Plant Ecology, Conservation Biology, Landscape Genomics

The focus of my research is on examining the impact of habitat fragmentation on gene- to species-level aspects of biodiversity and related ecosystem services.

biogeochemistry, isotope geochemistry, soil science

soil erosion in Alpine areas radiogenic isotopes to track soil erosion stable isotopes to determine soil degradation wetland processes and degradation

Natural Resources

Ecology, Behavioural Ecology, Chemical Ecology, Evolutionary Ecology

Natural Resources

Functional Plant Ecology, Ecophysiology, Plant-plant and Plant-soil interactions, Ecological interactions, Drylands, Arid and Alpine systems

Biogeochemical cycles, vegetation modelling, climate change

Interactions between climate change - changes in land use - terrestrial ecosystems Interactions between fire–climate–vegetation

Rural development, environmental studies, gender, race and ethnicity studies, feminist studies, political ecology, transdisciplinary science and participatory methodologies

Geophysics, Geodynamics, Geothermal modeling, Diamond exploration

Lithosphere (crust and upper mantle) structure and composition from joint modeling of geophysical (seismic, gravity, thermal) and petrological data Geodynamic interpretations These include academic problems related to: - Formation and evolution of Precambrian lithosphere - Kimberlite magmatism, diamond potential, mineral deposits and structure of continental lithosphere - Continental rifting, evolution of the Arctic shelves and passive margins - Thermal structure and evolution of oceanic lithosphere - Geodynamics of subduction zones and active margins

Cities as socio-ecological systems

Systemic solutions for sustainable urban development, Urban ecosystem services and green infrastructure, Urban human-nature interactions, Urban agriculture and edible cities, Urban deep ecology

Earth and the Terrestrial Planets: structure, history and models

Ionospheric response to earthquakes, tsunami propagation and volcano eruptions. Acoustic-gravity waves, shock waves, Rayleigh surface waves in the ionosphere. Ionospheric Seismology. Ionospheric response to geomagnetic storms (ionospheric storms). Solar activity and ionosphere. Global electron content of the ionosphere. Ionospheric response to Solar flares. Space Weather. GNSS performance during geomagnetically disturbed conditions and during Solar radio bursts.

Hydrogeology and catchment hydrology; multiscale modelling for geologic and hydrologic systems; scale of hydrologic systems; stochastic processes

Optimal complexity of hydrologic models Model uncertainty

Physical oceanography and dynamics of the climate system

Large-scale ocean circulation Ocean-atmosphere interaction Seasonal to decadal climate prediction Data assimilation and ensemble generation Oceanic observing system design Detection of climate change

Natural Resources, Carbon and Nutrient Biogeochemistry, Hydrology, Streams and Riparian zones, Urban Streams, Mediterranean zones, Intermittent streams

Ecology, Biogeochemistry, Forest ecology, Stream ecology

Prehistoric Archaeology

Archaeology, Prehistory, Anthropology, Social sciences, Humanities, Archaeometry, Geology, Paleoenvironment European Neolithic, specifically: the Settlement during the Neolithic in the Alps and the Bell Beaker Culture in Europe during the 3rd millenium BC, the European Chalcolithic: ceramics, copper, peopling history, settlement, spatial analysis, isotopes Pb, Sr Middle Palaeolithic, anthropology of Neandertal, occupations of territory, lithic technology, in Asia and in Europe Archaeological Excavation in the Eremita Cave in Piémont, Italy. Since 2012 ; international project.

