Professor Dr. Kai Uwe Totsche

Address Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Institut für Geowissenschaften
Lehrstuhl für Hydrogeologie
Burgweg 11
07749 Jena

Projects

As Applicant
- Completed projects
  - Reaktiver Stofftransport in Böden: Optimierte Experimentdesign zur Prozeßidentifikation (Publication Grants)
  - Bodenkunde (Heisenberg Fellowships)
  - Der Einfluss von Kolloiden auf Wasserfluss und Stofftransport in Böden: Randaspekt oder Schlüsselprozess (Research Grants)
  - Investigation of the transformation and interaction of organic model compounds in agricultural soils employing isotopic techniques (Priority Programmes)
  - Organisation and realisation of meetings (season schools) within the priority program SPP 1315 "Biogeochemical Interfaces in Soil" (Priority Programmes)
  - The role of mobile organic matter and biocolloids for the properties of and interactions with biogeochemical interfaces in soil (Priority Programmes)
  - Coordination and administration of the priority programme SPP 1315 Biogeochemical Interfaces in Soil (Priority Programmes)
  - Elucidating the role of surface topography and properties for the formation and stability of soil nano- and micro-aggregates by atomic force microscopy (Research Grants)
  - Exploration and modeling of the transport of mobile organic substances in the topsoil-subsoil-aquifer continuum (Research Units)
  - The parent material as major factor for the properties of the biogeochemical interface: Integrative analysis (Priority Programmes)
  - Elucidating the role of surface alteration and dynamic relocation for the formation and maturation of microaggregates in the soil-parent rock continuum (Research Units)
  - Coordination Funds (Research Units)
As Leader
- Completed projects
  - Rasterkraftmikroskop mit inversem Fluoreszenzmikroskop (Major Research Instrumentation)
As Spokesperson
- Completed projects
  - SPP 1315: Biogeochemical Interfaces in Soil (Priority Programmes)
  - FOR 2179: MAD Soil - Microaggregates: Formation and turnover of the structural building blocks of soils (Research Units)
As Participating Researcher
- Completed projects
  - GRK 1257: Alteration and Element Mobility at the Microbe-mineral Interface (Research Training Groups)
  - GSC 214: Jena School for Microbial Communication (JSMC) (Graduate Schools)
As Project Head
- Current projects
  - Biogeochemistry in Zones of Fluctuating Groundwater: Alteration of Rock Surfaces and Interactions with Subsurface Colloids (Collaborative Research Centres)
  - Monitoring Migration Pathways in the Subsurface Using Tailored Polymer Tracer Libraries (Collaborative Research Centres)
  - Integrated Research Training Group AquaDiva (Collaborative Research Centres)
  - Site Management, CZE Operation, and Synoptic Synthesis (Collaborative Research Centres)
As Participating Person
- Completed projects
  - Sorption und Langzeitmobilität hydrophober Umweltchemikalien in belasteten Böden (Priority Programmes)
As Co-Investigator
- Completed projects
  - Laboratory-scale NEXAFS spectroscopy for the investigation of Fe oxides and organic matter in soil (Research Grants)