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Environmental Mineralogy & Environmental System Analysis
Based on a mineralogical and geochemical process understanding, this working group investigates substance fluxes and interrelationships in environmental systems with respect to environmental health and human-environment-interactions. Research activities combine geoecological concepts with soil mineralogy, aerosol research, hydrochemistry, urban geochemistry, urban ecology and microclimatology.
Our research approach uses field and laboratory methods such as air quality platforms or mobile hydrochemical and –physical sensor systems, but also KIT laboratories of AGW and IfGG 
as well as large facilities such as the Synchrotron radiation source ANKA . Evaluation of the results is process oriented and models are applied to specify and simulate complex interactions in environmental systems. The results are used to develop measures to safeguard a healthy, sustainable environment.
This working group is a joint initiative of the Institute of Applied Geosciences and the Institute of Geography and Geoecology (IfGG)
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| +49 721 608-47850 stefan norraBor9∂kit edu CS 50.40 150 |
Norra, Stefan Leiter Arbeitsgruppe Umweltmineralogie und Umweltsystemanalyse |
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| +49 721 608-47613 jonas bauerJdo9∂kit edu |
Bauer, Jonas |
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| +49 721 608-44279 +49 721 608-47877 denise boehnkeLaz6∂kit edu CS 50.40 |
Böhnke, Denise Heike Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin / Projektmanagement |
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| +49 721 608-44878 nicolas boersigTnq3∂kit edu CS 50.40 |
Börsig, Nicolas |
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Pham, Van Cam |
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| +49 721 608-42758 xiaohui tangCsz6∂kit edu CS 50.40 053 |
Tang, Xiaohui |
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| +49 721 608-43322 hoan tranEwv6∂kit edu CS 50.40 |
Tran, Viet Hoan PhD research |
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| +49 721 608 44878 hongyan wangTtq0∂kit edu R052 |
Wang, Hongyan |
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| +49 721 608-44878 andre wilhelmsNra1∂kit edu CS 50.40 052 |
Wilhelms, Andre wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter |
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| +49 721 608-47613 jingwei yangArk1∂kit edu R051 |
Yang, Jingwei |
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Environmental Mineralogy and Environmental System Analysis
(Prof. Dr. Stefan Norra)
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Im Verbundprojekt ViWaT-Engineering arbeiten deutsche und vietnamesische Partner... |
Intact water bodies are amongst the most precious environmental resources for human life.... |
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Geogenic arsenic in the environment
Geogenic arsenic is one of the biggest issues of environmental contamination in the world...
SIGN-DYNAQUA: Development of monitoring technologies within a Sino-German research and development network to study dynamics of water quality in Lake Taihu, China ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
| Autor | Titel | Quelle |
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Schnaiter, M., Linke, C., Ibrahim, I., Kieselev, A., Waitz, F., Leisner, T., Norra, S., Rehm, T. |
Specifying the light-absorbing properties of aerosol particles in fresh snow samples, collected at the Environmental Research Station Schneefernerhaus (UFS), Zugspitze | Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 10829–10844. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-10829-2019 (2019) |
Wang, H., Guo, H., Xiu, W., Bauer, J., Sun, G., Tang, X., Norra, S. |
Indications that weathering of evaporite minerals affects groundwater salinity and As mobilization in aquifers of the northwestern Hetao Basin, China | Applied Geochemistry 109 (2019) 104416. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2019.104416 (2019) |
Shen. X., Vogel, H., Vogel, B., Huang, W., Mohr, C., Ramisetty, R., Leisner, T., Prévôt, A. S. H., Saathoff, H. |
Composition and origin of PM2.5 aerosol particles in the upper Rhine valley in summer | Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2019-441 (2019) |
Huang, W., Saathoff, H., Shen, X., Ramisetty, R., Leisner, T., Mohr, C. |
Seasonal characteristics of organic aerosol chemical composition and volatility in Stuttgart, Germany | Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss. http://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2019-364 (2019) |
Böhnke, D. |
Risiko einer FSME-Infektion infolge individueller Exposition und alimentärer Übertragung | In: Rubel, Franz; Schiffner-Rohe, Julia (2019): FSME in Deutschland. Stand der Wissenschaft. 1. Auflage. Baden-Baden: Deutscher Wissenschaftsverlag (2019) |
Petney, T., Littvin, N., Böhnke, D., Obiegala, A., Schaeffer, M., Muders, S., Pfäffle, M., Pfeffer, M. |
Freilandstudien zu Kleinsäugern und Zecken | In: Rubel, Franz; Schiffner-Rohe, Julia (2019): FSME in Deutschland. Stand der Wissenschaft. 1. Auflage. Baden-Baden: Deutscher Wissenschaftsverlag (2019) |
Shen, X., Saathoff, H., Huang, W., Mohr, C., Ramisetty, R., Leisner, T. |
Understanding atmospheric aerosol particles with improved particle identification and quantification by single-particle mass spectrometry | Atmos. Meas. Tech., 12, 2219-2240, 2019. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-2219-2019 (2019) |
Yang, J., Holbach, A., Wilhelms, A., Qin, Y., Zheng, B., Zou, H., Qin, B., Zhu, G., Norra, S. |
Highly time-resolved analysis of seasonal water dynamics and algal kinetics based on in-situ multi-sensor-system monitoring data in Lake Taihu, China | Science of the Total Environment, 660, 329-339 (2019) |
Liu, H., Fu, C., Ding, G., Fang, Y., Yun, Y., Norra, S. |
Effects of hairy crab breeding on drinking water quality in a shallow lake | Science of the Total Environment 662, 48-56 (2019) |
Huang, W., Saathoff, H., Shen, X., Ramisetty, R., Leisner, T., Mohr, C. |
Chemical Characterization of Highly Functionalized Organonitrates Contribution to Night-Time Organic Aerosol Mass Loadings and Particle Growth | Environ. Sci. Technol. 2019, 53, 1165-1174. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.8b05826 (2019) |
Keller, S., Maier, P.M., Riese, F.M., Norra, S., Holbach, A., Börsig, N., Wilhelms, A., Moldaenke, C., Zaake, A., Hinz, S. |
Hyperspectral data and machine learning for estimating CDOM, chlorophyll a, diatoms, green algae and turbidity | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol. 15, Issue 9, Sept. 2018, Article number 1881 (2018) |
Scholz-Starke, B., Bo, L., Holbach, A., Norra, S., Floehr, T., Hollert, H., Roß-Nickoll, M., Schäffer, A., Ottermanns, R. |
Simulation-based assessment of the impact of fertiliser and herbicide application on freshwater ecosystems at the Three Gorges Reservoir in China | Science of the Total Environment 639, 286–303, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.05.057 (2018) |
van Dam, B.R., Craig, T., Holbach, A., Paerl, H.W., Zhu, G. |
CO2 limited conditions favor cyanobacteria in a hypereutrophic lake: An empirical and theoretical stable isotope study | Limnology and Oceanography, https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.10798 (2018) |
Shen, R., Schäfer, K., Schnelle-Kreis, J., Shao, L., Norra, S., Kramar, U., Michalke, B., Abbaszade, G., Streibel, T., Zimmermann, R., Emeis, S. |
