Projects
12. Internationales Kreide Symposion, Hannover, 31.08.25-05.09.25
Heimhofer, U. (Principal Investigator)
1 Jan 2025 → 31 Dec 2025
Project: Research
FGZ: Verbundvorhaben: Forschungszentrum Gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt, Teilvorhaben: Teilinstitut Hannover; Themenfeld C, Arbeitspaket 6: Verteilung und Perzeption von Umweltbelastungen und Naturressourcen und ihre Bedeutung für den gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt im Kontext von Umweltgerechtigkeit
Kabisch, N. (Principal Investigator) & Wübbelmann, T. (Project staff)
1 Jan 2025 → 31 May 2029
Project: Research
Habitatmodellierung im Rahmen des integrierten LIFE-Projekts "Atlantische Sandlandschaften"
Burkhard, B. F. (Principal Investigator) & Barthel, N. (Project staff)
1 Nov 2024 → 31 Oct 2025
Project: Research
Does modern seep aragonite record the molybdenum isotopic composition of seawater?
Weyer, S. (Principal Investigator)
1 Oct 2024 → 30 Sept 2027
Project: Research
Amphibole stability and chemistry in mafic calc-alkaline and alkaline magmas (sub-project TP 4 of the Research Unit 2881: Diffusion Chronometry of magmatic systems)
Marxer, F. (Principal Investigator) & Holtz, F. (Principal Investigator)
1 Sept 2024 → 31 Aug 2027
Project: Research
Diffusion in common mineral phases. Part 3: Chain silicates: pyroxene and amphibole (sub-project TP1 of the Research Unit 2881: Diffusion Chronometry of magmatic systems)
Holtz, F. (Principal Investigator)
1 Aug 2024 → 31 Jul 2027
Project: Research
Research stay of visiting scientist from Cameroon
Rüscher, C. (Principal Investigator)
1 Jul 2024 → 30 Sept 2024
Project: Research
Wehrlites in the ICDP OmanDP drill cores: a key to understand the nature of the hydrous magmatism in subduction zone initiation settings (project in the Priority Programme 1006 " International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP)")
Koepke, J. (Principal Investigator) & Almeev, R. (Principal Investigator)
1 Jul 2024 → 30 Jun 2025
Project: Research
Amphibole: a mineral to unravel magma storage and timescales of sub-volcanic processes and eruptions
Ridolfi, F. (Principal Investigator)
15 May 2024 → 14 May 2025
Project: Research
Expansion and connection of Early Jurassic oceanic anoxia: A complementary approach based on coupled Mo-U isotopes of black shales and U isotope signatures of carbonates (project in the Priority Programme 1006: International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP))
Krencker, F. F. (Principal Investigator) & Weyer, S. (Principal Investigator)
1 May 2024 → 30 Apr 2027
Project: Research
Qualitätssicherung Erosionsmonitoring Baden-Württemberg 2024 bis 2027
Burkhard, B. F. (Principal Investigator), Ott, S. C. K. (Project staff) & Barthel, N. (Co-Investigator)
1 May 2024 → 30 Jun 2028
Project: Research
Large Scale Artificial Intelligence Augmented Mineral Analysis (LS-MAIner) – characterization of volcanic rocks for diffusion chronometry (sub-project TP8 of the Research Unit 2881: Diffusion Chronometry of magmatic systems)
Sester, M. (Principal Investigator), Almeev, R. (Principal Investigator), Holtz, F. (Co-Investigator) & Leichter, A. (Project staff)
1 Apr 2024 → 28 Feb 2028
Project: Research
Cyanobakterien als Baumeister: Maßgeschneiderte Materialien der Zukunft
Guggenberger, G. (Principal Investigator)
1 Feb 2024 → 31 Jan 2026
Project: Research
PyC'n Cry: A story of fire and ice: Unraveling the forgotten part of permafrost organic matter storage
Liebmann, P. (Principal Investigator) & Donnerhack, O. (Project staff)
1 Jan 2024 → 31 Dec 2025
Project: Research
Erosionsdauerbeobachtung in Niedersachsen 2024 - 2027
Burkhard, B. F. (Principal Investigator), Ott, S. C. K. (Co-Investigator), Beisiegel, F. (Project staff) & Barthel, N. (Co-Investigator)
1 Jan 2024 → 30 Nov 2027