Hydrology, Hydrological Processes, Experimental Hydrology, Eco-Hydrology

Investigation of hydrological processes with innovative experimental methods and numerical modelling: Influence of geomorphology, geology, vegetation, subsurface structures and preferential flow on hydrological response and water storage Soil moisture as a control for runoff response Use of tracers for the investigation of hydrological processes: stable isotopes, dye tracers, geogenic tracers, temperature Hillslope-stream connectivity Investigation of groundwater-surface water interactions with various methods, e.g. high spatial resolution fibre optic temperature sensing Dynamics and controls of groundwater recharge Connecting paleo-climatic proxy time series with recent hydrological data sets

Microbiology, biogeochemistry

Geomicrobiology Methane biogeochemistry Ecology of chemosynthetic habitats Microbial biodiversity Microbial processes of early diagenesis in deep-sea sediments Effects of pressure and temperature on microbial processes Pelago-benthic coupling in Polar Seas General Microbial Ecology Microbial symbiosis Deep-sea ecology Marine carbon cycle

Mineralogy, crystallography, mineral physics

High-pressure and high-temperature experiments with a diamond anvil cell Phase transitions Solid solutions X-ray diffraction Equations of state

Terrestrial palaeoclimatology

Development of precipitation in the Neogene of the western Mediterranean and the Paratethys region – implications for geodynamics, palaeo-oceanography and biosphere evolution Development of precipitation and continental drainage of Siberian rivers in the Neogene – implications for the palaeo-oceanography of the Arctic Ocean Development of precipitation and continental drainage of the Danube in the Neogene – implications for the palaeo-oceanography of the Mediterranean The Cenozoic continentalisation of Eurasia

Soil thermal, hydrologic and geochemical processes Permafrost–atmosphere energy balance Water balance measuring and modelling

Physical volcanology; Ash dispersal and sedimentation; Volcanic hazard; Volcanic risk

My research focuses on various aspects of explosive volcanism and volcanic risk based on the integration of field, experimental and numerical approaches.

Geomicrobiology

Microbial carbon cycle of hydrothermal systems

Geology, non-destructive 3D imaging, X-ray CT

weathering and conservation of geomaterials, pore scale processes, advanced 3D imaging techniques

Meteorology

Remote sensing Cloud physics Hydrological cycle

International climate policy, Energy studies, Innovation studies

Political economy of energy and climate policy Climate-neutral industry Climate change mitigation technology transfer

Planetary science

Earth rotation Earth interior Planet rotation Planet interior

Natural Resources

Functional ecology, Forest ecology, Evolutionary ecology

Hydrology, Hydrogeology and Water Resources

Water Science and Engineering, including Eco-Hydrology Environmental Science and Engineering Climate Change Science Earth System Science

Geophysics

Global and theoretical seismology, Earth's deep interior

Earth science, specifically hydrology and water resource management

Global-scale modelling of water resources and their use under the influence of globalisation Participative methods: modelling of societal actors in order to identify sustainable action strategies

Atmospheric Dynamics and Prediction

Atmospheric Teleconnections El Nino Southern Oscillation sub-seasonal to seasonal prediction statistical and numerical modelling

Issues at the intersection of agricultural sciences, agricultural engineering, and hydrology. Evaluating processes under the conditions of climate change. Deriving technical and procedural adjustments. Developing hydrological balances for procedures and branches of industry as the basis of further technical/procedural developments.

Linking scales (continuing to develop instruments in order to predict the interactions between resource use and the impact of measures at different scales). Developing solutions that combine food security and water efficiency.

Paleolimnology, Paleoclimatology, Limnogeology, Sedimentology

Early Human Impacts, fossil molecules, compound specific isotopes

Tectonics, Metamorphic Petrology, Economic Geology

Tectonic processes in the Archaean and Proterozoic Orogenic Gold Deposits Hydrothermal Processes

Palaeobotany; Vascular cryptogam and bryophyte systematics, phylogeny, morphology, evolution

Anatomy and morphology of early land plants. Evolution of early terrestrial ecosystems in the Silurian and Devonian. Interactions between animals and plants. Geochemistry of early land plants. Impacts of early plants on lithosphere and atmosphere

Meteorology, Climate Science, Atmospheric Physics

Aerosol-cloud-climate interactions, cloud microphysics, aerosol physics, climate modeling, large-eddy simulation

Natural resources, clay minerals, layered minerals

Identification of structural features of layer silicates and their manipulation Optimisation of natural resources in industry, including the ceramics, paper, and foundry industries Water binding in layered minerals Thermal analysis

Physical Geography

Water Resources Management, Eco-Hydrology, (Flood / drought) Risk Management, human-water research, transdisciplinary Methods, socio-ecological research, socio-technical Tools

