGLO: International Master of Soil Science and Global Change
DFG	FIRE: Fire-induced redistribution and losses of elements in the weathering zone (DI 2136/11)
Erasmus+	TAURUS: Training Capacities in Agricultural and Urban-Rural Interactions for Sustainable Development of Megacities
Villum-Fdn.	Deep Frontier: Challenging one last Frontier: Understanding and Improving Deep Rooting
Norddt.-Wiss.-ministerium	Multi-Meta-Omik: Neue Methoden für neue Herausforderungen der Norddeutschen Landwirtschaft im Klimawandel (as joint research consortia with University Kiel)
Robert-Bosch-Foundation	More crop per drop for sub-Saharan Africa: Key rhizo-sphere traits to overcome multiple resource limitation
DFG	Soil microbial necromass as an essential phosphorus reservoir in forest nutrition (DI 2136-6)
DFG	Disentangling de-novo synthesis, recycling and transformation of nalkyl lipids in soils by combination of position-specific 13C labeling with fragment-specific 13C analysis (DI 2136-1, DI 2136-4*)
BfG	BioMarker II: Rekonstruktion historischer Auen- und Flussstrukturen an der Mittelelbe durch altersdatierte Analyse von Biomarkern (Phase 1)
DFG	Microbial storage compounds: A neglected dimension of soil C cycling
BMBF	RootWays

Funding	Title
DAAD	Combining Growth rates of individual microbial groups with metabolic flux modelling
DAAD	Effect of unfavorable growth conditions on the microbial metabolic C fluxes
DBU	Speicherung von Kohlenstoff aus Glukose und ihren Metaboliten in Bodenfraktionen in Abhängigkeit von klimasensitiven Umwelt- und Bodenbedingungen sowie Bodenbearbeitungsmaßnahmen