Project: Research
Nachhaltige Erhöhung der Bodenfruchtbarkeit und Maßnahmen zur CO₂-Senke im rheinland-pfälzischen Partnerland Ruanda
Guggenberger, G. (Principal Investigator)
1 Jan 2024 → 31 Dec 2024
Project: Research
Go Green Next: Promoting Future Health in Cities
Kabisch, N. (Principal Investigator) & Wübbelmann, T. (Project staff)
1 Jan 2024 → 30 Jun 2028
Project: Research
Transport processes of Sn and W within the crust: From a peraluminous granitic melt to a mineralising fluid (project in the Priority Programme 2238: Dynamics of Ore-Metals Enrichment (DOME))
Michaud, J. A. (Principal Investigator)
1 Jan 2024 → 30 Jun 2026
Project: Research
ZOE: Zoonosis Emergence across Degraded and Restored Forest Ecosystems
Kabisch, N. (Principal Investigator), Böhmer, H. J. (Co-Investigator) & Schumacher, H. (Project staff)
1 Jan 2024 → 31 Dec 2027
Project: Research
AvaFan: Allogenic vs Autogenic processes: On the preservation and shredding of environmental signals in submarine fans (
Spychala, Y. T. (Principal Investigator) & Winsemann, J. (Principal Investigator)
1 Dec 2023 → 30 Nov 2026
Project: Research
SAFETY: Analysis of the near-surface structure of the Aller fault system
Brandes, C. (Principal Investigator) & Winsemann, J. (Principal Investigator)
1 Dec 2023 → 31 Dec 2025
Project: Research
Deciphering the metal stable isotope record of Sn-W ore deposits: a complementary approach based on experiments and case studies (project in the Priority Programme 2238: Dynamics of Ore-Metals Enrichment (DOME))
Weyer, S. (Principal Investigator) & Holtz, F. (Co-Investigator)
1 Dec 2023 → 30 Nov 2026
Project: Research
ZERN: Verbundprojekt: Zukunft der Ernährung Niedersachsen; Teilprojekt: Ackerbau
Peth, S. (Principal Investigator) & Guggenberger, G. (Principal Investigator)
1 Dec 2023 → 31 Mar 2028
Project: Research
Fraktionierung stabiler Antimonisotope als Fingerprintingtool von Quellen und Verteilung der Schadstoffkontaminationen
Viehmann, S. (Principal Investigator)
16 Oct 2023 → 15 Oct 2026
Project: Research
AWESOME: A long-term Warming Experiment to elucidate Soil Organic Matter dynamics in a subarctic forest Ecosystem
Guggenberger, G. (Principal Investigator)
1 Oct 2023 → 30 Sept 2026
Project: Research
Steam ScrAIber (NFDI4Earth Incubator Project)
Leichter, A. (Principal Investigator)
1 Oct 2023 → 31 Mar 2024
Project: Research
ThinIce: Auftauende industrielle Hinterlassenschaften in der Arktis - eine Bedrohung für Permafrost-Ökosysteme, Vorhaben: Auswirkungen von Kontaminationen auf mikrobiell getriebene Prozesse in Böden
Guggenberger, G. (Principal Investigator)
1 Sept 2023 → 31 Dec 2026
Project: Research
Europa-Programm des Niedersächsischen Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur - Förderlinie BEREIT
Kabisch, N. (Principal Investigator) & Legg, R. (Project staff)
1 Jul 2023 → 31 Dec 2023
Project: Research
Restart: #HANnovativ
Kabisch, N. (Principal Investigator), Griffin, S. A. (Project staff) & Maronga, B. (Principal Investigator)
1 Jul 2023 → 31 Dec 2026
Project: Research
The ferric/ferrous ratio in silicic melts: experimental investigation and modelling
Almeev, R. (Principal Investigator), Behrens, H. (Co-Investigator) & Holtz, F. (Co-Investigator)
1 Jun 2023 → 31 May 2024
Project: Research
Die Entwicklung der ersten marinen Habitate auf der Erde
Viehmann, S. (Principal Investigator)
1 May 2023 → 31 Jul 2026
Project: Research
Stay Inspired: Europäische Exzellenz für Niedersachsen
Zamanian, K. (Principal Investigator)
1 Mar 2023 → 31 May 2025
Project: Research
Tectono-topographic response of convergent plate margins to changes in submarine margin relief – a combined analysis using analytical and numerical force-balance models
Dielforder, A. R. (Principal Investigator) & Hampel, A. (Principal Investigator)