Seasonal variability and source distribution of haze particles from a continuous one-year study in Beijing | Atmospheric Pollution Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2017.12.013 (2018) |
Shen, X., Ramisetty, R., Mohr, C., Huang, W., Leisner, T., Saathoff, H. |
Laser ablation aerosol particle time-of-flight mass spectrometer (LAAPTOF): performance, reference spectra and classification of atmospheric samples | Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 2325-2343, 2018. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-2325-2018 (2018) |
Huang, W., Saathoff, H., Pajunoja, K., Shen, X., Naumann, K., Wagner, R., Virtanen, A., Leisner, T., Mohr, C. |
α-Pinene secondary organic aerosol at low temperature: chemical composition and implications for particle viscosity | Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18 2883-2898, http://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2883-2018 (2018) |
Zheng, B., Qin, Y., Liu, D., Norra, S., Wang, S. |
Thematic issue: water environment of the Three Gorges Reservoir | Environmental Earth Sciences 76 (24), https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-017-7105-8 (2017) |
Tian, Z., Zheng, B., Wang, L., Li, L., Wang, X., Li, H., Norra, S. |
Long term (1997-2014) spatial and temporal variations in nitrogen in Dongting Lake, China | PLOS ONE 12 (2), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0170993 (2017) |
Boehnke, D., Gebhardt, R., Petney, T., Norra, S. |
On the complexity of measuring forests microclimate and interpreting its relevance in habitat ecology: The example of Ixodes ricinus ticks | Parasites and Vectors 10 (1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2498-5 (2017) |
Norra, S. |
Freiräume und Grünflächen - Rückgrat, Reichtum und Vermächtnis des KIT Campus | KIT Campus Kurier 4, Mai 2017, 3-7 (2017) |
Kramar, U., Norra, S., Berner, Z., Kiczka M., Chandrasekharam, D. |
On the distribution and speciation of arsenic in the soil-plant-system of a rice field inWest-Bengal, India: A µ-synchrotron techniques based case study | Applied Geochemistry 77, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2015.11.006 (2017) |
Holbach, A., Scheibelein, A., Wang, L., Bi, Y., Zheng, B., Norra, S. |
Spatial and Temporal Pollution Dynamics in the River-Style Three Gorges Reservoir on the Yangtze River, China | 5th Biennial Symposium of the International Society for River Science (ISRS 2017); 19.-24.11.2017, Hamilton, New Zealand (2017) |
Holbach, A., Wilhelms, A., Qin, Y., Zheng, B., Yang, J., Hua, Z., Qin, B., Norra, S. |
Hydro-Geochemical Characterization of Eutrophication by Phosphorus in Lake Taihu, China | Goldschmidt 2017; 13.-18.08.2017, Paris, France (2017) |
Norra, S., Börsig, N., Holbach, A., Wilhelms, A., Yang, J., Haushahn, P., Moldaenke, C., Zaake, A., Maier, P., Keller, S., Hinz, S., Schmitt, C., Düpmeier, C. |
Smarte online und in-situ operierende Multisensor-Sondensysteme für das moderne Gewässermonitoring | In: Tagungsband - DWA Landesverbandstagung 2017 Baden-Württemberg, Fellbach, S. 217-230 (2017) |
Boehnke, D., Gebhardt, R., Petney, T., Norra, S. |
On the complexity of measuring forests microclimate and interpreting its relevance in habitat ecology: the example of Ixodes ricinus ticks | Parasites & Vectors; DOI: 10.1186/s13071-017-2498-5 (2017) |
Norra, S. |
Freiräume und Grünflächen - Rückgrat, Reichtum und Vermächtnis des KIT Campus. | KIT Campus Kurier 4, 3-7 (2017) |
Norra, S., Guo, H. |
Editorial SI Environmental and Health Roles of Geogenic Arsenic. | Applied Geochemistry 77, 1-3, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2017.01.006 (2017) |
Norra, S., Cheng, Z. |
Urban soils contamination | In: Levin, M.J.; Kim, K.-H.J.; Morel, J.L.; Burghardt, W.; Charzynski., P., Shaw, R.K.: Soils within Cities. 35 – 42. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung. Stuttgart. (2017) |
Guo, H., Zhou, Y., Jia, Y., Tang, X., Li, X., Shen, M., Lu, H., Han, S., Wei, C., Norra, S., Zhang, F. |
Sulfur Cycling-Related Biogeochemical Processes of Arsenic Mobilization in the Western Hetao Basin, China: Evidence from Multiple Isotope Approaches | Environ. Sci. Technol. 50, 12650-12659 (2016) |
Schmidt, K., aus der Beek, T., Dai, X., ... Holbach, A., Norra, S., ... |
Since 2015 the SinoGerman research project SIGN supports water quality improvement in the Taihu region, China | Environ Sci Eur, DOI 10.1186/s12302-016-0092-7 (2016) |
Brugger, K., Boehnke, D., Petney, T., Dobler, G., Pfeffer, M., Silaghi, C., Schaub, G.A., Pinior, B., Dautel, H., Kahl, O., Pfister, K., Süss, J. and Rubel, F. |
A Density Map of the Tick-Borne Encephalitis and Lyme Borreliosis Vector Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) for Germany | Journal of Medical Entomology Advance Access published August 7 (2016) |
Wang, L.-J., Wu, L., Hou, X.-Y., Zheng, B.-H., Li, H., Norra, S. |
Role of reservoir construction in regional land use change in Pengxi River basin upstream of the Three Gorges Reservoir in China | Environ Earth Sci 75, 1048; DOI 10.1007/s12665-016-5758-3 (2016) |
Shen, R., Schäfer, K., Schnelle-Kreis, J., Shao, L., Norra, S., Kramar, U., Michalke, B., Abbaszade, G., Streibel, T., Fricker, M., Chen, Y., Zimmermann, R., Emeis, S., Schmid, H. P. |
Characteristics and sources of PM in seasonal perspective - A case study from one year continuously sampling in Beijing | Atmospheric Pollution Research 7, 235-248 (2016) |
Holbach, A., Norra, S., Haushahn, P., Moldaenke, C. |
Advanced multi-sensor technologies for effective monitoring in Chinese water bodies | Water Solutions 1, 99-103 (2016) |
Petney, T., Lehn, H., Khuntikeo, N., Dolos, K., Norra, S., Holbach, A., Sithithaworn, P., Andrews, R.H., Pfäffle, M. |
Northeast Thailand: New approaches for avoiding water related liver cancer | Water Solutions 1, 118-123 (2016) |
Chen, Y., Schleicher, N., Cen, K., Liu, X., Yu, Y., Zibat, V., Dietze, V., Fricker, M., Kaminski, U., Chen, Y., Chai, F., Norra, S. |
Evaluation of impact factors on PM2.5 based on long-term chemical components analyses in the megacity Beijing, China | Chemosphere 155, 234-242, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.04.052 (2016) |
Chen, Y., Schleicher, N., Fricker, M., Cen, K., Liu, X., Kaminski, U., Yu, Y., Wu, X., Norra, S. |
Long-term variation of black carbon and PM2.5 in Beijing, China with respect to meteorological conditions and governmental measures | Environmental Pollution 212, 269-278, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2016.01.008 (2016) |
Ren C., Wang L., Zheng B., Holbach A. |
Total Nitrogen Sources of the Three Gorges Reservoir - A Spatio-Temporal Approach | PLoS ONE 10(10): e0141458. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0141458 (2015) |
Imhoff, I., Leib, S., Norra, S. |
Ökosystemdienstleistungen und Biodiversität – Entwicklung von Bewertungsmethoden für den urbanen Raum | Forum Geoökologie 26 (2), 36-41, pdf (2015) |
Schleicher, N.J., Schäfer, J., Chen, Y., Blanc, G., Chen, Y., Chai, F., Cen, K., Norra, S. |
Atmospheric particulate mercury in the megacity Beijing: Efficiency of mitigation measures and assessment of health effects | Atmospheric Environment, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.09.040 (2015) |
Norra, S., Yu, Y., Dietze, V., Schleicher, N., Fricker, M., Kaminski, U., Chen, Y., Stüben, D., Cen, K. |
Seasonal dynamics of coarse atmospheric particulate matter between 2.5 μm and 80 μm in Beijing and the impact of 2008 Olympic Games | Atmospheric Environment, doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.08.029 (2015) |
