Team - Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research

Head
Attinger, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. SabineAttinger, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Sabine 0341 235 482533 0341 235 1281 0341 235 1250 0341 235 482533 0341 235 1281 0341 235 1250 sabine.attinger@ufz.de

Deputy
Samaniego-Eguiguren, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. LuisSamaniego-Eguiguren, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Luis 0341 235 1971 0341 235 1971 luis.samaniego@ufz.de
Rebmann, Dr. rer. nat. CorinnaRebmann, Dr. rer. nat. Corinna 0341 235 1599 0341 235 1599 corinna.rebmann@ufz.de

Secretariat
Bleiholder, SindyBleiholder, Sindy 0341 235 1250 0341 235 1250 sindy.bleiholder@ufz.de
Pabst, NoraPabst, Nora 0341 235 482367 0341 235 1281 0341 235 482367 0341 235 1281 nora.pabst@ufz.de
Reul Jimenez, CatharinaReul Jimenez, Catharina 0341 235 482335 0341 235 482335 catharina.reul-jimenez@ufz.de
Kühn, SusanneKühn, Susanne 0341 235 482533 0341 235 482533 susanne.kuehn@ufz.de

Academic Staff
Altdorff, Dr. DanielAltdorff, Dr. Daniel daniel.altdorff@ufz.de
Bevacqua, Dr. rer. nat. EmanueleBevacqua, Dr. rer. nat. Emanuele 015738927495 015738927495 emanuele.bevacqua@ufz.de
Boeing, FriedrichBoeing, Friedrich 0341 235 482734 0341 235 482734 friedrich.boeing@ufz.de
Bohn, Dr. rer. nat. FriedrichBohn, Dr. rer. nat. Friedrich 0341 235 1050 0341 235 1050 friedrich.bohn@ufz.de
Chandrasekar, Dr. rer. nat. AparnaChandrasekar, Dr. rer. nat. Aparna 0341 235 4663 0341 235 4663 aparna.chandrasekar@ufz.de
Di Dato, Dr. MariainesDi Dato, Dr. Mariaines 0341 235 1973 0341 235 1973 mariaines.di-dato@ufz.de
Dienstbach, LauraDienstbach, Laura 0341 235 482213 0341 235 1060 0341 235 482213 0341 235 1060 laura.dienstbach@ufz.de
Jiang, Dr. phil. ShijieJiang, Dr. phil. Shijie shijie.jiang@ufz.de
Kaluza, MarenKaluza, Maren 0341 235 1797 0341 235 1797 maren.kaluza@ufz.de
Kleidon-Hildebrandt, Prof. Dr. AnkeKleidon-Hildebrandt, Prof. Dr. Anke 0341 235 482238 0341 235 482238 anke.hildebrandt@ufz.de
Kumar, Dr. RohiniKumar, Dr. Rohini 0341 235 1972 0341 235 1972 rohini.kumar@ufz.de
Lange, Dr. rer. nat. MartinLange, Dr. rer. nat. Martin martin.lange@ufz.de
Mai, Dr. rer. nat. JulianeMai, Dr. rer. nat. Juliane juliane.mai@ufz.de
Malla, ChaitanyaMalla, Chaitanya 0341 235 4663 0341 235 4663 chaitanya.malla@ufz.de
Marx, Dr. AndreasMarx, Dr. Andreas 0341 235 1074 671074 0341 235 1074 671074 andreas.marx@ufz.de
Modiri, Dr.-Ing. EhsanModiri, Dr.-Ing. Ehsan 0341 235 4663 0341 235 4663 ehsan.modiri@ufz.de
Mohannazadeh, MehrdadMohannazadeh, Mehrdad mehrdad.mohannazadeh@ufz.de
Müller, SebastianMüller, Sebastian 0341 235 482344 0341 235 482344 sebastian.mueller@ufz.de
Najafi, Dr. HusainNajafi, Dr. Husain 0341 235 1851 0341 235 1851 husain.najafi@ufz.de
Rakovec, Dr. OldrichRakovec, Dr. Oldrich 0341 235 482314 0341 235 1972 0341 235 482314 0341 235 1972 oldrich.rakovec@ufz.de
Sarrazin, Dr. FannySarrazin, Dr. Fanny 0341 235 482440 0341 235 482440 fanny.sarrazin@ufz.de
Schütze, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. ClaudiaSchütze, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Claudia 0341 235 1803 0341 235 1803 claudia.schuetze@ufz.de
Schweppe, RobertSchweppe, Robert 0341 235 1784 0341 235 1784 robert.schweppe@ufz.de
Sharifi, Dr. rer. nat. EhsanSharifi, Dr. rer. nat. Ehsan 0341 235 482537 0341 235 1851 0341 235 482537 0341 235 1851 ehsan.sharifi@ufz.de
Shrestha, Pallav KumarShrestha, Pallav Kumar 0341 235 1784 0341 235 1784 pallav-kumar.shrestha@ufz.de
Thober, Dr. rer. nat. JuleThober, Dr. rer. nat. Jule 0341 235 1465 0160 7454325 0341 235 1465 0160 7454325 jule.thober@ufz.de
Thober, Dr. rer. nat. StephanThober, Dr. rer. nat. Stephan 0341 235 482324 0341 235 482324 stephan.thober@ufz.de
Vogel, Dr. rer. nat. JohannesVogel, Dr. rer. nat. Johannes 0341 235 1001 0341 235 1001 johannes.vogel@ufz.de
Weber, Dr. UteWeber, Dr. Ute 0341 235 482270 0341 235 482270 ute.weber@ufz.de
Zscheischler, Dr. JakobZscheischler, Dr. Jakob 0341 235 1885 0341 235 1885 jakob.zscheischler@ufz.de