1 Feb 2023 → 31 Jan 2026
Project: Research
CCEHN: Climate Change and Early Humans in the North
Winsemann, J. (Principal Investigator)
1 Jan 2023 → 31 Dec 2025
Project: Research
Determination of ferric-ferrous ratio in natural glasses by microprobe: application of the flank method for determination of the redox state of basalts from mid-oceanic ridges, oceanic islands, oceanic plateaus and island arcs (project in the Priority Programme 527: Bereich Infrastruktur - "International Ocean Discovery Program" (IODP))
Almeev, R. (Principal Investigator) & Holtz, F. (Co-Investigator)
1 Jan 2023 → 31 Dec 2025
Project: Research
Europa-Programm des Niedersächsischen Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur - Förderlinie BEREIT
Burkhard, B. F. (Principal Investigator)
1 Jan 2023 → 31 May 2023
Project: Research
Mineralogische Kontrolle der Speicherung und Stabilität organischer Substanz in tropischen Vertisolen
Schnee, L. S. (Principal Investigator)
1 Nov 2022 → 31 Oct 2023
Project: Research
MOMENT: Verbundprojekt: Permafrostforschung auf dem Weg zur integrierten Beobachtung und Modellierung des Methanhaushalts von Ökosystemen; Teilvorhaben: Kopplung von Eisen- und Kohlenstoffdynamik
Guggenberger, G. (Principal Investigator), Liebmann, P. (Co-Investigator) & Peplau, T. A. (Project staff)
1 Nov 2022 → 31 Oct 2025
Project: Research
SMILES: Enhancing Small-Medium IsLands resilience by securing the sustainability of Ecosystem Services
Burkhard, B. F. (Principal Investigator) & Sieber, I. M. (Principal Investigator)
22 Sept 2022 → 21 Sept 2026
Project: Research
ICDP: Priority Programme 1006: International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (Coordination funds)
Holtz, F. (Principal Investigator)
1 Aug 2022 → 31 Jul 2025
Project: Research
SELINA: Science for Evidence-based and sustainable decisions about natural capital (SELINA)
Burkhard, B. F. (Principal Investigator), Lange, S. (Project staff), Seguin, J. (Project staff), Bank, E. (Project staff) & Brander, L. M. (Project staff)
1 Jul 2022 → 30 Jun 2027
Project: Research
KliFa: KlimaFarming in Niedersachsen
Guggenberger, G. (Principal Investigator)
20 Jun 2022 → 1 Dec 2025
Project: Research
Amphibole: a mineral to unravel magma storage and timescales of sub-volcanic processes and eruptions
Holtz, F. (Principal Investigator) & Ridolfi, F. (Principal Investigator)
1 May 2022 → 30 Apr 2024
Project: Research
CaCO₃ in agroecosystems as a source of atmospheric CO₂ by nitrogen fertilization
Zamanian, K. (Principal Investigator)
1 May 2022 → 11 Jun 2024
Project: Research
Dynamical modelling of subglacial meltwater erosion during past and future glaciations
Winsemann, J. (Principal Investigator)
1 Apr 2022 → 31 Dec 2024
Project: Research
Early Cretaceous lignites from inner-continental Asia as paleoclimate archive
Heimhofer, U. (Principal Investigator)
1 Apr 2022 → 31 Mar 2025
Project: Research
Micromechanics of root growth and physical habitat properties in the rhizosphere (project in the Priority Programme 2089/2: Rhizosphere Spatiotemporal Organisation - a Key to Rhizosphere Functions)
Peth, S. (Principal Investigator)
1 Apr 2022 → 31 Mar 2025
Project: Research
PedoDiff: Plot Scale Soil Diffusivity Measurement System
Stoppe-Struck, N. (Principal Investigator) & Peth, S. (Principal Investigator)
1 Apr 2022 → 1 Dec 2025
Project: Research
Structural characterization and dating of an active strike-slip fault that passes from bedrock into unconsolidated sediments
Brandes, C. (Principal Investigator)
1 Apr 2022 → 31 Mar 2024
Project: Research
BonaRes - ORDIAmur: Verbundprojekt: Überwindung der Nachbaukrankheit mithilfe eines integrierten Ansatzes. Modul A, Phase 3, Teilprojekt A
Guggenberger, G. (Principal Investigator)
1 Apr 2022 → 31 Mar 2025
Project: Research
