Dr. Callum Banfield
Lab Manager and Radiation Protection Officer
I am responsible for the labs of the Geo-Biosphere group including
- 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.Banfield@uni-tuebingen.de
Research projects
- Microbial Storage Compounds: A neglected dimension of soil C cycling (funded by DFG)
- RootWayS (funded by BMBF)
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
- Intracellular carbon storage by microorganisms is an overlooked pathway of biomass growth
Kyle Mason-Jones, Andreas Breidenbach, Jens Dyckmans, Callum C. Banfield, Michaela A. Dippold, Nat Comms 14, Article number: 2240 (2023)
- Microbial processing of plant residues in the subsoil–The role of biopores
CC Banfield, J Pausch, Y Kuzyakov, MA Dippold. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 125, 309-318
- Labelling plants in the Chernobyl way: A new 137Cs and 14C foliar application approach to investigate rhizodeposition and biopore reuse
CC Banfield, M Zarebanadkouki, B Kopka, Y Kuzyakov. Plant and Soil 417 (1), 301-315
- Hotspots of microbial activity induced by earthworm burrows, old root channels, and their combination in subsoil
DTT Hoang, J Pausch, BS Razavi, I Kuzyakova, CC Banfield, Y Kuzyakov. Biology and Fertility of Soils 52 (8), 1105-1119
Awards
- Ulrich-Babel Medal 2019 of the German Soil Science Society for my dissertation