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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]

We just wrapped up a fantastic group seminar retreat in Grainau right next to Zugspitze, where we took the time to dive deeper into diverse PhD projects at the TUM School of Life Sciences and the Bayerische Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft (LfL). From earthworms to micrometer-scale patches of… [read more]

We were glad to present our latest results on nitrogen cycling in grasslands under different management intensities at the recent Biodiversity Exploratories Assembly.From our team Narda Pacay Barrientos and Steffen Schweizer enjoyed discussing holistic ecosystem interactions, linking soil systems… [read more]

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In our new study, we studied the effects of applying separated vs. non‑separated cattle slurry over three years in a large lysimeter facility at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). The results show that separated slurry provides substantial agronomic and environmental benefits.Explore the… [read more]

Dr. Steffen Schweizer just wrapped up his winter semester lecture series 'Introduction to Soil Science', covering the full spectrum from mineral and organic soil components to their physical, chemical, and biological processes, all the way through to soil formation, development series, and… [read more]

🌱 Here we explore the mechanisms of soil carbon storage in the tropical savanna soils of the Cerrado biome in central Brazil.We are excited to share our new study: “Pasture management in Ferralsols drives mineral-associated organic matter storage, exceeding native soil carbon stocks and enhancing… [read more]

Huge congratulations to our M.Sc. student Namya Mathur for receiving the Johannes B. Ortner Foundation Award, presented during a special award dinner of the Technical University of Munich. 🎉 We're thrilled to have supervised Namya’s M.Sc. thesis, which explores long-term changes in soil organic… [read more]

In this study we show that soil pores influence how efficiently microbes convert organic carbon.The study explores soil pore-scale effects on microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE) in different soils under agricultural and grassland management. Using 13C-labelled substrates, we found:🔥 Higher… [read more]