Guest Scientists
Eichhorn, Dr. rer. nat. MarcusEichhorn, Dr. rer. nat. Marcus 03455704385 03455704385 marcus.eichhorn@ufz.de
Heße, Dr. rer. nat. FalkHeße, Dr. rer. nat. Falk 0341 235 1797 0341 235 1797 falk.hesse@ufz.de
Oswald, Prof. Dr. sc. nat. SaschaOswald, Prof. Dr. sc. nat. Sascha sascha.oswald@ufz.de
Zech, Dr. rer. nat. AlrauneZech, Dr. rer. nat. Alraune 0341 235 1974 0341 235 1974 alraune.zech@ufz.de

PhD Students
Anand, MohitAnand, Mohit mohit.anand@ufz.de
Bahrami, BaharehBahrami, Bahareh 0341 235 1784 0341 235 1784 bahareh.bahrami@ufz.de
Batool, MasoomaBatool, Masooma 0341 235 1951 0341 235 1951 masooma.batool@ufz.de
Fatima, EshratFatima, Eshrat eshrat.fatima@ufz.de
Feng, SifangFeng, Sifang 0341 235 1001 0341 235 1001 sifang.feng@ufz.de
Miersch, PeterMiersch, Peter peter.miersch@ufz.de
Sweet, Lily-BelleSweet, Lily-Belle lily-belle.sweet@ufz.de
Wider, JonathanWider, Jonathan jonathan.wider@ufz.de

Undergraduate Students
Moll, VincentMoll, Vincent 0341 235 1797 0341 235 1797 vincent.moll@ufz.de

Technicians
Hinske, KatjaHinske, Katja 030 206 795 767 030 206 795 767 katja.hinske@ufz.de
Kelbling, MatthiasKelbling, Matthias 0341235482344 0341235482344 matthias.kelbling@ufz.de
Schmidt, PatrickSchmidt, Patrick 0341 235 1060 0341 235 1060 patrick.schmidt@ufz.de
Wiesen, RobertWiesen, Robert 0341 235 1060 0341 235 1060

