Completed Master of Sciences Theses:
2022
Reconstruction of fire history from black carbon in temperate rain forest soils using pyrogenic molecular markers, Bandanashri Rai, EarthShape project 1, Phase II, University of Göttingen, Germany
The worldwide distribution of burrowing and burrow-using mammals, Lena Krug, EarthShape project 4, Phase II, University of Marburg
The impact of burrowing animals on soil surface conditions along the Chilean latitudinal gradient, Sabrina Köhler, EarthShape project 4, Phase II, University of Marburg
From semi-arid to humid: How do plants affect soil structure formation and microbial community composition in soils from a climate gradient?, Baptist Köppendörfer, EarthShape project 3, Phase II, Technische Universität München, Germany
2021
Fire events and their impact on vegetation development in Mediterranean and humid-temperate ecosystems in Chile, Johannes Wünsch, EarthShape project 1, Phase II, University of Göttingen, Germany
Microbial processes depending on soil water content in soils along a climate gradient in Chile, Isabell Seuß, EarthShape project 12, Phase II, University of Bayreuth, Germany
Nährstofflimitierung von Bodenmikroorganismen in Boden- und Streuproben entlang eines Klimagradienten in Chile, Katharina Huesmann, EarthShape project 2, Phase II, University of Tübingen, Germany
2020
Changes in microbial Fe-cycling along a precipitation gradient, Lea Sauter, EarthShape project 15, Phase II, University of Tübingen, Germany
Export of Major and Trace elements from Catchments Along a Climatic Gradient in the Chilean Coastal Cordillera, Lorenz Kandolf, EarthShape project 2, Phase II, University of Tübingen, Germany
Vegetation remote sensing for thermochronology along the climate gradient of the Chilean coastal cordillera, Robin Fischer, EarthShape project 10, Phase II, University of Marburg, Germany
Tracking down the toplayer signature of granite bedrock weathering hy hyperspectral, mineral and geochemical analyses along an aridity gradient. Ciaran Peter Fitzgerald, EarthShape project 12, Phase I, University of Hannover, Germany
Soil structure formation in semi-arid top- and subsoil driven by living roots. Franziska Steiner, EarthShape project 3, Phase II, Technical University Munich, Germany
2019
Soil Microhabitats along a Climatic Gradient in the Atacama Desert, Chile. Diana Boy, EarthShape project 12, Phase I, University of Hannover, Germany
Distribution of Halogens (F, Cl, Br, I) along a Climate Gradient of the Chilean Coastal Cordillera. Erik Lemke, EarthShape project 11, Phase I, University of Tübingen, Germany
Climate and litter quality controls on nutrient loss during decomposition. Timo Knüver, EarthShape project 11, Phase I, University of Tübingen, Germany
Impact of artificial herbivory on foliar nutrient concentrations and initial litter decomposition. Laura Korbacher, EarthShape project 11, Phase I, University of Tübingen, Germany
Can C addition increase the biotic mobilization of immobilized phosphorus? A conceptual, dual-isotsope labeling study along a continental gradient. Yue Hu, EarthShape project 6, Phase I, University of Göttingen, Germany
Lichens bite the Dust - Identity and Bio-weathering Capacity of Chlorolichens from the Atacama Desert. Dina Emrich, EarthShape project 5, Phase I, T. University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
Long-term Exhumation History of the Chilean Coastal Cordillera from 26 to 37 Degrees Latitude from Apatite (U-Th)/He Thermochronology. Marcel Anhorn, EarthShape project 2, Phase I, University of Tübingen, Germany
2018
Aggregate stability of soil and the role of microbiota under wetting and drying cycles along a climate gradient in Chile. Juliana Klein, EarthShape project 13, Phase I, University of Tübingen, Germany
Statistical Downscaling of Monthly Temperature and Precipitation in Chile. Samuel Scherrer, EarthShape project 2, Phase I, University of Tübingen, Germany
Initial soil erosion as a function of aggregate stability at different slope positions under different climates in Chile. Johanna Kinkela, EarthShape project 13, Phase I, University of Tübingen, Germany
Remote Sensing of Vegetation along a latitudinal gradient in Chile. Christian Bödinger, EarthShape, Phase I, University of Tübingen, Germany
The effect of tools with different lithologies on erosion efficiency in Bedrock rivers. Melle Koelewijn, EarthShape project 9, Phase I, GFZ Potsdam, Germany
Storminess and extreme precipitation events in South America throughout the Late Cenozoic. Jana F. Geller, EarthShape project 2, Phase I, University of Tübingen, Germany
Impact of Drought on Plant-Available Nutrients in Soils along a Chilean Climatic Gradient. Florian Hofmann, EarthShape project 11, Phase I, University of Tübingen, Germany
2017
The Influence of Vegetation on Erosion and Sediment Connectivity. Kerstin Kleinohl, EarthShape project 4, Phase I, University of Bonn, Germany
Remote Sensing based Mapping of Vegetation Properties relevant to Splash Erosion. Johannes Senn, EarthShape project 4, Phase I, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Stable isotope analysis (δ13C and δ18O) in Patosia peat cellulose from the Rio Claro Peatland (Chile, 30°S) and its potential for paleoenvironmental implications in the Andes. Joana Seguin. EarthShape project 7, Phase I, University of Heidelberg, Germany
A comparative study about photosynthetic reactivation of epiphytic fruticose chlorolichens by air humidity: their ecophysiological performance, morphology and photobiont-phylogeny. Lena Weber. EarthShape project 5, Phase I, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
2016
Hyperspectral remote sensing of biological soil crusts in the Atacama Desert. Jakob Schmidt. EarthShape project 5, Phase I, University of Marburg, Germany