Accomplished Research Projects

DFG FOR 2432: Effects of land use intensification and soil management practices on field water cycles and water use efficiency
DFG SPP 2089: Localization and quantification of physical and mechanical rhizosphere properties using X-ray microtomography and micro-sensing techniques
DFG FOR 2179: 3D-organisation of the solid, pore and organic phases in soil microaggregates and its control on mechanical stability
BMEL/FNR: Soil mechanical investigations to assess trafficability of forest soils
Small scaled and dynamic analyses of microstructural rhizo- and drilosphere properties: porosity, physicochemistry and their role for root growth, nutrient storage and transport/support.
Development of self-compacting backfill material with root growth impeding properties under preferential use of locally excavated material - to protect tree roots and subterraniean infrastructure in urban areas.
Bedeutung der Gefügedynamik und Architektur von Poren- und Wurzelsystemen für den Gas-, Wasser-, und Stoffhaushalt
Projekte in Kooperation mit dem Deutschen Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) am Hamburger Synchrotron-Strahlungslabor (HASYLAB)