Doctoral Dissertations

2024

Contribution of Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES) to the Energy Transition in Germany. PhD dissertation
Stemmle, R.
2024, March 27. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000169146
Gold mobility in the crust: From source to ore deposit formation. PhD dissertation
Hector, S.
2024, January 15. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000167224

2023

Numerical optimisation and machine learning advancement in solute geothermometry. PhD dissertation
Yström, L. H.
2023, December 11. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000165424
Carbon dioxide in binary geothermal systems - Origin, handling and utilisation possibilities. PhD dissertation
Fechner, D.
2023, December 8. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000165241
The Role of Active Crustal Faults in Geothermal Systems in Volcanic Areas: A Case Study of Southern Chile by Magnetotelluric Method. PhD dissertation
Pavez Moreno, M. A.
2023, November 17. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000164403
Herausforderungen bei der Rohstoffversorgung Deutschlands. PhD dissertation
Steiger, K.
2023, October 31. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000163528
Development of Big Data and Deep Learning Concepts in Water Environment Management : example of three different water bodies in China, from monitoring to prediction. PhD dissertation
Qian, J.
2023, October 6. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000162533
Cross-scale hydraulic characterization of a major karst and alluvial aquifer system for drinking water supply. PhD dissertation
Fahrmeier, N.
2023, September 15. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000161943
Chemical characterization and optical properties of brown carbon aerosol. PhD dissertation
Jiang, F.
2023, September 6. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000161896
Development of a protection concept as basis for a sustainable water supply in the Dong Van karst area, Northern Vietnam. PhD dissertation
Richter, D.
2023, August 21. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000161384
Quantifying the Impact of Climate Variability and Change on Groundwater. PhD dissertation
Fan, X.
2023, July 20. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000160717
Advancing hydro-geomechanical subsurface characterisation using the groundwater response to tidal forces. PhD dissertation
Bastías Espejo, J. M.
2023, July 13. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000160223
Numerical Simulation of non-isothermal Complex Fluid Mixtures in Deep Geothermal Systems. PhD dissertation
Esmaeilpour, M.
2023, June 15. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000159240
Karst and cave development and groundwater resources of Dong Van Karst Plateau, Northern Vietnam. PhD dissertation
Tran, D. A.
2023, April 18. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000157890
Online Chemical Characterization of Volatile Organic Compounds and Aerosol Particles at Urban and Rural Locations. PhD dissertation
Song, J.
2023, February 28. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000156176
Temperature dependence of the molecular composition and volatility of secondary organic aerosol. PhD dissertation
Gao, L.
2023, February 24. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000156177
Reservoir quality controls and reservoir modelling of continental to transitional shallow marine sedimentary basins of Southern Nigeria. PhD dissertation
Adamolekun, O. J.
2023, February 13. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000155717
Rekonstruktion paläoklimatischer Extremereignisse in der Region Franken anhand von Speläothemen in Kombination mit historischen Stadtarchiven. PhD dissertation
Holz, P.
2023, January 17. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000154570
Reservoir quality controls and reservoir modelling of continental to transitional shallow marine sedimentary basins of Southern Nigeria. PhD dissertation
Adamolekun, O. J.
2023. doi:10.5445/KSP/1000156506

2022

Thermal Modeling and Inversion of Borehole Temperature Data. PhD dissertation
Wang, J.
2022, August 30. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000150175
Optimization Strategies for Spatio-temporal Groundwater Dynamics Monitoring. PhD dissertation
Ohmer, M.
2022, August 17. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000149776
Impacts of clogging minerals and groundwater extraction on mobility of arsenic in aquifers. PhD dissertation
Shtirkin, Y.
2022, August 5. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000149115
Leveraging Artificial Neural Networks for Modeling Hydrogeological Time Series. PhD dissertation
Wunsch, A.
2022, August 2. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000149192
Coupled hydraulic-mechanical-chemical processes in porous and fractured rocks. PhD dissertation
Hale, S. K.
2022, April 29. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000145134
Stratigraphic correlation uncertainty : On the impact of the sediment transport direction in computer-assisted multi-well correlation. PhD dissertation
Baville, P.
2022
Compaction and cementation controls on reservoir quality in Buntsandstein red beds. PhD dissertation
Schmidt, C.
2022. KIT Scientific Publishing. doi:10.5445/KSP/1000140255

2021

Compaction and cementation controls on reservoir quality in Buntsandstein red beds. PhD dissertation
Schmidt, C.
2021, October 25. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000137158
Hydrologic Processes on Steep Hillslopes Across Different Scales: From Soil Water Dynamics to Spring Water Chemisty. PhD dissertation
Merk, M.
2021, October 6. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000138465
Diagenetic controls on fluid flow and mechanical properties in Rotliegend reservoir sandstones. PhD dissertation
Monsees, A. C.
2021, October 6. KIT Scientific Publishing. doi:10.5445/KSP/1000133960
Fracture network characterization in enhanced geothermal systems by induced seismicity analysis. PhD dissertation
Köpke, R.
2021, September 20. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000136818
Mobility and Reactivity of Sulfate Green Rust and Sulfidized Nanoscale Zerovalent Iron for In-Situ Remediation of Chromium Contaminated Sites. PhD dissertation
Digiacomo, F.
2021, September 2. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000137115
Techno-economic feasibility analysis of low-temperature geothermal heating and cooling. PhD dissertation
Schüppler, S.
2021, August 12. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000136048
Control of As and Cr speciation by reactive iron mineral-mediated redox reactions : Development of in situ remediation methods = Einfluss redox-reaktiver Eisenminerale auf die Speziationen von Arsen und Chrom: Entwicklung von in situ Sanierungsmethoden. PhD dissertation
Thomas, A.
2021, July 14. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000135144
Flow and transport in fractured geothermal reservoirs on different scales: Linking experiments and numerical models. PhD dissertation
Egert, R. W.
2021, June 25. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000134159
Arsenic mobilization processes in inland sediment basins – the example of the Hetao Basin. PhD dissertation
Wang, H.
2021, May 27. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000133082
Algal dynamics in Lake Taihu, an example for shallow eutrophic lakes - from monitoring to modelling = Algendynamik im Taihu See, ein Beispiel für flache eutrophe Seen - vom Monitoring zur Modellierung. PhD dissertation
Yang, J.
2021, January 18. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000128120

