Research Theme: Environmental Geosciences
Water and soil are indispensible resources for life. Human activities and climate change have already had and will continue to have serious impacts on the water cycle and environmental quality. The research in environmental geosciences at the University of Tübingen comprehensively study anthropogenic impacts on the valuable georesources water and soil.
Selection of Research Topics in the Field of Environmental Geosciences
Analysis of the water cycle and impacts of climate change on water bodies and soils
Renewable energies (wind power, geothermics), power-to-gas technologies, and utilization of biological waste
Fate and behavior of contaminants in the environment and environmental assessment of chemicals
Development of (geo)physical and chemical measurement techniques in environmental systems, remote sensing
Investigations of soil erosion, landscape evolution, and impact of land-use change
Biogeochemical reactions, nutrient cycling, and microbial activity in environmental systems
Water treatment, remediation of contaminated aquifers and sediments, concepts of soil and water protection
Mathematical modeling of environmental systems (climate, water balance, solute transport, landscape evolution)
The Following Work Groups are Active in the Research Theme Environmental Geosciences
Soil Science and Geomorphology
Prof. Dr. Thomas Scholten
Geoecology
Prof. Dr. Yvonne Oelmann
Hydrogeochemistry
Prof. Dr. Peter Grathwohl
Environmental Mineralogy
Prof. Dr. Stefan B. Haderlein
Environmental Toxicology
Prof. Dr. Beate Escher
Geo-Biosphere Interactions
Prof. Dr. Michaela Dippold
Climatology and the Biosphere
Prof. Dr. Kira Rehfeld
Geology & Geodynamics
Prof. Todd Ehlers, PhD
Hydrogeology
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Olaf A. Cirpka
Plant Biogeochemistry
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Marie Muehe
Environmental Analytical Chemistry
Prof. Dr. Christian Zwiener
Environmental Physics
Prof. Dr. Jens Bange
Environmental Systems Analysis
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Christiane Zarfl
Terrestrial Sedimentology
Prof. Dr. Kathryn Fitzsimmons
Geomicrobiology
Prof. Dr. Andreas Kappler
Near-Surface Geophysics
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Drews
Isotope Geochemistry
Prof. Dr. Ronny Schönberg
Physical Geography/Geoinformatics
Prof. Dr. Volker Hochschild
Environmental Biotechnology
Prof. Dr. Lars Angenent
Environmental and Engineering Geophysics
Prof. Dr. Peter Dietrich