Ute Susanne Kaden
M.Sc. Geoecology Specialization River Basin Management
Address
Room 340a
Helmholtz Centre for
Environmental Research - UFZ
Department of Conservation Biology
Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig
Tel: 0341 235 1643
ute-susanne.kaden@ufz.de

Scientific career
04/2014 - 12/2016
Master's degree in Geoecology at TU Bergakademie Freiberg
Focus on (hydro-)pedology, hydro(geo)logy, environmental analysis, limnology
Secondary audience Master of Water Management at TU Dresden: Modeling of waster water systems (10/2015 - 03/2016)
Master thesis at the Department of Hydrogeology of the UFZ: "Spatial and temporal analysis of ion concentrations in the groundwater-river interaction zone in order to quantify nitrate degradation potential"
10/2010 - 03/2014
Bachelor's degree in Geoecology at TU Bergakademie Freiberg
Bachelor thesis at the Institut of Biosciences of TUBAF: "The influence of phosphorus nutritional status on the uptake of germanium in Panicum miliaceum and Brassica alba" (PhytoGerm)
Professional activities
seit 11/2017
Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig
Research Assistant Department of Nature Conservation Biology, WG Floodplain Ecology
- Determining potential nutrient retention rates an an ecosystem service in riparian zone using the example of nitrogen - AZOTE
04/2016 - 11/2016
Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig
Master Candidate Department Hydrogeology
- Calculation ig groundwater flow properties and evaluation of isotope analyses
- Quantification of nitrate degredation potential in the groundwater river interaction zone
04/2015 - 09/2015
Sensatec GmbH, Kiel
Trainee Section groundwater and soil remediation projects
- Cosubstrate und nutrient screenings under aerobic and anaerobic incubation conditions incl. cultivation of anaerobic bacteria for the degredation of CFCs
- chemical and biological in-situ remediation (field work)
Main research interests:
- Nitrogen dynamics and flow in the groundwater river interaction zone / floodplains
- Quantification of denitrification potentials in floodplains
Projects
Determining potential nutrient retention rates as an ecosystem service in riparian zones – AZOTE
Publications
Index:
2020 (1)2018 (1)
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2020 (1)
- Kaden, U.S., Fuchs, E., Hecht, C., Hein, T., Rupp, H., Scholz, M., Schulz-Zunkel, C., (2020):
Advancement of the acetylene inhibition technique using time series analysis on air-dried floodplain soils to quantify denitrification potential
Geosciences 10 (11), art. 431
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2018 (1)
- Trauth, N., Musolff, A., Knöller, K., Kaden, U.S., Keller, T., Werban, U., Fleckenstein, J.H., (2018):
River water infiltration enhances denitrification efficiency in riparian groundwater
Water Res. 130 , 185 - 199
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