Dr. Susanne Schmidt
Contact/Address
Susanne Schmidt
Department Lake Research
Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Brückstraße 3a
39114 Magdeburg, Germany
phone: ++49 (0) 341 6025 - 4127
susanne.i.schmidt@ufz.de
Fields of research
- Using remote sensing data for the evaluation and prognosis of water quality
- Nutrient cycling in aqueous systems and their impacts on organisms
- Surface water/ groundwater interactions: Biogeography of sediment fauna
Academic education
| 28.8.2015 | Postgraduate professional training: GIS Akademie Hamburg/Dortmund; Dortmund, Germany - Certificate: GIS and geodata specialist |
| 25.4.2005 | PhD in Biology at the University of Koblenz-Landau, Campus Landau, Landau, Germany. |
| 2000 - 2003 | PhD studies at the University of Koblenz-Landau, Campus Landau, Landau, Germany, with field and laboratory work (2000 – 2002) at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Floreat, Perth, Western Australia |
| 20.1.2000 | “Diplom”, eq. to MSc, in Biology at the Technical University of Dresden |
Professional career
| since Nov. 2021 | Scientist, Department of Lake Research, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ |
| 2018 - 2021 | Senior scientist, Institute of Hydrobiology, Czech Academy of Sciences - CAS, Budweis, Czechia |
| 2015 - 2018 | Scientist, Institute of Environmental Research, University of Koblenz-Landau, Campus Landau, Landau, Germany |
| 2011 - 2014 | Consultant, Dr Knoell consult GmbH, Leverkusen, Germany |
| 2009 - 2011 | Marie Curie International European Fellow, Centre for Systems Biology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom |
| 2006 - 2009 | PostDoc, Institute of Groundwater Ecology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich, Germany |
| 2005 - 2006 | Researcher, Group Animal Ecology, Federal Institute for Hydrology (BfG), Koblenz, Germany |
| 2004 - 2005 | Scientist, Department Evertebrata varia, SNSD Federal Natural History Museum, Department Crustacea; Research Fellow; Dresden, Germany |
| 2004 | 6-month guest stay, Cooperative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia |
Publications
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2024 (2)
- Saccò, M., Mammola, S., Altermatt, F., Alther, R., Bolpagni, R., Brancelj, A., Brankovits, D., Fišer, C., Gerovasileiou, V., Griebler, C., Guareschi, S., Hose, G.C., Korbel, K., Lictevout, E., Malard, F., Martínez, A., Niemiller, M.L., Robertson, A., Tanalgo, K.C., Bichuette, M.E., Borko, S., Brad, T., Campbell, M.A., Cardoso, P., Celico, F., Cooper, S.J.B., Culver, D., Di Lorenzo, T., Galassi, D.M.P., Guzik, M.T., Hartland, A., Humphreys, W.F., Ferreira, R.L., Lunghi, E., Nizzoli, D., Perina, G., Raghavan, R., Richards, Z., Reboleira, A.S.P.S., Rohde, M.M., Sánchez Fernández, D., Schmidt, S.I., van der Heyde, M., Weaver, L., White, N.E., Zagmajster, M., Hogg, I., Ruhi, A., Gagnon, M.M., Allentoft, M.E., Reinecke, R. (2024):
Groundwater is a hidden global keystone ecosystem
Glob. Change Biol. 30 (1), e17066 10.1111/gcb.17066 - Schmidt, S.I., Fluksova, H., Grill, S., Kopáček, J. (2024):
Tree height predicted tree death during a bark beetle outbreak better than distances to disturbances in a small catchment
Forests
2023 (2)
- Schmidt, S.I. (2023):
Using satellite data on forest state to predict stream water chemical components in the Elbe catchment
Extreme hydrologische Ereignisse und deren Folgen im Einzugsgebiet der Elbe. Magdeburger Gewässerschutzseminar 2023 = Magdeburský seminář o ochraně vod 2023, 11.–12.10.2023
Povodí Ohře (státní podnik), Chomutov, p. 91 - 94 - Vystavna, Y., Paule-Mercado, M.C., Schmidt, S.I., Hejzlar, J., Porcal, P., Matiatos, I. (2023):
Nutrient dynamics in temperate European catchments of different land use under changing climate