Crystallography, Structural chemistry, High-pressure science, Pharmaceutical sciences

Crystallisation and crystal growth of molecular crystals under non-ambient conditions (low temperature; high pressure) X-ray diffraction under non-ambient conditions Polymorphism, hydration and phase transitions of molecular crystals, with an emphasis on pharmaceuticals Non-covalent interactions in molecular crystals (e.g. hydrogen bonding) Dynamic processes in molecular crystals (e.g. disorder, thermal motion)

Food science, biopolymers, food preservation, packaging

Agrochemistry and food technology Throughout my scientific career, I have developed a multidisciplinary cutting-edge background which spans from characterization of foods to the development of highly functional biopolymers by means of nanotechnology using a broad range of analytical techniques.

Natural Resources

Evolutionary biology

Hydrology, Ecohydrology, Water Resources Management, hydrological modelling

sustainable river basin management integrated ecohydrological modelling sustainable water management in rural areas

Vertebrate Paleontology, Evolutionary Developmental Biology

I am interested in the evolution and development of vertebrate body plans and the relationship between ontogeny and phylogeny throughout the evolutionary history of tetrapods (animals with four extremities). Specifically, my main research focus is on the evolutionary and developmental biology of amphibians combining data from the fossil record and extant taxa to gain a broad perspective for the evolutionary history of amphibians through deep time. Thereby I seek to understand the evolution of developmental pathways and the acquisition of the derived morphologies seen in the modern taxa, which will ultimately help to elucidate the controversial origins of the three modern amphibian groups.

Natural Resources

Ecology

Natural Resources

Oceanography, Limnology, Contaminants, Mercury, Microbiology

Chemical Science, Chemical Engineering and Technologies

Renewable Energy, Environment, Climate change, Biomass, Hydrogen, CO2 emissions mitigation

Social Ecology, Environmental History, Interdisciplinary Sustainability Sciences

Sustainability, Industrialization, Land Use, Climate Change

Life sciences (evolutionary and molecular biology, parasitology)

Parasitology, Global health, Infectious diseases, Epigenetics and genomics, Evolution and adaptation, Malaria, Mosquitoes

Geosciences, Geomagnetism, Paleomagnetism, Rock-magnetism

Geomagnetic field changes, Paleointensity, Environmental magnetism, Archeomagnetism

Chemical Science and Technologies

CO2 capture, Adsorption, Biomass, Energy

Marine Geology (Sedimentology) , Paleoclimatology based on Antarctic records, Paleoseismicity

Marine geosciences, East Antarctic Ice Sheet, Climate Change, Antarctic Deglaciation, Paleoecology and Environmental chemistry, Sedimentological processes in active margins, Natural Hazards: earthquakes, tsunamis, sea level rise

Geophysics, Seismology

Animal evolution and diversification, geochemistry, proxies for ancient and modern water column chemistries, developmental biology, tumor biology, cell stemness

To explore how environmental, molecular, or ecological factors contributed to the late but dramatic diversification of animals on Earth, by applying geochemical, molecular, biological, and paleontological methods and insight.

Numerical modelling, tectonics, tectonic geomorphology, geodynamics

Numerical modelling of the interaction between tectonics and processes on the Earth's surface on different time scales

Palaeoanthropology, Human Evolution, Neanderthals, Palaeolithic Archaeology, Morphometry and 3D Visualization

Neanderthal evolution, modern human origins and the application of 3-D geometric morphometric methods to paleoanthropology, primate and human evolution, evolutionary theory, evolution of primate and human life-history, the relationship of morphological variability to population history and the environment, Paleolithic archaeology

Oceanography

Southern Ocean Iron limitation and consequences for the carbon pump and microbial diversity Connection between iron chemistry with iron bioavailability Role of microbes in the carbon pump Use of genetically modified organisms (bioreporter) to map iron limitation

hydrology, hydrochemistry, water quality, diffuse environmental pollution, agriculture, land use

Catchment science Wetland hydrochemistry and management Land use and diffuse pollution Freshwater quality

