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)

Photochemical Oxidation and Identification of Transformation Products of PFAS Paper Impregnation Agents on Soil Particles (2022)
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)

Life Cycle Assessment of Caproic and Caprylic Acid Production from Bread Waste (2021)
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)

Asking the Right Question: Investigating Inversion of the Ill-Posed 1-D DC Resistivity Problem (2022)

Environmental Mineralogy / Prof. Stefan Haderlein

Persulfate Activation on Biochars for Enhanced Degradation of the Insect Repellent DEET (2021)
Glyphosate degradation by four microbial strains under phosphorus limiting condtions and application of molecularly imprinted polymers as an enrichment technique (2022)
Biotransformation of Organophosphonates by two microbial soil strains (2024)

Designing and validating a passively aspirated particle measurement system on a small fixed wing unmanned aircraft system (UAS) (2022)

Vertical Connectivity of Groundwater and Stream Water in Headwater Streams (A Case Study in Wiesaz Catchment) (2022)
Valorization of organic waste and evaluation of potentially inhibiting substanced for biogas production in a pilot reactor to be enhanded in operation in Mexico (2022)
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)
On the value of slug tracer injections and the environmental tracer radon for observing hyporheic exchange (2024)

Characterization of Contamination Sources for the Ammer River During a Storm Event (2022)
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

Removal of aqueous contaminants (Cr, As, V, Mo) with Fe-mineral nanoparticles coated onto quartz sand (2022)
Change in microbial bioavailability of iron across a climatic gradient (2022)
Iron redox cycling: Effects of As/Mn-species interaction with iron(III) (oxyhydr)oxides on mineral recrystallization and transformation (2022)
Impacts of Environmental Factors on Microbial Iron(II) Oxidation by Photosynthesis and Chemodenitrification Bacteria: Insights into Fe Mineralogy and Cell-iron-mineral Structure (2024)

Glaciology / Prof. Ilka Weikusat

Calibration of a borehole geometry logger for the 3D deformation of ice sheets and glaciers (2021)

Hydrogeochemistry / Prof. Peter Grathwohl

Effects of bead milling on generation of reduced gases from Sedimentary Rocks (2022)
Spatial and temporal variability of pesticide concentrations in soils from three sites in Baden-Württemberg, Germany (2022)
Analysis of Microplastic and Tire Wear in Suspended River Sediments (2022)
Nitrate reduction potential in carbonate rock from fractured aquifers in SW Germany (2023)

Hydrogeology / Prof. Olaf Cirpka

Partial Reversibility of Dispersion in Heterogeneous Porous Media (2022)
Transient Modeling of Variably Saturated Flow in the Ammer Floodplain (2022)
Hydrogeological characterization of wells at the Lauswiesen Site (2022)
Electrical Conductivity Fluctuations as a Natural Tracer to Determine Time-Dependent Transport Characteristics in Hyporheic Sediments (2022)
Modeling Spring Flow Dynamics with Modflow-USG in Tropical Karst Catchments of Java Island, Indonesia (2022)
Comparison of Fluid Logging Methods to Determine Vertical Distributions of Hydraulic Conductivity in an Unconsolidated Aquifer (2022)
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)

Detection of soil moisture variability using Time-lapse ground-penetrating radar in a controlled field setup (2022)