EarthShape : Earth Surface Shaping by Biota

EarthShape : Earth Surface Shaping by Biota
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Please attach all information required by the host institution.
(e.g. CV, cover letter with statement of motivation).
Please send one copy of your application to each institution (project + supervisor) you are
interested in.
Deadline for all applications is the 15 October, 2015 unless indicated different by the host
institution.
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PhD positions available:
Project 1:
a) Experimental investigation of interactive plant-trait and climate effects on soil
carbon inputs (plant productivity and litter decomposition) along the Chilean coastal
cordillera. PI: Prof. Maaike Bader (Marburg)
Project 2:
a) Landscape evolution modeling of coupled vegetation and paleoclimate controls on
topography in Chile from the Last Glacial Maximum to Present. PI: Prof. Todd Ehlers
(Tübingen)
b) Dynamic modeling of vegetation changes in Chile from the Last Glacial Maximum
to present using spatially downscaled climate model output and coupled with erosion
dynamics. PI: Prof. Thomas Hickler (Frankfurt/Main)
Project 4:
a) Modelling and budgeting sediment transport, storage and connectivity – biotic effect.
PI: Prof. Thomas Hoffmann and Prof. Lothar Schrott (Koblenz and Bonn)
Project 5:
a) Physiological, biochemical and molecular-taxonomical studies on biocrust
organisms with a main focus on microorganisms and bioweathering mechanisms to
address structure and function. PI: Prof. Ulf Karsten (Rostock)
b) Geoecological, ecophysiological and taxonomical studies on biocrust lichens and
mosses to address areal coverage and saisonal photosynthetic activity.
PI: Prof. Burkhard Büdel (Kaiserslautern)
c) Chemical analyses of proxies for the weathering intensity, characterisation of
organic matter fractions/dynamics, and investigation of the role of biocrusts in the P
cycling from single grain- up to soil profile/slope/catchment-scale.
PI: Prof. Peter Leinweber (Rostock)
d) Climatic control of biocrusts, and multi-/hyperspectral detection of crusts as well as
related weathering and soil formation processes by remote sensing for selected
catchments. PI: Prof. Jörg Bendix (Marburg)
Project 6:
a) Analysis of root carbon contribution to nutrient mobilization and recycling in the
weathering zone of soil in Chile. PI: Prof. Yakov Kuzyakov (Göttingen)
Project 7:
a) Holocene palaeoclimate reconstruction of Northern Chile based on
peatland/wetland sedimentary geoarchives. PI: Prof. Bertil Mächtle (Heidelberg)
Project 8:
a) The primary objective of this project is to apply and extend existing EMI and GPR
data processing algorithms for the characterization of the weathering front on different
hillslope sites along coastal Chile. PI: Prof. Jan van der Kruk (Jülich)
Project 9:
a) Testing biotic controls on erosion and sediment transport in the Chilean coastal
cordillera with cosmogenic 10Be-derived erosion rates and a shear stress-based river
incision model. PI: Prof. Dirk Scherler (Potsdam)
Project 10:
a) Soil ecological and soil chemical study of phosphorus solubilization by
microorganisms and plants at different stages of soil development.
PI: Dr. Marie Spohn (Bayreuth)
Project 11:
a) An experimental approach to separating climate, vegetation and geochemical
effects on nutrient cycling along a climate gradient.
PI: Prof. Katja Tielbörger (Tübingen)
Project 12:
a) Employ innovative isotope geochemical systems (metal stable, cosmogenic,
radiogenic isotopes) to identify whether roots and associated fungi take up mineral
nutrients and thus convert rock to soil by weathering.
PI: Prof. Friedhelm von Blanckenburg (Potsdam)
Project 13:
a) Understanding of microbial communities and the impact of their metabolic
processes on the development of a soil stabilizing structure in Chilean soil
ecosystems under different climate conditions. PI: Prof. Dirk Wagner (Potsdam)
b) Understanding of microbial-mediated soil structure formation processes and
pedogenesis and how they are interrelated to soil erosion processes in Chilean soil
ecosystems under different climate conditions. PI: Prof. Thomas Scholten (Tübingen)
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