Climate Sciences/ Atmospheric Science/ Statistical climatology

Causes of observed climate change: Contribution of modes of climate variability and of external drivers to recent observed changes, including greenhouse gas increases, changes in the sun, volcanism, aerosols. Variability and change in climatic extremes and precipitation. Estimating climate sensitivity and other climate system properties from observations

Statistical Physics, Complex Systems

Ecological Models, Language Dynamics, Econophysics

ecology, agroecology, bioenergy, ecosystem services

seminatural grassland productivity and ecosystem services, bioenergy from agriculture

Atmospheres of extrasolar planets and brown dwarfs,in particular 1) atmosphere chemistry and cloud formation, 2) lightning and electrification of atmospheres and clouds, 3) interdisciplinary approaches

Cloud formation modelling (kinetic, microphysical approach) in chemically diverse atmospheres Mineral and carbon clouds and their effect on the atmosphere Lightning modelling for extrasolar planets 3D global circulation in exoplanets Chemical diversity of extrasolar planets

Earth Sciences

Current and past climate change, evolution and adaptation of marine unicellular algae

Atmospheric physics

Clouds and convective processes Land/atmosphere interactions High-resolution simulations of weather and climate

Physical Geography

Paleoclimate, speleoscience The goal of my research is to improve the knowledge of patterns and drivers behind Late Pleistocene and Holocene climate variability, mainly through studies of cave speleothems. Current geographical focus is on Eastern Mediterranean. A central theme is to add an empirical long term dimension to current issues of climate, environment and development and the interactions between climate, human societies and their resource use.

Atmospheric physics, meteorology

Cloud physics, aerosol–cloud interactions

marine geology, habitat mapping, sediment dynamics, GIS

cold-water corals, submarine canyons, hydrothermal vents, contourite systems

Ocean biogeochemistry

My research interests span the areas of marine carbon cycle, its relation to climate and ocean acidification. I have a specific interest in applying and developing models of ocean biogeochemical cycles for stand-alone calculations and/or as components of Earth system models.

Meteorology, Regional Climate Modeling

Climate Change, Hydrological Cycle, Regional Climate Development, Climate Services

Taxonomy, phylogeny and evolutionary ecology of the Porifera (sponges)

Benthic ecology of deep-sea and Polar environments Diversity, ecology and zoogeography of Antarctic and Arctic sponges Diversity, zoogeography, phylogeny and evolutionary ecology of deep-sea sponges Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Hexactinellida (Glass sponges) Taxonomy and ecology of the sponges in the Chinese Yellow Sea Phylogeny of fresh water sponges Palaeobiology of the Porifera

Geophysics, oceanography, electromagnetism

Marine geophysical investigations of tectonic processes Exploration of marine resources Developing marine deep-sea instrumentation Developing data-interpretation algorithms

Climate change, biodiversity

Disturbance ecology Extreme weather events Winter climate change Fires Changes in land use Resilience Vegetation dynamics Ecosystem functions Nature conservation research Global ecosystem comparisons

Ecotoxicology, In vitro toxicology, Environmental pollution studies, Nanotoxicology, Antimicrobial compounds and their mechanism of action

Belongs to the top 1% most cited scientists worldwide in two areas: Environment/Ecology and Pharmacology and Toxicology (ISI-ESI) Her Lab was among the first ones in nanoecotoxicological studies of metal oxide nanoparticles and currently the nanotoxicology is her main research interest As a microbiologist by background, she is interested in nanomaterials-based antimicrobial compounds that could be incorporated to various antimicrobial surfaces, as increased resistance of microbes to antibiotics is a worldwide problem and healthcare-associated infections are a significant issue of public health.