Boehnke, D., Brugger, K., Pfäffle, M., Sebastian, P., Norra, S., Petney, T., Oehme, R., Littwin, N., Lebl, K., Raith, J., Walter, M., Gebhardt, R., Rubel, F. |
Estimating Ixodes ricinus densities on the landscape scale | International Journal of Health Geographics; DOI 10.1186/s12942-015-0015-7 (2015) |
Norra, S. |
Ins Grüne? Auf in die Stadt! | politische ökologie 142, www.politische-oekologie.de (2015) |
Holbach, A., Bi, Y., Yuan, Y., Wang, L., Zheng, B., Norra, S. |
Environmental water body characteristics in a major tributary backwater of the unique and strongly seasonal Three Gorges Reservoir, China | Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 17, 1641-1653 (2015) |
Neidhardt, H., Kramar, U., Tang, H., Guo, H., Norra, S. |
Arsenic accumulation in the roots of Helianthus annuus and Zea mays by irrigation with arsenic-rich groundwater: Insights from synchrotron X-ray fluorescence imaging | Chemie der Erde – Geochemistry, DOI: 10.1016/j.chemer.2015.04.001 (2015) |
Kürner, F., Kramer, C., Klüver, H., Norra, S. |
Combining Actor-Network Theory and the Concept of Ecosystem Services to Assess the Development of Arctic Shipping Routes | International Journal of Actor-Network Theory and Technological Innovation 7(2), 1-18 (2015) |
Tang, X.,Berner, Z.,Nalcaci, O.O., Norra, S. |
Selective separation and preconcentration of arsenite from arsenic enriched natural waters with three different adsorbents | Separation Science and Technology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01496395.2015.1040124 (2015) |
Schleicher, N.J., Schäfer, J., Blanc, G., Chen, Y., Chai, F., Cen, K., Norra, S. |
Atmospheric particulate mercury in the megacity Beijing: Spatio-temporal variations and source apportionment | Atmospheric Environment 109, 251-261 (2015) |
Kunert, H.J., Ngoc, D.T.M., Trang, P.T.K., Lan, V.T.M., Viet, P.H., Norra, S., Norra, C. |
Impact of chronic arsenic exposure on neurocognitive functions: First results of the Vietnamese field study | One Century of the Discovery of Arsenicosis in Latin America (1914-2014): As 2014 - Proceedings of the 5th International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment pp. 592-593 (2014) |
Norra, S., Gebhardt, R. |
Wärmeinsel und Luftbelastung | In: Bräunche, E.O.; Kramer, C., Ludäscher, P., Zibat, A., Wiktorin, D. (Hrsg.): Atlas Karlsruhe, 300 Jahre Stadtgeschichte in Karten und Bildern. emons Verlag, 112-113 (2014) |
Norra, S. |
The biosphere in times of global urbanization | Journal of Geochemical Exploration, DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2014.06.004 (2014) |
Holbach, A., Norra, S., Wang, L., Yuan, Y., Hu, W., Zheng, B., Bi, Y. |
Three Gorges Reservoir: density pump amplification of pollutant transport into tributaries | Environmental Science & Technology, 48(14), 7798-7806 (2014) |
Chen, Y., Schleicher, N., Chen, Y., Chai, F., Norra, S. |
The influence of governmental mitigation measures on contamination characteristics of PM2.5 in Beijing | Science of the Total Environment, 490, 647-658 (2014) |
Sebastian, P., Mackenstedt, U., Wassermann, M., Wurst, E., Hartelt, K., Petney, T., Pfäffle, M., Littwin, N., Steidle, J.L.M., Selzer, P., Norra, S., Böhnke, D., Gebhardt, R., Kahl, O., Dautel, H., Oehme, R. |
Ökologie von Zecken als Überträger von Krankheitserregern in Baden-Württemberg und biologische Zeckenbekämpfung | Bundesgesundheitsblatt 2014, 57, 549-556 (2014) |
Neidhardt, H., Berner, Z., Freikowski, D., Biswas, A., Majumder, S., Winter, J., Gallert, C., Chatterjee, D., Norra, S. |
Organic carbon induced mobilization of iron and manganese in a West Bengal aquifer and the muted response of groundwater arsenic concentrations | Chemical Geology, 367, 51-62 (2014) |
Norra, S. |
Urban geochemistry news in brief | Environ Earth Sci, 71(2), 983-990 (2014) |
Guo, H., Zhang, Y., Jia, Y., Zhao, K., Li, Y., Tang, X. |
Dynamic behaviors of water levels and arsenic concentration in shallow groundwater from Hetao Basin, Inner Mongolia. | Journal of Geochemical Exploration 135, 130-140 (2013) |
Chen, Y., Schleicher, N., Chen, Y., Chai, F., Wang, S., Norra, S. |
The Effect of Government Policies on the Temporal Development of Contamination Characteristics Within the Aerosol Distribution in Beijing, China | In: Rauch, S., Morrison, G., Norra, S., Schleicher, N. (eds.): Urban Environment, 313-321, Springer (2013) |
Grönmeier, K., Hönig, S.-M., Jentsch, I., Leib, S., Loskyll, J., Mayer, C., Rothardt, S., Seimetz, J.,Tweraser, S., Villinger, F.,Waldenmeyer, G., Norra, S. |
Assessment of Ecosystem Services in Urban Systems for the Example of Karlsruhe | In: Rauch, S., Morrison, G., Norra, S., Schleicher, N. (eds.): Urban Environment, 133-142, Springer (2013) |
Holbach, A.,Wang, L., Chen, H., Schleicher, N., Hu, W., Zheng, B., Norra, S. |
Urban Pollutant Plumes around Wushan and Dachang City in the Three Gorges Reservoir | In: Rauch, S., Morrison, G., Norra, S., Schleicher, N. (eds.): Urban Environment, 437-447, Springer (2013) |
Holbach, A., Wang, L., Chen, H., Schleicher, N., Hu, W., Zheng, B., Norra, S. |
Water mass interaction in the confluence zone of the Daning River and the Yangtze River - a driving force for algal growth in the Three Gorges Reservoir | Environmental Science and Pollution Research 20(10), 7027-7037 (2013) |
Holbach, A., Floehr, T., Kranzioch, I., Wolf, A. |
Dilution of pollution? Processes affecting water quality in the river-style Three Gorges Reservoir | Environmental Science and Pollution Research 20(10), 7140-7141 (2013) |
Kranzioch, I., Stoll, C., Holbach, A., Chen, H., Wang, L., Zheng, B., Norra, S., Bi, Y., Schramm, K.-W., Tiehm, A. |
Dechlorination and organohalide-respiring bacteria dynamics in sediment samples of the Yangtze Three Gorges Reservoir | Environmental Science and Pollution Research 20(10), 7046-7056 (2013) |
Rauch, S., Morrison, G., Norra, S., Schleicher, N. (Eds.) |
Urban Environment | Proceedings of the 11th Urban Environment Symposium (UES), Karlsruhe, Germany, 16-19 September 2012, Springer (2013) |
Schäfer, K., Wang, Y., Norra, S., Shen, R., Xin, J., Ling, H., Tang, G., Münkel, C., Schleicher, N., Yu, Y., Schnelle-Kreis, J., Shao, L., Dietze, V., Cen, K., Zimmermann, R., Schrader, S., Suppan, P. |
Meteorological influences within the context of air quality in Beijing | In: Helmis CG, Nastos PT (eds.): Advances in Meteorology, Climatology and Atmospheric Physics, Springer Atmospheric Sciences, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 1219-1225 (2013) |
Schleicher, N., Yu, Y., Cen, K., Chai, F., Chen, Y., Wang, S., Norra, S. |
Source Identification and Seasonal Variations of Carbonaceous Aerosols in Beijing A Stable Isotope Approach | In: Rauch, S., Morrison, G., Norra, S., Schleicher, N. (eds.): Urban Environment, 263-270, Springer (2013) |
Schleicher, N., Norra, S., Fricker, M., Kaminski, U., Chen, Y., Chai, F., Wang, S., Yu, Y., Cen, K. |
Spatio-temporal variations of black carbon concentrations in the Megacity Beijing | Environmental Pollution 182, 392-401 (2013) |
Schleicher, N., Cen, K., Norra S. |
Daily variations of black carbon and element concentrations of atmospheric particles in the Beijing megacity - Part 1: General temporal course and source identification | Chemie der Erde 73, 51-60 (2013) |
Scholz-Starke, B., Ottermanns, R., Rings, U., Floehr, T., Hollert, H., Hou, J., Li B., Wu, L.L., Yuan, X., Strauch, K., Hu, W., Norra, S., Holbach, A., Westrich, B., Schäffer, A., Roß-Nickoll, M. |
An integrated approach to model the biomagnification of organic pollutants in aquatic food webs of the Yangtze Three Gorges Reservoir ecosystem using adapted pollution scenarios | Environmental Science and Pollution Research 20(10), 7009-7026 (2013) |
