Christian Hecht
M.Sc. Geoecology
Address
Room 340a
Helmholtz Centre for
Environmental Research - UFZ
Department of Conservation Biology
Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig
Tel: 0341 235 1643
christian.hecht@ufz.de
Projects
ElBiota - Laterale Konnektivität und Biodiversität der Elbauen
Web registries
Main research interests:
- Floodplain ecology, mire ecology
- Ecophysiology
- Vegetaion Analyses and Mapping
- Vegetation dynamics
- Interaction Soil-Water-Plant
Publications
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
full text (doi)
2017 (1)
- Hecht C., Messinger F., Assan E., Wiche O. (2017): Effect of vegetation cover on concentrations of toxic trace elements, germanium and lanthanum in pore waters of the Davidschacht mine tailings in Freiberg. Freiberg Ecology online 2, 113–137. full text
Academic education
10/15 - 10/19
Master of Science in Geoecology and Landscape Ecology at Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg and University of Greifswald
Master thesis: Comparative analyses of vegetation and site characteristics at selected floodplain sections of the rivers Elbe, Rhine, Main and Weser
10/08 - 12/2012
Bachelor of Science in Environmental Monitoring and Analysis at HTW Dresden
Bachelor thesis: "Measurement of water potential in roots and leaves of selected
european beech provenances within the framework of an international provenance trial"
Professional activities
seit 05/2017
Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig
Department of Nature Conservation Biology, WG Floodplain Ecology
- Working in AZOTE-Project, MediAN-Project and Project Lebendige Luppe
04- 07/2017
TU Bergakademie Freiberg
Research Assistant
04 - 10/2015
Michael Succow Foundation, Greifswald
Research Assistant
09 - 10/2014
Ökotop GbR, Halle (Saale)
Technical Employee
03 - 08/2014
Ökotop GbR, Halle (Saale)
Intern
03 - 08/2014
Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research, Halle (Saale)
Research Assistant for the project "Carbowert" at Department of Soil Ecology
04 - 10/2013
SLU Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet / Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences / Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment Uppsala / Umeå (Schweden)
Participating in Leonardo da Vinci for vocational education and training
- Working on different research projects: - Hydrological connectivity in boreal region; - Evasion of mercury from boreal mires; - Quantifying mercury level in fish from lakes in Northern Sweden; - CO2-Evasion from streams and soils, - Riparian soils influence on water quality, - Stream and wetland mapping
04 - 10/2013
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department Soil and Water Science
Practice project
- Contributing in a research on formation of biological and chemical fouling in irrigation systems
Further qualifications
- Centre for university continuing education at University of Koblenz-Landau: Water protection, qualification for water protection commissioner according to §§ 64 - 65 WHG
- Apprenticeship for perennial gardener