Topics
- Analyses of water samples, soil samples and soil extracts by TOC, ICP-OES, ICP-MS, Continuous Flow Analyzer
- Sodium retention in the phyllosphere of a tropical montane forest in the Andes of southern Ecuador
- Sodium demand of soil fauna and of microorganisms in tropical forest ecosystems in Ecuador
- Nitrogen minaralization along an altitudinal gradient in a tropical Andean ecosystem in Ecuador
Curriculum Vitae
| Since 2020 | Technical research assistant in the Laboratory of Soil Biogeochemistry of the Geomorphology and Soil Science Group at the Institute of Geography and Geoecology of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. |
| 2015-2020 | Research assistant in the Laboratory of Soil Biogeochemistry of the Geomorphology and Soil Science Group at the Institute of Geography and Geoecology of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. |
| Since 2017 | Study of Geoecology (M.Sc.) at the Institute of Geography and Geoecology of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Title of the Master thesis: „Nitrogen availability by mineralization of organic matter in relation to climate and land use change along an altitudinal gradient in a tropical andean ecosystem in Ecuador“. |
| 2012-2017 | Study of Geoecology (B.Sc.) at the Institute of Geography and Geoecology of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Title of the Bachelor thesis: „Sodium uptake in the canopy of a tropical montane rainforest in southern Ecuador“. |
Projects
| Since 2018 | Nutrient supply as driver of biomass production and associated ecosystem water fluxes along a land-use and climate gradient (DFG, WI 1601/26-1). The project is part of the DFG Research Unit 2730 - Environmental changes in biodiversity hotspot ecosystems of South Ecuador: response and feedback effects (RESPECT). www.tropicalmountainforest.org |
| 2015-2017 | Nutrient cycles and their response to climate change in a tropical montane rain forest in the Andes of South Ecuador. Project of the Research Platform DFG PAK 823-825: Platform for Biodiversity, Ecosystem Monitoring and Research in South Ecuador. www.tropicalmountainforest.org |
Presentations
Oral presentations
Fabian, T., Velescu, A., Nellessen, T., Wilcke, W. (2019): Sodium limitation of soil fauna affects decomposition processes in a tropical montane forest in South Ecuador. Conference of the German Society of Soil Science and of the Swiss Soil Science Society, 25.-28. August 2019, Bern.
Fabian, T., Velescu, A., Wilcke, W. (2018): Sodium retention in the canopy of a tropical montane forest in South Ecuador. Annual Conference of the Society for Tropical Ecology, 26.-30. March 2018, Paris.
Poster
Fabian, T., Velescu, A., Nellessen, T., Wilcke, W. (2019): Sodium limitation of soil fauna affects decomposition processes in a tropical montane forest in South Ecuador. Status symposium of the DFG Research Unit 2730, 7.-8. October 2019, Loja, Ecuador.
Fabian, T., Velescu, A., Camenzind, T., Wilcke, W., Rillig, M.C. (2017): Sodium in a tropical montane forest in South Ecuador: demand of phyllosphere microorganisms and effects on decomposition. Conference of the German Society of Soil Science, 3.-6. September 2017, Göttingen.
Velescu, A., Fabian, T., Wilcke, W. (2016): Nutrient availability drives dissolved organic matter cycling in a tropical montane forest of Ecuador. Annual Conference of the Society for Tropical Ecology, 23.-26. April 2016, Göttingen.
Fabian, T., Velescu, A., Camenzind, T., Wilcke, W., Rillig, M.C. (2016): Sodium shortage increases Na retention in the phyllosphere and affects decomposition processes in a tropical montane forest in South Ecuador. Annual Conference of the Society for Tropical Ecology, 23.-26. April 2016, Göttingen.