Schrader, S., Vogel, H.,Vogel, B., Schäfer, K., Forkel, R., Suppan, P., Tang, G., Wang, Y., Schleicher, N., Norra, S. |
Modeling Urban Air Quality in Beijing during the Olympic Summer Games 2008 | In: Rauch, S., Morrison, G., Norra, S., Schleicher, N. (eds.): Urban Environment, 303-311, Springer (2013) |
Schrader, S., Sokolik, I.N., Vogel, B., Vogel, H., Suppan, P., Schäfer, K., Norra, S. |
Use of satellite data for air quality applications in northern China | Proceedings of SPIE – The International Society for Optical Engineering, 8890, art. No. 88900G (2013) |
Tang, X., Berner, Z., Khelashvilli, P., Norra, S. |
Preparative separation of arsenate from phosphate by IRA-400 (OH) for oxygen isotopic work | Talanta 105, 46-51 (2013) |
Schleicher, N., Kramar, U., Dietze, V., Kaminski, U., Norra, S. |
Geochemical characterization of single atmospheric particles from the Eyjafjallajökull volcano eruption event collected at ground-based sampling sites in Germany | Atmospheric Environment 48, 113-121 (2012) |
Yu, Y., Cen, K., Norra, S., Schleicher, N., Chen, Y. |
Chemical composition and origin of atmospheric particulate matter in Beijing | Geological Bulletin of China 31 (1), 156-163 (2012) |
Schleicher, N., Norra, S., Dietze, V., Yu, Y., Fricker, M., Kaminski, U., Chen, Y., Cen, K. |
The effect of mitigation measures on size distributed mass concentrations of atmospheric particles and black carbon concentrations during the Olympic Summer Games 2008 in Beijing | Science of the Total Environment, 412-413, 185-193 (2011) |
Yu, Y., Schleicher, N., Norra, S., Fricker, M., Dietze, V., Kaminski, U., Cen K., Stüben, D. |
Dynamics and origin of PM2.5 during a three-year sampling period in Beijing, China | Journal of Environmental Monitoring 13, 334–346 (2011) |
Schleicher, N., Norra, S., Chai, F., Chen, Y., Wang, S., Cen, K., Yu, Y., Stüben, D. |
Temporal variability of trace metal mobility of urban particulate matter from Beijing – A contribution to health impact asseessment of aerosols | Atmospheric Environment 45, 7248-7265 (2011) |
Schleicher, N., Norra, S., Chai, F., Chen, Y., Wang, S., Stüben, D. |
Anthropogenic versus geogenic contribution to total suspended atmospheric particulate matter and its variations during a two-year sampling period in Beijing, China | Journal of Environmental Monitoring, Band 12, Heft 2, 434-442 (2010) |
Chen, Y., Cen, K., Norra, S., Schleicher, N., Yang, Y. |
Study on Pollution Characteristics of PM 2.5 in the Aerosol, Tracing and Tracking Atmospheric Particulates in Beijing City | Geoscience 24(2), 345-354. (Chinese, English abstract) (2010) |
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Norra, S. |
Global Urbanization - The Evolution of the Astysphere | Goldschmidt Conference, 2292; 16.-21. August, 2015. Prag (2015) |
Norra, S., Holbach, A., Haushahn, P. |
Raum-zeitlich hochaufgelöste in-situ Überwachung hydrodynamischer, physiko-chemischer und biochemischer Prozesse in Stauräumen | DWA Landesverbandstagung 2015 Baden-Württemberg, 222-231; 15.-16. Oktober 2015, CongressCentrum Pforzheim (2015) |
Norra, S., Holbach, A., Wang, L., Chen, H., Qin, Y., Zheng, B., Bi, Y., Haushahn, P. |
The Biofish–an underwater in situ and online measuring multi-sensor system | 13th International Estuarine Biogeochemistry Symposium (IEBS 2015), 44; 07.-10.06.2015, Bordeaux, France (2015) |
Holbach, A., Bi, Y., Wang, L., Yuan, Y., Chen, H., Zheng, B., Norra, S. |
The freshwater estuaries of the Three Gorges Reservoir in China - Insights from in situ and online monitoring with a MINIBAT multisensor system | 13th International Estuarine Biogeochemistry Symposium (IEBS 2015), 21; 07.-10.06.2015, Bordeaux, France (2015) |
Norra, S. |
The global urbanization – a process of the biosphere?! | Leibniz Sozietät Berlin, 11.11.2014 (2014) |
Böhnke, D.H. |
Betreten auf eigene Gefahr – Die Ausbreitung der Zecke Ixodes ricinus in Baden-Württemberg | 2. Süddeutscher Zeckenkongress, Hohenheim, 11.03.2014 (2014) |
Kürner, F. |
Climate change and geopolitics in the Arctic – understanding networks with Actor-Network theory | Seminar Series School of Geography Planning and Environmental Management, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia , 17.07.2014 (2014) |
Norra, S. |
Arsenic in irrigated agricultural soils of Inner Mongolia, Northern-Vietnam and West Bengal | Sino-German Workshop on Geogenic Arsenic in the Environment, 21.-27.9.2014; Beijing, China (2014) |
Norra, S., Böhnke, D., Gebhardt, R., Kull, M., Jonderko, B., Wandler, M., Petney, T., Sebastian, P., Littwin, N., Pfäffle, M., Hogewind, F., Oehme, R. |
Relevance of Soil Climate Variations and Mixcroclimate fort he Distribution of Ticks and Tick Borne Diseases in South-west Germany | 20th World Congress of Soil Science, June 8-13, 2014, Jeju, Korea (2014) |
Norra, S. |
Assessment and Monetization of Ecosystem Services of Soils in Urban Regions fort he Example of Karlsruhe | 20th World Congress of Soil Science, June 8-13, 2014, Jeju, Korea (2014) |
Böhnke, D., Norra, S., Petney, T. |
Landscape scaled distribution of the tick Ixodes ricinus depending on microclimate and soil condition | 43. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Ökologie, 9 – 13 September 2013, Potsdam (2013) |
Holbach, A., Wang, L., Bi, Y., Zheng, B., Norra, S. |
Density Current Intrusion Dynamics in a Reservoir's Tributary - Insights Derived from Space-time Kriging of Water Quality Data | 10th Annual Meeting of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS), 24.-28.06.2013, Brisbane, Australia (2013) |
Norra, S. |
Monetäre Bewertungsmethoden für städtische Ökosystemdienstleistungen am Beispiel von Karlsruhe | Auftakttagung zum 3. Bericht von Naturkapital Deutschland – TEEB DE, Leipzig, 24.-25.10.2013 (2013) |
Norra, S. |
Ökosystemdienstleistungen von Wäldern und Bäumen mit besonderer Berücksichtigung städtischer Systeme | Jahrestagung ForstBW, Rust, 12.-13.11.2013 (2013) |
Norra, S. |
Seltene Erden – chemische Eigenschaften, Vorkommen, Gewinnung und Umweltrelevanz | Ev. Akademie Baden und Verband Ingenieure für Kommunikation, Tagung „Seltene Erden und kritische Metalle", 11.-13.01.2013 (2013) |
Norra, S., Wilhelms, A., Schmid, E., Wirsing, T., Waldenmeyer, G., Kull, M. |
Meaning of soil characteristics for inner urban conservation areas – the example of the Karlsruhe Old Airport | 7th International Conference of the Urban Soils Working Group, SUITMA, of the International Union of Soil Sciences, 16 – 20 September 2013, Torun, Poland (2013) |
Norra, S., Waldenmeyer, G., Albiez, M., Buchgeister, J., Grönmeier, K., Hönig S.-M., Jentsch, I., Leib, S. Loskyll, J., Mayer, C., Parodi, O., Rothardt, S., Seimetz, J., Tweraser, S., Villinger, F. |
Services of Urban Ecosystems – experiences from Karlsruhe | 1st Congress of the Society of Urban Ecology, 25 – 27 July 2013, Berlin (2013) |
Reid, L., Holbach, A., Hu, W., Wang, L., Chen, H., Zheng, B., Norra, S. |
Urban impacts on the water quality of selected water bodies in the Three Gorges Reservoir, China | European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2013, 07.-12.04.2013, Vienna, Austria (2013) |
Schleicher, N.J., Schäfer, J., Blanc, G., Chen, Y., Chai, F., Wang, S., Norra, S. |
Atmospheric particulate mercury in the megacity Beijing – spatio-temporal variations, sources, and efficiency of mitigation measures | European Aerosol Conference 2013, 1 - 6 September, Prague (2013) |
Schrader, S., Gebhardt, R., Kull, N., Schleicher, N., Norra, S. |
