Former head: Jun. Prof. Dr. Eva Kröner
Research areas
- Plant-soil interactions
- Soil physics
- Vadose zone hydrology
- Numerical modeling of coupled systems
Academic history and education
since 7/2020 | Full professor at Forschungszentrum Jülich |
3/2019 | positive mid-term evaluation of junior professorship |
4/2016 - 6/2020 | Junior Professor of Geophysics at University of Koblenz-Landau |
10/2012- 2/2016 | PhD (Dr. rer nat.) in Soil Hydrology, Agricultural Sciences, at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen under supervision of Andrea Carminati and co-supervision of Hannes Flühler and Marco Bittelli: “Water dynamics in the rhizosphere: How mucilage affects water flow in soils” |
7/2012 | Diploma in Physics at Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg under supervision of Kurt Roth: “Investigation of effective parametrizations of hydraulic properties of heterogeneous porous media” |
10/2006-7/2012 | Studies of Physics at Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg |
Publications
2019
16. Brax, M., Köhne, M., Kroener, E., Schaumann, G. Potential of NMR relaxometry to unravel the properties of mucilage in several pore sizes. Geoderma, accepted.
2018
15. Kröner, A., Kröner, E., Kröner, H. Finite element approximation of level set motion by powers of the mean curvature. SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, accepted.
2017
14. Kroener, E., Holz, M., Zarebanadkouki, M., Ahmed, M., Carminati, A. Effects of mucilage on rhizosphere hydraulic functions depend on soil particle size. Vadose Zone Journal. doi: 10.2136/vzj2017.03.0056.
13. Kroener, E., Campbell, G., Bittelli, M. Estimation of thermal instabilities in soils around underground electrical power cables. Vadose Zone Journal. doi:10.2136/vzj2017.04.0082.
12. Ahmed, M. A., Zarebanadkouki, M., Ahmadi, K., Kroener, E., Kostka, S., Kaestner, A., Carminati, A. Engineering rhizosphere hydraulics: pathways to improve plant adaptation to drought. Vadose Zone Journal. doi:10.2136/vzj2016.09.0090
2016
11. Kroener, E., Zarebanadkouki, M., Bittelli, M., Carminati, A. Simulation of root water uptake under consideration of non-equilibrium dynamics in the rhizosphere. Water Resources Research. 52 (8),5755-5770.
10. Carminati, A., Zarebanadkouki, M., Kroener, E., Ahmed, M., Holz, M. Biophysical rhizosphere processes affecting root water uptake. Annals of Botany. 118(4), 561-571.
9. Carminati, A., Kroener, E., Ahmed, M., Zarebanadkouki, M., Holz, M., Ghezzehei, T. Water for carbon, carbon for water. Vadose Zone Journal. 15 (2):
8. Oclon, P., Bittelli, M., Cisek, P., Kroener, E., Pilarczyk, M., Taler, D., Rao, V., Vallati, A. The performance analysis of a new thermal backfill material for underground power cable system. Applied Thermal Engineering. 108, 233-250.
7. Benard, P., Kroener, E., Vontobel, P., Kaestner, A., Carminati, A. Water percolation through the root-soil interface. Advances in Water Resources. 95, 190-198.
6. Ahmed, M., Kroener, E., Benard, P., Zarebanadkouki, M., Kaestner, A., Carminati, A. Drying of mucilage causes water repellency in the rhizosphere of maize: measurements and modelling. Plant and Soil. 407 (1-2), 161-171.
2015
5. Kroener, E., Ahmed, M. Carminati, A. Roots at the percolation threshold. Physical Review E. 91 (4): 042706.
2014
4. Kroener, E., Zarebanadkouki, M., Kaestner, A., Carminati, A. Nonequilibrium water dynamics in the rhizosphere: How mucilage affects waterflow in soils. Water Resources Research. 50 (8): 6479-6495.
3. Kroener, E., Vallati, A., Bittelli, M. Numerical simulation of coupled heat, liquid water and water vapor in soils for heat dissipation of underground electrical power cables. Applied Thermal Engineering. 70 (1): 510-523.
2. Ahmed, M. Kroener, E., Holz, M., Zarebanadkouki, M., Carminati, A. Mucilage exudation facilitates root water uptake in dry soils. Functional Plant Biology. 41 (11): 1129-1137.
1. Zarebanadkouki, M., Kroener, E., Kaestner, A., Carminati, A. Visualization of root water uptake: Quantiøcation of deuterated water transport in roots using neutron radiography and numerical modeling. Plant physiology. 166 (2): 487-499.