Functionalization of ceramic materials using molecular design of precursors and development of polymer-derived ceramics, sol-gel processes for manufacturing; phosphor powder and ceramic development for solid state lighting

light converting phosphors, optically active ceramics Developing powder for cathode materials forLi-Ion Battery nanomaterials, phosphors for solid state lighting and medical application

Political Ecology, Legal Anthropology; Mobility Studies; Migration, Refugees, Environmental Anthropology; Science, Technology and Society (STS)

Maritime Social Sciences Migration regimes and border regimes Transnationalisation and globalisation processes Environmental migration Social and cultural effects of climate change Mediterranean region Oceania European Union

Mineralogy, Experimental petrology, Thermodynamics

Stabilities and phase relations of geologically relevant minerals High-pressure, high-temperature behaviour of minerals Crystal chemistry Phase transitions studied in-situ Spectroscopic methods

Soil science

Organic matter in soils Role of soils in the carbon cycle Organo-mineral compounds in soils

Evolutionary Paleobiology, hard tissue paleohistology

Life History Evolution Evolutionary Ecology Evolutionary Physiology Islands and other Resource-limited Environments Trends and Rules in Evolution Evolution of Brain and Nervous System

Geophysics

Marine natural hazards (earthquakes, tsunamis) Ocean depths Plate tectonics Subduction zones Marine geodesy Marine geology and geophysics Seismology

Climate modelling, atmospheric aerosols

Aerosol radiative effects, aerosol-cloud interactions Remote climate impacts Subgrid-scale phenomena in climate models Climate engineering

Human geography: Urban and social geography of Southeast Asia (Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam), India, China, Switzerland

Research on megacities, urban and regional development, migration Research topics: dynamics of development, governance, informality, preservation of natural resources, water supply, processes of transformation, risk and conflict research, cultural heritage, urban health, urban economies Regional focus: Southeast Asia (Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam), India and China Cities: Bangkok, Yangon, Guangzhou/Pearl River Delta, Hong Kong, Delhi, Pune, Mumbai, Jakarta, Ho Chi Minh City

Geophysics - Seismics

Seismic methods in applied geophysics Sub-/seismic deformation analysis Geophysical imaging of deformation and mass transport Geodynamic interpretation

biodiversity and nature, ecology, conservation, tourism, tourism ecology, conservation

Plant distribution, Population biology, Conservation biology, Nature tourism planning and Impacts

Geomicrobiology, Biogeosciences, Microbial Ecology, Biodiversity

My research interests address the role of microorganisms in the cycling of elements with a focus on aquatic environments. Based on my background in geosciences I always worked on the elucidation of physical or chemical properties which dictate or at least affect the life of microbes in their niche and to shed light on geochemical changes mediated by microbial activities. The biological formation of minerals or the reductive dissolution of iron oxides and its consequences for heavy metal mobility is a beautiful example for the important role of microorganisms in biogeochemical cycles, which I have been working on for the last 15 years.

Lake restoration under a changing climate

Rangeland ecology, ecosystem functioning, Global Change, biodiversity

Functional biodiversity and its role for ecosystem stability and productivity Functioning & ecosystem services of terrestrial ecosystems in the face of global environmental change Harnessing land users' ecological knowledge for developing feasible strategies of natural resource management Resilience of pastoral social-ecological systems to global environmental change Synergies and trade-offs between ecosystem services

Marine biology

Marine microbiology Microbial matter streams in the oceans Carbon and nitrogen conversion

Atmospheric Physics, Meteorology

Cloud physics, ice nucleation, aerosol processes, climate modelling, aerosol-cloud interactions, aerosol and cloud radiative effects

Dynamical meteorology, atmospheric modelling, climate change

Stratosphere-troposphere dynamical and chemical coupling Atmospheric gravity waves

Climatology, Meteorology

Oceanography, Tropical climate variability, Air-sea interactions, Ocean wave propagation, Teleconnections, Climate modeling

The chemistry of the atmosphere

Studies of oxidation processes in the atmosphere by means of field measurements of reactive trace elements Developing instruments based on laser-induced fluorescence for use on research aircraft, ships or measurement towers

Anthropocene, environmental oscillations, climate change, global change, global health, geochemistry and pollution, thresholds, fossil organic compounds, palaeoceanography, palaeoclimate, natural sciences, history, archaeology

Within the Anthropocene new epoch, the consequences of environmental oscillations at time scales relevant to human life and societal development are as yet to be explored. My research interest lies in setting boundaries to possible causes of changes occurring when thresholds are crossed in the Earth’s system: involving the temporal and spatial distribution of insolation, volcanic activity, wind patterns, ocean’s thermohaline pump, extension and retreat of marine and continental ice and the chemistry of the atmosphere. The Arctic, North Atlantic and Mediterranean regions are taken as the laboratory for tracing these processes and the tools for detecting them are fossil organic compounds originally forming part of diverse organisms, such as bacteria, archaea or eucarya (e.g. marine and terrestrial flora). The study of how transition phenomena occur in the past and present will place events to come in their proper context.