Arsenic and Molybdenum in Marine Carbonates: Redistribution, Binding Forms and Isotope Systematics
Weyer, S. (Principal Investigator)
1 Feb 2022 → 31 Jan 2025
Project: Research
Projekt Innovation Plus (2022/23); Nummer 093: Landschaften digital erlebbar machen - Verknüpfung von Realexkursionen mit digitalen Lernorten in der Physischen Geographie und Landschaftsökologie
Groß, J. (Principal Investigator) & Steinhoff-Knopp, B. (Principal Investigator)
1 Jan 2022 → 31 Dec 2023
Project: Other
Oxidation-induced Weathering of Primary Iron-rich Silicates: Scale-dependent Rates and their Controls
Behrens, R. (Principal Investigator)
1 Jan 2022 → 31 Dec 2023
Project: Research
Root Biomineralization and Rhizoliths Formation in the Deserts of Northwest China
Zamanian, K. (Principal Investigator)
1 Jan 2022 → 31 Dec 2024
Project: Research
Izu-Bonin-Mariana boninites - natural laboratory to study mantle melting and the evolution of magma plumbing systems in early stages of subduction (project in the Priority Programme 527: Ocean Drilling Program/Deep Sea Drilling Project)
Almeev, R. (Principal Investigator), Holtz, F. (Co-Investigator) & Koepke, J. (Co-Investigator)
1 Nov 2021 → 31 Oct 2024
Project: Research
ToPGa: Verbundvorhaben: Entwicklung und Bewertung von torfreduzierten Produktionssystemen im Gartenbau; Teilvorhaben 4: Untersuchung und Evaluierung der Substratkomponenten
Guggenberger, G. (Principal Investigator) & Leiber-Sauheitl, K. (Co-Investigator)
1 Nov 2021 → 31 Oct 2024
Project: Research
Gutachten zur Eignung tertiären Tongesteins im Rahmen des Standortauswahlverfahrens zur Endlagerung radioaktiver Abfälle
Winsemann, J. (Principal Investigator), Achmus, M. (Co-Principal Investigator) & Brandes, C. (Co-Principal Investigator)
1 Oct 2021 → 28 Feb 2022
Project: Research
Magma Reservoire und Differenzierung der mafischen Magmen der Snake River Plain Provinz (Yellowstone-Hotspot, USA): Beitrag aus der Ananlyse von Kristallen und Schmelzeinschlüssen in basaltischen Laven des Kimama-Bohrkerns (project in the Priority Programme 1006: International Continental Drilling Program (ICDP))
Holtz, F. (Principal Investigator)
1 Jul 2021 → 30 Jun 2024
Project: Research
Spectroscopic mineral - chemical analysis of drill cores: Development of fast 2D LIBS, EDXRF and hyperspectral scanning with application to outstanding problems of the Bushveld Complex layered intrusion (project in the Priority Programme 1006: International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP))
Holtz, F. (Principal Investigator)
1 Jul 2021 → 30 Sept 2024
Project: Research
Rare-metal enrichment in carbonatite-bearing magmatic systems: Part B. Understanding the role of fractional crystallization and liquid immiscibility by experimental simulations of silicate-carbonatite systems (project in the Priority Programme 2238: Dynamics of Ore-Metals Enrichment (DOME))
Holtz, F. (Principal Investigator)
1 May 2021 → 30 Apr 2024
Project: Research
Spatial patterns of organic matter formation in subsoil: Hierarchical preferential flow pathways
Bachmann, J. (Principal Investigator)
1 May 2021 → 30 Apr 2025
Project: Research
Understanding the crust-mantle transition from fast-spreading mid-ocean ridges: experiments and analytical studies using ICDP OmanDP drill core samples (project in the Priority Programme 1006: International Continental Drilling Program (ICDP))
Holtz, F. (Principal Investigator) & Koepke, J. (Principal Investigator)
1 May 2021 → 30 Apr 2024
Project: Research
Abundance and composition of inorganic X-ray amorphous materials in soils
Mikutta, C. (Principal Investigator)
1 Apr 2021 → 31 Jan 2025
Project: Research
Transport and reactions of light elements (Li, B) in pegmatitic systems under thermal disequilibrium - implications for magmatic/hydrothermal ore deposits (project in the Priority Programme 2238: Dynamics of Ore-Metals Enrichment (DOME))