Teaching
- Application of Transport Modeling Tools (Seminar)
- Experimentalphysik 3: Atom- und Quantenphysik (Lecture)
- Experimentalphysik 3: Mathematik für Physik 3 (Seminar)
- Experimentalphysik 4: Festkörper-, Teilchen- und Kernphysik (Lecture, Seminar, Exercises, Practical Course)
- Theoretische Physik 2: Quantentheorie (Tutorial)
- Analysis 1 (Exercises, University of Heidelberg)
- Theoretische Physik 3: Quantenmechanik (Exercises, University of Heidelberg)
- Application of Transport Modeling Tools, Seminar
- Experimentalphysik 4 (Festkörper-, Teilchen- und Kernphysik), Seminar/Übung/Praktikum
- Experimentalphysik 3 (Atom- und Quantenphysik), Vorlesung
- Experimentalphysik 3 (Atom- und Quantenphysik), Übung -> Jonas Bentz
- Experimentalphysik 3, Mathematik für Physik 3, Seminar
- Application of Transport Modeling Tools, Seminar
- Experimentalphysik 4 (Festkörper-, Teilchen- und Kernphysik), Seminar/Übung/Praktikum -> Yannik Ott, Jonas Bentz
- Experimentalphysik 4 (Festkörper-, Teilchen- und Kernphysik), Vorlesung
- Experimentalphysik 3 (Atom- und Quantenphysik), Vorlesung
- Experimentalphysik 3 (Atom- und Quantenphysik), Übung -> Jonas Bentz
- Experimentalphysik 3, Mathematik für Physik 3, Seminar
- Application of Transport Modeling Tools, Seminar
- Experimentalphysik 4 (Festkörper-, Teilchen- und Kernphysik), Seminar/Übung/Praktikum
- Experimentalphysik 4 (Festkörper-, Teilchen- und Kernphysik), teilweise Vorlesungsvertretung
- Experimentalphysik 3: Mathematik für Physik 3, Seminar
- Application of Transport Modeling Tools, Seminar
- Experimentalphysik 4 (Festkörper-, Teilchen- und Kernphysik), Seminar/Übung/Praktikum
- Theoretische Physik 2 (Quantentheorie), Übung
- Reworking problems and examples for the teaching book Bittelli et al., (2015) Soil Physics with Python, Oxford University Press, January 2015
- parts of Räumliche Ökologie: Muster, Skalen und Konnektivität;; 2 h (exercise course: numerical solutions and applications of diffusion equations)
Summer term 2014:
- parts of Räumliche Ökologie: Muster, Skalen und Konnektivität;; 2 h (lecture: introduction into diffusion equations) 2 h (exercise course: numerical solutions and applications of diffusion equations)
October 2011:
- Summer-school on Flow and Transport in Terrestrial Systems, Heidelberg: preparation, support and discussion of exercises in the software practical part about coupled flow and transport in porous media
Summer term 2010:
- Theoretische Physik 3: Quantenmechanik (tutorial), Heidelberg University 2 SWS
- Analysis 1 (tutorial), Heidelberg University
Further information
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Transport in Porous Media
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Journal of Hydrology & Hydromechanics
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Environmental and Experimental Botany
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Geoderma
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Water Resources Research
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Frontiers in Environmental Sciences
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Vadose Zone Journal
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Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science
- European Journal of Soil Science
- Soil & Tillage Research
2019 | successful mid-term evaluation of junior professorship |
2017 | Fritz-Scheffer Prize for excellent scientific achievements in the field of soil science, from the German Soil Science Society (DBG). Award for the PhD thesis. |
2017 | prize for the "best seminar" of Fachbereich 7 (Natural- and Environmental Sciences, University of Koblenz-Landau) in the study-year 2016/2017. |
2016 | Call for the W1-junior-professorship (Geophysics) from Landau, Germany (accepted). |
2016 | "Summa cum laude" for the PhD thesis at University of Göttingen |
2013 | SEB (Society of Experimental Botany) Valencia Travel Grant |
2012-2014 | PhD-scholarship of Dorothea-Schlözer Program of Georg-August University Göttingen |
2007-2012 | scholarship of Studienstiftung (German National Academic Foundation) |
2007 | recommended by the Physics examination office (Uni Heidelberg) for Studienstiftung |
2006/7 | best exam of all participating students (more than 200) in: Physics 1, Uni Heidelberg |
2006/7 | best exam of all participating students in: Linear Algebra 1, Uni Heidelberg |
2006/7 | best exam of all participating students in: Analysis 1, Uni Heidelberg |
2006 | recommended by the school for Studienstiftung |
2006 | Ferry-Porsche Prize for outstanding performance in Mathematics and Physics |
2006 | Prizes from the school for best performance in Mathematics, in Physics and in Protestant Religion |
2005 | 6th position in Germany in the selection contest for the German Team of the International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) |
2004 | participation in the program of the Deutsche Schüler Akademie |
2000-2004 |
participation and prizes in several competitions for secondary school students: |