J. Hydrol. Reg. Stud. 45 , art. 101288 10.1016/j.ejrh.2022.101288
2022 (7)
- Hose, G.C., Chariton, A., Daam, M.A., Di Lorenzo, T., Galassi, D.M.P., Halse, A.S., Reboleira, A.S.P.S., Robertson, A.L., Schmidt, S.I., Korbel, K.L. (2022):
Invertebrate traits, diversity and the vulnerability of groundwater ecosystems
Funct. Ecol. 36 (9), 2200 - 2214 10.1111/1365-2435.14125 - Mammola, S., Meierhofer, M.B., Borges, P.A.V., Colado, R., Culver, D.C., Deharveng, L., Delić, T., Di Lorenzo, T., Dražina, T., Ferreira, R.L., Fiasca, B., Fišer, C., Galassi, D.M.P., Galassi, L., Gerovasileiou, V., Griebler, C., Halse, S., Howarth, F.G., Isaia, M., Johnson, J.S., Komerički, A., Martínez, A., Milano, F., Moldovan, O.T., Nanni, V., Nicolosi, G., Niemiller, M.L., Pallarés, S., Pavlek, M., Piano, E., Pipan, T., Sanchez-Fernandez, D., Santangeli, A., Schmidt, S.I., Wynne, J.J., Zagmajster, M., Zakšek, V., Cardoso, P. (2022):
Data for "Towards evidence-based conservation of subterranean ecosystems" (1.0) [Data set]
Zenodo 10.5281/zenodo.6088818 - Mammola, S., Meierhofer, M.B., Borges, P.A.V., Colado, R., Culver, D.C., Deharveng, L., Delić, T., Di Lorenzo, T., Dražina, T., Ferreira, R.L., Fiasca, B., Fišer, C., Galassi, D.M.P., Galassi, L., Gerovasileiou, V., Griebler, C., Halse, S., Howarth, F.G., Isaia, M., Johnson, J.S., Komerički, A., Martínez, A., Milano, F., Moldovan, O.T., Nanni, V., Nicolosi, G., Niemiller, M.L., Pallarés, S., Pavlek, M., Piano, E., Pipan, T., Sanchez-Fernandez, D., Santangeli, A., Schmidt, S.I., Wynne, J.J., Zagmajster, M., Zakšek, V., Cardoso, P. (2022):
Towards evidence-based conservation of subterranean ecosystems
Biol. Rev. 97 (4), 1476 - 1510 10.1111/brv.12851 - Schmidt, S.I. (2022):
A plea for considering processes that take place on the micrometer scale in modelling the groundwater ecosystems’ functions
Water 14 (12), art. 1850 10.3390/w14121850 - Schmidt, S.I., Cuthbert, M.O., Schwientek, M. (2022):
Importance of the micro-scale for the macro-scale — What can we learn from groundwater ecosystems?
In: Mehner, T., Tockner, K. (eds.)
Encyclopedia of inland waters (Second edition). Volume 3
p. 523 - 536 10.1016/B978-0-12-819166-8.00117-1 - Schmidt, S.I., Hejzlar, J., Kopáček, J., Paule-Mercado, M.C., Porcal, P., Vystavna, Y., Lanta, V. (2022):
Forest damage and subsequent recovery alter the water composition in mountain lake catchments
Sci. Total Environ. 827 , art. 154293 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154293 - Vatova, M., Rubin, C., Grossart, H.-P., Gonçalves, S.C., Schmidt, S.I., Jarić, I. (2022):
Aquatic fungi: largely neglected targets for conservation
Front. Ecol. Environ. 20 (4), 207 - 209 10.1002/fee.2495
Mammola, S., E. Lunghi, H. Bilandžija, P. Cardoso, V. Grimm, S.I. Schmidt, T. Hesselber, A. Martínez (2021): Collecting eco-evolutionary data in the dark: Impediments to subterranean research and how to overcome them. Ecology and Evolution 11: 5911–5926. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7556
Marxen, J., N.K. Rütz, S.I. Schmidt (2021): Organic carbon and nutrients drive prokaryote and metazoan communities in a floodplain aquifer. Basic and Applied Ecology 51: 43-58. DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2020.12.006
Schmidt, S.I., J. Hejzlar, J. Kopáček, M. Paule-Mercado, P. Porcal, Y. Vystavna (2021): Relationships between a catchment-scale forest disturbance index, time delays, and chemical properties of surface water. Ecological Indicators 125: 107558. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107558
Schmidt, S.I., V. Kodeš, M. Svatáková, P. Blabolil (2021): Ekologie podzemních vod, po stopách Františka Vejdovského. [Groundwater ecology, on Franz Vejdovský´s tracks.] Vodní hospodářství 2: 13-19.