HIWI
Feldmann, IsabellaFeldmann, Isabella 0341 235 1797 0341 235 1797 isabella.feldmann@ufz.de
Meis, JuliaMeis, Julia 0341 235 1797 0341 235 1797 julia.meis@ufz.de
Sarker, ParomitaSarker, Paromita 0341 235 1797 0341 235 1797 paromita.sarker@ufz.de
Westermann, SvenWestermann, Sven sven.westermann@ufz.de

Contact

Head
Prof. Dr. Sabine Attinger
Department of Computational Hydrosystems
tbl-modmon@ufz.de

Deputy Head
Prof. Dr. Luis Samaniego
Department of Computational Hydrosystems
luis.samaniego@ufz.de

Assistance
Nora Pabst
Phone +49 341 235-1281

Sindy Bleiholder
Phone +49 341 235-1250

Susanne Kühn
Phone +49 341 235-482533

sekces@ufz.de

Permoserstraße 15 | 04318 Leipzig

News / Press

May 16, 2023

Start of ESA funded project 4DHydro

The overarching objective of 4DHydro is to foster collaborations between the Earth Observation (EO) water cycle community developing novel high-resolution EO data products, and the land surface and hydrological modelling community (LSM/HM) engaged in advancing hyperresolution modelling of the hydrological cycle at regional and continental scales. By involving several European institutions 4DHydro will assess and improve data sets of EO as well as synchronize EO products and LSM/HM models in order to improve predictions of the hydrological system. Overall, it will assist end-users and decisions-makers as well as the EU Destination Earth initiative. The project’s kick-off meeting will take place in Leipzig on 21st of June 2023.

Jan 30, 2023

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The following paper received the ASCE-EWRI 2023 Award for Best Case Study in the Journal of Hydrologic Engineering.

Mai, J. , B. A. Tolson, H. Shen, É. Gaborit, V. Fortin, N. Gasset, H. Awoye, T. A. Stadnyk, L. M. Fry, E. A. Bradley, F. Seglenieks, A. G. Temgoua, D. G. Princz, S. Gharari, A. Haghnegahdar, M. E. Elshamy, S. Razavi, M. Gauch, J. Lin, X. Ni, Y. Yuan, M. McLeod, N. B. Basu, R. Kumar, O. Rakovec, L. Samaniego, S. Attinger, N. K. Shrestha, P. Daggupati, T. Roy, S. Wi, T. Hunter, J. R. Craig, and A. Pietroniro (2021):
The Great Lakes Runoff Intercomparison Project Phase 3: Lake Erie (GRIP-E)
Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 26(9), 05021020. Accepted Feb 16, 2021.

https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/%28ASCE%29HE.1943-5584.0002097

Dec 1, 2022

Award Poster Masooma Batool

Masooma Batool won the "Best student poster award" at the XXI International Nitrogen Workshop.
This conference, hosted by ETSIAAB, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, brought together nearly 300 papers from authors from 40 countries in Madrid, Spain, October 24-28, 2022.
At the conference, Masooma and her colleagues presented long-term trends in soil nitrogen (N) surplus across Europe (1850-2019). Excess N provides information on the trends and spatial distribution of N surplus in soil systems across Europe, highlighting agricultural areas in Central Europe as nitrogen hotspots. These areas have undergone dramatic changes over the past 150 years. Importantly, we show that estimates of N surplus are subject to large uncertainties, requiring explicit consideration of these uncertainties when analyzing past trends in N surplus.

Nov 15, 2022

Earthrise - Mission Klima
How our research contributes to climate mitigation and adaptation is demonstrated in this WELT report.

Video at www.welt.de (only in German)

05:50': Hohes Holz research station
10:40': FORMIND in the Vislab
15:45': Fragmentation of forests
43:00': FORMIND and climate scenarios

Oct 12, 2022

Dr. Husain Najafi won the UFZ Young Scientist Award for Applied Research 2022. The award goes to him for his excellence and dedication in development of the operational drought forecasting system in Germany and investigation of 2021 summer flood predictability. Hydrological forecasting systems are the fundamental component of early warning systems - disaster risk reduction.

