Dr. Martin Schultze
Contact/Address
Martin Schultze
Department Lake Research
Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Brückstraße 3a
39114 Magdeburg, Germany
phone: ++49 (391) 810 9400
fax: ++49 (391) 810 9150
martin.schultze@ufz.de
Fields of research
Water quality and management of Lake Sevan (Armenia) (since 2017)
Water quality of reservoirs and its management by measures in the reservoirs and in their catchment areas (since 2011)
Water quality in mine pit lakes (since 1984)
- Chemistry of mine pit lakes
- Influence of filling and management of pit lakes on their water quality and
sustainable use
- Prognosis of water quality of mine pit lakes
- Management of pit lakes
Influence of artificial ground water recharge on ground water quality in the region Letzlinger Heide (1984-1991)
Influence of agriculture and atmospheric deposition on ground water quality in hard rock (1984-1991)
Management of protection areas for drinking water (1984-1991)
Academic education
| 1979-1984 | Studies in chemistry at the Dresden University of Technology |
| 1984 | Diplom (aprox. Master of Sciences) in chemistry |
| 2012 |
PhD at the Braunschweig University of Technology Thesis: "The filling and remediation of pit lakes in former open cast lignite mines" |
Professional career
| 1984-1986 | scientist in the Institute of Water Management Berlin, department of Surface water protection, Magdeburg |
| 1987-1990 | scientist in the research department Surface water protection of the Wasserwirtschaftsdirektion "Untere Elbe" Magdeburg (regional water authority) |
| 1991 | scientist in the BMBF-funded project "Development of the scientific basics of design, filling, and water quality management in mine pit lakes" at the regional environmental protection agency in Magdeburg |
| 1992-1994 | scientist at the GKSS Research Centre Geesthacht, Institute for Inland Water Research Magdeburg |
| since 1995 | scientist at the Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department Lake Research |
Publications
Last three years
Journals/Book chapters
2020
Gevorgyan, G., Rinke, K., Schultze, M., Mamyan, A., Kuzmin, A., Belykh, O., Sorokovikova, E., Hayrapetyan, A., Hovsepyan, A., Khachikyan, T., Aghayan, S., Fedorova, G., Krasnopeev, A., Potapov, S., Tikhonova, I., (2020): First report about toxic cyanobacterial bloom occurrence in Lake Sevan, Armenia. Int. Rev. Hydrobiol., https://doi.org/10.1002/iroh.202002060 (OpenAccess)
McCullough, C.D., Schultze, M., Vandenberg, J. (2020) Realizing beneficial end uses from abandoned pit lakes. Minerals 10:133; https://doi.org/10.3390/min10020133
2019
Schultze, M., Brode, E., Benthaus, F.-C., Rinke, K. (2019) Wasserqualität in als Speicher genutzten Tagebauseen. WasserWirtschaft 109(5/2019):38-41
2018
McCullough C.D., Schultze M. (2018) Engineered river flow-through to improve mine pit lake and river values. Science of the Total Environment 640–641:217–231
McCullough, C.D., Schultze, M. (2018) Risks and rewards of pit lakes. AusIMM December 2018 (https://www.ausimmbulletin.com/feature/risks-rewards-pit-lakes/; Bulletin of the Australian Institute for Mining and Metallurgy)
Conference Proceedings
2018
McCullough, C.M., Schultze, M., Vandenberg, J. (2018) Realising beneficial end uses for pit lakes. In: Drebenstedt, C., von Bismarck, F., Fourie, A., Tibbett, M. (eds) Mine Closure 2018. Australian Certre for Geomechanics, University of Western Australia, Cravley, Western Australia, pp 497-504
ISBN 978-3-86012-590-8
Schultze, M., Jolas, P., Weber, L. (2018) Filling, remediation and management of pit lakes by using mine water – an update. In: Drebenstedt, C., von Bismarck, F., Fourie, A., Tibbett, M. (eds) Mine Closure 2018. Australian Certre for Geomechanics, University of Western Australia, Cravley, Western Australia, pp 505-5112
ISBN 978-3-86012-590-8
2016
Junge, F.W., Schultze, M. (2016): Open cast mines as river sediment and pollutant sinks. The example Mulde Reservoir (East Germany). In: Drebenstedt, C., Paul, M. (eds.) Mining meets water - conflicts and solutions : proceedings : IMWA 2016 in Leipzig, Germany, July 11-15, 2016. 2., überarbeitete und ergänzte Auflage, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, p. 159 - 166
Schultze, M., Castendyk, D., Wendt-Potthoff, K., Sánchez-España, J., Boehrer, B. (2016): On the relevance of meromixis in pit lakes – an update. In: Drebenstedt, C., Paul, M. (eds.) Mining meets water - conflicts and solutions : proceedings : IMWA 2016 in Leipzig, Germany, July 11-15, 2016. 2., überarbeitete und ergänzte Auflage, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, p. 227 - 235
2015
McCullough, C.; Schultze, M. (2015) Riverine Flow-Through of Mine Pit Lakes: Improving both Mine Pit Lake and River Water Quality Values? In: Agreeing on solutions for more sustainable mine water management – Proceedings of the 10th ICARD & IMWA Annual Conference. GECAMIN, Santiago de Chile, 1-9 (electronic document 199)
Membership in scientific societies
Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker e.V., GDCh
Wasserchemische Gesellschaft (Fachgruppe der Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker)
Deutsche Vereinigung für Wasserwirtschaft, Abwasser und Abfall e.V., DWA
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Limnologie e.V., DGL
International Mine Water Association, IMWA
International Society of Limnology, SIL