Colloids and biogeochemical interfaces

About

The aim of the research group is the understanding of the role of interfaces and colloids in biogeochemical processes. One focus lies on biogeochemical interactions within the plant-soil compartment and their coupling to surface and groundwater. The exchange and transfer of nutrients in the solid and liquid phase and at their interface are studied from the molecular scale to the field scale using state-of-the-art physico-chemical and analytical methods such as NMR, field flow fractionation (AF4, SPLITT), microscopy (SEM/TEM, fluorescence), and scattering (light, X-ray). This research is supported by process-oriented modelling and enables us to elucidate biogeochemical processes in the fluxes and cycling of essential elements, especially nutrients.

Research Topics

  • Innovative solutions to sustainable SoilPhosphorus management
  • Colloidal nutrient transport in a forest ecosystem
  • New biochars for the improvement of agricultural soil
  • Microaggregates: formation and turnover of the structural building blocks of soils

Contact

Dr. Nina Siebers

IBG-3

Building 16.6 / Room 3057

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Dr. Anne E. Berns

Senior researcher „Terrestrial biogeochemistry"

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