Supervised Theses

Functionality of cooperating free-standing photovoltaic systems with pastoral land use in Africa. Bachelor thesis. Department of Geosciences. Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen.

Comparison of trace organic compounds and water quality parameters in the urbanized rivers Neckar and Spree. Bachelor thesis. Department of Geosciences. Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen.

Verhalten von organischen Spurenstoffen und fäkalen Indikatorbakterien entlang der Gründlach in Bayern. Bachelor thesis. Department of Geosciences. Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen.

Using numerical reaction models to quantify abiotic and biotic reactions in an autotrophic nitrate-reducing iron(II)-oxidizing enrichment culture from a paddy soil. Bachelor thesis. Department of Geosciences. Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen.

Erfassung und Bewertung von Ökosystemleistungen urbaner Räume. Master thesis. Department of Geosciences. Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen.

Particle related load of PAH‘s in german rivers during flood events. Bachelor thesis. Department of Geosciences. Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen.

Eco-evolutionary response to one sided population decline in a plant-pollinator system. Master thesis. Department of Geosciences. Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen.

Saisonale Variabilität von Grundwasserzuflüssen im Einzugsgebiet der Steinlach

Bachelor thesis. Department of Geosciences. Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen.

Highway runoff: Occurance of organic contaminants, toxicity and the influence on the water quality on the Ammer river, Germany. Master thesis. Department of Geosciences. Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen.

Pollution sources in two contrasting Catchments during rain events. Master thesis. Department of Geosciences. Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen.

Stormwater event: Cytotoxicity as a proxy for the chemical burden of the rivers Ammer and Steinlach. Master thesis. Department of Geosciences. Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen.

Effects of passive renaturation measures on fecal indicator bacteria in small streams. Bachelor thesis. Department of Geosciences. Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen.

Flash flood susceptibility in low mountain ranges in Baden-Württemberg and the role of Large Wood. Master thesis. Department of Geosciences. Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen.

The vertical connectivity in river networks (Case Study in Steinlach Catchment). Master thesis. Department of Geosciences. Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen.

Stream-groundwater interactions in a small agricultural catchment in Ammerbuch, Germany. Master thesis.

Department of Geosciences. Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen. 

Hydrological modeling of the Drâa River, Morocco. Master thesis.

Department of Geosciences. Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen.

Tailings Facilities and their Disaster Risk Potential. (co-supervisor: J. Berlekamp).Master thesis.

Department of Geosciences. Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen.

Impacts of climate change on existing and planned hydropower plants in the Zambezi catchment. Bachelor thesis.

Department of Geosciences. Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen.

Electrical conductivity as a tracer to quantify groundwater - surface water exchange flows in an urban, losing stream.

Bachelor thesis. Department of Geosciences. Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen.

Determination of 222-Rn emanation rates in sediment samples: A method comparison study. Bachelor thesis.

Department of Geosciences. Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen.

Korrelation zwischen Grundwassereinstrom und Flussgröße. Bachelor thesis.

Department of Geosciences. Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen.

Ausmaß und Auswirkung von Staudammrückbauten weltweit. Bachelor thesis.

Department of Geosciences. Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen.

Greenhouse gas emissions from hydropower reservoirs. Bachelor thesis.

Department of Geosciences. Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen.

Fate of organic micropllutants in the Ammer River - A modelling approach.; 

Department of Geosciences, Universität Tübingen (B.Sc.; supervised by: C. Zarfl, co-supervisor: M. Schwientek, C. Glaser)

Desorptionskinetik von Phenanthren aus Polyethylen Mikroplastik in Wasser in einem offenen System (infinite bath); Department of Geosciences. Universität Tübingen (M.Sc.; supervised by: C. Zarfl, co-supervisor: P. Grathwohl).

