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): Einfluss der Vegetation auf die Konzentration von potentiell toxischen Spurenelementen, Germanium und Lanthan in Porenwässern von Spülsanden der Davidschachthalde Freiberg. Freiberg Ecology online 2, 113–137
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