Our research focuses on processes in soils and terrestrial ecosystems and their interactions with climate, water, and vegetation.
This includes a broad range of biogeochemical processes in temperate and tropical ecosystems. Particularly, we investigate the influence of biodiversity, climate, and atmospheric deposition (natural or anthropogenic) on nutrient cycling (e.g. C, N, Ca, K, Mg) and pollutants in soils and ecosystems. To realize our goals, we combine element flux measurements with stable isotope ratio analyses (e.g. δ18O, δ13C, δ15N, δ44Ca, δ26Mg, δ66Zn) and various methods of data analysis (e.g. statistical or process-oriented modeling).
Our research