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As part of our outreach activities, we recently visited a local elementary school to introduce students to the fascinating world of soil systems. The students became real soil scientists through two hands-on activities: 🍂 Exploring the forest floor:  They sorted an organic layer into its different… [read more]

As part of a research visit funded by the TUM Seed Fund, Dr. Carmen Höschen and PhD student Yahan Hu visited Tsinghua University in Beijing to strengthen scientific collaboration and exchange current research developments. During the visit, both research groups presented their ongoing work and… [read more]

Among the highlights was this textbook example of a soil profile with clay migration: students could feel the striking texture contrast (around 15% increase in clay), observe clay coatings in the field, and we even found carbonates in the underlying Loess parent material. The dry conditions made the… [read more]

During the final field exercise, students estimated soil field capacity from texture and bulk density, described soil structure, collected core ring samples, measured volumetric water content using a TDR sensor, assessed the soil water tension using a tensiometer, and evaluated infiltration dynamics… [read more]

A huge congratulations to Team Barefoot Germany for winning 1st place in the Group Judging Competition at the 5th International Soil Judging Contest, held during the 23rd World Congress of Soil Science in Nanjing, China.The team included three students from Technical University of Munich, whom I am… [read more]

It was great to join colleagues and students at this year's Berglauf campus run and take on the new, fast-paced course across the campus of the TUM School of Life Sciences. Representing the #LoamyLegends, we put our knowledge of soil texture to good use navigating the moisture-rich paths.Thanks to… [read more]

Several members of our research group at the Chair of Soil Science traveled to Vienna to participate in the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly, Europe’s leading geosciences conference. We were delighted to contribute to this year’s program through a series of presentations exploring… [read more]

A brief look back at our research stay and invited talks in California during March and April this year. 🤝 Thanks to the support of BaCaTeC, a team consisting of Andrea Maldonado (Chair of Big Geospatial Data Management), Yahan Hu (Chair of Soil Science), and Steffen Schweizer (Chair of Soil… [read more]

We had a fantastic time at our stand, sharing insights into the diverse programs studying agricultural and forest ecosystems or related life science fields. It was inspiring to meet so many curious and motivated prospective students eager to learn how they can contribute to sustainable food systems,… [read more]

Strengthening interdisciplinary collaboration at the TUM School of Life Sciences through high‑resolution ion mass spectrometry! We are truly grateful for the support of all three departments in making the #NanoSIMS #SynergyMonth possible. We were happy to organize the first workshop on sample… [read more]