Hydrogeology

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

Meteorology

Quantification of natural climate variability Climate modelling (stratosphere–troposphere interactions) Analysis and interpretation of geodetic monitoring data for climate studies Simulation of atmospheric–hydrospheric processes

Economic Geography, Urban and Regional Development/Planning

Urban and Regional Development Entrepreneurship Innovation Industry Studies Economic Development Policy

Natural Resources, Ecology

Phenology, Plant-animal interactions

Cartography and geodesy

Spatio-temporal geodata modelling and integration Cartographic perception and cognition Mobile data and map services on the Internet 3-D urban information systems / virtual reality Multimodal navigation algorithms Pattern recognition and generalisation of geoinformation Geovisual analysis

Building materials (microstructure, physicochemical properties, durability)

Applied mineralogy with an emphasis on building materials Phase and microstructure development during cement hydration Reactivity of additives for concrete and cement components (fly ash, ground granulated blast-furnace slag, inter alia) Damage mechanisms in building materials (moisture and frost damage, sulphate resistance, alkali/silicic acid reactions inter alia) Characterising micro and nanostructure and interpreting the results with respect to building material properties of practical relevance

Air pollution

Air quality, Air pollution, Atmospheric aerosol, Secondary organic aerosol

Biosciences and Environment (Global Change); Ecology (Community Ecology); Biodiversity

Processes behind the structure and diversity of plant communities in time and space The role of biotic interactions (e. g. mycorrhizal symbiosis and pollination) in shaping of plant populations and communities in changing world Local and global diversity patterns of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi Soil metagenomics - the study of soil molecular diversity influencing the visible patterns across ecosystems

Human Geography

Analysis of institutional dimensions of livelihood strategies Impact of globalisation processes Local resource-use conflicts Labour migration patterns Nature conservation, and development and participation processes focusing on South Asia, Central Asia and Switzerland

Geohydrology

characterization of flow and transport in geological media, with special interest in multiphase flow, coupled processes and modeling of heterogeneous systems Both fundamental questions as well as applications, that range from pollutant transport to energy research, geological storage of CO2, nuclear waste disposal and shale gas recovery

Mikropaläontologie, Isotopengeochemie, Paläoklimatologie, Sedimentologie, Paläoozeanographie

Environmental changes in Central Asia and Siberia Large and small continental lake systems Hydrology in arid regions Paleoclimate reconstructions during the last glacial cycles

Biodiversity of mycorrhizal fungi, Community ecology, Soil biota, Biodiversity databases, Bioinformatical solutions in ecology, Applications of soil biota in agriculture and restoration

My team developed a DNA-sequence based nomenclature system for recognising and identifying arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi in the environment. My team runs a biodiversity database (MaarjAM) collating AM fungal occurrence and ecological information. I am interested in understanding the roles of soil biota, including AM fungi, in functioning of natural and antropogenic ecosystems, and their roles in biodiversity patterns at small to large spatial scales. I am interested in applying the soil biota (incl AM fungi), and utilising their natural functioning, for food production and conservation, including restoration of habitats.

