Abgeschlossene Promotionen
| Name | Titel der Dissertation | Wissenschaftsdisziplin | Erstbetreuer | Tag der Disputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ||||
| Bastos Moroz, Cassiano | Urban growth, segregation, and the spatiotemporal dynamics of hazard exposure | Naturrisikenforschung | Prof. Annegret Thieken (UP) | 07.10.2025 |
| Pittroff, Marco | Sampling and analysis concepts for microplastic particles in riverbed sediments and groundwater | Hydrogeologie | Prof. Sascha Oswald (UP) | 22.09.2025 |
| Köhler, Lisa | Naturrisikenforschung | PD Dr. Christian Kuhlicke (UFZ) | 17.09.2025 | |
| Li, Chenzhi | Geoökologie | Prof. Ulrike Herzschuh (AWI) | 18.06.2025 | |
| Liu, Ying | Geoökologie | Prof. Ulrike Herzschuh (AWI) | 16.05.2025 | |
| Schild, Laura | Pollen, patterns, processes: Data-driven insights into Holocene vegetation dynamics | Geoökologie | Prof. Ulrike Herzschuh (AWI) | 15.05.2025 |
| Stieg, Amalie | Geoökologie | Prof. Ulrike Herzschuh (AWI) | 23.04.2025 | |
| Shresta, Pallav Kumar | Toward Accurate Boundary Conditions for Flood Early Warning System with Global Hydrological Models in Managed River Basins | Hydrologie | Prof. Luis Samaniego (UFZ) | 04.04.2025 |
| Voit, Paul | From Extreme Precipitation to Flash Floods - Advancing Hazard Assessment with Downward Counterfactual Scenarios | Hydrologie | PD Dr. Maik Heistermann (UP) | 24.02.2025 |
| Ferrer, Joaquin | Exploring Global Exposure to Large Landslides - Learning from Spatial Patterns and Temporal Trends | Naturrisikenforschung | Prof. Oliver Korup (UP) | 18.02.2025 |
| Bereswill, Sarah | Biogeochemical patterns and dynamics in the rhizosphere - imaging and modelling | Geoökologie | Prof. Sascha Oswald (UP) | 10.02.2025 |
| Billing, Maik | Exploring the role of functional diversity to support European forests under climate change using a flexible-trait vegetation model and machine learning | Geoökologie | PD Dr. Kirsten Thonicke (PIK) | 10.01.2025 |
| 2024 | ||||
| Scheiffele, Lena | Linking cosmic-ray neutron sensing to dynamic groundwater recharge at the field-scale | Geoökologie | Prof. Sascha Oswald (UP) | 05.12.2024 |
| Sodoge, Jan | Naturrisikenforschung | Prof. Christian Kuhlicke (UFZ) | 29.11.2024 | |
| Irkiso, Adane | Drought monitoring and adaptation strategies in agriculture | Klimafolgenforschung | Prof. Annegret Thieken (UP) | 22.11.2024 |
| Dillenardt, Lisa | Naturrisikenforschung | Prof. Annegret Thieken (UP) | 19.11.2024 | |
| Glückler, Ramesh | Long-term changes of wildfire regimes in eastern Siberia | Geoökologie | Prof. Ulrike Herzschu (AWI) | 08.11.2024 |
| Mellat Ardakani, Moein | Frozen Signals: Isotopic Insights into the Central Arctic's Hydrology | Hydrologie | Prof. Ulrike Herzschuh (AWI) | 24.09.2024 |
| Berghäuser, Lisa | Adaptation to flood risk over time - from quantification to prediction of adaptation behaviour of households living in flood-prone areas | Naturrisikenforschung | Prof. Annegret Thieken (UP) | 18.09.2024 |
| Macdonald, Elena | When extreme floods are not as rare as they seem: controls of heavy-tailed flood peak distributions | Hydrologie | Prof. Bruno Merz (GFZ) | 13.09.2024 |
| Fernandez Palomino, Carlos Antonio | Understanding the hydrological dynamics in the tropical Andes of Peru and Ecuador and their response to climate change | Geoökologie | Prof. Axel Bronstert (UP) | 20.08.2024 |
| Bryant, Seth | Aggregation and Disaggregation in Flood Risk Models | Naturrisikenforschung | Prof. Bruno Merz (GFZ) | 12.07.2024 |
| Hartmann, Anne | Hydrologie | Prof. Bruno Merz (GFZ) | 23.02.2024 | |
| Zhou, Xiangqian | Geoökologie | Prof. Michael Rode (UFZ) | 09.01.2024 | |
| Li, Yunfei | On the influence of density and morphology on the Urban Heat Island intensity | Geoökologie | Prof. Jürgen Kropp (PIK) | 09.01.2024 |
| 2023 | ||||
| Schmidt, Lena Katharina | Geoökologie | Prof. A. Bronstert | 12.12.2023 | |
| Zhang, Xiaolin | Evaluation of nitrogen dynamics in high-order streams and rivers based on high-frequency monitoring | Geoökologie | Prof. Michael Rode (UFZ) | 04.09.2023 |
| Kemper, Tarek | KlimAgrar - Neue Methoden der Begleitforschung am Beispiel des klimagerechten Handelns in der Landwirtschaft | Geoökologie | Prof. H. Wiggering | 20.07.2023 |
| Nguyen, Le Duy | Hydrological processes in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta | Hydrologie | Prof. B. Merz (GFZ) | 06.07.2023 |
| Mtilatila, Lucy | Climate change effects on drought, freshwater availability and hydro-power generation in an African environment | Hydrologie | Prof. A. Bronstert | 27.06.2023 |
| Luna, Lisa | Rainfall-triggered landslides: conditions, prediction, and warning | Georisiken | Prof. O. Korup | 22.06.2023 |
| Calitri, Francesca | Co-evolution of erosion rates, weathering and profile development in soil landscapes of hummocky ground moraines | Geoökologie | Prof. M. Sommer (ZALF) | 22.06.2023 |
| Seleem, Omar Mahmoud Abdelwahab | Towards urban pluvial flood mapping using data-driven models | Hydrologie | Prof. A. Bronstert | 20.06.2023 |
| Schmitz, Seán | Using low-cost sensors to gather high resolution measurements of air quality in urban environments and inform mobility policy | Geoökologie | Prof. M. Lawrence (RIFS) | 31.05.2023 |
| Schoppa, Lukas | Dynamics in the Flood Vulnerability of Companies | Naturrisikenforschung | Prof. B. Merz (GFZ) | 24.03.2023 |
| 2022 | ||||
| Han, Sungju | Perceptions of nature-based solutions in the context of floods | Naturrisikenforschung | Prof. C. Kuhlicke (UFZ), | 05.12.2022 |
| Fischer, Melanie | Outburst Floods in the Greater Himalayas - From Regional Susceptibility to Local Hazard | Naturrisikenforschung | PD Dr. A. Walz | 21.10.2022 |
| Trautmann, Tina | Unterstanding global Water Storage Variations using Model-Data Integration | Hydrologie | Prof. A. Güntner (GFZ) | 15.09.2022 |
| Mohor, Guilherme Samprogna | Exploring the fransferability of flood loss models across flood types | Naturrisikenforschung | Prof. A. Thieken | 05.07.2022 |
| Heidenreich, Anna | Risk Communication of Natural Hazards - Explaining pathways to adaptive behavior by applying psychological theories and using multiple quantitative methods in the context of heat stress and flooding | Naturrisikenforschung | Prof. A. Thieken | 07.07.2022 |
| Brill, Fabio | Applications of Machine Learning and Open Geospatial Data in Flood Risk Modelling | Naturrisikenforschung | Prof. B. Merz (GFZ) | 17.06.2022 |
| Krummenauer, Linda | Global heat adaptation among urban populations and its evolution under different climate futures | Klimafolgenforschung | apl. Prof. J. Kropp (PIK), Prof. A. Thieken | 16.06.2022 |
| Schönfeldt, Elisabeth | Giant Landslides in Patagonia, Argentina | Georisiken | Prof. O. Korup | 14.06.2022 |
| Serwene, Pola | Geographie verstehen durch Zweisprachigkeit - Eine Design-Based-Research-Studie im bilingualen Geographieunterricht am Beispiel des Fachkonzepts Wandel | Didaktik der Geographie | Prof. N. Brendel | 14.06.2022 |
| Kemter, Matthias | River Floods in a Changing World | Naturrisikenforschung | Prof. B. Merz (GFZ) | 10.06.2022 |
| 2021 | ||||
| Koc, Gamze | A comprehensive analysis of severe flood events in Turkey: event documentation, triggering mechanismus and impact modelling | Naturrisikenforschung | Prof. A. Thieken | 06.09.2021 |
| Rottler, Erwin | Transient merging of two Rhine flow regimes from climate change | Geoökologie | Prof. A. Bronstert | 30.08.2021 |
| Mahata, Khadak Singh | Spatiotemporal Variations of Key Air Pollutants and Greenhouse Gases in the Himalayan Foothills | Klimafolgenforschung | Prof. M. Lawrence (IASS) | 28.06.2021 |
| Wienicke, Maik | Wohin mit der sozialistischen Persönlichkeit? - Transformatives Lehren und Lernen von Geographielehrkräften in Ostdeutschland | Geographie | Prof. M. Rolfes | 24.06.2021 |
| Metin Usta, Ayşe Duha | The role of risk components and spatial dependence in flood risk estimations | Hydrologie | Prof. B. Merz (GFZ) | 24.02.2021 |
| Weger, Lindsey | Exploring potential impacts from transitions in German and European energy on GHG and air pollutant emissions and on ozone air quality | Geoökologie | Prof. M. Lawrence (IASS) | 10.02.2021 |
| 2020 | ||||
| Wang, Weishi | Influence of river reconstruction at a bank filtration site - water quality field investigation and 3D modelling of groundwater flow and heat transport | Hydrogeologie | Prof. S. Oswald | 06.11.2020 |
| Pilz, Tobias | Pursuing the understanding of uncertainties in hydrological modelling | Hydrologie | Prof. A. Bronstert | 15.09.2020 |
| Rolf, Werner | Peri-urban farmland included in green infrastructure strategies promotes transformation pathways towards sustainable urban development | Landschaftsmanagement | Prof. H. Wiggering | 04.09.2020 |
| Barbosa, Luis Romero | Groundwater Recharge in Tropical Wet Regions via GIS-based Methods and Cosmic-Ray Neutron Sensing | Geoökologie / Hydrogeologie | Prof. S. Oswald | 11.03.2020 |
| Weißhuhn, Peter | Assessing biotope vulnerability to landscape changes | Landschaftsökologie | Prof. H. Wiggering | 10.01.2020 |
| 2019 | ||||
| Schmidt, Martin | Fragmentation of landscapes: modelling ecosystem services of transition zones | Geoökologie | Prof. G. Lischeid (ZALF) | 16.12.2019 |
| Crisologo, Irene | Using spaceborne radar platforms to enhance the homogeneity of weather radar calibration | Geoökologie | PD M. Heistermann, Prof. A. Bronstert | 19.11.2019 |
| Laudan, Jonas | Changing susceptibility of flood-prone residents in Germany | Naturgefahren | Prof. A. Thieken | 13.08.2019 |
| Veh, Georg | Outburst floods from moraine-dammed lakes in the Himalayas: Detection, frequency, and hazard | Naturgefahren | PD A. Walz | 12.08.2019 |
| Yang, Xiaoqiang | Spatial and temporal analyses of catchment and in-stream nitrate dynamics | Geoökologie | Prof. M. Rode (UFZ) | 16.07.2020 |
| Rözer, Viktor | Naturrisikenforschung | Prof. B. Merz (GFZ) | 09.05.2019 | |
| Wendi, Dadiyorto | Recurrence Plots and Quantification Analysis of Flood Runoff Dynamics | Naturgefahren | Prof. B. Merz (GFZ) | 05.04.2019 |
| Sieg, Tobias | Reliability of flood damage estimations across spatial scales | Naturgefahren | Prof. B. Merz (GFZ) | 22.02.2019 |
| Sterzel, Till | Analyzing global typologies of socio-ecological vulnerability - The cases of human security in drylands, and rapid coastal urbanization | Geoökologie | apl. Prof. J. Kropp (PIK) | 22.02.2019 |
Öztürk, Ugur | Learning more to predict landslides | Naturgefahren | Prof. O. Korup | 21.02.2019 |
| Agarwal, Ankit | Unraveling spatio-temporal climatic patterns via multi-scale complex networks | Geoökologie | Prof. J. Kurths (PIK) | 29.01.2019 |
| 2018 | ||||
| Angermann, Lisa | Hillslope-stream connectivity across scales | Geoökologie | Prof. B. Merz (GFZ) | 20.12.2018 |
| Hesse, Cornelia | Integrated water quality modelling in meso- to large-scale catchments of the Elbe River basin under climate and land use change | Geoökologie | Prof. A. Bronstert | 08.11.2018 |
| Stolle, Amelie | Geomorphologie | Prof. O. Korup | 03.07.2018 | |
| Murawski, Aline | Trends in precipitation over Germany and the Rhine basin related to changes in weather patterns | Hydrologie | Prof. B. Merz (GFZ) | 15.06.2018 |
| Theuring, Phillip | Suspended sediments in the Kharaa River, Sources and Impacts | Geoökologie | apl. Prof. M. Rode (UFZ) | 20. 04.2018 |
| Schmidt, Katja | Assessing, testing, and implementing socio-cultural valuation methods to operationalise ecosystem services in land use management | Geoökologie | JProf. A. Walz | 02.03.2018 |
| Siegmund, Jonatan Frederik | Quantifying impacts of climate extreme events on vegetation | Prof. G. Lischeid (ZALF) | 11.01.2018 | |
| 2017 | ||||
| Wambura, Frank Joseph | Analysis of anthropogenic impacts on water resources in the Wami River basin, Tanzania | Prof. G. Lischeid (ZALF) | 19.12.2017 | |
| Gudipudi, Venkata Ramana | Cities and global sustainability | Prof. J. P. Kropp (PIK) | 08.12.2017 | |
| Schmidt, Silke Regina | Analyzing lakes in the time frequency domain | Geoökologie | Prof. G. Lischeid (ZALF) | 23.11.2017 |
| Munz, Matthias | Water flow and heat transport modelling at the interface between river and aquifer | Geoökologie | Prof. S. Oswald | 23.10.2017 |
| Käthner, Jana | Interaction of spatial variability characterized by soil electrical conductivity and plant water status related to generative growth of fruit trees | Geoökologie | apl. Prof. O. Blumenstein | 03.04.2017 |
| Schrön, Martin | Cosmic-Ray Neutron Sensing and its Applications to Soil and Land Surface Hydrology | Hydrogeologie | Prof. S. Oswald | 22.02.2017 |
| Kellermann, Patric | Assessing natural risks for railway infrastructure and transportation in Austria | Geoökologie | Prof. A. Thieken | 13.02.2017 |
| Stagl, Judith | Ecosystems' exposure to climate change: Modeling as support for nature conservation management | Dr. F. Hattermann, Prof. A. Bronstert | 12.01.2017 | |
| 2016 | ||||
| Bäse, Frank | Interception loss of changing land covers in the humid tropical lowland of Latin America: A synthesis of experimental and modeling approaches | Prof. Elsenbeer | 23.11.2016 | |
| Hohenbrink, Tobias Ludwig | Turning a problem into a solution: heterogeneities in soil hydrology | Prof. G. Lischeid (ZALF) | 28.10.2016 | |
| Vormoor, Klaus | The changing role of snowmelt and rainfall dominated floods in Norway under climate change - observations, projections, uncertainties | Prof. A. Bronstert | 27.10.2016 | |
| Roers, Michael | Methoden zur Dynamisierung von Klimafolgenanalysen im Elbegebiet - Aktualisierung von Szenarienstudien zu den Auswirkungen des Klimawandels und fortlaufende Überprüfung ökohydrologischer Modellergebnisse | Hydrologie | Prof. E. N. Paton | 14.10.2016 |
| Olonscheck, Mady | Climate change impacts on electricity and residential energy demand | Prof. J. Kropp (PIK) | 30.09.2016 | |
| Nied , Manuela | The role of soil moisture and weather patterns for flood occurrence and characteristics at the river basin scale | Prof. B. Merz (GFZ) | 20.07.2016 | |
| Gutsch, Martin | Model-based analysis of climate change impacts on the productivity of oak-pine forests in Brandenburg | Prof. W. Cramer (PIK) | 11.07.2016 | |
| Böttle, Markus | Coastal Floodings in View of Sea Level Rise: Assessing Damage Coasts and Adaption Measures | Prof. J. Kropp (PIK) | 27.04.2016 | |
| Aich, Valentin | Floods in the Niger River Basin in the face of Global Change - Analysis, Attribution and Projections | Prof. E. N. Paton | 15.04.2016 | |
| Falter, Daniela | A novel approach for large-scale flood risk assessments: continuous and long-term simulation of the full flood risk chain | Prof. B. Merz (GFZ) | 08.04.2016 | |
| Papendiek, Franka | Fodder Legumes for green Biorefineries: A Perspective for Sustainable Agricultural Production Systems | Prof. H. Wiggering | 20.02.2016 | |
| Kormann, Christoph | Regional climate change effects on hydroclimatic conditions in the Alpine region - Detection and attribution | Prof. A. Bronstert | 10.02.2016 | |
| Borys, Alexander | Kohlenstoffspeicherung in Abhängigkeit von Waldpflege, Klimawandel und Ökonomie | Dr. F. Suckow, P. Lasch-Born | 20.01.2016 | |
| 2015 | ||||
| Hunke, Philip Paul | The Brazilian Cerrado: ecohydrological assessment of water and soil degradation in heavily modified meso-scale catchments | Geoökologie / Ökohydrologie | Dr. habil. E. N. Müller | 27.11.2015 |
| Haase, Marina | Berufsschullandschaften in ländlichen Räumen. Zur Steuerung berufsbildender Infrastrukturen im Kontext demografischer Entwicklungen und institutioneller, sektoraler sowie akteursspezifischer Konstellationen in Brandenburg | Geographie | Prof. H.-J. Bürkner (IRS) | 23.11.2015 |
| Abon, Catherina | Radar-based Rainfall Retrieval for Flood Forecasting in a Meso-Scale Catchment, the Philippines | Geoökologie | Prof. A. Bronstert | 10.11.2015 |
| Mai, Michael | Migrationsdiskurse in der deutschen Grenzregion zu Polen. Empirische Analysen in Frankfurt (Oder), Guben und Görlitz im Vorfeld der EU-Erweiterung zum 1.05.2004 | Geographie | Prof. H.-J. Bürkner (IRS) | 5.11.2015 |
| Trauth, Nico | Flow and reactive transport modeling at the stream-groundwater interface | Hydrogeologie | Prof. S. Oswald | 09.10.2015 |
| Brosinski, Arlena | Spectral fingerprinting: The potential of VNIR-SWIR spectral characteristics for tracing suspended sediment sources | Geoökologie | Prof. A. Bronstert | 07.09.2015 |
| Düthmann, Doris | Hydrological modeling of mountain catchments in Central Asia – approaches for data sparse catchments | Hydrologie | Prof. B. Merz (GFZ) | 16. 06.2015 |
| Busch, Jan | Investigations on mobility of carbon colloid supported nanoscale zero-valent iron (nZVI) for groundwater remediation | Hydrogeologie | Prof. S. Oswald | 28.04.2015 |
| 2014 | ||||
| Mohr, Christian | Hydrological and erosion responses to man-made and natural disturbances – Insights from forested catchments in south-central Chile | Geoökologie | Prof. A. Bronstert | 29.01.2014 |
| Rivera Villarreyes, Carlos | Cosmic-ray neutron sensing for soil moisture measurements in cropped fields | Hydrologie | Prof. S. Oswald | 29.01.2014 |
| 2013 | ||||
| Anis, Muhammad Rehan | Climate change effects on overland flow | Hydrologie | PD Dr. M. Rode (UFZ); Prof. S. Attinger (UFZ) | 26.09.2013 |
| Conradt, Tobias | Challenges of regional hydrological modelling in the Elbe River basin – Investigations about model fidelity on sub-catchment level | Hydrologie | Prof. A. Bronstert | 06.05.2013 |
| 2012 | ||||
| Jagdhuber, Tomas | Soil Parameter Retrieval under Vegetation Cover using SAR Polarimtery | Hydrologie | Prof. A. Bronstert | 05.07.2012 |
| Alexandre Cunha Costa | Analyzing and modelling of flow transmission processes in river-systems with a focus on semi-arid conditions | Hydrologie | Prof. A. Bronstert | 10.05.2012 |
| Huang, Shaochun | Modelling of Environmental Change Impacts on Water Resources and Hydrological Extremes in Germany | Geoökologie | Prof. A. Bronstert | 02.05.2012 |
| Wulf, Hendrik | Seasonal precipitation, river discharge, and sediment flux in the Western Himalaya | Geomorphologie | Prof. H. Elsenbeer | 20.01.2012 |