Vystavna, Y., M. Mercado, R. Juras, S.I. Schmidt, J. Kopáček, J. Hejzlar, F. Huneau (2021): Effect of snowmelt on the dynamics, isotopic and chemical composition of runoff in mature and regenerated forested catchments. Journal of Hydrology 598 : 126437. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126437
Vystavna, Y., S.I. Schmidt, O.E. Klimenko, Y.V. Plugatar, N.I. Klimenko, N.N. Klimenko (2020): Species-dependent effect of cover cropping on trace elements and nutrients in vineyard soil and Vitis Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 100 : 885–890. DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.10006
Vystavna, Y., S.I. Schmidt, J. Kopáček, J. Hejzlar, L. Holko, I. Matiatos, L. Wassenaar, A. Persoiu, C.A. Badaluta, F. Huneau (2020): Small-scale chemical and isotopic variability of hydrological pathways in a mountain lake catchment Journal of Hydrology 585 : 124834. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.124834
Di Lorenzo, T., W.D. Di Marzio, B. Fiasca, D.M.P. Galassi, K. Korbel, S. Iepure, J.L. Pereira, A.S.P.S. Reboleira, S.I. Schmidt, G.C. Hose (2019): Recommendations for ecotoxicity testing with stygobiotic species in the framework of groundwater environmental risk assessment Science of the Total Environment 681 : 292-304. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.030
Vystavna Y., S.I. Schmidt, D. Diadin, P.M. Rossi, Y. Vergeles, M. Erostate, I. Yermakovych, V. Yakovlev, K. Knöller, I. Vadillo (2019): Multi-tracing of recharge seasonality and contamination in groundwater: A tool for urban water resource management Water Research 161 : 413-422. DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.06.028
Dormann, C. F., M. Bobrowski, D. M. Dehling, D. J. Harris, F. Hartig, H. Lischke, M. D. Moretti, J. Pagel, S. Pinkert, M. Schleuning, S.I. Schmidt, C. S. Sheppard, M. J. Steinbauer, D. Zeuss, C. Kraan (2018): Biotic interactions in species distribution modelling: ten questions to guide interpretation and avoid false conclusions. - Global Ecology and Biogeography 27, 9, 1004-1016. - DOI:10.1111/geb.12759
Schmidt, S.I., J.U. Kreft, C. Picioreanu, R. Mackay, M. Thullner (2018): Elucidating the impact of micro-scale heterogeneous bacterial distribution on biodegradation. Advances in Water Resources 116, 67-76. DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2018.01.013.
Theissinger, K., A. Kästel, V. Elbrecht, J. Makkonen, S. Michiels, S.I. Schmidt, S. Allgeier, F. Leese, C. Brühl (2018): Using DNA metabarcoding for assessing chironomid diversity and community change regarding mosquito control actions in temporary wetlands. Metabarcoding and Metagenomics – DOI: 10.3897/mbmg.1.21060
Herzyk, A., L. Fillinger, M. Larentis, S. Qiu, P. Maloszewski, M. Hünniger, S.I. Schmidt, C. Stumpp, S. Marozavaa, P.S.K. Knappett, Martin Elsner, R. Meckenstock, T. Lueders, C. Griebler (2017): Response and recovery of a pristine groundwater ecosystem impacted by toluene contamination – A meso-scale indoor aquifer experiment. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 207, 17-30.
