Dr. Carsten Simon

Postdoc, MADDOMS project

Contact / Address

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Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ
Department Analytical Chemistry
Permoserstr. 15
DE-04318 Leipzig
Germany
Building 4.0, Room 222
Phone: 0341 235 1769

carsten.simon[at]ufz.de

GLN-3033-2022

Current Research Project

Details can be found here.

Curriculum Vitae

Since 06/2022 Postdoc (project MADDOMS) at UFZ Leipzig, Department Analytics, BioGeoOmics
2020-2022 Postdoc in the group of Inorganic Environmental Geochemistry at ETH Zurich (Institute for Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics) & Eawag Dübendorf (Dept. Water Resources & Drinking Water)
2019-2020 Postdoc at Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Department Biogeochemical Processes, Molecular Biogeochemistry
2015-2019 PhD in Geosciences at University of Jena and Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Department Biogeochemical Processes, Molecular Biogeochemistry
2009-2015 Studies of Biogeosciences (B.Sc.) and Marine Environmental Sciences (M.Sc.) at Universities of Jena and Oldenburg, Germany; Master thesis in Aquatic Geochemistry

Publications

2025 (1)

2024 (7)

Publication without UFZ-affiliation

Simon C, Miltner A, Mulder I, Kaiser K, Lorenz M, Thiele-Bruhn S, Lechtenfeld O (2025): Long-term effects of manure addition on soil organic matter molecular composition: Carbon transformation as a major driver of energetic potential. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 205: 109755, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2025.109755.

Lange DF, Schröter SA, da Luz FM, Pires E, Santos YR, da Silva JS, Hildmann S, Hoffmann T, Ferreira SJF, Schäfer T, Quesada CA, Simon C, Gleixner G (2024): Cycling of dissolved organic nutrients and indications for nutrient limitations in contrasting Amazon rainforest ecosystems. Biogeochemistry 167: 1567-1588, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-024-01187-3

Lambidis SP, Schramm T, Steuer-Lodd K, Farrell S, Stincone P, Schmid R, Koester I, Torres R, Dittmar T, Aluwihare L, Simon C, Petras D (2024): Two-Dimensional Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry Untangles the Deep Metabolome of Marine Dissolved Organic Matter, Environmental Science & Technology 58: 19289-19304, doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c07173.

Tittel J, Rosenlöcher Y, Dadi T, Lechtenfeld O, Simon C (2024): The age of buried carbon changes the greenhouse gas budget of a dam. J. Geophys. Res.-Biogeosci. 129: e2023JG007979, doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2023jg007979.

Lange M, Azizi-Rad M, Dittmann G, Lange DF, Orme AM, Schroeter SA, Simon C, Gleixner G (2024): Stability and carbon uptake of the soil microbial community is determined by differences between rhizosphere and bulk soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 189: 109280, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2023.109280.

Simon C, Dührkop K, Petras D, Roth VN, Böcker SB, Dorrestein P, Gleixner G (2022): Mass difference matching unfolds hidden molecular structures in dissolved organic matter. Environmental Science & Technology 56:11027-11040, doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c01332.

Simon C, Pimentel TP, Monteiro MTF, Candido LA, Gastmans D, Geilmann H, da Costa Oliveira R, Rocha JB, Pires E, Quesada CA, Forsberg BR, Ferreira SJF, da Cunha HB, Gleixner G (2021): Molecular links between whitesand ecosystems and blackwater formation in the Rio Negro watershed. Geochmica et Cosmochimica Acta 311: 274-291, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2021.06.036.

Hawkes JA, D'Andrilli J, Agar JN, Barrow MP, Berg SM, Catalán N, Chen H, Chu RK, Cole RB, Dittmar T, Gavard R, Gleixner G, Hatcher PG, He C, Hess NJ, Hutchins RHS, Ijaz A, Jones HE, Kew W, Khaksari M, Lozano DCP, Lv J, Mazzoleni L, Noriega-Ortega BE, Osterholz H, Radoman N, Remucal CK, Schmitt ND, Schum S, Shi Q, Simon C, Singer G, Sleighter RL, Stubbins A, Thomas MJ, Tolic N, Zhang S, Zito P, Podgorski DC (2020): An international laboratory comparison of dissolved organic matter composition by high resolution mass spectrometry: Are we getting the same answer? Limnology & Oceanography: Methods 18: 235-258, doi: 10.1002/lom3.10364.

Roth VN, Lange M, Simon C, Hertkorn N, Bucher S, Goodall T, Griffiths RI, Mellado-Vázquez PG, Mommer L, Oram NJ, Weigelt A, Dittmar T, Gleixner G (2019): Persistence of dissolved organic matter explained by molecular changes during its passage through soil. Nature Geoscience 12: 755-761, doi: 10.1038/s41561-019-0417-4.

Simon C, Osterholz H, Koschinsky A, Dittmar T (2019): Riverine mixing at the molecular scale - An ultrahigh-resolution mass spectrometry study on dissolved organic matter and selected metals in the Amazon confluence zone (Manaus, Brazil). Organic Geochemistry 129: 45-62, doi: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2019.01.013.