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New publications

Friedrich Boeing, Oldrich Rakovec, Rohini Kumar, Luis Samaniego, Martin Schrön, Anke Hildebrandt, Corinna Rebmann, Stephan Thober, Sebastian Müller, Steffen Zacharias, Heye Bogena, Katrin Schneider, Ralf Kiese, Sabine Attinger, and Andreas Marx. High-resolution drought simulations and comparison to soil moisture observations in Germany. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 26, 5137–5161, 2022. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-5137-2022

In this paper, we deliver an evaluation of the second generation operational German drought monitor ( https://www.ufz.de/duerremonitor ) with a state-of-the-art compilation of observed soil moisture data from 40 locations and four different measurement methods in Germany. We show that the expressed stakeholder needs for higher resolution drought information at the one-kilometer scale can be met and that the agreement of simulated and observed soil moisture dynamics can be moderately improved.
Mahnken, M., Cailleret, M., Collalti, A., Trotta, C., Biondo, C., D’Andrea, E., ... & Reyer, C. P. O. (2022). Accuracy, realism and general applicability of European forest models. Global Change Biology. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16384
Pacheco-Labrador, J., Weber, U., Ma, X., Mahecha, M. D., Carvalhais, N., Wirth, C., Huth, A., Bohn, F. J., Kraemer, G., Heiden, U., FunDivEUROPE members, and Migliavacca, M.: EVALUATING THE POTENTIAL OF DESIS TO INFER PLANT TAXONOMICAL AND FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITIES IN EUROPEAN FORESTS, Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLVI-1/W1-2021, 49–55, 2022. DOI: 10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVI-1-W1-2021-49-2022
Bevacqua, E., De Michele, C., Manning, C., Couasnon, A., Ribeiro, A.F.S., Ramos, A.M., Vignotto, E., Bastos, A., Blesić, S., Durante, F., Hillier, J., Oliveira, S.C., Pinto, J.G., Ragno, E., Rivoire, P., Saunders, K., van der Wiel, K., Wu, W., Zhang, T., Zscheischler, J. (2021): Guidelines for Studying Diverse Types of Compound Weather and Climate Events. Earth Future. 10.1029/2021EF002340
Najafi H, Robertson AW, Massah Bavani AR, Irannejad P, Wanders N, Wood EF. Improved multi-model ensemble forecasts of Iran's precipitation and temperature using a hybrid dynamical-statistical approach during fall and winter seasons. Int
J Climatol. 2021;1–28. DOI: 10.1002/joc.7148

Hari, V., Rakovec, O., Markonis, Y. et al. Increased future occurrences of the exceptional 2018–2019 Central European drought under global warming. Sci Rep 10, 12207 (2020). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-68872-9

Schmidt, L., Heße, F., Attinger, S., Kumar, R., (2020): "Challenges in applying machine learning models for hydrological inference: A case study for flooding events across Germany", Water Resources Research DOI: 10.1029/2019WR025924

Jing, M., Kumar, R., Heße, F., Thober, S., Rakovec, O., Samaniego, L., Attinger, S., (2020): "Assessing the response of groundwater quantity and travel time distribution to 1.5, 2, and 3 °C global warming in a mesoscale central German basin", Hydrology and Earth System Sciences DOI: 10.5194/hess-24-1511-2020

Sep 2, 2022

The collaborative project "Standardisiertes Monitoring von Wachstumsreaktionen wichtiger Waldbaumarten auf klimatische Extremereignisse" (MW³) with participation of the UFZ will develop a standardized monitoring system and protocol to record growth responses of important Central European forest tree species with a focus on climatic extremes. Future extreme events and their impact on forest carbon fluxes in Germany will be analyzed using smart models.