Main Focus

My PhD project focused on understanding large-scale controls (e.g. climate and soil mineralogy) on soil organic carbon content and age across sub-Saharan Africa. I use a wide range of methods, including field measurements, statistical tools and lab techniques. In addition, I am involved in the development and maintenance of the International Soil Radiocarbon Database (ISRaD). As a Neukom PostDoc Fellow at the Dartmouth College, USA, I will continue my research.


Curriculum Vitae

10/2023 -

Neukom PostDoc Fellow at the Dartmouth College, USA in the group of Caitlin Hicks Pries.



12/2022
Research visit at the Dartmouth College, USA in the group of Caitlin Hicks Pries.



04/2022

Research stay at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Nairobi, Kenya.



12/2021

Research visit with the Terrestrial Carbon Cycle group of Alison Hoyt, Stanford University, USA.



2019-2023

PhD student at MPI-BGC and external PhD student at ETH Zurich

 
 
2016-2019        
M.Sc. Geoecology at Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany
 
Thesis: "Sequential chemical extraction and radiocarbon analysis of soils in Central Germany" at MPI-BGC, Germany
 
 
08-11/2016
Research stay at Embrapa Amazônia Ocidential, Manaus, Brazil
 
 
2013-2016
B.Sc. Geoecology at Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany
 
Thesis: "Soil respiration and soil chemistry in the Amazon Basin, Brazil"
 
EcoRespira Project website
 
 
2012-2013
weltwärts - volunteer at Namib Research Institute Gobabeb, Namibia


Latest conference contributions

von Fromm SF, Hoyt A, Doetterl S, Trumbore S (2023) Climate and mineral controls on global soil radiocarbon depth profiles, European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.

Trumbore S, Hoyt A, Sierra CA, Beem-Miller J, Stoner S, von Fromm SF (2022) Constraints for transit times of soil carbon from a global compilation of radiocarbon incubations. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Chicago, USA.

Hicks Pries C, Heckman KA, von Fromm SF, Lawrence CR, Stoner Shane, Beem-Miller J (2022) Divergent controls on decomposition and persistence of soil organic matter fractions. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Chicago, USA.

von Fromm SF, Hoyt A, Doetterl S, Trumbore S (2022) Climate and soil mineral controls on global soil radiocarbon profiles. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Chicago, USA. Poster (in person). Outstanding Student Presentation Award.

von Fromm SF, Hoyt A, Butler BM, Aynekulu E, Berhe AA, Haefele SM, McGrath SP, Shepherd K, Six J, Winowiecki LA, Trumbore S, Doetterl S (2022) Soil carbon persistence linked to mineralogy across sub-Saharan Africa. German Soil Science Society, Trier, Germany. Talk (in person).

von Fromm SF, Doetterl S, Butler BM, Trumbore S, Six J, Aynekulu E, Berhe AA, Haefele SM, McGrath SP, Shepherd K, Winowiecki LA, Hoyt A (2022) Soils with seasonal climates have highest potential to stabilize carbon by minerals in sub-Saharan Africa. European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria. Highlighted talk (in person).

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