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
David Duque Tobar
Scientific Staff
Soil Mineralogy and Soil Chemistry
Dr. Kai Nitzsche
PostDoc
Soil mineralogy and soil chemistry
+49 6151 16-23687
B2|01 214
Dr. rer. nat. Kerstin Stricker
PostDoc
Soil Mineralogy and Soil Chemistry
+49 6151 16-22318
B2|01 233
Dr. Collin J. Weber
PostDoc
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
Kristina Nelke M.Sc.
Soil Mineralogy and Soil Chemistry
B2|01 222
Mostafa Sadeghi M.Sc.
Soil Mineralogy and Soil Chemistry
B2|01 238
Administrative / Technical Staff
Madhu Sudan Pathak
Laboratory
Soil Mineralogy and Soil Chemistry
Katarzyna Rycombel-Würker
Office
+49 6151 16-23667
B2|01 240
Dr.-Ing. Kaori Sakaguchi-Söder
Laboratory - Research Engineer
Soil Mineralogy and Soil Chemistry
+49 6151 16-20175
B2|01 238
Student Helpers
Rebecca Stoll
Soil Mineralogy and Soil Chemistry
Master Students
Manish Baria
Soil Mineralogy and Soil Chemistry
Raymond Esaichoh Echobe
Soil Mineralogy and Soil Chemistry
Marilena Flory
Soil Mineralogy and Soil Chemistry
Tamal Hossain
Soil Mineralogy and Soil Chemistry
Ayda Kakhani
Soil Mineralogy and Soil Chemistry
Salim Khan
Soil Mineralogy and Soil Chemistry
Zarak Khan
Soil Mineralogy and Soil Chemistry
Merin Lukose
Soil Mineralogy and Soil Chemistry
Olanrewaju Odunfa
Soil Mineralogy and Soil Chemistry
Mahabub Hossain Swaron
Soil Mineralogy and Soil Chemistry
Evelyn Theodora Uning
Soil Mineralogy and Soil Chemistry
Piyumi Waduge
Soil Mineralogy and Soil Chemistry
Romina Zarringhalami
Soil Mineralogy and Soil Chemistry
Former Staff
Pia Cazzonelli
Office
+49 6151 16-23667
B2|01 240
Dr. Alexandra Foetisch
PostDoc
Soil Mineralogy and Soil Chemistry
06151 16-22315
B2|01 222

Former students

Year Degree Graduate Thesis topic
2025
M.Sc. Asmita Chaulagain Disintegration of Biodegradable and Conventional Microplastic in Agricultural soils During One Crop Cycle Across Three Pedoclimatic Zones in Europe
M.Sc. Ole Heberer Analysis of microplastics in different forest soil matrices
B.Sc. Rebecca Stoll The alteration of plastic: How is the surface and the chemical composition of plastic-particles changing in soil?
M.Sc. Daniel Gescheidle Metal contamination in floodplain soils at Biebergemünd: mobilization of toxic arsenic due to flooding events?
M.Sc. Madhu Sudan Pathak Development and application of a method to determine benzothiazole leached from tire wear particles (TWPs) in soil
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
B.Sc. Marie Bergoint Long-term changes in microplastics in soil: an ATR-FTIR analysis
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