Team

born 1971 in Hannover

Academic Education

1992 - 1999
Studies in Geology at University Hannover leading to M.Sc. Main emphases: Hydrogeology, Engineering Geology, Soil Science Diploma Thesis in the Hydrogeology Department at University Halle:
"Sustainable Dimension Stone Extraction with Consideration of Groundwater Protection"

2000 - 2004
PhD Thesis in the Hydrogeology Department at the Center of Applied Geosciences, University Tübingen:
"Experimental Investigation and Inverse Modeling of Non-isothermal Flow and Transport Processes in Bentonite"

2014
Habilitation in Hydrogeology (TU Darmstadt): Multi-scale Approaches in Hydrogeology: Numerical and Field Methods to Investigate Water Resources and Water Quality in Porous Media

Professional Development

1998 - 1999
Scientific Staff in the Soil Physics Department at the Institute of Soil Science, University Hannover

1999 - 2003
Scientific Staff at the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources in the Geotechnology Department

2007 - 2012
Scientific Research Assistant at the Institute for Applied Geosciences (Department of Hydrogeology) at TU Darmstadt

since 2012

Scientific Staff at the Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institute of Bio- and Geosciences, Agrosphere (IBG-3)

Stays Abroad

2002
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, CA, U.S.A,
Earth Science Division,
Hydrogeology Department

2003 - 2005
Colenco Power Engineering AG, Switzerland

2005 - 2007
Dr. Heinrich Jäckli AG, Switzerland

2011
CSIRO, Land and Water, Perth Western Australia

Teaching

• Quantitative Methods in Hydrogeology (MSc Trophee)
• Hydrogeological Field-Trips (Diplom-Ingenieur Angewandte Geowiss.)
• Modeling of Groundwater Flow and Transport Processes (MSc Throphee)
• Groundwater Modeling (Diplom-Ingenieur Angewandte Geowiss.)

Award

First Place of the Scientific Prize of the Foundation "Steine-Erden-Bergbau und Umwelt"

Selected Publications

Engelhardt, I., Sittig, S., Šim?nek, J., Groeneweg, J., Pütz, T., Vereecken, H. Fate of the antibiotic sulfadiazine in natural soils: experimental and numerical investigations. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology (in revision).

Engelhardt, I., Prommer, H., Schulz, M., Vanderborght, J., Schüth, C., Ternes, T. A. Reactive transport of iomeprol during stream-groundwater interactions. Environmental Science & Technology. 48 (1): 199–207, DOI: 10.1021/es403194r.

Engelhardt, I., Barth, J.A.C., Bol, R., Schulz, M., Ternes, T.A., Schüth, C., van Geldern, R. 2013. Quantification of long-term wastewater fluxes at the river/groundwater-interface: an integrated modeling perspective using stable isotopes and acesulfame concentrations. Science of the Total Environment, 466-467: 16-25, DOI 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.06.092 (published online).

Pfletschinger, H., Prömmel, K., Schüth, C., Herbst, M., Engelhardt, I. 2014. Sensitivity of vadose zone water fluxes to climate shifts in arid settings. Vadose Zone Journal, DOI:10.2136/vzj2013.02.0043.

Engelhardt, I., De Aguinaga, J.G., Mikat, H., Schüth, C., Liedl, R. 2013. Simplicity versus complexity. an example of groundwater model ranking with the Akaike information criterion. Ground Water, DOI 10.1111/gwat.12080 (published online).

ENGELHARDT, I., RAUSCH, R. LANG, U., AL-SAUD, M., SCHÜTH, C. 2013. Impact of Preboreal to Subatlantic shifts in climate on groundwater resources on the Arabian Peninsula. Environmental Earth Sciences. 69 (2), DOI 10.1007/s12665-013-2362-7 (published online).

ENGELHARDT, I., RAUSCH, R. KEIM, B. AL-SAUD, M., SCHÜTH, C. 2013. Surface and Subsurface Conceptual Model of an Arid Environment with Respect to Mid and Late Holocene Climate Changes. Environmental Earth Sciences. 69 (2), DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2303-5 (published online).

