Prof. Dr. Mutez Ahmed, TUM, Soil root interaction – leaf/stem water potential
Dr. Matthew Agler, Uni Jena, Junior Research Group Plant Microbiosis – Phyllosphere microbiome
Prof. Taryn Bauerle, Dr. Marc Goebel, Cornell University, USA, School of Integrative Plant Science, Horticulture Section – Ecophysiology/Root Biology, NSC
Dr. Barbara Beikircher, Prof. Stefan Mayr, Universität Innsbruck, Austria, Institut für Botanik, Forschungsgruppe Ökologie - Water-transport
Dr. Boaz Hilmann, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Abteilung Biogeochemische Prozesse (BGP) Forschungsthema Atmung und Kohlenstoffflüsse – 14C
Dr. Allan Buras, TUM, LSAI – NDVI, remote sensing
Dr. Martin Eisenring, WSL, Eidg. Forschungsanstalt für Wald. Schnee und Landschaft, Schweiz, Waldgesundheit und biotische Interaktionen, Waldentomologie – Herbivory
Andrea Ghirardo (HMGU) – Leaf chemistry
Dr. Marc Goebel, Cornell University, USA, School of Integrative Plant Science, Horticulture Section – Ecophysiology/Root Biology, Root turnover
Prof. Martin Gossner, WSL, Eidg. Forschungsanstalt für Wald. Schnee und Landschaft, Schweiz, Waldgesundheit und biotische Interaktionen, Waldentomologie – Herbivory
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Grams, TUM, LSAI, - Ecophysiology
Prof. Dr. Charlotte Grossiord, WSL, Eidg. Forschungsanstalt für Wald. Schnee und Landschaft, Schweiz, Leiterin Standort Lausanne, Ökologie der Lebensgemeinschaften, Funktionale Pflanzenökologie– Thermal imaging, stem water potential
Dr. Karl-Heinz Häberle TUM, Renaturierungsökologie – Hydraulics
Dr. Benjamin Hafner, TUM, Soil Biophysics and Environmental Systems – Root biology
Dr. Boaz Hilman, MPI Jena, Max-Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Atmung und C-Flüsse – 14C
Dr. Torben Hilmers, TUM, Growth and Wood Physiology – Tree Growth
Dr. Kyohsuke Hikino, TU Dresden, Institut für Bodenkunde und Standortslehre - C allocation
Prof. Frank Johannes, TUM, Epigenetics – Epigenetic
Dr. Aleksi Lehtonen, LUKE, Finland, Carbon cycle management Organizational unit Bioeconomy and environment – Stem carbon
Dr. Petra D’Odorico, WSL, Eidg. Forschungsanstalt für Wald. Schnee und Landschaft, Schweiz, Landschaftsdynamik Fernerkundung – Remote sensing
Prof. Dr. Richard Peters, TUM, Growth and Wood Physiology – Stem Growth
Prof. Dr. Karin Pritsch, HMGU – Mycorrhizae
Prof. Martin Gossner, WSL, Eidg. Forschungsanstalt für Wald. Schnee und Landschaft, Schweiz, Waldgesundheit und biotische Interaktionen, Waldentomologie - Herbivory
Prof. Simon Landhaeusser, University of Alberta, CA, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Science, Renewable Resources – NSC
Dr. Katrin Meusburger, WSL, Eidg. Forschungsanstalt für Wald. Schnee und Landschaft, Schweiz, Waldböden und Biogeochemie – Water uptake
Prof. Dr. Anja Rammig, TUM, LSAI – Modelling
Prof. Dr., Thomas Rötzer, TUM, Lehrstuhl für Strategie und Management der Landschaftsentwicklung) – Modelling
Dr. Emma Sayer, Universität Ulm, Institut für Botanik – Soil respiration
Prof. Dr. Cornelius Senf, TUM, Professur für Earth Observation for Ecosystem Management – Remote sensing
Dr. Jiaojiao Tian, DLR, Group leader-3D and Modelling, Photogrammetry and Image Analysis Department, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und Raumfahrt – Remote sensing
Prof. Dr. Sami Ullah, University of Birmingham, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Professor of Biogeochemistry – Soil turnover
Dr. Fabian Weikl, TUM, LSAI – Root microorganisms
Prof. Mohsen Zare, TUM, Soil Biophysics and Environmental Systems - Soil water potential
| Chair/Institution | Kranzberg Forest/ KROOF Project | Project Leader (Responsible) | Project - Title | Funding Organisation, project no / or internal funding (from Institution) | Duration | |
| 1. | TUM – Professorship Land Surface-Atmosphere Interactions, WG Ecophysiology of Plants | Kranzberg Forest | Thorsten Grams | Kroof Kranzberg roof experiment - KROOF 3 – Phase 3 - Rainfall exclusion Experiment - Legacy Effects and Limits of Drought Tolerance in Beech/Spruce Stands | DFG – Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft GZ: GR 1881/9 -1, Projektnummer 541966889
| 2025-2028 |
| 2. | University Innsbruck - Institute of Botany, Research Group Ecophysiology (Österreich) | Kranzberg Forest | Barbara Beikircher | Kroof Kranzberg roof experiment - KROOF 3 – Phase 3 - Rainfall exclusion Experiment - Legacy Effects and Limits of Drought Tolerance in Beech/Spruce Stands - To the point of failure-water transport along SPAC | FWF – Austrian Science Find; DFG – Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
| 2025-2028 |
| 3. | TUM - Tree Growth and Wood Physiology | Kranzberg Forest | Richard Peters | KROOF - Kranzberg roof experiment - KROOF 3 – Phase 3 – Gradient Experiment - Legacy Effects and Limits of Drought Tolerance in Beech/Spruce Stands - Impact of repeated drought and drought stress recovery on pure and mixed stands of beech and spruce | DFG – Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft GZ: HI 2580/1-1 Projektnummer: 541961221
| 2025-2028 |
