Prof. Gudrun Massmann, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
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Prof. Dr. Gudrun Massmann

Nominated by

  • German Research Foundation (DFG)
  • AcademiaNet member since 17.05.2010
  • AcademiaNet- Selection Criteria


Employed by

  • Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg


Academic Discipline/Fields

  • Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics


Field

Environment



Area of specialisation

Hydrogeology



Research interests

  • Groundwater

  • Interactions between ground and surface water

  • Landscape water regimes

  • Water in the ecosystem

  • Artificial groundwater recharge

  • Coastal hydrogeology

  • Organic trace pollutants/xenobiotics in groundwater

  • Redox sensitivity of organic trace pollutants



Distinctions and Awards

  • Dresden Prize for Groundwater Research, 2003

  • Ernst Reuter Prize, 2003



Interested in

  • Lectures, Management position, Membership in scientific bodies


Languages

English, French, German



Doctorate

  • 2002: Infiltration of River Water into the Groundwater – Investigation and Modelling of Hydraulic and Geo-chemical Processes during Bank Filtration in the Oderbruch, Germany ("Infiltration of river water into the groundwater – Investigation and modelling of hydraulic and geo-chemical processes during bank filtration in the Oderbruch, Germany")


PostDoc qualification, e.g. Habilitation

  • 2009: Urban Water Reuse – Hydrodynamic and Hydro-chemical Aspects of Managed Aquifer Recharge and Natural Bank Filtration and the Behaviour of Selected Organic Micropollutants ("Urban water reuse – Hydrodynamic and hydro-chemical aspects of managed aquifer recharge and natural bank filtration and the behaviour of selected organic micropollutants")




Short CV/Education and training

  • 1991 – 1998
    Studied geology/palaeontology at the University of Bremen, Germany, and the University of Edinburgh, UK

  • 1998
    Diplom degree from the University of Bremen

  • 2002
    Doctorate

  • 2009
    Habilitation (postdoctoral qualification)

Selected publications

  • Massmann, G. et al.: Sulfide oxidation and sulfate reduction in a shallow groundwater system (Oderbruch aquifer, Germany). In: J. of Hydrology 278(1-4), 2003. pp. 231-243.

  • Massmann, G. et al.: On variable density surface water – groundwater interaction: A theoretical analysis of mixed convection in a stably-stratified fresh surface water – saline groundwater discharge zone. In: J. of Hydrology 329 (3-4), 2006. pp. 390-402.

  • Massmann, G. et al.: The impact of variable temperatures on the redox conditions and the behaviour of pharmaceutical residues during artificial recharge. In: J. of Hydrology 328 (1-2), 2006. pp. 141-156.

  • Massmann, G. et al.: Investigation of groundwater residence times during bank filtration in Berlin – a multi-tracer approach. In: Hydrological Processes 22, 2008. pp. 788-801.

  • Massmann, G., Sültenfuß, S., Pekdeger, A.: Analysis of long-term dispersion in a river-recharged aquifer using tritium/helium data, Water Resour. In: Res. 45, 2009. W02431, doi:10.1029/2007WR006746.


Selected projects

  • Investigation of transport processes in the groundwater reservoir of the Oderbruch using the tritium-helium dating method. A German Research Foundation (DFG) project

  • Redox sensitivity and long-term persistence of organic trace pollutants in groundwater – wastewater-bound compounds. A DFG project

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