ENGELHARDT, I., PROMMER, H., MOORE, C., SCHULZ, M., SCHÜTH, S., TERNES, T. 2013. Suitability of Temperature, Hydraulic Heads, and Acesulfame to Quantify Wastewater-related Fluxes in the Hyporheic and Riparian Zone. Water Resources Research, 14: 1-15. DOI:10.1029/2012WR012604.

ENGELHARDT, I., PRÖMMEL, K. 2012. Impact of Long-Term Changes in Climate on Groundwater Resources in an Arid Stetting. Proceedings ModelCARE2011 (held at Leipzig, Germany, in September 2011). IAHS Publ. 355: 298-305.

ENGELHARDT, I., PIEPENBRINK, M., TRAUTH, N., STADLER, S., KLUDT, C., SCHULZ, M., SCHÜTH, C., TERNES, T. 2011. Comparison of Tracer Methods to Quantify Hydrodynamic Exchange within the Hyporheic zone. Journal of Hydrology, 400: 255-266.

PFLETSCHINGER, H., ENGELHARDT, I., PIEPENBRINK, M., KÖNIGER, F., SCHUHMANN, R., KALLIORAS, A., SCHÜTH, C. 2011. Soil Column Experiments to Quantify Vadose Zone Water Fluxes in Arid Settings. Environmental Earth Sciences (published online).

RAVBAR, N., ENGELHARDT, I., GOLDSCHEIDER, N. 2011. Anomalous Behaviour of Specific Electrical Conductivity at a Karst Spring Induced by Variable Catchment Boundaries. Hydrological Processes, 25 (published online).

KALBUS, E., OSWALD, S., WANG, W., KOLDITZ, O., ENGELHARDT, I., AL-SAUD, M., RAUSCH, R. 2011. Large-Scale Modeling of the Groundwater Resources on the Arabian Platform. International Journal of Water Resources in Arid Environments, 1 (1): 38-47.

SCHÜTH, C., KALLIORAS, A., PIEPENBRINK, M., PFLETSCHINGER, H., AL-AJMI, H., ENGELHARDT, I., RAUSCH, R., AL-SAUD, M. 2011. New Approaches to Quantify Groundwater Recharge in Arid Areas. International Journal of Water Resources and Arid Environments 1(1): 33-37.

KALBUS, E. OSWALD, S., WANG, W., KOLDITZ, O., ENGELHARDT, I., AL-SAUD, M., RAUSCH, R. 2010. Large Scale Modeling of Groundwater Resources in an Arid Region. GQ 10. Groundwater Quality Management in a Rapidly Changing World. IAHS Publ. 342: 27-30.

KOHL, T., ENGELHARDT, I., SIGNORELLI, S. 2005. Analysis of Geothermal Resources in Northern Switzerland. GRC Transactions, 29: 269-272.

KOHL, T., SIGNORELLI, S. ENGELHARDT, I., ANDENMATTEN BERTHOUD, N., SELLAMI, S., RYBACH, L. 2005. Development of a Regional Geothermal Resource Atlas. Journal of Geophysics and Engineering, 2: 372-385.

WELLMER, F.-W., ENGELHARDT, I., KLENNERT, N. 2004. Contributions of Geological Surveys to Our Common Future. Geol. Jb. Sonderhefte, C (4): 9-27.

ENGELHARDT, I., FINSTERLE, S. 2003. Thermal-Hydraulic Experiments with Bentonite/Crushed Rock Mixtures and Estimation of Effective Parameters by Inverse Modeling. Applied Clay Science, 23: 111-120.

ENGELHARDT,I., FINSTERLE, S., HOFSTEE, C. 2003. Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Flow Phenomena in Non-isothermal, Variably Saturated Bentonite/Crushed Rock Mixtures. Vadose Zone Journal, 2: 239-246.

ENGELHARDT, I., WYCISK, P. 2001. Sustainable Dimension Stone Extraction and Regional Planning. Erzmetall, 54 (5): 248-254.