Description of the research projects

Current projects

IQ-SASS - Improved Quantitative Source Assessment of organic matter in Soils and Sediments using molecular markers and inverse modeling

Carbon in the deep soil

Peatland response to climate change: The role of plant roots

Understanding the influence of daylight on plant functioning from leaf level to forest stands - A stable isotope approach

Deepsoil 2100 - a network of soil warming experiments

Past projects

Biogeochemical validation of remotely sensed plant traits

Where on Earth is fire-derived carbon stored?

Biochar application to soils

Phosphorus availability and its interaction with plant belowground carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus input to soil

Combustion leaves its signature in aquatic sediments: unraveling origin and fate of pyrogenic carbon using molecular ¹⁴C records

Global view of pyrogenic carbon export by rivers

Effect of drought on C cycling: which roles play lignin and lipids?

Quantification of postsedimentary root-derived carbon in loess using molecular proxies to improve paleoenvironmental reconstruction

Tracing organic matter in the plant soil system: an holistic approach

Pyrogenic organic matter decomposition and stabilisation in soils

How vulnerable is Swiss soil organic matter to climate and land use changes?

Agricultural management and below ground carbon inputs

Breeding and drought influence root biomass and rooting depth

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