Dr. Ralf Gründling
Soil Scientist & Scientific Technician
Contact
Phone: +49 (0)345/558-5431
ralf.gruendling@ufz.de
Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Department of Soil System Science
(before: Dep. of Soil Physics)
Theodor-Lieser-Strasse 4
D-06120 Halle(Saale) / Germany
Fields of research
Soil genesis Soil processes Soil functions Precision farming
Soil carbon dynamics Remote sensing of soil properties UAV
3D-Laser scanning Modelling (CCB) Spatial distribution of soils
Regionalization of soil properties Periglacial slope deposits
Geomorphology
Field of activities
| •Soil mapping | •Database management / Data quality control |
| •GNSS/GPS systems | •Technical support of meteorological observatory |
| •UAV based remote sensing | •Technical support of lysimeter station |
| •Computation & Programming | •3D - Terrestrial laser scanning |
Professional background
| since 2015 | Scientific Technician, Dept. Soil System Science |
| 2013-2014 |
Post-doc at UFZ, working group on Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Projects: Humrep & Austrian Carbon Calculator |
| 2010-2013 | Project Assistant – private industry: research and development of precision farming products |
| 2010 | Dissertation: “Interaction between pedodiversity and biodiversity in an extensive used grassland ecosystem” (in German) |
| 2005-2010 |
Ph.D. Student at Friedrich Schiller University of Jena and Eberhard Karls University of Tuebingen Project: BIOLOG/DIVA |
| 2005 | Diploma-Thesis: “Pleistozäne und holozäne Bodenentwicklung und Möglichkeiten der Bodennutzung (Weinbau) an den Hängen der Pińczówer Erhebung (Polen)“ (in German) |
| 1998-2005 | Studies of Geography (Diploma) at University of Leipzig |
Publications
Gründling, Ralf; Petersohn, Petra; Schmögner, Sylvia; Merbach, Ines; Vogel, Hans-Jörg; Franko, Uwe (2022): Meteorological data of experimental field station in Bad Lauchstädt, Germany. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.949892
Schulz-Zunkel, C., Seele-Dilbat, C., Anlanger, C., Baborowski, M., Bondar-Kunze, E., Brauns, M., Gapinski, C., Gründling, R., von Haaren, C., Hein, T., Henle, K., Junge, F., Kasperidus, H.D., Koll, K., Kretz, L., Rast, G., Schnauder, I., Scholz, M., Schrenner, H., Sendek, A., Sprößig, C., Nogueira Tavares, C., Vieweg, M., von Tümpling, W., Weitere, M., Wirth, C., Wunsch, T., Dziock, F., (2022):
Effective restoration measures in river-floodplain ecosystems: lessons learned from the ‘Wilde Mulde’ project
Int. Rev. Hydrobiol.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/iroh.202102086
Werner, B.J., Lechtenfeld, O.J., Musolff, A., de Rooij, G.H., Yang, J., Gründling, R., Werban, U., Fleckenstein, J.H., (2021): Small-scale topography explains patterns and dynamics of dissolved organic carbon exports from the riparian zone of a temperate, forested catchment. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 25 (12), 6067 - 6086.
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-6067-2021
Groh, J. ; Vanderborght, J. ; Pütz, T. ; Vogel, H.-J. ; Gründling, R. ; Rupp, H. ; Rahmati, M. ; Sommer, M. ; Vereecken, H. ; Gerke, H. H. (2020): Responses of soil water storage and crop water use efficiency to changing climatic conditions: a lysimeter-based space-for-time approach.
Hydrology and earth system sciences 24(3), 1211 - 1225 (2020). https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-1211-2020
Witing, F., Prays, N., O'Keeffe, S., Gründling, R., Gebel, M., Kurzer, H.-J., Daniel-Gromke, J. & Franko, U. (2018): Biogas production and changes in soil carbon input - A regional analysis. Geoderma 320: 105-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2018.01.030
Boenecke, E., Lueck, E., Ruehlmann, J., Gruendling, R. & Franko, U. (2018): Determining the within-field yield variability from seasonally changing soil conditions. Precision Agriculture. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11119-017-9556-z
Spiegel, H., Sanden, T., Dersch, G., Baumgarten, A., Gründling, R. & Franko, U. (2017):
Soil Organic Matter and Nutrient Dynamics Following Different Management of Crop Residues at Two Sites in Austria
In: Muñoz, M.Á. & Zornoza, R. (eds.)
Soil Management and Climate Change
Academic Press, Elsevier, London, United Kingdom, p. 253 - 265
Mallast, U., Kögler, S. & Gründling, R. (2016): Vorerkundung aus der Luft. Earth System Knowledge Plattform (ESKP). Stand: 01.09.2016, URL: http://www.eskp.de/vorerkundung-aus-der-luft/
Breulmann, M., Boettger, T., Buscot, F., Gruendling, R. & Schulz, E. (2016): Carbon storage potential in size–density fractions from semi-natural grassland ecosystems with different productivities over varying soil depths. Science of The Total Environment 545-546: 30-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.12.050
Gründling, R. (2010): Wechselwirkung zwischen Pedodiversität und Biodiversität am Beispiel extensiv genutzter Grünland-Bestände. Tübinger Geographische Studien. Heft 150; Tübingen [Dissertation].
Döhler, M., Gründling, R., Heinrich, J. (2005): Ganzheitliches Nutzungskonzept für die Pińczówer Erhebung – Naturschutz im Einklang mit Nutzung (Weinbau). Monitoring Środowiska Przyrodniczego 6: 9-22. Kielce, Polen.
http://www.ujk.edu.pl/ios/wydawnictwa/z6/Art.%20Dohler%20et%20al.pdf