 Sorption of phenanthrene by different types of microplastics and soil: Evaluation and determination of sorption isotherms; Center for Applied Geosciences, Universität Tübingen (M.Sc.; supervised by: C. Zarfl, co-supervisor: P. Grathwohl)

Determination and quantification of groundwater inflow in a complex river system:
A comparison of different environmental tracers; Center for Applied Geosciences, Universität Tübingen (M.Sc.; supervised by: C. Zarfl, co-supervisor: M. Schwientek, C. Glaser)  

Identification of the composition of small arctic marine plastic litter found along selected Svalbard beaches by means of testing the new NIR spectroscopy scanner "SCiO"; Center for Applied Geosciences, Universität Tübingen (B.Sc.; supervised by: C. Zarfl, co-supervisor: G.W. Gabrielsen)

Modeling coherence between malaria and dam building; Center for Applied Geosciences, Universität Tübingen (M.Sc.: supervised by: C. Zarfl, co-supervisor: J. Kleinteich)

Sources and Sinks of PAHs in a Remote Alpine Catchment; Center for Applied Geosciences, Universität Tübingen (M.Sc.: supervised by: J. Kleinteich, co-supervisor: C. Zarfl)

Impacts of future hydropower dams in West Africa. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. Universität Osnabrück. (B.Sc.; supervised by: J. Berlekamp, co-supervisor: C. Zarfl) 

Transverse mixing of the Neckar River downstream of the confluence with the Ammer River. Center for Applied Geosciences, Universität Tübingen (B.Sc.; supervised by: C. Zarfl,co-supervisor: M. Schwientek)

Impacts of hydropower dams – a sensitivity analysis for integrating indicators of ecological and societal relevance. Center for Applied Geosciences, Universität Tübingen (M.Sc.; supervised by: C. Zarfl, co-supervisor: J. Berlekamp (Universität Osnabrück))

Potential effects of hydropower dams on protected areas in the Amazonian region. Center for Applied Geosciences, Universität Tübingen (B.Sc.; supervisor: C. Zarfl , co-supervisor: J. Berlekamp (Universität of Osnabrück))

Zukünftige Wasserkraftnutzung im Einzugsgebiet der Drina - Bestimung von Reservoirgrößen und Folgenabschätzung mithilfe von GIS. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. University of Osnabrück (B.Sc.; supervisor: J. Berlekamp, co-supervisor: C. Zarfl (Universität Tübingen))

Life span of future hydropower reservoirs under a chaniging climate - Case study of the Zambazi catchment. Center for Applied Geosciences, Universität Tübingen (B.Sc.; supervised by: C. Zarfl, co-supervisor: A. Lucía)

Shifts in global hydropower potential due to climate change: Implications for existing and future hydropower plants. Center for Applied Geosciences, Universität Tübingen (B.Sc.; supervised by: C. Zarfl, co-supervisor: J. Kleinteich)

Sorption behavior of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) in soils. Center for Applied Geosciences, Universität Tübingen (M.Sc.; supervised by: P. Grathwohl, co-supervisor: C. Zarfl)

Sorption behavior of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) in soils. Center for Applied Geosciences, Universität Tübingen (M.Sc.; supervised by: P. Grathwohl, co-supervisor: C. Zarfl)

Sorption Processes of Organic Contaminants into Microplastics in the Presence of Naturally Occurring Sorbents. Center for Applied Geosciences, Universität Tübingen (M.Sc.; supervised by: C. Zarfl, co-supervisor: P. Grathwohl)

Potentieller Einfluss zukünftiger Wasserkraftdämme auf ausgewählte Arten der afrikanischen Megafauna [Potential impact of future hydropower dams on selected species of African megfauna]. Center for Applied Geosciences, Universität Tübingen (B.Sc.; supervised by: C. Zarfl, co-supervisor: J. Kleinteich)

Sorption Behaviour of 2,3,3,3-Tetrafluoro-2-(1,1,2,2,3,3,3-Heptafluoropropoxy) Propanoic Acid (HFPO-DA) in Soils and Sediments. Center for Applied Geosciences, Universität Tübingen (M.Sc.; supervised by: P. Grathwohl, co-supervisor: C. Zarfl)

Future Hydropower Dams in the Zambezi River Basin – Can Impacts of Planned Dams be Reduced by Alternative Dam Locations? Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. University of Osnabrück (M.Sc.; supervisor: J. Berlekamp, co-supervisor: C. Zarfl (Universität Tübingen)

