Personen

Akademischer Werdegang

1988–1994 Studium der Hydrologie an der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg

1994 Diplom in Hydrologie „Transmission losses in Nahal Zin“

1994-1996 GIF-Projekt „Transmission loss in arid basins“ an der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg

1996-1999 DFG-Stipendiat und Promotion im Graduiertenkolleg Geowissenschaftliche Gemeinschaftsforschung im südlichen Afrika an der Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg

2000 Promotion in Hydrogeologie am Institut für Geologie an der Julius-Maximilians Universität Würzburg zum Thema „Groundwater of the North-Western Kalahari“

Wissenschaftliche Karriere

1997-2000 Koordinator des EU-Projektes „Groundwater Recharge in the Eastern Mediterranean – GREM“

2000-2005 Hydroisotop GmbH Schweitenirchen, BMBF-Projekte Water Availability and Vulnerability of Ecosystems and Society in Northeastern Brazil, EU-Projekt ITER Isotope Techniques for the Reconstruction of Ancient Mortars, Groundwater Re-Evaluation of Cyprus (GRC)

2005-2011 Wissenschaftlicher Assistent an der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, EU-Projekte WADE Assessing Flood Recharge of Alluvial Aquifers, Master Plan Water Resources of Rwanda

2011-2014 Vertretungsprofessur Umwelthydrologie an der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg

seit 2014 Professor für Hydrologie und Internationale Wasserwirtschaft an der Technischen Hochschule Lübeck

Ausgewählte Publikationen

Lehrbücher

Leibundgut, C., Maloszewski, P., & Külls, C. (2009). Tracers in Hydrology (1. Ed.), 403 S.

Ausgewählte Artikel

Ardelt, G., Kuells, C., & Hellbrueck, H. (2018). Towards Intrinsic Molecular Communication Using Isotopic Isomerism. Open Journal of Internet Of Things (OJIOT), 4(1), 135–143.

Baram, S., Ronen, Z., Kurtzman, D., Külls, C., & Dahan, O. (2013). Desiccation-crack-induced salinization in deep clay sediment. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 17(4), 1533–1545.

Benito, G., Rohde, R., Seely, M., Külls, C., Dahan, O., Enzel, Y., et al. (2010). Management of Alluvial Aquifers in Two Southern African Ephemeral Rivers: Implications for IWRM. Water Resources Management, 24(4), 641–667.

Dahan, O., Tatarsky, B., Enzel, Y., Külls, C., Seely, M., & Benito, G. (2008). Dynamics of flood water infiltration and ground water recharge in hyperarid desert. J. Hydrol., 46(3), 450–461.

Grodek, T., Enzel, Y., Morin, E., Jacoby, Y., Dahan, O., Benito, G., et al. (2008). Flood hydrology, flood routing, paleohydrology and the estimation of water resources along the shallow alluvial aquifers of the Kuiseb River, Namibia. Abstracts-Israel Geological Society, 2008, 37.

Hamutoko, J. T., Mapani, B. S., Ellmies, R., Bittner, A., & Kuells, C. (2014). A fingerprinting method for the identification of uranium sources in alluvial aquifers: An example from the Khan and Swakop Rivers, Namibia. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C, 72, 34–42.

Joseph, J., Kuells, C., Arend, M., Schaub, M., Hagedorn, F., Gessler, A., et al. (2019). Application of a laser-based spectrometer for continuous in situ measurements of stable isotopes of soil _2 in calcareous and acidic soils. Soil, 5(1), 49–62.

Klaus, J., