Alumni of the IMPRS-gBGC

• Steffen Hellmann (2025) Application of single particle / single cell ICP-MS to geotechnical and biogeochemical suspensions. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Na Li (2025) Towards constraining the role of internal climate variability and the forced response in the global carbon cycle (2025) University of Leipzig.
• Lucia Eder (2025) Effects of elevated CO₂ on soil organic matter turnover and plant nutrient uptake. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Annika Blohm (2024) Investigation of nitrogen cycle processes using enhanced Raman spectroscopy. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.

• Weijie Zhang (2024) Towards Improved Global Surface Energy Flux Estimates by Addressing Limitations in Eddy Covariance Data. Ghent University.

• Marleen Pallandt (2024) Modelling the role of temperature and soil moisture on soil organic carbon decomposition. University of Bayreuth. 
• Ekaterina Bogdanovich (2024) Characterizing country-scale societal response to hot extremes using multiple data streams. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Saqr Munassar (2024) Development of pre-operational mesoscale inverse modelling system to quantify CO₂ sources and sinks over Europe. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• José Cortes (2024) Accounting for multiple testing in the analysis of spatio-temporal environmental data: A case study of vegetation trends. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Sarosh Alam Ghausi (2024) Interactions between the hydrological cycle and land surface temperatures: insights from a thermodynamic systems perspective. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.
• Martijn Pallandt (2024) Assessment and optimization strategies of the pan-Arctic greenhouse gas monitoring networks. University of Hamburg.
• Flavio Silva Costa (2023) Biomineralization Capabilities of Streptomyces mirabilis P16B-1: Insights into Struvite and Nickel-Struvite Synthesis and Their Implications. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Jeffrey Beem-Miller (2023) Radiocarbon constraints reveal time scales of soil carbon cycling. Leibniz University Hannover.
• Sophie von Fromm (2023) Understanding soil organic carbon abundance and persistence at continental to global scales. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.
• Daniel E. Pabon-Moreno (2023) Functional Biogeography: testing new approaches based on Gross Primary Production. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Juliane Helm (2023) From theory to methods and applications - for a better understanding of stem respiration and carbon dynamics in mature trees. University of Basel.
• Wantong Li (2023) Terrestrial vegetation-water interactions in observations and models. Technische Universität Dresden. 
• Shane Stoner (2023) Quantifying relevent timescales of soil carbon cycling through long-term modeling and novel fractionation techniques. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.
• Gökben Demir (2023) The Role of Canopy Induced Heterogeneity in Subsurface Hydrological Processes. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Lina M. Estupinan-Suarez (2022) Vegetation Dynamics in Northern South America on Different Time Scales. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Santiago Botía (2022) Greenhouse gas exchange in the Amazon region Carbon dioxide and methane insights from the Amazon Tall Tower Observatory. Wageningen University and Research.
• Rachael O. Akinyede (2022) The dark side of primary production in temperate forest soils. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Tina Trautmann (2022) Understanding global water storage variations using model-data integration. University of Potsdam.
• David Martini (2022) Deciphering the Factors Relating Sun-Induced Fluorescence to Photosynthesis and Transpiration in Space and Time. University of Twente.
• Basil Kraft (2022) Deep learning and hybrid modeling of global vegetation and hydrology. Technical University Munich.
• Jasper Denissen (2022) Mapping terrestrial evaporation regimes - A data-driven analysis of land-atmosphere interactions under climate change. Wageningen University & Research.
• Julia Joswig (2022) Global Signals in Plant Traits. University of Zurich.
• Ingrid Chanca (2022) Theoretical and experimental approaches using Δ¹⁴C for estimating system diagnostic times in the central Amazon rainforest. Universidade Federal Fluminense.
• Andreas Merian (né Knebl) (2022) Fiber-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Gas Sensing Applications in Biogeochemistry. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Olga Bogdanova (2022) Microbial processes in mycorrhizoshere of plants growing at a former uranium mining site. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Antonios Apostolakis (2022) Land Use Effects on Carbon and Nutrient Fluxes in Soils. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Natalie Schröter (2022) Biomarkers in paleoenvironmental reconstructions: novel applications and data-driven evaluation. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Annu Panwar (2022) Understanding the different responses of diurnal surface and air temperatures to evaporation across vegetation types. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• David Andres Herrera Ramirez (2021) Dynamics of non-structural carbon in tropical trees and wood functional traits. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Christopher Krich (2021) Biosphere–atmosphere interaction: Inferring dependencies via causal graph reconstruction. Ghent University.
• Ann-Sophie Lehnert (2021) Dynamics in Production and Emission of Volatile Organic Compounds from Soil, Leaves, and Litter. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Jacob Nelson (2021) Ecosystem Transpiration from Eddy Covariance. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Kasun Gayantha (2021) Multi-Proxy Reconstruction of South Asian Monsoon Variability in Sri Lanka. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Simon Schröter (né Benk) (2021) Towards a Data-Driven Understanding of Dissolved Organic Matter in the Critical Zone. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Somak Chowdhury (2021) Effect of Plant Inputs and Nutrient Acquisition strategies on Soil Microbial Community. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Guido Kraemer (2020) Low-Dimensional Representations of Earth System Processes. Universitat de València.
• Melanie Kern (2020) Nitrogen controls on Plant Carbon-Use Efficiency. Technical University Munich.
• Milan Flach (2020) Multivariate Hydrometeorological Extreme Events and their Impacts on Vegetation - Potential Methods and Applications. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Kendalynn Morris (2020) Influence of nutrient availability on soil respiration and microbial activity in a tree-grass ecosystem. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Holger Metzler (2020) Compartmental systems as Markov chains: age, transit time, and entropy. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Neele Birte van Laaten (2020) Metals in urban dust: Potentials of spider web biomonitoring and statistical approaches to identify anthropogenic sources of urban particulate matter. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Carsten Simon (2020) Identification of ecosystem-specific markers in terrestrial dissolved organic matter (DOM) by Orbitrap mass spectrometry. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Jenia Singh (2020) Advancing savanna structural characterization at multiple scales for enhanced ecological insights. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Martina Franz (2019) Modelling air pollution impacts on the global carbon and nitrogen cycling. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.
• Jürgen Knauer (2019) Integrating observations and models to understand ecophysiological controls on terrestrial water-carbon coupling. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Martin Kunz (2019) Measurement of atmospheric carbon dioxide abundance on board unmanned aircraft - challenges and application. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Iulia Ilie (2019) CMAGEP: A new method for automatic model discovery from data and its application to terrestrial ecosystem carbon exchange fluxes. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Huei Ying Gan (2019) The Effects of Land Use and Management on Belowground Carbon and Nutrient Interactions. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Mikhail Urbazaev (2019) Estimation of forest structure parameters in Mexico by integration of remote sensing and forest inventory data. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Su Ding (2019) Sources and environmental controls of microbial membrane lipids in soils and groundwater. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Sung-Bin Park (2019) An investigation of temporal variability of carbon dioxide fluxes in a boreal coniferous forest and a bog in central Siberia: from local to regional scale. University of Göttingen.
• Friedemann Reum (2019) Methane emissions from the East Siberian Arctic Shelf inferred from accurate observations of atmospheric methane mole fractions. University of Hamburg.
• Verónika Ceballos-Núnez (2018) Nonlinearities in Carbon Allocation and Vegetation Functioning. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Johannes Meyerholt (2018) Systematic assessment of uncertainty in coupled carbon nitrogen cycle models and their climate feedbacks. Goethe University Frankfurt.
• Stefan Karlowsky (2018) Mechanisms of Resistance and Resilience in the Plant-Soil System of Mountain Grassland Communities. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Sven Boese (2018) Semi-Empirical Water-Use Efficiency Models from Local to Global Scale. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Sabrina Arnold (2018) Ground-based Remote Sensing of Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Monoxide and Methane on Ascension Island Using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy. University of Bremen.