Investigation of the climatic impact of a green belt on the urban climate in Karlsruhe, Germany (Poster) | 1st Congress of the Society of Urban Ecology, 25 – 27 July 2013, Berlin (2013) |
Schrader, S., Sokolik, I.N., Vogel. B., Vogel, H., Suppan, P., Schäfer, K., Norra, S. |
Use of satellite data for air quality applications in Northern China | SPIE Remote Sensing, 22 -23 September 2013, Dresden (2013) |
Schrader, S., Vogel, B., Vogel, H., Schäfer, K., Shen, R.R., Forkel, R., Suppan, P., Tang, G., Wang, Y., Norra, S. |
Modeling the impact of mineral dust on air quality in Beijing during a dust event | European Aerosol Conference 2013, 1 - 6 September, Prague (2013) |
Tang, X., Berner, Z., Norra, S., Vennemann, T.W. |
Method development for the determination of d18O values in Arsenic oxyanios in natural waters | 10th International Symposium on Applied Isotope Geochemistry, 22 – 27 September 2013, Budapest (2013) |
Dissertationen
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Jonas Bauer |
Andre Wilhelms |
Jingwei Yang |
Hongyan Wang |
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Dynamics of ground- and surfacewater quality caused by intensive land subsidence, climate- and landuse changes in the southern Mekong Delta, Vietnam |
Sensor system development for highly time and depth resolved monitoring of vertical gradients and dynamics of surface water quality parameters |
Assessment procedures for spatio-temporal water quality dynamics of surface water bodies monitored by high-resolution multi-sensor-systems |
Tracing organic matter composition, distribution and its role on arsenic release and mobilization in shallow Inner Mongolia groundwater |
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Identification and adaptation of mitigation measures to counteract intensive land subsidence in a tropical delta system - the example of Camau-Peninsula, Southern Vietnam |
Development of a prognosis tool for the salt water intrusion process into aquifers in the Mekong Delta in the context of land use management and climate change |
Vorkommen, Monitoring und Stimulierung des aerob-produktiven Trichlorethen-Abbaus, Occurrence, monitoring and stimulation of the aerob-productive decomposition of Trichlorethene.
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Abschlussarbeiten
Die Arbeitsgruppe Environmental Mineralogy and Environmental System Analysis (EMINSA) bietet Studenten zahlreiche Möglichkeiten für eine Bachelor- oder Masterarbeit, ein Staatsexamen oder einer Projektstudie. Dabei steht der Bezug zu einem unserer Projekte sowie die Einbindung in die Arbeitsgruppe im Fokus. Da sich unsere Projekte teils auf den asiatischen Raum konzentrieren (China und Vietnam), besteht gegebenenfalls die Möglichkeit für geförderte Auslandsaufenthalte und Feldkampagnen. Zusätzlich besteht oftmals die Möglichkeit, Kontakte zu Partnerfirmen aufzubauen.
Während der Vorlesungszeit werden regelmäßige Treffen (wenn möglich wöchentlich) veranstaltet, die den Studenten Einblicke in die verschiedensten Themen und das wissenschaftliche Arbeiten gewähren sowie natürlich die eigene Arbeit unterstützen.
Die Themengebiete lassen sich wie folgt unterteilen:
- Stadtökologie, Stadtklima und Luftqualität
- Stoffpfade und Ökosystemdienstleistungen
- Bodenmineralogie, Boden - Wasser - Pflanzen Wechselwirkungen, Boden - Grundwasser Wechselwirkungen
- Dynamik der Wasserqualität in Seen und Flüssen
- Habitatökologie und Mikroklimatologie
- Globaler Wandel
- Umweltbiogeochemie
Die Arbeiten können in Deutsch oder Englisch verfasst werden. Im Folgendem sind spezifisch ausgeschriebene und bereits abgeschlossene Arbeiten gelistet. Die Auflistung gewährt einen weiteren Einblick in unsere Themenbereiche. Neben den hier gelisteten Themen lassen sich bei Interesse auch viele andere Fragestellungen für eine Abschlussarbeit finden!
Für weitere Fragen stehen Prof. Dr. Stefan Norra oder ein Mitglied der Arbeitsgruppe jederzeit zur Verfügung.
Aktuelle Themen für eine Abschlussarbeit (aktualisiert am 12.09.2019)
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Geochemical and mineralogical analysis and evaluation of coastal water and filter samples, in-situ measured water quality parameters as well as sediment cores taken along the west coast of Ca Mau to identify sediment loads and the distribution of the coastal water quality. (PDF)
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Geochemical and mineralogical analysis and evaluation of surface water and filter samples to identify the inland sediment transport dynamics and spatial distribution of pollutants. (PDF)
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Erosionsresilienz von Böden entlang von Küsten und Fließgewässern im südlichen Mekong Delta, Vietnam
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Sulfatmobilisierungspotentiale aus Bodenaushub
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Die Rolle der partikulären Phase in der Nährstoffdynamik flacher Seen am Beispiel des Tai Hu, China
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Ableitung von Sedimentations- und Erosionsprozessen an der Westküste der Camau Halbinsel, Vietnam, aus Sedimentkernen und Filterproben
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Schadstoff- und Partikeldynamik in Oberflächengewässern der Camau Halbinsel, Vietnam
Abschlussarbeiten bis 2018
| 2020: | Die Hitzebelastung und Auswirkungen der Umgebungsparameter des Lidellplatzes in der Karlsruher Innenstadt auf das Bioklima des Menschen. (Master Thesis) |
| 2020: | Das Retentionspotential von PFC über die Sorption an mineralischen Oberflächen. (Master Thesis) |
| 2020: | Aufbau eines stadtklimatologsichen Modells zur Analyse von Kaltluftströmen und der urbanen Wärmeinsel am Beispiel der Innenstadt-Ost in Karlsruhe. (Master Thesis) |
| 2020 | Structural and functional diversity of city squares – assessment concept. (Bacelor Thesis) |
| 2020: | Studien mit Grundwasserproben zur Stimulierung der heterotrophen Denitrifikation durch unterschiedliche organische Wirkstoffe. Master Thesis in cooperation with TZW, Karlsruhe) |
| 2020 | Untersuchungen zur chemischen Oxidation von heterozyklischen Kohlenwasserstoffen (NSO-HET) für ISCO Anwendungen in Kombination mit mikrobiellem Abbau. (Master Thesis in cooperation with TZW, Karlsruhe) |
| 2020 | Die Untersuchung von N-Bilanzen einer Versuchsfläche zur Aufklärung der Stickstoffnachlieferung aus dem Boden ins Sickerwasser. (Bachelor Thesis in cooperation with TZW, Karlsruhe) |
| 2019: | Modellierung stadtklimatischer Auswirkungen von Bebauungsmaßnahmen am Campus Süd des KIT auf angrenzende Stadtgebiete. (Master Thesis) |
| 2019: | Die Ermittlung der chemischen Zusammensetzung eines Elektromotors – ein Beitrag zum Urban Mining?! (Bachelor Thesis) |
| 2019: | Geochemical characterization of ambient particles in Nanjing, Western Yangtze River Delta, China (Master Thesis) |
| 2019: | Bestandserfassung von Ökosystemdienstleistungen in der Innenstand Ost in Karslruhe – Ascertainment of ecosystem services oft he Innenstadt-Ost in Karlsruhe (Bachelor Thesis) |
| 2019: | Entwicklung einer Methode zur Kartierung der Oberflächentypologien in Hinblick auf Klimaanpassungsmaßnahmen im Stadtquartier Karlsruhe Innenstadt-Ost – Development of a method to map the surface typologies wit respect to climate adaption measures in the city quarter Karslruhe Innenstadt-Ost (Bachelor Thesis) |
| 2019: | Simulierter mikrobiologischer Abbau von Teeröl-Schadstoffen am Standort einer ehemaligen Kokerei – Simulation of microbiological decomposition of taroil pollutants at a location of a former gas works (Master Thesis, in cooperation with TZW) |