2020

Thermal Transport Properties of Single Crystal Quartz and Portlandite. PhD dissertation
Breuer, S.
2020, December 9. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000127241
Petrogenetic Significance of Zircon in Mafic and Felsic Rocks of the Bushveld Complex: Melt Inclusions, Physicochemical Conditions and Hf Isotopes. PhD dissertation
Gudelius, D.
2020, November 26. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000126765
New insights into hydraulic processes and water quality dynamics of alpine karst systems. PhD dissertation
Frank, S.
2020, October 14. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000124441
Elektronenmikroskopische Untersuchung von reaktiven Nanomaterialien. PhD dissertation
Wenzel, O.
2020, June 29. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000120434
Global application, performance and risk analysis of Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES). PhD dissertation
Fleuchaus, P.
2020, June 10. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000120042
Speleothem-based reconstruction of the palaeohydrology in the tropical western Pacific = Speläothem-basierte Rekonstruktion der Paläohydrologie im tropischen West-Pazifik. PhD dissertation
Nothstein, A.
2020, March 10. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000105693

2019

Geomechanical characterization of geothermal reservoirs in the Bavarian Molasse Basin. PhD dissertation
Seithel, R. J.
2019. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000100124
Integrated hydrogeological and geochemical processes in swelling clay-sulfate rocks. PhD dissertation
Schweizer, D. M.
2019. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000099391
Konzeption eines ökologischen Grundwasserentnahme-Managements am Beispiel der Wasserversorgung durch die Stadtwerke Karlsruhe. PhD dissertation
Wirsing, T.
2019. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000096873
Alteration experiments on geothermal reservoir rocks of the Upper Rhine Graben. PhD dissertation
Schmidt, R. B.
2019. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000091851

2018

Structural and diagenetic controls on reservoir quality in tight siliciclastic and carbonate rocks. PhD dissertation
Becker, I.
2018. KIT Scientific Publishing. doi:10.5445/KSP/1000085503
Exploration of Villarrica Geothermal System using Geophysical and Geochemical Techniques [Finale Version]. PhD dissertation
Held, S.
2018. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000085295
Numerical and Experimental Characterization of Dissolution and Precipitation Processes in Deep Geothermal Reservoirs. PhD dissertation
Nitschke, F.
2018. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000079826

2017

Coupled Hydraulic, Thermal and Chemical Simulations for Geothermal Installations. PhD dissertation
Nusiaputra, Y. Y.
2017. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000068708

2016

Geomechanical characterization of geothermal relevant fault patterns in Southwest Germany. PhD dissertation
Meixner, J.
2016. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000071032
Significance of mechanical behavior and stress heterogeneity in a deep geothermal reservoir. PhD dissertation
Sahara, D. P.
2016. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000063620
Data processing of induced seismicity: estimation of errors and of their impact on geothermal reservoir models. PhD dissertation
Kinnaert, X.
2016. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000060575

2014

Localization and characterization of hydrothermal alteration zones in a geothermal reservoir and their significance for rock mechanics. PhD dissertation
Meller, C.
2014. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000044749
Evolution of Stress and Seismicity in Fractured Geothermal Reservoirs. PhD dissertation
Schoenball, M.
2014. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000041150

2013

Corrosion and scaling in utilization of geothermal energy in the Upper Rhine graben. PhD dissertation
Mundhenk, N.
2013. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000043467

Internal Series: Master- and Diploma-Theses
Titel	Autor	Quelle	Typ	Datum
Geochemische Charakterisierung uns thermohydraulische Modellierung eines geothermalen Systems im Schwarzwald	Rolker, J.	Schriftenreihe Geothermie M5 Rolker	Masterarbeit	2014
Funktionsüberprüfung von Seismometern in Bad Urach	Mahnke, G.	Schriftenreihe Geothermie M4 Mahnke		2014
Charakterisierung tektonischer Spannungen für ein Geothermieprojekt in der süddeutschen Molasse	Robin Seithel	Schriftenreihe Geothermie M3 Seithel	Masterarbeit	SS 2013
Numerische Berechnungen auf Basis eines geologischen 3D Modells zur optimalen Bewirtschaftung eines geothermischen Reservoirs	Sebastian Held	Schriftenreihe Geothermie M2 Held	Masterarbeit	2011
Hydraulische Modellierung einer Kluft mit selbst-affinen Oberflächen	Natalie Kühnle	Schriftenreihe Geothermie M1 Kühnle	Diplomarbeit	2011