Prof. Dr. Michael W. I. Schmidt - Soil Biogeochemistrymore information

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Current research projects

Project leader	Project title
Abiven	Extending the Multi-Isotopes in a Controlled Environment (MICE) Facility - New climate regulation system and carbon isotope analysers
	Organic matter dynamics in the plant-soil system under drought: investigating the importance of roots in the soil carbon stabilization using 13C, 2H, 18O Multi-isotope-labelling technique
Abiven Schmidt	Global change and biodiversity feedbacks as drivers of the carbon cycle in the plant–soil system
Schmidt	Nitrogen effect on molecular dynamics in forest soils
	FIRE_Tool: New tools in reconstructing wildfire history from sedimentary records using organic geochemical methods
Singh Maestrini Abiven Lieberherr	Introduction of biochar technology in village-scale agricultural systems in India: a feasibility study
Studer Abiven Malenovský	Light Use efficiency eXperiment – LUX: Testing ability of the xantophyll transformation sensitive optical indices to track dynamic of plant photosynthesis in various illumination and temperature conditions
Wiesenberg	Quantification of postsedimentary root-derived carbon in loess using molecular proxies to improve paleoenvironmental reconstruction
	Lifestyle assessment of branched tetraether source bacteria via modern and ancient root systems
	The effect of severe drought on CO2 uptake by plants and carbon dynamics in the plant-soil system

Completed research projects

Project leader	Project title
Abiven	Bioassay to assess lignin stabilization in soil
	Physical, molecular and microbial evidence of char degradation
Abiven Schmidt	Fate of Pyrogenic Carbon in the Soil under Increased Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition
Burga Grabherr	GLORIA-EUROPE The European dimension on the Global Obeservation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments.
Eckmeier	A geoarchaeological approach to investigate human-environment interactions in the Valle Leventina
Hagedorn Schmidt	Turnover of organic matter in forest soils under increased N deposition: Clues from tracer experiments with 13C and 15N labelled beech litter
Hagedorn Zimmermann Schmidt	Greenhouse-gas budget of soils under changing climate and land use (BurnOut)
Heim Schmidt	Lignin turnover in soils - Stabilization mechanisms for lignin in arable soils
Leifeld	Characterization of soil organic carbon by mid-infrared-spectroscopy
Schmidt	SOM-5, 5th international Workshop on Soil and Sedimentary Organic Matter Stabilization and Destabilization. Unifying concepts of organic matter dynamics in terrestrial and aquatic
	Following the fate of combustion residues in soil
	Black Carbon in Soils Looking for the missing carbon
Schmidt Gerlach	Detecting prehistoric fire-based farming along the Rhine valley using biogeochemical markers
Schmidt Heim	The effect of time and environmental factors on lignin turnover in soils
	Carbon Cycling of Soil Organic Matter: Compound Specific Isotope Analysis of Lignin
Schmidt Heim Hagedorn	How Do Extreme Climate Events Affect Plant/Soil Interactions in Agroecosystems?
Schmidt Schwark	Lipids in soils: Soils as sources and sinks of CO2
Schneider	A novel tool to trace fire-derived organic matter deposition in a high-resolution sedimentary record of the past 250 years
Schneider Schmidt	Beyond quantifying fire residues in soils and sediments- the use of molecular markers to identify past fire conditions
Schulze	Impacts of fire on the carbon budget in boreal forest soils