Civil engineering, Structural engineering, Architecture

Construction engineering, Solid construction, Building materials, Strengthening, Repair, Textile reinforced concrete, Carbon concrete, Material flow analyses, Resource conservation, Resource efficiency, Recycling, Circular economy, Social ecology, Green building, Natural hazards, Vulnerability assessment, Risk assessment, Risk prevention measures, Uncertainty analyses

Belowground ecology of ecosystems, Root ecology

Plant root-rhizobiome interactions, Growth dynamic, Adaptation in global change, Ecosystem ecology, Carbon and nutrients budgets

Natural Resources, Plant ecology, Functional ecology

Functional plant ecology, Plant adaptation to atypical substrates

Computational Archaeology (Archaeoinformatics, Digital Archaeology), Aegean Bronze Age Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Digital Humanities

Archaeology of cities and settlements, landscape archaeology, spatial analysis, 3D modelling, urban networks, Geographic Information Systems, computer simulation

Ecotoxicology, water law and policy, Transdisciplinary research

My bio-physical research has focused within the stressor-response domain where I contributed to the use of increased “environmental realism” in experimental ecotoxicology, particularly in regard to salt as a toxicant and salinisation as a stressor exacerbated by climate change. I developed and applied the use of artificial stream systems, riverine test organisms, river water as the test system and longer term exposures in the development of appropriate water quality guidelines. I worked in the domain of integration and implementation, where I investigated approaches and methods through which research is effectively applied and contributes to on-the–ground improvements to environmental health. This is the concept of ‘balancing resource protection and use’.

Palaeontology, particularly invertebrate molluscs Stratigraphy: age determination of geological formations, in particular that of sedimentary rock Palaeogeographic reconstruction and maps, of Europe in particular

Geochemistry, support for young researchers in the natural sciences

Empirical education research Motivation research Expertise research Promoting the gifted and talented Marine evaporites Palaeoceanography

Environmental Risk Management, Environmental decision-making

My research has bridged the gap between the formal approaches to environmental management and the social dimensions, enhancing effective institutional decision-making including the optimisation of consensus in decision-making. The research over some 30-years has sat at the interface between science and expert knowledge and decision processes and societal attitudes and responses.

Intellectual history, political theory, history of moral philosophy, early modern and modern political and international political thought, theory of history.

Eighteenth-century moral and political thought (particularly theories of sympathy, empathy, autonomy, patriotism, cosmopolitanism and peace), Early modern, modern and contemporary theories of self-determination (of peoples), Autonomy and self-government, theories and justifications of humanitarian intervention, Intellectual history of human rights, Meta-theoretical and methodological issues in political theory and in studying history of political thought (contextualism, methodological pluralism)

Environmental geochemistry

Identification, quantification and structural characterisation of anorganic and organometallic trace elements in aqueous and gaseous phase Analytic coupling techniques such as IC-ICP-MS, ES-MS and GC split ICP-MS//MS; XAS Microbially catalysed redox conversions with a focus on extremophiles from geothermal environments Uptake, conversion, (eco-)toxicity and detoxification pathways of toxic trace elements in plants and human cells Sorption processes of redox-sensitive trace elements Hydrogeochemical modelling (equilibrium, kinetics, reactive transport)

Climate science

Two-way coupling of human activity and climate via the terrestrial biosphere 1. Effects of land use change on climate and the carbon cycle. About two thirds of the Earth's land surface are directly affected by human land use activities, in particular by deforestation, agricultural expansion, and urbanization. Using Earth system models and developing datasets of land use change, I simulate the impact of land use on the exchange of water, carbon, momentum, and energy between the land surface and the atmosphere. This allows me to analyze the resulting changes in climate, land carbon stocks, and the atmospheric CO2 concentration on the local to global scale. Key questions refer to the human contribution to past and present climate change, strengths of feedbacks, and the mitigation potential of afforestation. 2. Land management and climate. The looming scarcity of land resources will continue to cause intensification of agriculture and stronger management of forest, yet management effects are poorly represented in current climate models. I am currently working on integrating forest management into an Earth system model to test the susceptibility of climate to changes in management methods, including such of adaptation. 3. Early beginning of the Anthropocene. By land use change and industrial activity, humans have substantially modified all aspects of our environment. Through reconstruction of historical population and land use data and paleoclimate simulations of the last millennium I have assessed at which point in the Holocene humans have altered the Earth system significantly for the first time. 4. Climate impacts on food security. While most of my research investigates the impact of humans on climate, here I assess the other direction of this feedback loop. Focus lies on the effects of geoengineering on crop yields.

