Plant Biogeochemistry

Welcome to the Plant Biogeochemistry Group!

Our research broadly focuses on the interplay of roots with soil minerals and microorganisms and what impact that has on the environment, food production, soil quality or the global carbon cycle. If these topics interest you, contact us!

Our lab, most field studies and experimental setups are based at the UFZ in Leipzig and the associated research station Bad Lauchstädt. Check out our main website of the UFZ for more information. 

 


News

February 2024

A new postdoc joins our group! We warmly welcome Dr. Jill Bachelder! Jill will work on climate impacts in the rhizosphere of wheat taking up heavy metals. 

February 2024

We warmly welcome Meet Vaghela as a new intern in our lab. Meet studies Biotechnologie at the Hochschule Anhalt and will work on our phytoremediation project, running plant and soil extractions and different related measurements.

January 2024

We warmly welcome Aaron Jakob as a new intern in our lab! He is a geoecology master's student at the University of Tuebingen. Aaron will extract and quantify nitrate in spinach grown on metal-bearing soils exposed to different climatic conditions and also assess different soil geochemical parameters.

December 2023

Marie gave a public outreach talk to the Saxonian State Agency for the Environment, Agriculture and Geology on Climate Impacts on Metals in Agriculture.