• Jianbei Huang (2018) Trade-offs between growth, storage and defense in plants under carbon limitation. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Jakob Fischer (2018) Thermodynamic Patterns of Life – Emergente Phenomena in Reaction Networks. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Talie Sadat Musavi (2018) The imprint of plants on ecosystem functioning. Leipzig University.
• Thomas Lange (2018) Die geomorphologische Entwicklung des Alfbachtals im quartären Vulkangebier der Westeifel seit dem Denekamp-Interstadial - Vulkanismus als Ursache für die Entstehung glazigener Depotzentren. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Swatantar Kumar (2018) Elucidation of the microbial nitrogen cycle in the subsurface - Key microbial players and processes. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Fabio Boschetti (2017) Atmospheric modeling of airborne greenhouse gas observations over Europe using a regional transport model: towards quantitative inversions using multiple species. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Fanny Kittler (2017) Long-term drainage effects on carbon fluxes of an Arctic permafrost ecosystem. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Sebastian Sippel (2017) Climate extremes and their impact on ecosystem–atmosphere interactions in a very impressive. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.
• Aileen Meier (2017) Mineralization and dissolution of calcium carbonate by microbial activities. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Chirag Dhara (2017) First order controls on surface climate and its sensitivity to greenhouse and solar forcings. University of Hamburg.
• Martin Nowak (2017) The role of microbial CO₂ fixation for belowground carbon cycling and its influence on carbon isotopic signatures. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Panagiotis Kountouris (2016) Estimating terrestrial carbon fluxes in an atmospheric perspective - combining constraints from Eddy Covariance and mixing ratio observations. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Daniel Magnabosco Marra (2016) Effects of windthrows on the interaction between tree species composition, forest dynamics and carbon balance in Central Amazon. Leipzig University.
• Luise Eichhorn (2016) Reconstruction of environmental change and sedimentation processes during the Pleniglacial using fluvio-lacustrine sediments from volcanically-dammed Paleolake Alf, West Eifel Volcanic Field, Germany. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Shreeya Verma (2016) Application of commercial aircraft-based observations of greenhouse gases to carbon cycle science. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Min Jung Kwon (2016) The effects of long-term drainage on processes governing CO₂ and CH₄ fluxes on an Arctic floodplain in Siberia. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Juliane Geller (2016) Improved Local Polynomial Estimation in Nonparametric Time Series Regression. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Perla Griselle Mellado Vazquez (2016) Plant and soil related effects on the soil microbial community composition and soil microbial carbon dynamics. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Gabriela Pereyra Ojeda (2016) Influence of carbon availability on carbon and nitrogen distribution in nodulated plants. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Lailah Gifty Akita (2016) Ostracods as indicators of Late Quaternary aquatic and monsoon system cchanges on the southern Tibetan Plateau. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Björn Gebser (2015) Osmoregulation of microalgae and release of climate relevant gases. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Roman Witt (2015) Reconstruction of climate variability in Central Asia using lake sediments. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Stefan Hanf (2015) Multi-gas sensitivity scaling of fiber-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (FERS) with microstructured optical fibers. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Eric Morgan (2015) Continuous Measurements of Greenhouse Gases and Atmospheric Oxygen in the Namib Desert. Kiel University.
• Marcus Guderle (2015) Towards understanding belowground resources acquisition: Applying data driven methods for deriving root water uptake profiles in grasslands of different diversity. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Matthias Forkel (2015) Controls on Global Greening, Phenology and the Enhanced Seasonal CO₂ Amplitude. Integrating Decadal Satellite Observation and Global Ecosystem Models. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Saadat Malghani (2015) Microbial control of greenhouse gas flux and thermally carbonized biomass decomposition in upland temperate soils. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Emily Solly (2014) The role of fine root litter of organic matter storage in soil. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Ashish Malik (2014) Understanding the mechanism of microbial control on carbon cycling in soil. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• Jakob Zscheischler (2014) A global analysis of extreme events and consequences for the terrestrial carbon cycle. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.
• Franziska Günther (2013) Reconstruction of Asian monsoon using compound-specific isotope signals of aquatic and terrestrial biomarkers in Tibetan lake systems. Friedrich Schiller University Jena.