Bioarchaeology, environmental archaeology

Palaeoethnobotany The origins and evolution of agriculture Palaeoecology Environmental archaeology of the Near East Palaeoclimate models in archaeology Stable isotopes in archaeology

Biogeochemical cyclesClimate changePlant-soil-atmosphere interactions

Biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) in plant ecophysiological context, in soil, and at ecosystem level Abiotic stresses and natural ecosystems Arctic terrestrial ecosystems

Volcano physics, earthquake physics

Physics of volcanic systems Physics of the earthquake source Analogue experiments in volcanology Theoretical models in crustal deformation Volcano seismicity Induced seismicity Earthquake statistics Propagation and storage of fluids in the crust Fracture mechanics

Paleoceanography, low temperature geochemistry, chemical oceanography, deep sea ecosystems

Mathematical modelling of biological systems. Especially modelling of plant-soil interaction, blood and lymphatic system function in mammalian body, cancer modelling.

Imaging and modelling in biology. Especially imaging using multi scale X-ray CT and image based model development.

Biogeosciences, Plant ecophysiology

Biosphere-atmosphere interactions Carbon and water cycles of forest ecosystems Stress physiology of plants

Biomaterials, Biomimetics, Biosensors, Biomarkers

Electrical biosensors Optical Biosensors Photovoltaics

Natural Resources, Agricultural Sciences

Horticulture, Plant Physiology, Molecular Assisted Breeding, Paleogenomics, Sustainable Agriculture, Agrochemicals, Climate Change

Earth and planetary interiors, experimentation at extreme conditions, X-ray synchrotron-based techniques.

The Earth and other planets: how they formed, what is their internal structure, their composition, and their dynamics Physical and chemical properties exhibited by planetary materials at the extreme pressure and temperatures conditions found inside planets Physical properties of non-crystalline materials at extreme conditions Synthesis of noble gases compounds at extreme conditions

Hydrology, snow and glacier hydrology, rainfall-runoff modelling, Bayesian parameter inference, uncertainty estimation, hydrological processes, hydropower

My work is focused on the question of how to increase our understanding of the water cycle with the help of models and field observations. The ultimate goal is hereby to improve hydrologic prediction at different spatio-temporal scales to address urgent water resources management questions.

Soil Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Biogeochemistry, Soil and Water, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance - Relaxometry, Environmental iInterfacial and colloidal Chemistry, Atomic Force Microscopy, Thermal Analysis

Soil interfacial chemistry, water repellency, SOM-Water interactions, microgel aggregate stabilization, soil-plant-interactions, biogeochemical interfaces, soil organic matter, binding and bioavailability of organic chemicals, fate and effects of engineered nanoparticles in soil and water, fate and effects of low quality waste waters and the waste water of the olive oil production

Sedimentary basin dynamics, 3D data integration, stuctural modeling, Subsurface utitlization, geoenergy

Geodynamics and deformation of sedimentary basins on various scales Geoenergy and utilization of the subsurface Integration of geoscientific observations into 3-D models of the subsurface Simulation of coupled thermal-hydraulic-mechanical processes Thermal field Structure of subjacent crust and lithosphere Gravity and isostasy Interpretation of seismic data Structural and subsidence analysis Salt dynamics

Geophysics, seismology

Earthquake activity of volcanoes and mid-ocean ridges Structure of the Earth's crust Seismic signals from volcanoes, glaciers and icebergs

Marine ecosystems, Palaeobiology, Palaeoecology, Climate Change, Ocean acidification

Biotic response to climate change effect of climate change and ocean acidification on ecology and evolution of marine organisms environmental impact associated with critical transitions in Earth history biomineralisation of marine calcifiers and its impact on palaeoclimate proxies reconstructing past climates

Geology

Causes and effects of climate change on continental, aquatic ecosystems Biodiversity Extreme hydrological events and patterns Interaction between humans and the landscape Regional research concentrations: Central Europe, the Balkans, North, Central and South America, Tibet