Simon C, Roth VN, Dittmar T, Gleixner G (2018): Molecular signals of heterogeneous terrestrial environments identified in dissolved organic matter: A comparative analysis of Orbitrap and ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometers. Frontiers in Earth Science 6: 138, doi: 10.3389/feart.2018.00138.

Reviewing activity

I have been active in peer-reviewing work of colleagues in the following journals:

  • Biogeochemistry
  • Biogeosciences
  • Deep Sea Research Part I
  • Environmental Au
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts
  • European Journal of Soil Science
  • Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences
  • Nature Communications
  • Plant & Soil
  • Scientific Reports
  • Soil & Tillage Research
  • Water Research

Datasets

Lorenz M, Blagodatskaya E, Finn D, Hüging H, Kandeler E, Kaiser K, Kästner M, Lechtenfeld OJ, Marhan S, Maskow T, Mayer J, Miltner A, Normant-Saremba M, Poll C, Resseguier C, Rupp A, Schrumpf M, Schweitzer K, Simon C, Tebbe CC, Yang S, Yousaf U, Thiele-Bruhn S (2024): Database for the Priority Program 2322 SoilSystems – Soils and substrates used in the first phase (2021-2024). Zenodo, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11207502.

Tittel J, Rosenlöcher Y, Dadi T, Lechtenfeld OJ, Simon C (2024): Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR MS) measured by laser desorption ionization (LDI), chemistry, and radiocarbon data of sequentially extracted sediment samples from the Rappbode predam reservoir. (Version 1.0). Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung. https://doi.org/10.48758/UFZ.14903.

Simon C, Dührkop K, Petras D, Roth V-N, Böcker S, Dorrestein PC, Gleixner G (2022): Structural insight into conifer forest topsoil and blackwater dissolved organic matter by Orbitrap tandem MS mass difference matching. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.944673.

Simon C, Pimentel TP, Monteiro MTF, Candido LA, Gastmans D, Geilmann H, da Costa Oliveira R, Rocha JB, Pires E, Quesada CA, Forsberg BR, Ferreira SJF, da Cunha HB, Gleixner G (2020): FT-MS molecular composition data from two whitesand catchments in the lower Rio Negro basin from October/ November 2017 (end of dry season). PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.922606.


Presentations

Simon C, Pietsch P, Stumpf K, Kaiser K, Lechtenfeld O (2023): Looking beyond the iceberg’s tip: Parallel analysis of soil dissolved and particle-associated organic matter fractions via ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry. Oral. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft, 03. - 08.09.2023, Halle/Saale, Germany.

Simon C, Tolu J, Bouchet S, Chan M, Mazza A, Helfenstein J, Frossard E, Tamburini F, Chadwick OA, Winkel LHE (2023): Organic speciation of (micro)nutrients in relation to overall dissolved organic matter composition in soil water extracts: New insights from ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry. Oral. Goldschmidt 2023 Conference, 09. - 14.07.2023, Lyon, France.

Simon C, Pietsch P, Stumpf K, Kaiser K, Lechtenfeld O (2023): Development of ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry techniques to extend the molecular view of soil organic matter in solution and on mineral particles. Oral. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2023, 23. - 28.04.2018, Vienna, Austria.

Simon C, Tolu J, Bouchet S, Chan M, Mazza A, Frossard E, Vitousek P, Chadwick OA, Winkel LHE (2022): How does water-extractable organic matter vary in molecular composition across a climate gradient (Kohala, Hawai’i)? Oral (virtual). Hawai'i Ecosystem Meeting, Hilo, Hawai'i, 25. - 26.07.2022. Virtual attendance.

Simon C, Stumpf K, Chen S, Klotzbücher T, Hong H, Liu C, Kaiser K, Mikutta C, Mikutta R, Lechtenfeld O (2022): Tracing the formation of mineral-organic matter associations by ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry - recent findings and development. Oral. DBG-Symposium on Soil Mineralogy, 19. - 20.07.2022, Gießen, Germany.

Simon C, Petras D, Roth V-N, Dührkop K, Böcker S, Dorrestein PC, Gleixner G (2021): Beyond van Krevelen diagrams: Mass difference matching by ultrahigh-resolution tandem mass spectrometry reveals molecular ecosystem imprints in Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM). Oral (virtual). 20th International Humic Substances Society (IHSS 20) Virtual Global Conference,15. - 27.08.2021. Virtual attendance.

Simon C, Roth VN, Dittmar T, Gleixner G (2018): Identification of ecosystem-specific markers in dissolved organic matter by Orbitrap tandem mass spectrometry. Oral. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2018, 08. - 13.04.2018, Vienna, Austria.

Simon C, Koschinsky A, Dittmar T (2016): Riverine mixing at the molecular scale - An ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry study on the fate of Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM) and selected metals in the Amazon confluence zone (Manaus, Brazil). Oral. 18th International Conference of International Humic Substances Society (IHSS 18), 11. - 16.09.2016, Kanazawa, Japan.

Memberships

Deutsche Bodenkundliche Gesellschaft (DBG)

European Geosciences Union (EGU)