Behrens, H. (Principal Investigator), Weyer, S. (Principal Investigator) & Singer, C. (Co-Investigator)
1 Apr 2021 → 30 Jun 2024
Project: Research
3D-organisation of the solid, pore and organic phases in soil microaggregates and its control on mechanical stability (sub-project SP7 of the Research Unit 2179: MAD Soil - Microaggregates: Formation and turnover of the structural building blocks of soils)
Peth, S. (Principal Investigator)
1 Mar 2021 → 30 Jun 2024
Project: Research
Effects of land use intensification and soil management practices on field water cycles and water use efficiency (sub-project A02 of the Research Unit 2432: Social-Ecological Systems in the Indian Rural-Urban Interface: Functions, Scales, and Dynamics of Transition)
Peth, S. (Principal Investigator)
1 Mar 2021 → 31 Dec 2023
Project: Research
Localization and quantification of physical and mechanical rhizosphere properties using X-ray microtomography and micro-sensing techniques (project in the Priority Programme 2089/1: Rhizosphere Spatiotemporal Organisation - a Key to Rhizosphere Functions)
Peth, S. (Principal Investigator)
1 Mar 2021 → 28 Feb 2024
Project: Research
ALAN: The agricultural landscape and arthropod biodiversity nexus
Leybourne, D. (Principal Investigator) & Poppenborg Martin, E. A. (Principal Investigator)
1 Jan 2021 → 31 Dec 2022
Project: Research
Transport and enrichment of tungsten and tin in melts and fluids at magmatic-hydrothermal stages: experimental approach and application to the Argemela district (Portugal) (project in the Priority Programme 2238: Dynamics of Ore-Metals Enrichment (DOME))
Holtz, F. (Principal Investigator)
1 Jan 2021 → 31 Dec 2023
Project: Research
Chronometry in plutonic rocks: cooling rates of ancient oceanic crust (sub-project TP7 of the Research Unit 2881: Diffusion Chronometry of magmatic systems)
Kirchenbaur da Fonseca, M. (Principal Investigator)
1 Nov 2020 → 31 Jul 2024
Project: Research
Diffusion-driven Fe-Mg and Li isotope fractionation in olivine: An experimental investigation and new modeling approach (sub-project TP3 of the Research Unit 2881: Diffusion Chronometry of magmatic systems)
Weyer, S. (Principal Investigator)
1 Nov 2020 → 31 May 2024
Project: Research
Diffusion in common mineral phases. Part 1: pyroxene (sub-project TP1 of the Research Unit 2881: Diffusion Chronometry of magmatic systems)
Behrens, H. (Principal Investigator)
1 Nov 2020 → 31 Oct 2023
Project: Research
Diffusion in common mineral phases. Part 2: plagioclase (sub-project TP2 of the Research Unit 2881: Diffusion Chronometry of magmatic systems)
Behrens, H. (Principal Investigator)
1 Nov 2020 → 31 Mar 2024
Project: Research
Influence of hydroxamate siderophores on redox-sensitive trace elements and their isotopes and their relevance for the application of redox proxies in paleo-climate reconstruction studies
Weyer, S. (Principal Investigator)
1 Nov 2020 → 31 Oct 2022
Project: Research
Phase stability fields in calc-alkaline magmatic systems and textural evolution of crystalline aggregates (sub-project TP4 of the Research Unit 2881: Diffusion Chronometry of magmatic systems)
Holtz, F. (Principal Investigator)
1 Nov 2020 → 31 May 2024
Project: Research
Spatial patterns of organic matter formation in subsoil: Formation of mineral-associated organic matter
Guggenberger, G. (Principal Investigator)
1 Nov 2020 → 30 Jun 2025
Project: Research
UPSCALE: Upscaling the Benefits of Push-Pull Technlogy for Sustainable Agricultural Intensification in East Africa
Poppenborg Martin, E. A. (Principal Investigator)
1 Nov 2020 → 31 Oct 2025
Project: Research
Deciphering the very early phase of angiosperm evolution using palynology
Heimhofer, U. (Principal Investigator)
1 Oct 2020 → 31 Mar 2025
Project: Research