Completed PhD Theses:
2021
An experimental approach to separating climate, vegetation and geochemical effects on nutrient cycling along a climate gradient. Liesbeth van den Brink
EarthShape project 11, Phase I, University of Tuebingen, Germany
Discharge variability and river incision along a climate gradient in central Chile. Renee van Dongen
EarthShape project 9, Phase I, GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) Potsdam, Germany
Climate−dependent phosphorus forms and their utilization by plants and microorganisms. Moritz Johannes Köster, Earth Shape project A3, Phase I, University of Bern, Switzerland
Interactive plant-trait and climate effects on litter decomposition along the Chilean coastal range. Rafaella Canessa M., EarthShape project 1, Phase I, University of Marburg, Germany
Effect of drying and rewetting and freezing and thawing cycles on soil carbon sequestration in a humid temperate forest soil: underlying mechanisms. Francisco Nájera, EarthShape project 6, Phase I, Universidad de la Frontera, Chile
Plant nutrient mobilization and acquisition strategies: adaptation to water and nutrient availability. Svenja Stock, EarthShape project 6, Phase I, University of Göttingen, Germany
2020
Metal isotopic fingerprinting of rock weathering and nutrient cycling along a climate and vegetation gradient. Ralf A. Oeser, EarthShape project 12, Phase I, GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) Potsdam, Germany
Late Holocene paleoclimate reconstruction for the southern Central Andes of Chile based on a cushion peatland sedimentary archive (27°S). Sebastian Kock, EarthShape project 7, Phase I, University of Heidelberg, Germany
The effect of changing climate and vegetation on the topographic evolution of catchments in the Chilean Coastal Cordillera over millenial timescales. Manuel Schmid, EarthShape project 2, Phase I, University of Tübingen, Germany
2019
One to rule all four: Cryptogams of Arctic, Antarctic, European Alpine regions & the Atacama Desert. Patrick Jung, EarthShape project 5, Phase I, T. University of Kaiserslautern, Germany