Geo-Biosphere Interactions

Dr. Callum Banfield

Lab Manager and Radiation Protection Officer

I am a staff scientist and lab manager with more than ten years experience on isotope applications on the field and lab scale - and especially interested in solving technical and analytical challenges to make research possible.

My responsibilities for the labs of the Geo-Biosphere group include

  • radioisotope labs (14C, 33P, 3H and, in future, 55Fe), and CSIA labs (15N, 18O, 2H, 13C),
  • including the radiation protection for three 57Co Mössbauer specs and 63Ni-electron capture detectors for different ZAG groups
  • method development for stable and radioactive isotope applications (GC-C-IRMS, GC-MS, LC-MS, GC-ECD/FID, low-level scintillation counting, phosphor imaging).
  • technical solutions for lab experiments (e.g., 3D printing) and field experiments (e.g., cm-accuracy GPS).

Furthermore, I take care of

  • the biosafety for the Dippold, Mason-Jones and Kappler groups (German: "S1-Projektleitung"),
  • our EU pest quarantine station (EU 2016/2031, German: "Quarantäne-Station für Unionsquarantäneschädlinge"),
  • and I am an instructor for lab technicians (German: "Ausbilderschein"), currently training two apprentice lab techs.

I am head of the working group "Isotopes in Soil Science" of the German Soil Science Society (German).

Office
GUZ, 5U36
 +49 7071 29-74797
Callum.Banfieldspam prevention@uni-tuebingen.de


Research projects

Collaborations

  • Prof. Eusun Han, Denmark: Sapere Aude: DFF-Starting Grant (PerennialTraits: Showcasing de novo domestication of perennial grain crops for profitable, resilient and sustainable agriculture)
  • Dr. Thomas Guillaume, Agroscope, Switzerland: MaCN (Managing soil organic matter stabilization pathways to increase carbon and nitrogen use efficiency in croplands

CV

Since Oct 2021
Lab Manager for the GBI group

at the University of Tuebingen, Germany

2017-2022
Lab Manager of the Joint Soil Scientific Laboratories

at the University of Goettingen, Germany

2014-2018
PhD Student

at the University of Goettingen, Germany

2007-2013
Study of Geoecology

at the KIT Karlsruhe, Germany


Selected publications

 


Awards

  • Ulrich-Babel Medal 2019 of the German Soil Science Society for my dissertation