Master's Thesis Topics in AEG

Research topics AEG students recently focused on in their Master's thesis, sorted by work groups (year)

Paleoclimate analysis of the Pantanal region in Brazil using speleothem data from the Holocene (2023)
A model-based exploration of mid-Holocene anti-phase climate variations in the Central Andes (2023)
Paleoclimate of Mid-West Brazil During The Holocene: Insights From Stalagmite Proxy Records and Climate Model (2024)
Domain Adaptation for Deep Learning ENSO Forecasts (2024)
Preconditioning of the Biosphere Flux Extremes in a Terrestrial Carbon Cycle Model, Earth System Model, and Reanalyses in the Recent Past (2024)
Magnificient Moss: The role of moss biocrusts in soil carbon storage and ist response to climate change (2024)
Temperature-dependent performance of photoelectrochemical water splitting and CO2-reduction at two different locations over the course of one year (2024)

Characterization of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in textiles by different oxidation and hydrolysis methods (PhotoTOP, dTOP, THP) (2023)
Identification and quantifiation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in human hair (2024)

Glycogen production from an acetate-rich medium with cycling aerobic / anaerobic microbes (2023)
The toxicity of hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) process water to anaerobic digestion and prediction of anaerobic digestion performance with biochemical methane potential assays (BMP) and anaerobic toxicity assays (ATA) (2023)
An electroporation technique in Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus ΔH - optimization and application (2024)
Investigating continuous butanol production from methanol by using Eubacterium bimosum as a biocatalyst (2024)
Simulation, Process Optimization and Techno-Economic Analysis of Power-To-Protein (PTP) using Aspen Plus® (2024)

Investigation of Hydrodynamics and Groundwater Recharge in Carbonate Rock with Ground Penetrating Radar (2024)

Environmental Mineralogy / Prof. Stefan Haderlein

Cation-Mediated Adsorption of Aminophosphonates and Phosphoric Acid on Clay Minerals (2024)
Biotransformation of Organophosphonates by two microbial soil strains (2024)

An Assessment of PM10 in Tübingen and Comparison to Additional Progressive Cities of Baden-Württemberg (2024)

The Potential of Satellite-Borne Remote Sensing to Assess the Impact of Alley Cropping Systems on Crop Yield (2023)
The influence of hyporheic sediments on the fate of fecal indicator bacteria in two urban streams (2023)
Evaluating the Effects of Dam Failures on Sediment Transport Using Satellite Imagery (2024)
On the value of slug tracer injections and the environmental tracer radon for observing hyporheic exchange (2024)

Highway runoff: Tracking particle-asociated and dissolved organic contaminants and mixture effects in a retention pond and a receiving stream (2022)

Geomicrobiology / Prof. Andreas Kappler

Impacts of Environmental Factors on Microbial Iron(II) Oxidation by Photosynthesis and Chemodenitrification Bacteria: Insights into Fe Mineralogy and Cell-iron-mineral Structure (2024)
Influence of Oryza Sativa Root Exudates on Autotrophic Nitrate Redducing Iron Oxidizing Enrichment Culture (2025)

Hydrogeochemistry / Prof. Peter Grathwohl

Nitrate reduction potential in carbonate rock from fractured aquifers in SW Germany (2023)
1D reactive transport modeling (MIN3P) of mine tailings in closing phase (Unsaturated) and its environmental implications (2024)
Competitive Sorption of Trichloroethylene and Per- and Poly-fluoroalkyl Substance on Colloidal Activated Carbon (2024)
Sorption of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in colloidal activated carbon (CAC) under varying environmental conditions: Effect of PFAS concentration, ironic strength, DOC with natural and artificial origin, and pH (2025)

Hydrogeology / Prof. Olaf Cirpka

Predicting Arsenic Mobility at the Soil-Root Interface in a Warming Climate (2023)
Modelling karst discharge dynamics of the Bronnbach spring using EPA's storm water management model (2023)
Ivestigations for Determining the Hydraulic Properties of an Unconfined Aquifer (2023)
Estimating Hydraulic Conductivity through Assimilation of Hydraulic Head Data in Ensemble Kalman Filtering (2023)
Modeling Groundwater Flow in the Neckar Valley (2023)
Specific storage coefficient analysis in compressible media through short-term pumping tests (2024)
Pore-scale Simulation of Mineral Dissolution Using the Micro-continuum Approach (2024)
Implementation of a soil water budget model in Python (2024)

Simulation-Based Inference of Surface Mass Balance History from Ice Sheet Stratigraphy Detected by Radar Measurements (2024)