Team
Photo Name Working area(s) Contact
Professors
Prof. Dr. Moritz Bigalke
Vice Dean
Soil Mineralogy and Soil Chemistry
+49 6151 16-23659
B2|01 216
Scientific Staff
Dr. Alexandra Foetisch		Soil Mineralogy and Soil Chemistry
06151 16-22315
B2|01 222
Dr. Kai Nitzsche		Soil mineralogy and soil chemistry
+49 6151 16-23687
B2|01 214
Dr. rer. nat. Kerstin Stricker
+49 6151 16-22318
B2|01 233
Dr. Collin J. Weber		Soil Mineralogy and Soil Chemistry
+49 6151 16-20468
B2|01 214
External PhD Students
Adrian Grunder
PhD Students
Julian Bornemann M.Sc.		Soil Mineralogy and Soil Chemistry
B2|01 222
Hannah Forsyth		Soil Mineralogy and Soil Chemistry
B2|01 238
Rong Guo		Soil Mineralogy and Soil Chemistry
B2|01 222
Mostafa Sadeghi M.Sc.		Soil Mineralogy and Soil Chemistry
B2|01 238
Master Students
Asmita Chaulagain		Soil Mineralogy and Soil Chemistry
Asadullah Farahmand		Soil Mineralogy and Soil Chemistry
Daniel Gescheidle		Soil Mineralogy and Soil Chemistry
Ole Heberer
Salim Khan		Soil Mineralogy and Soil Chemistry
Raju Kunwar		Soil Mineralogy and Soil Chemistry
Tamal Molla, M H		Master's thesis topic
Madhu Sudan Pathak		Soil Mineralogy and Soil Chemistry
Administrative / Technical Staff
Pia Cazzonelli
Office
+49 6151 16-23667
B2|01 240
Dr.-Ing. Kaori Sakaguchi-Söder
Laboratory
Soil mineralogy and soil chemistry
+49 6151 16-20175
B2|01 238
Bachelor Students
Rebecca Stoll

Former members

Year Degree Graduate Thesis topic
2025
M.Sc. Timon Riedel Is Benzothiazole (BTZ) an effective marker for estimating tire wear particle (TWP) concentrations in soil?
M.Sc. Leonce Adjiahoung Concentration of arsenic and uranium in diagenetically formed Fe-Mn crusts and in charred wood fragments from Molasse sediments in Southern Bavaria and the Aare Valley in Switzerland
M.Sc. Claudia Ullrich Investigation of the impact of nitrate on the mobilization of uranium and arsenic in alluvial sediments from the Hessian Ried
M.Sc. David Duque Tobar Microplastics – Development of a Reproducible Pyrolysis-Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (Py-GC/MS) Analytical Protocol for four widely used polymers
2024
M.Sc. Ridwan Olaide Alabi Optimisation of µFTIR analysis for enhanced microplastic detection in environmental samples
M.Sc. Unnimaya Kulangaraveetitil Atmospheric and soil microplastic analysis in the forest area east of Darmstadt
M.Sc. Sehui Oh Optimization of nanoplastics extraction method and nanoplastics analysis in agricultural soils
M.Sc. Max Müller Heavy metal pollution in green tracks from streetcars
M.Sc. Dilara Sahin Spatial distribution of tire wear particles in the roadside soils
M.Sc. Tae Woon Comparison of functional group indices to access macroplastic surface ageing in cropland soils
M.Sc. Arnaud Fotsing Conversion of copper from different copper fungicides in potato cultivation
M.Sc. Mostafa Sadeghi Investigating the Effects of Microplastic Contamination of Biodegradable Plastic Films Used in Agriculture on Plant Performance and Nutrient Availability: A Study on Growth and Contamination
M.Sc. Luiza Mattoso Microplastics in NABO soils
B.Sc. Elena Polidar Analyse von PVC Nanoplastik in Böden
2023
M.Sc. Vanessa Rose Microplastics in Forest Soils: Method Development for the Extraction of Microplastic from Organic Forest Soil Horizons
M.Sc. Jenny Klaus Microplastics in vineyard soils: Input pathways and spatial distribution under different management practices
M.Sc. Bashir Ayinde. Quantification and polymer characterization of macroplastics along riverbanks in Nigeria