Fut e Hydropower Developmentin the Nile Basin: A GIS-based analysis of potential social and ecological consequences. Center for Applied Geosciences, Universität Tübingen (B.Sc.; supervised by: C. Zarfl, co-supervisor: J. Kleinteich)

Umwelteinflüsse wasserbaulicher Großprojekte [Environmental impacts of large water infrastructure projects]. Department of Biology, Chemistry and Pharmacy. Freie Universität Berlin. (M.Sc.; supervised by: K. Tockner, co-supervisor: C. Zarfl (Universität Tübingen))

Sorption organischer Substanzen an Mikroplastikpartikel in Abhängigkeit des pH-Werts. Center for Applied Geosciences, Universität Tübingen (B.Sc.; supervised by: C. Zarfl, co-supervisor: P. Grathwohl/S. Seidensticker)

Natural and anthropogenic Influences on the microbial community composition in the River Ammer (Tübingen, Germany). Center for Applied Geosciences, Universität Tübingen (M.Sc.; supervised by: C. Zarfl, co-supervisor: J. Kleinteich)

Folgen zukünftiger Wasserkraft-Reservoire im Einzugsgebiet des Sambesi. [Consequences of future hydropower reservoirs in the catchment of the Zambezi River.] Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. University of Osnabrück (B.Sc.; supervisor: J. Berlekamp, co-supervisor: C. Zarfl (Universität Tübingen))

Using tree ring chloride concentrations to reconstruct groundwater salination. Center for Applied Geosciences, Universität Tübingen (M.Sc.; supervised by: C. Zarfl, co-supervisor: C. Leven)

Sorptionsmechanismen von Heterozyklen und polyzyklischen aromatischen Kohlenwasserstoffen an Polyethylen- und Polystyrol-Mikropartikel [Sorption mechanisms of heterocyclic compounds and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons to polyethylene and polystyrene microparticles]. Center for Applied Geosciences, Universität Tübingen (B.Sc.; supervised by: C. Zarfl, co-supervisor: J. Kleinteich)

Influence of waste water treatment plant effluents on the bacterial community composition in river sediments. Center for Applied Geosciences, Universität Tübingen (M.Sc.; supervised by: C. Zarfl, co-supervisor: J. Kleinteich)

Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture in Coastal Bangladesh - A socially and ecologically sustainable approach to adapt to climate change? Center for Applied Geosciences, Universität Tübingen (B.Sc.; supervised by: C. Zarfl, co-supervisor: M. Glaser, ZMT)

Characterization of PCB concentrations in air and soil in the vicinity of a point source. Center for Applied Geosciences, Universität Tübingen (M.Sc.; supervised by: P. Grathwohl, co-supervisor: C. Zarfl)

Folgen von Stauseen künftiger Wasserkraftwerke in Afrika – Abschätzung notwendiger Umsiedlungen mit Hilfe von GIS-Analysen. [Consequences of future hydropower reservoirs in Africa – Estimating human population relocation based on GIS analysis.]. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. University of Osnabrück (B.Sc.; supervisor: J. Berlekamp, co-supervisor: C. Zarfl (Universität Tübingen))

Impact of microplastics on microorganism communities in freshwater sediments. Center for Applied Geosciences, Universität Tübingen (B.Sc.; supervised by: C. Zarfl, co-supervisor: Dr. J. Kleinteich)

Modellierung von Nitrat nach Brandunglück in der Jagst. [Modelling of nitrate in the River Jagst after fire disaster.]. Center for Applied Geosciences, Universität Tübingen (B.Sc.; supervised by: C. Zarfl, co-supervisor: J. Kleinteich)

Assessing biodiversity and validating metabarcoding results using the ectomycorrhizal fungal genus Cortinarius as a model group. Center for Applied Geosciences, Universität Tübingen (M.Sc.; supervised by: C. Zarfl, co-supervisor: Dr. Garnica, Dr. Nieselt)