Ongoing PhD projects

The Chair of Hydrology promotes especially PhD studies strongly relating to experimental hydrology in order to turn the present experimental sites into “the field laboratory par excellence”, in which the feasibility of innovative experimental research is warranted. A combination of field and modelling work is requested, what requires talent, motivation as well as broadly based theoretical and practical skills.
In this context the exchange with national and international research groups of other labs / universities during the PhD project is welcome.

Current PhD studies at the Chair of Hydrology:

student	thesis	assistance	keywords
Anys, Markus	...	Markus Weiler	... ... ...
Geissler, Joschka	Understanding and predicting the spatial and temporal variability of snow processes under different vegetation covers combining laser observations and point measurements	Markus Weiler	Monitoring snow accumulation and ablation underneath different canopy In-situ measurements using SnoMoS-stations in the black forest and the alps UAV-based LiDAR measurements to compute high resolution vegetation indices
Greiwe, Jan	Impact of drought on nitrate dynamics in streams	Jens Lange	High frequency monitoring of stream nitrate concentration by UV-vis spectrometry Analysis of diel nitrate patterns for inference of in-stream nitrate processing during variable environmental conditions Influence of revitalization measures on the stream nitrate budget Interplay of longitudinal solute transport and biological processes (nutrient spiraling)
Kaplan, Nils	Surface Connectivity: From Hillslope Contributions to Expanding Stream Networks	Markus Weiler	Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of the Expanding Stream Network Time-Lapse Camera Monitoring in the Attert Catchment (Luxemburg) Detection of Infiltration Excess Overland Flow Implementing Temporal and Spatial Dynamic Stream Networks in the Hydrological Model RoGeR
Koelbing, Merle	Spatial variability of meteorological parameters in urban areas and actual evapotranspiration from urban surfaces	Tobias Schütz, Markus Weiler, Andreas Christen	Assessment of the spatial variability of meteorological parameters in the mesoscale using measurements taken by a mobile climate station in Freiburg i. Br. (Germany) Modelling meteorological parameters according to the surrounding settlement structure on the basis of a LIDAR dataset with 1x1m² resolution as spatial input data Developing an evapotranspiration layer for urban areas based on the Penman-Monteith equation for the already existing runoff generation model RoGeR
Linke, Felicia	Biocide input from façade coatings into soil and groundwater - sources, input pathways and transformation	Jens Lange	Measurement of selected biocides in soil and groundwater with special focus of input pathways Further development of the biocide leaching model FReWaB-Plus Experiments on the influence of urban surfaces on biocide input to soil and groundwater
Mach, Judith	...	Natalie Orlowski, Markus Weiler	... ... ...
Schwemmle, Robin	The Combined Effects of Climate Change and Agricultural Practice Change on Water Quality	Markus Weiler	Further development of RoGeR to model the spatial-temporal dynamic of solute transport using StorAge Selection functions Impact analysis of climate change scenarios and agricultural management scenarios
Seeger, Stefan	The influence of biodiversity on soil water redistribution and the amounts and source depths of plant water uptake	Markus Weiler, Michael Scherer-Lorenzen	In-situ measurement of stable water isotope in the soil Determination of transpiration rates and water uptake depths of different vegetation types Quantification of soil water redistribution

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