Prof Dr. Doris Vetterlein
doris.vetterlein@ufz.de
doris.vetterlein@landw.uni-halle.de
Tel.: +49 345-558-5415
Fax: +49 345-558-5559
UFZ, Department of Soil System Science
Theodor-Lieser-Straße 4
06120 Halle/Saale
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences
Von-Seckendorff-Platz 3
06120 Halle/Saale
Research interests
- Bioavailability of arsenic
- Rhizosphere
- Plant water relations
- Ion transport and uptake into plants
- Si cycling in rice paddies
- Root-microbe interaction
Current position
2018-
Speaker DFG Priority Programme 2089 Website SPP Rhizosphere
2013-
Appointed as adjunct professor at the Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
2009-
Senior Scientist
Head of working group soil-plant interaction (SPI)
Previous positions
2004 - 2009
Head of Helmholtz-University Young Investigators Group BASS Joint research group of the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Germany
Research topic: Bioavailability of arsenic - soil-plant-food transfer of As with special emphasis on rhizosphere processes
1999 - 2004
DFG-Funding for "Habilitation" Institute of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany Research Topic: Plant induced heterogeneity of soil osmotic potential. Relevance for plant water uptake.
1995 - 1999
Project Management Technical University of Cottbus, Germany; Research topic: Re-establishment of soil functions in landscapes formed after open-cast lignite mining - soil amendment with organic waste materials (REKLAM, BMBF Project).
1993 - 1995
Project Management - private industry
1988 - 1993
Institute of Plant Nutrition, University of Hohenheim
- PhD: Root induced spatial variation of soil water content and its effect on phosphorus uptake and growth of pearl millet (Pennisetum americanum [L.] Leeke) under drought conditions
- Diploma Thesis: Impact of VA mycorrhiza on growth and drought stress tolerance of Cicer arietinum L.
Education
1983 - 1989
Undergraduate study: "Agriculture-Biology", University of Hohenheim (Plant Nutrition, Plant Production in the Tropics and Subtropics, Plant Ecology, Plant Protection).
Reviewer
- Associate Editor Vadose Zone Journal
- Associate Editor Environmental Pollution
- Consulting Edititor Plant and Soil
Memberships
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Pflanzenernährung
- Deutsche Bodenkundliche Gesellschaft
- Bundesverband Boden
Projects
Methods
- As/Si-dynamics and Si-cycling in rice
- Plant growth experiments under controlled conditions (12 m² climate chamber)
- Root properties (WinRhizo)
- Soil (hydro-)chemistry (XRD, CEC, Redox)
- Soil hydraulic and hydrologic properties (Tensiometer and suction cups)
- X-ray microtomography (soil structure & root system development)