Daniel Wiedemeier

Travel grant for the International Meeting of Organic Geochemistry (IMOG) 2011 in Interlaken, Switzerland.

Framework of the European Science Foundation (ESF) Activity entitled 'Natural molecular structures as drivers and tracers of terrestrial C fluxes'. (MOLTER-ESF)

Marco Griepentrog

Exchange Grant (2011). "Effect of nitrogen deposition on composition and turnover of amino sugars in density fractions of forest soils”. Hosting institution: Prof. Dr. Pascal Boeckx, Ghent University, Belgium.

Framework of the European Science Foundation (ESF) Activity entitled 'Natural molecular structures as drivers and tracers of terrestrial C fluxes'. (MOLTER-ESF)

Maximilian Schneider

Postdoc project entitled “A novel tool to trace fire-derived organic matter deposition in a high-resolution sedimentary record of the past 250 years” at the University of Zurich. Start: December 2011

Forschungskredit 2011, University of Zurich

Michael Schmidt

Elected as a member of the Research Council of the Swiss National Science Foundation (2011-2015)

Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)

Nimisha

Exchange Grant for 12 weeks (February - April 2011). Hosting organization: Prof. Dr. Margaret Torn, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California, United States.

Framework of the European Science Foundation (ESF) Activity entitled 'Natural molecular structures as drivers and tracers of terrestrial C fluxes'. (MOLTER-ESF)

Nimisha, Bernardo Maestrini, Samuel Abiven (all Physical Geogr.), Silvia Lieberherr (Human Geogr.)

Funding for a feasibility study: “Introduction of biochar technology in village-scale agricultural systems in India.” more info here

InnoPool of the Department of Geography (GIUZ)

Mirjam Studer, Samuel Abiven (both Physical Geogr.), Zbyn?k Malenovsky? (Remote Sensing)

Funding for proof of concept: “Light Use efficiency eXperiment – LUX: Testing ability of the xantophyll transformation sensitive optical indices to track dynamic of plant photosynthesis in various illumination and temperature conditions.” more info here

InnoPool of the Department of Geography (GIUZ)