| 4. | TUM - Tree Growth and Wood Physiology | Kranzberg Forest | Richard Peters | DenMet - Assessment of drought stress and growth responses in European forests using high-precision dendrometers | TUM - Tree Growth and Wood Physiology | |
| 5. | TUM - Land Surface-Atmosphere Interactions, WG Ecophysiology of Plants | Kranzberg Forest | Finn Wahl | DBU-Stipendium– Effekt von Mischung und Nachwirkungen früherer wiederholter Trockenzeiten sowie der kritische Wasserverlust eines Buchen-/Fichten-Mischwalds | DBU- Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt Promotionsstipendium
| 2024-2027 |
| 6. | TUM - Land Surface-Atmosphere Interactions, WG Ecophysiology of Plants | Kranzberg Forest | Fabian Weikl, Thorsten Grams | StaBio - Stability, drought stress resilience and enhancement of growth/C gain through soil biodiversity in pure and mixed stands of beech, spruce and pine (StaBio) | StMELF (Bavarian State Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Tourism) grant klifW022,
| 2023-2026 |
| 7. | EU project partners (coord.: Natural Resources Inst. Finland) and TUM – Professorship Land Surface-Atmosphere Interactions, WG Ecophysiology of Plants | Kranzberg Forest/KROOF participating in EU-wide effort | For TUM: Fabian Weikl, Thorsten Grams, Karin Pritsch (EU coord.: Raisa Mäkipää, Aleksi Lehtonen) | HoliSoils – Holistic management practices, modelling and monitoring for European forest soils | European Union Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme grant agreement No 101000289 | 2021-2025 |
| 8. | EU project partners (coord.) TUM - Land Surface-Atmosphere Interactions, WG Ecophysiology of Plants | Kranzberg Forest/KROOF participating in EU-wide effort | For TUM: Thorsten Grams, … | Subproject: Impact of recurrent drought on soil microbial biodiversity, tree C allocation to the rhizosphere and rhizosphere enzyme activity | Marie Curie | 2025- |
| 9. | Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft WSL-Forest Entomology (Schweiz) | Krazberg Forest | Michael Eisenring, Martin Gossner | BioCrown -Impact of Drought and Legacy Effects on Tree Crown Biodiversity: Elucidating the Interplay Among Phytochemistry, the Leaf Microbiome and Insect Herbivores | WEAVE proposal pending. Currently internal funding | 2025-2027 |
| 10. | Cornell University, School of Integrative Plant Science (USA) | Kranzberg Forest | Taryn Bauerle | Seasonal Signals and Subterranean Strategies: Drought and Plant-Soil Interactions | Cornell University | |
| 11. | Forschungszentrum Jülich Deutsches Luft- und raumfahrtzentrum (DLR) - Remote Sensing Technology Institute | Kranzberg Forest | Bastian Siegmann/ Jiaojiao Tian | 3DforestSif- Understanding the solar-induced fluorescence (SIF) signal of natural, complex tree canopies from the combined use of LiDAR and spatial high-resolution optical, and hyperspectral image data with 3D radiative-transfer modeling | Helmholtz Imaging Project (HIP) | 2024-2027 |
| 12. | TUM Epigentics | Kranzberg Forest | Frank Johannes | TUM Epigenetics | ||
| 13. | Ulm University – Institute of Botany, WG Ecosystems Research | Kranzberger Forst | Emma Sayer, Hao Wang | The effects of drought on coupled carbon and nitrogen dynamics in a temperate forest soil. | Chinese Scholarship Council; Chair of Ecophysiology, Institute of Botany, Ulm University | 2025-2028 |
| 14. | TUM Soil Biophysics and Environmental Systems | Kranzberger Forst | Mohsen Zare, Benjamin Hafner | DryMechFun - Interactive functions of dryland mechanisms in ecosystems exposed to drought – a crosswise comparison between temperate and Mediterranean forests Variability and functionality of root exudation along soil moisture gradients across seasons | DFG – Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Submitted to DFG – Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft In preparation | planned |
| 15. | TUM – Soil Biophysics and Environmental Systems | Kranzberg Forest | Benjamin Hafner | Diurnal patterns of root exudation in mature and understory trees | TUM - Soil Biophysics and Environmental Systems | 2025 |
| 16. | TUM – Soil Biophysics and Environmental Systems | Kranzberg Forest | Mohsen Zare, Benjamin Hafner | Soil Plant Water Relations – Determining the onset of hydraulic failure via continuously monitoring soil – tree water potential | TUM - Soil Biophysics and Environmental Systems, TUM - Land Surface-Atmosphere Interactions, WG Ecophysiology of Plants, TUM - Tree Growth and Wood Physiology | 2024-2025 |
| 17. | TUM - Root-Soil Interaction | Kranzberg Forest | Tina Köhler, Mutez Ahmed | Continuous monitoring of in-situ leaf water potential dynamics using optical dendrometry Continuous monitoring of soil water potential | DFG – Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft GZ: AH 341/13-1 Projektnummer: 556612650 | 2025-2028 |
| 18. | Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft WSL (Schweiz) - Soil Functions and dynamics | Kranzberg Forest | K. Meusburger R. Peters, A. Carminati, M. Lehmann | DeepDrought - Access to Deep soil water - a critical tree trait for Drought stress release? | Swiss National Science Foundation | 2025-2029 |