MSc. Maik Lucas
Research assistant / PhD Student
Contact:
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Department of soil physics, room 208
Theodor-Lieser-Straße 4
D-06120 Halle (Saale)
Phone: +49 345 558-5468

Education and employment history:
since 05/2022 Postdoc for the DASIM project
01/2021 - 04/2022 Postdoc an der Michigan State University und Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC)
01/2020 - 12/2020 Research assistant SPP 2089 and Bonares
10/2016 - 12/2020: Research assistant / PhD student in the working group Soil-Plant-Interaction
Project: Soil structure formation through the action of plant.
10/2014 - 10/2016: Master of Science in Management of natural resources" at the Martin-Luther-University of Halle-Wittenberg
Masterthesis: The influence of apple replant disease (ARD) on root growth, function and rhizosphere microbiome analysed in a split-root experiment.
10/2011 - 10/2014: Bachelor of Science in Geooecology at the TU Berkakademie Freiberg
Index:
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2022 (3)
- Lippold, E., Lucas, M., Fahrenkampf, T., Schlüter, S., Vetterlein, D. (2022):
Macroaggregates of loam in sandy soil show little influence on maize growth, due to local adaptations of root architecture to soil heterogeneity
Plant Soil 478 (1-2), 163 - 175
full text (doi) - Lucas, M. (2022):
Perspectives from the Fritz-Scheffer Awardee 2020—The mutual interactions between roots and soil structure and how these affect rhizosphere processes
J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci. 185 (1), 8 - 18
full text (doi) - Lucas, M., Nguyen, L.T.T., Guber, A., Kravchenko, A.N. (2022):
Cover crop influence on pore size distribution and biopore dynamics: Enumerating root and soil faunal effects
Front. Plant Sci. 13 , art. 928569
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2021 (1)
- Lucas, M., Vetterlein, D., Vogel, H.-J., Schlüter, S. (2021):
Revealing pore connectivity across scales and resolutions with X‐ray CT
Eur. J. Soil Sci. 72 (2), 546 - 560
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2020 (2)
- Balbín-Suárez, A., Lucas, M., Vetterlein, D., Sørensen, S.J., Winkelmann, T., Smalla, K., Jacquiod, S. (2020):
Exploring microbial determinants of apple replant disease (ARD): a microhabitat approach under split-root design
FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 96 (12), fiaa211
full text (doi) - Lucas, M., Pihlap, E., Steffens, M., Vetterlein, D., Kögel-Knabner, I. (2020):
Combination of imagingi infrared spectroscopy and X-ray computed microtomography for the investigation of bio- and physicochemical processes in structured soils
Front. Environ. Sci. 8 , art. 42
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2019 (3)
- Lucas, M., Schlüter, S., Vogel, H.-J., Vetterlein, D. (2019):
Soil structure formation along an agricultural chronosequence
Geoderma 350 , 61 - 72
full text (doi) - Lucas, M., Schlüter, S., Vogel, H.-J., Vetterlein, D. (2019):
Roots compact the surrounding soil depending on the structures they encounter
Sci. Rep. 9 , art. 16236
full text (doi) - Pihlap, E., Vuko, M., Lucas, M., Steffens, M., Schloter, M., Vetterlein, D., Endenich, M., Kögel-Knabner, I. (2019):
Initial soil formation in an agriculturally reclaimed open-cast mining area - the role of management and loess parent material
Soil Tillage Res. 191 , 224 - 237
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2018 (1)
- Lucas, M., Balbín-Suárez, A., Smalla, K., Vetterlein, D. (2018):
Root growth, function and rhizosphere microbiome analyses show local rather than systemic effects in apple plant response to replant disease soil
PLOS One 13 (10), e0204922
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