| 2019: | Influencing the water quality of a large shallow lake by existing pollutants and nutrients on the example of Lake Taihu (China) (Master Thesis) |
| 2019: | Entwicklung einer Methode zur Bewertung von Sanierungsverfahren von Boden- und Grundwassersanierung in Hinblick auf die zu erwartende Sanierungslaufzeit – Development of a method to assess remediation procedures of soil and groundwater with respect to the expected running time (Master Thesis, in cooperation with Arcadis) |
| 2018: | Estimation of technical and biological PMOC-formation potential in surface water and waste water matrices (in Zusammenarbeit mit dem TZW) (Master Thesis) |
| 2018: | Nachweis von Antibiotika-resistenten Bakterien und Antibiotika-Resistenzgenen im Rohwasser der Trinkwassergewinnung (in Zusammenarbeit mit dem TZW) (Master Thesis) |
| 2018: | Environmental geochemistry and water quality of River Elbe at the example of the Elbschwimmstaffel (Master Thesis) (Master Thesis) |
| 2018: | Role of clay minerals for adsorption and desorption of Atrazine in soils and sediments (Master Thesis) |
| 2018: | Alternativbewertung städtebaulicher Entwürfe in Bezug auf die Folgen des Klimawandels am Beispiel Mannheim-Käfertal-Süd (Master Thesis) |
| 2018: | Dynamics of Water Quality and Pollutants in Time Series of Water Samples from lake Taihu in China (Bachelor Thesis) |
| 2018: | Characterisation of organic substance in sediments form the Hetao Plain, China, with respect to the meaning of C/N and δ13C for mobilisation of Arsenic (Bachelor Thesis) |
| 2018: | Seasonal change of aerosol concentrations during the subway construction period in Karlsruhe (Bachelor Thesis) |
| 2018: | Development and assessment of test methods for denitrification and decomposition of harmful substances for the example of “Stürmlinger Sandgrube” (Bachelor Thesis, in cooperation with TZW) |
| 2018: | Development of a concept for the implementation of an urban environment center on the example of Mannheim (Bachelor Thesis) |
| 2018: | Seasonality of water and sediment quality in the north of Lake Taihu, China (Bachelor Thesis) |
| 2018: | Detection and identification of coliform Bacteria, Enterococci and heterotrophic Bacteria through protein analysis with MALDI-TOF (in cooperation with TZW) (Bachelor Thesis) |
| 2017: | External Impacts on Physical-Chemical Water Quality Parameters and Water Chemistry along a 575 km stretch of the River Elbe in Germany (Master Thesis) |
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Schichtaufbau und Verteilung der organischen Kohlenstoffgehalte in quartären Sedimenten (bis 65 m Tiefe) in Hinblick auf Retardationspotentiale organischer Schadstoffe im Bereich Ottersdorf und Steinbach/ Baden-Baden (Stratum composition and distribution of organic carbon in quarternary sediments (up to 65 m depth) with respect to retardation potentials of organic pollutants in the region of Ottersdorf and Steinbach/Baden-Baden) (Master Thesis, in cooperation with ARCADIS) |
| 2017: | Potentielle klimatische Ökosystemdienstleistungen der Konversionsfläche Spinelle (Potential climatic ecosystem services of the conversion area Spinelli) (State Examination Thesis) |
| 2017: | Influence of parasitization with Opisthorchis viverini and xidiphidiocercariae on the biomineralization of shells from Bythinia siamensis goniomphalos (Bachelor Thesis) |
| 2017: | Adaption of the BCR Sequential Extraction Procedure to Determine Extractable Contents of Heavy Metals in Suspended Particles at the Example of Lake Taihu, China (Bachelor Thesis) |
| 2017: | Operating windows at ISCO Remediation: Influence of aquifer heterogeneity and other parameters (Master Thesis, in cooperation with ARCADIS) |
| 2017: | Thermische Belastung an Südhängen im urbanen Raum am Beispiel von Pforzheim (Thermal stress at southward exposed slopes in urban areas, the example of Pforzheim) (Bachelor Thesis) |
2017: Ökosystemleistungen der Biotope des KIT-Campus Süd Geländes (Bachelor Thesis)
2017: Sources and Mobility of Phosphorous and Nitrogen in Water and sediments of Lake Taihu, China (Master Thesis)
2017: Bewertung der Effizienz der CO2-Dosierungsanlage und APIC-Filter einer Grundwassersanierungsanlage
(Bachelor Thesis, in cooperation with ARCADIS)
2017: Auswertungsmöglichkeiten zur Ermittlung aquiferbezogener Retardationsfaktoren und Schadstoffcharakteristiken für PFC aus vorliegenden Daten orientierender Untersuchungen (Bachelor Thesis, in cooperation with ARCADIS)
2016: Radioaktivität in den Böden des Campus Nord (Bachelor Thesis)
2016: Potential zur Filterung von Luftstäuben und Stickstoffdioxid von straßennahen Hainbuchen-Hecken (Carpinus betulus) (Bachelor Thesis)
2016: Application of X-Ray-Fluorescence technique to analyze the dynamics of particulate air pollution in Beijing (Bachelor Thesis)
2016: Elimination phenolischer Substanzen durch eine Kombination von Ultraschallbehandlung und mikrobiologischem Abbau (Bachelor Thesis, in cooperation with TZW)
2016: Pollutants in the Dissolved Phase, Suspended Particles and Surface Sediments of Lake Taihu, China (Master Thesis)
2015: Biogeochemical characterization of urban aerosols in the city of Karlsruhe (Master thesis)
2015: Geochemical Characterization of Aerosols from Varanasi, India (Bachelor Thesis)
2015: Mobilisierbarkeit von Schwermetallen und Metalloiden aus Flotationsrückständen und ihr Umweltgefährdungspotential am Beispiel der Rückstände einer ehemaligen Flussspataufbereitungsanlage im Karlsruher Rheinhafen (Environmental risk and mobility potential of heavy metals and metalloides from flotation residues using the example of residues of a former fluorspar processing plant at the Karlsruhe River Port) (Master Thesis)
2015: Umweltgeochemie und –mineralogie der Bergbaufolgen am Standort der ehemaligen Grube Schauinsland, Südschwarzwald (Environmental geochemistry and mineralogy of environmental impacts of mining activities at the Schauinsland, Southern Black Forest) (Master Thesis)
2015: Bewertung der Umweltbelastung durch Flotationsrückstände am Beispiel der Rückstände einer Flussspataufbereitungsanlage im Karlsruher Rheinhafen (Environmental assessment of flotation residues for the example of waste produced by fluorspar processing plant at the river port of Karlsruhe) (Master Thesis)
2015: Umweltauswirkungen von Weichgelsohlen auf Silikat-Aluminat-Basis in Karlsruhe (Environmental impacts of soft gel base out of silicate-aluminate in Karlsruhe) (Master Thesis)
2015: Validierung einer Durchflussanlage zur kontinuierlichen Ozonung mit anschließender Langsamsandfiltration (Validation of a flow-through facility for continuous ozonisation and connected slow sand filtration) (Bachelor Thesis in cooperation with TZW Karlsruhe)
2015: Geochemische Untersuchung verblockter Infiltrationsbrunnen mit Hinblick auf das System CO2 auf einem ehem. Gasproduktionsgelände in Mannheim (Geochemical investigations of clogged infiltration wells with regard to the CO2 system at a former gas work site in Mannheim) (Bachelor Thesis in cooperation with Arcadis Karlsruhe)
2015: Quantification of ecosystem services of the River Rhine floodplains at Karlsruhe (Master Thesis)
2014: Transport of chemical elements in suspended and dissolved phases for selected run-off regimes along the Yangtze river (Master Thesis)
2014: Natural Attenuation am Standort Stürmlinger Sandgrube: Abbau teerölbürtiger Schadstoffe unter verschiedenen Redoxbedingungen (Natural attenuation at the site Stürmlinger Sandgrube: decomposition of tar oil born pollutants under various redox conditions) ( (Master Thesis in cooperation with TZW Karlsruhe)