Schmidt, S.I., M.O. Cuthbert, M. Schwientek (2017): Towards an integrated understanding of how micro scale processes shape groundwater ecosystem functions. Science of the Total Environment 592, 215-227. - DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.03.047
Langer, Julia A. F. R. Sharma, S.I. Schmidt, S. Bahrdt, H. G. Horn, M. Algueró-Muñiz, B. Nam, E. P. Achterberg, Ulf Riebesell, M. Boersma, M. Thines, K. Schwenk (2017): Community barcoding reveals little effect of ocean acidification on the composition of coastal plankton communities: Evidence from a long-term mesocosm study in the Gullmar Fjord, Skagerrak. Plos ONE 12 (4). - DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0175808
Meckenstock, R.U., J. Aamand, S. Agathos, H.J. Albrechtsen, L. Bastiaens, P.L. Bjerg, N. Boon, W. Dejonghe, M. Elsner, P. Grathwohl, C. Griebler, T. Held, W. Huang, F. Löffler, T. Lueders, P. Maloszewski, S.I. Schmidt, E. Smolders, S.R. Sørensen, D. Springael, C. Stumpp, B. van Breukelen, P. van Cappellen (2015): Bioremediation: Applying nature’s tricks of the trade to environmental cleanup. Environmental Science and Technology 49 (12), 7073-7081. - DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b00715
Worischka, S., S.I. Schmidt, C. Hellmann, J. Benndorf & C. Winkelmann (2015): Selective predation by non-visually foraging fish on benthic stream invertebrates: the role of prey traits. Limnologica 52, 41-50. - DOI: 10.1016/j.limno.2015.03.004
Winkelmann, C., J. Schneider, D. Mewes, S.I. Schmidt, S. Worischka, C. Hellmann, J. Benndorf (2014): Top-down and bottom-up control of periphyton by benthivorous fish and light supply in two streams. Freshwater Biology 59 (4), 803-818. - DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12305
Avramov, M., T. Rock, G. Pfister, K.-W. Schramm, S.I. Schmidt, C. Griebler (2013): Catecholamine levels in groundwater and stream amphipods and their response to temperature stress. General and Comparative Endocrinology 194, 110-117. - DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.09.004
Avramov, M., S.I. Schmidt & C. Griebler (2013). A new bioassay for the ecotoxicological testing of VOCs on groundwater invertebrates and the effects of toluene on Niphargus inopinatus. Aquatic Toxicology 130-131, 1-8. - DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2012.12.023
Schmidt, S.I. & H.J. Hahn (2012): What is groundwater and what does this mean to fauna? – An opinion. Limnologica 42 (1), 1-6. - DOI:10.1016/j.limno.2011.08.002.
Gutjahr, S., J. Bork, S.I. Schmidt & H.J. Hahn (2013): Efficiency of sampling invertebrates in groundwater habitats. Limnologica 43, 43-48. - DOI: 10.1016/j.limno.2012.08.001
Hünniger, M., P. Maloszewski, S.I. Schmidt, N. Peuckmann (2010): Experimental and mathematical methods to quantify the water flux and the transport processes in heterogeneous aquifer model systems. IAHS Publ. 342, 180-183.
Griebler, C., C. Kellermann, H. Stein, H. Brielmann, S.I. Schmidt, D. Selesi, C. Steube, S. Berkhoff, A. Fuchs, H.J. Hahn (2010): Ecological assessment of groundwater ecosystems – vision or illusion? Environmental Engineering 36, 1174–1190. - DOI:10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.01.010
Stein, H., C. Kellermann, S.I. Schmidt, H. Brielmann, C. Steube, A. Fuchs, H. J. Hahn, S. E. Berkhoff, B. Thulin & C. Griebler (2010): The potential use of fauna and bacteria as ecological indicators for the assessment of groundwater ecosystems. Journal of Environmental Monitoring 12, 242-254. - DOI: 10.1039/B913484K.
Brielmann, H., C. Griebler, S.I. Schmidt, T. Lueders (2009): Effects of thermal energy discharge on shallow groundwater ecosystems. FEMS Microbial Ecology 68 (3), 273-286. - DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2009.00674.x
Schmidt, S.I., M. König-Rinke; K. Kornek, C. Winkelmann, M.A. Wetzel, J.H.E. Koop & J. Benndorf (2008): Finding appropriate reference sites in large-scale aquatic field experiments. Aquatic Ecology 43 (1), 169-179. – DOI: 10.1007/s10452-007-9155-6.
Schmidt, S.I., H.J. Hahn, T.J. Hatton & W.F. Humphreys (2007): Do faunal assemblages reflect the exchange intensity in groundwater zones? Hydrobiologia 583 (1), 1-17. – DOI 10.1007/s10750-006-0405-8.
Schmidt, S.I., J. Hellweg, H.J. Hahn, T.J. Hatton & W.F. Humphreys (2007): Does groundwater influence the sediment fauna beneath a small, sandy stream? Limnologica 37, 208-225. – DOI 10.1016/j.limno.2006.12.002.
Schmidt, S.I., H.J. Hahn, G.D. Watson, R.J. Woodbury & T.J. Hatton (2004): Sampling fauna in stream sediments as well as groundwater using one net sampler. Acta hydrochimica et hydrobiologica 32 (2), 131-137.