General and Theoretical Ecology
Head: Prof. Dr. Juliane Filser
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Based on long-term ecosystem research, soil ecology and ecological theory we are working on sustainable solutions for a healthy environment. Main research areas are prospective environmental hazard assessment, interactions between primary producers and soil animals and their impact on carbon cycling. At present, major research topics involve projects on the impact of engineered nanomaterials on the environment and the application of biochar for improving soil fertility and soil health. Additionally, emphasis is given on critical assessment of standardised testing procedures for assessing environmental effects of nanomaterials.
Allgemeine und theoretische Ökologie
FB2, Zentrum für Umweltforschung und nachhaltige Technologien (UFT)
Leobener Str 6
28359 Bremen
Sekretariat: +49 421 218-63371
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News
15.11.2021: Dr. Yvonne Sakka has taken up a new challenge after many years with us. Thank you so much for all your excellent work, in particular for your invaluable and selfless support during hard times in 2020. We will miss you badly. All the very best for your future!!!
10.11.2021: Book:Warning Signal Climate: Soil & Land Use - Intensive Agriculture and Soil Degradation, Juliane Filser
09.11.2021:Stellenausschreibung Uni Würzburg
21.10.2021: Recently published:Celebrating the work of Early Career Researchers in Soil Science: European Journal of Soil Science.Laura Schnee also speaks in the accompanying video from an online meeting organised by the British Society for Soil Science.
15.10.2021: We are pleased to announce the start of a new project "Mixtox" financed by UBA, the German Federal Environmental Agency. During the next three years we will develop a procedure that allows including potential mixture toxicity effects of contaminants when evaluating contaminated soils.
21.09.2021: Now on YouTube - Public Talk by Juliane Filser in Bremen's "House of Science" (Video 2 - in German)
06.09.2021: Recently published:Potential of the Red Alga Dixoniella grisea for the Production of Additives for Lubricants
https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10091836
01.08.2021: We welcome Prof. Adriano Sofo from the University of Basilicata, Italy. Financed by DAAD, he will stay with us for two months to continue our cooperation on soil organic matter dynamics in relation to soil management, a follow-up of the COST Action KEYSOM.
15.07.2021: Today our new PhD student Jonas Nelles from RWTH Aachen started his PhD project entitled "Biodiversity under stress: the pitfalls of chemical mixtures in a changing environment". A warm welcome, and good success!
28.04.2021: Recently published: Ion compositions in artificial media control the impact of humic acid on colloidal behaviour, dissolution and speciation of CuO-NP
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147241
23.04.2021: Nanoparticles, Wastewater and Agriculture - BBC Interview with Juliane Filser will be online on April 23, 2021 from 21:32 onwards (last 5 minutes)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct1pq8
31.03.2021: Recently published: Use of Deep Learning for structural analysis of CT-images of soil samples - Royal Society Open Science
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.201275
03.02.2021: Recently published: Bypass and hyperbole in soil science: A perspective from the next generation of soil scientists
https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13064
13.01.2021: Recently published: Identification and Speciation of Nanoscale Silver in Complex Solid Matrices by Sequential Extraction Coupled with Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.0c04741
05.12.2020: December 05, 2020 is World Soil Day! https://www.uni-bremen.de/uft-oekologie/news
25.11.2020: Recently published: Soil properties can evoke toxicity of copper oxide nanoparticles towards springtails at low concentrations https://www.uni-bremen.de/uft-oekologie/publikationen/