2014: Vegetationsstrukturen und Bodenklima verschiedener Zeckenhabitate in der Region Oberrheingraben (Bachelor Thesis)
2014: Arsenic release of a natural sediment by effect of pH and redox potential (Bachelor Thesis)
2014: Entwicklungspotential des Tourismus in der Arktis unter dem Aspekt des Klimawandels (State
Examination Thesis)
2014: Entwicklung einer Methodik zur Identifizierung von Verblockungsprozessen in Infiltrationsbrunnen
einer Altlastensanierung (Bachelor Thesis)
2014: Hydro-geochemical response of base metal tailings to remediation with high-temperature pine biochar (Master Thesis in cooperation with the Centre for Mined land Rehabilitation, The Universtiy of Queensland, Australia)
2014: Effect of ethylene and nutrients on co-metabolical biodegradation of cDCE in groundwater (Bachelor Thesis in cooperation with TZW, Karlsruhe)
2014: Agriculture Potential of Arctic Vegetation and possible Climate Change induced Shifts (State Examination Thesis)
2014: Search and Rescue Infrastructure in the Arctic current Situation and Potential for future Improvement (State Examination Thesis)
2014: Besiedlungsstrukturen in der Arktis - Identifizierung von historischen Schlüsselregionen anhand ausgewählter regionaler Beispiele (State Examination Thesis)
2014: Modelling of algae growth in the Three Gorges Reservoir, China (Master Thesis)
2014: Air Quality and aerosol dynamics near to a subway construction site in Karlsruhe (Master Thesis)
2014: Abschätzung des standortkundlichen Potentials von Böden zur Etablierung von Mageren Flachland-Mähwiesen in Karlsruhe (Bachelor Thesis)
2014: Impact of meteorological parameters and mixing layer height on aerosol concentrations and radiative characteristics - the example of Karlsruhe (State Examination Thesis)
2014: Ökosystemdienstleistungen urbaner Fließgewässer am Beispiel der Alb in Karlsruhe (Ecosystem services of streaming water biotopes in urban systems for the example of the Alb in Karlsruhe) (State Examination Thesis)
2013: Urban pollution of Yangtze downstream of Three Gorges Reservoir dam at Yidu and Wuhan (Bachelorarbeit)
2013: A 3D multi-species reactive transport model to estimate geochemical reactions in groundwater at a former gasworks site in Germany (Masterarbeit)
2013: Bodentypen des Naturschutzgebietes Alter Flughafen, Kalrsruhe (Soil types of the nature protection area Old Airport, Karlsruhe) (Bachelor Thesis)
2013: Bodenwasserhaushalt in verschiedenen Waldbiotopen Baden-Württembergs (Soil water budget in various forest habitats of Baden-Württemberg)(State Examination Thesis)
2013: Variabilität von Bodenwasserhaushaltsparametern an ausgewählten Waldstandorten (Small scale variability of soil water budget properties at selected forest sites) (State Examination Thesis)
2013: Erarbeitung eines Planungsleitfadens zur ökologischen Flächenbewirtschaftung eines bestehenden Industriestandorts am Beispiel des Lkw Werkes Daimler AG in Wörth (Elaboration of planning guidelines for ecological area management of an existing industry location for the example of the Mercedes site at Wörth) (Diploma Thesis)
2013: Urban Mining – das Rohstoffpotential städtischer Straßen am Beispiel von Karlsruhe (Urban Mining – raw material potential of urban roads for the example of Karlsruhe) (Diploma Thesis)
2013: Bewertung der Ökosystemdienstleistungen von Streuobstwiesen an einem Beispiel in Bruchsal (Evaluation of ecosystem services of extensively managed fruit orchards for an Example in bruchsal) (Diploma Thesis)
2012: Untersuchung der Landnutzung vor dem Hintergrund der Biodiversitätsbewertung (Investigation of land use with respect to biodiversity) (Diploma Thesis)
2012: Analysis of particle pollution and meteorological conditions in Greater Beijing during the Olympic Summer Games 2008 (State Examination Thesis)
2012: Monetäre Bewertung von Bäumen in urbanen Räumen (Monetary valuation of trees in urban trees) (Diploma Thesis)
2012: Schwermetalle in Pollen und Blütenhonig (Heavy metals in pollen and honey) (Bachelor Thesis)
2012: Einfluss der Parasitierung durch Opisthorchis viverrini auf die chemische Zusammensetzung des Gehäuses von Bithynia siamensis goniomphalos (Impact of the parasite Opisthorchis viverrini on the chemical composition of shells of Bythinia siamensis goniomphalos) (Bachelor Thesis)
2012: Dendrochronologische Untersuchungen zur Wirkung von Grundwasserabsenkungen auf Alteichen (Quercus robur) im Wasserwerk Rheinwald der Stadtwerke Karlsruhe (Dendrochronological investigations of old oaks (Quercus robur) to evaluate the imapct of groundwater table deplition within the catchment of the Karlsruhe water works in the Rheinwald) (Diploma Thesis)
2012: Impact of Urban Systems on the Water Quality of the Three Gorges Reservoir, China, (Diplomarbeit)
2012: Untersuchungen zu den Wässern und Schwebstoffen der Grundwassersanierungsanlage Mannheim-Luzenberg (Investigations of waters and particulate matter in the groundwater remediation plant Mannheim-Luzenberg) (Diploma Thesis)
2011: Ökologische Bewertung der Herstellung und Bereitstellung von Wasserstoff sowie dessen Nutzung im Brennstoffzellen-Pkw im Vergleich mit zukünftigen Otto- und Diesel-Pkw (Ecological assessment of production and supply of hydrogen as well as ist use in automobile fuel cells in comparison to future Otto and Diesel automobiles (Diploma Thesis)
2011: Die Heterogenität der Böden im Gebiet des Rheinhafens in Karlsruhe (Heterogeneity of soils in the district of the Karlsruhe River Port) (Bachelor Thesis)
2011: Potentielle Schadstoffe in Böden und Pflanzen entlang eines Nord-Süd Transekts am Rheinhafen Karlsruhes (Potential harmful substances in soils and plants along a North-South Transect through the Karlsruhe River Port) (Bachelor Thesis)
2011: Atmosphärische Partikelbelastung in der Karlsruher Innenstadt während der Bauarbeiten zur Karlsruher Kombilösung (Atmospheric particle pollution in the City of Karlsruhe during construction activities oft he new Metro) (Bachelor Thesis)
2011: Neophyten im Karlsruher Stadtgebiet (Invasive species in Karlsruhe) (Bachelor Thesis)
2011: Optimierung der Bestimmung von letalen und subletalen Effekten auf die frühe Entwicklungsphase von Danio rerio HAMILTON-BUCHANAN (Early-Life-Stage-Toxizität nach OECD 2010) unter semistatischen Bedingungen (Optimization oft he determiantion of lethal and sublethal effects on the ealry development phase of Danio rerio HAMILTON-BUCHANAN – Early-Life-Stage Toxicity after OECD 2010) (Bachelor Thesis)
2011: Umweltbewertung der mikroverfahrenstechnischen Synthese von Fischer-Tropsch-Kraftstoffen aus Biogas (Environmental assessment of the synthesis of Fischer-Tropsch fuels from biogas), (Bachelor Thesis)
2011: Historical development of inland ice margins in Greenland during a changing climate (Diploma Thesis)
2011: Breeding success and predation of waders at the RSPB Leighton Moss and Morecambe Bay Nature Reserve in northwest England (Diploma Thesis)
2011: Die Verteilung von Ixodes ricinus im Oberrheingraben bei Karlsruhe (The distribution of Ixodes ricinus in the Upper Rheine Graben near Karlsruhe) (Diploma Thesis)
2010: Raum-zeitliche Entwicklung ausgesuchter Klimaparameter in städtischen Systemen in den vergangenen 5 Dekaden am Beispiel von Berlin (Spatio temporal development of specific climate parameters in urban systems during the last five decades for the example of Berlin) (State Examination Thesis)
2010: Machbarkeitsanalyse zur Umsetzung von Renaturierungs- und Pflegemaßnahmen in Mooren im Raum Kißlegg (Feasibility study for the implementation of restauration and management measures in moors around Kißlegg) (Diploma Thesis)
2010: Particle-Water interactions in the Garonne-Gironde river system at Bordeaux, France (Diploma Thesis)
2010: Die magnetische Suszeptibilität von Stäuben Pekings (The magnetic susceptibility of dusts from Beijing) (Master Thesis)
2010: Arsenic in the food chain in rural areas of the Red River Delta in Vietnam (Diploma Thesis)
2010: Preliminary Studies on the Climate Dependent Dynamics of Aerosols in Kangerlussuaq(Diploma Thesis)
2010: Terrestrial Laser Scanning for Estimating Urban Tree Volume and Carbon Content(Diploma Thesis)
2010: Nährstoffbilanzierung für Mikroalgen-Nutzungskonzepte (Nutrients balance for using concepts of microalgae) (Diploma Thesis)
2010: Stable isotopes in gas exchange of Norway spruce – oxygen isotope exchange between CO2 and leaf water (Diploma Thesis)
2009: Arsenic contamination in rural areas of the Red River Delta in Vietnam (Diploma Thesis)
2009: Exposition and contamination of European eel by Silver and Arsenic in the Gironde fluvial Estuary, France (Diploma Thesis)
2008: Arsenic fluxes in agricultural systems using As contaminated ground water in Inner Mongolia, China (Diploma Thesis)
2008: The economic value of water pollution of the Yangtze-Reservoir with examples from Wanzhou and Wushan(Diploma Thesis)
2007: Arsenic contamination in groundwater, soil and uptake of arsenic by cultivated crops in Kaliachak I, Malda District, West Bengal (Master Thesis)
2007: The influence of urban particles on the pollution of water bodies with respect to different salinities - a case study of Bordeaux and the Garonne-Gironde river system, France (Diploma Thesis)
2006: Kohlenstoffisotopie von Straßenbäumen: Ein Indikator für die Verkehrsbelastung? (Carbon isotopes in street trees – an indicator for traffic pollution?) (Diploma Thesis)
2005: A comparative hydro, pedo- and phyto-geochemical study on rice -fields irrigated with groundwater containing different concentrations of Arsenic (Murshidabad District, West Bengal) (Master Thesis)
2005: Verteilung, Trägerphasen und Spezies von Arsen aus Bewässerungswasser in Reisböden und –pflanzen (Distribution of carrier phases and species of arsenic from irrigation water in rice soils and rice plants) (Diploma Thesis)
2005: Ausprägung mineralogischer und geochemischer Muster urbaner Böden in Abhängigkeit von der Nutzungsstruktur in Qingdao/China (Mineralogical and geochemcial patterns of urban soils in dependency of land use in Qingdao/China) (Diploma Thesis)
2005: Geochemische Untersuchungen von Stäuben aus Peking sowie Identifikation der Aerosolbelastungsquellen (Geochemcial investigations of dusts from Beijing and source apportionment) (Diploma Thesis)
2003: Umweltinformationssystem Pforzheim mit Schwerpunkt Bodenbelastung (Environemntal Information System Pforzheim with a focus in soil pollution) (Diploma Thesis)
2003: Arsenic contamination in groundwater, surface water, soils and uptake of arsenic by cultivated crops in Malda District, West Bengal, India (Master Thesis)
2001: Regional Distribution of Stream Water Chemistry as a Function of Land Use and Geology in Baden-Württemberg (Licenciate Thesis)
1999: Bilddatenunterstützte Interpretation urbaner Schadstoffbelastung (Image data supported interpretation of urban pollution) (Diploms Thesis)
1997: Untersuchungen zur sequentiellen Schwermetallextraktion aus Stäuben (Sequential extraction of heavy metals from urban dust) (Diploma Theis)
1997: Untersuchungen der Isotopenverhältnisse stabiler Isotope d13C und d34S in technischen Substraten des Straßenverkehrs und in straßennahen Böden (Ratios of stable isotopes d13C and d34S in technical substrates of traffic and soils adjacent to soils) (Diploma Thesis)
Teaching
Urban Ecology
More than half of the global population is now living in cities. Today it is known that about 80% of anthropogenic material consumption and up to 75% of anthropogenic carbon emissions are caused by urban systems. Intensive development leads to the formation of urban heat islands. Air and water pollution as well as noise are for many town dwellers a threat for their health. Furthermore, cities change the patterns of biodiversity. Increased temperatures enable the spread of adapted specific species. The high variety of construction structures causes microhabitats and ecosystem diversity. Consequently, some species become promoted by urban development some species become extinct on developed areas. Thus, urban systems form unique ecosystem complexes not found somewhere else in nature.
Students will learn in the lessons how urban ecosystems develop and how they are structured. The specific patterns of urban biodiversity will be discussed comprising plants and animals. Urban atmosphere and its pollution are subjects of the lectures. Also the specific development mechanisms and types of urban soils are part of the lessons. Further chapters deal with the characteristics of substances fluxes caused by urban systems. Finally students will be able to investigate and assess urban ecosystems and to analyze them according to their meaning for a healthy and live worthy environment. The contents of this subject are of highly relevant use for an ecological respectively sustainable urban development.
Soil Mineralogy
Soils are the very thin layer between rocks respective sediments and the atmosphere formed by numerous processes in which living organisms play a substantial role. Without soils terrestrial live is not possible. The global food production relies for large parts on the fertility of soils. Furthermore, soils protect groundwater resources against contamination from the surface due its capability to adsorb pollutants and to degrade toxic organic compounds. Thus soils are evident for a live worthy environment but an increasing global population accompanied by an intensive consumption of land for the development of urban settlements, infrastructure facilities, industries and intensive agriculture enormously jeopardize the functionality of soils.
Soil development cannot be understood without a comprehensive knowledge on the development processes starting with bare rocks and sediments. Those rocks and sediments consist of minerals, which undergo geochemical processes in contact to the hydrosphere, atmosphere and biosphere forming the pedosphere. Weathering processes of rocks and alteration processes of minerals lead to typical secondary minerals in accordance to the respective climate zone where these processes happen. Those secondary minerals are for example oxides and clays. Typical factors determining the formation of secondary minerals are i.a. redox processes, soil acidity, activity of microorganisms or climate. Secondary minerals provide characteristic soil properties such as adsorption capacity, water storage capacity or nutrient concentrations. Furthermore organic matter undergoes in soils degradation and formation processes leading to humic substances only formable in soils. In addition to that, soil properties are often not homogenously distributed but occur in micro patches only investigable with specific techniques.
The lectures on soil mineralogy enable the students to understand the formation of soil minerals and organic soil compounds, their role for specific soil porperties and the use of this knowledge in scientific and applied projects. Students will learn how the soil’s mineralogical composition can be analysed including higher sophisticated methods such as isotope ration mass spectrometry and Synchrotron technology. Finally, students will have developed the capability to pose scientific questions and to solve applied challenges in the field of soil mineralogy.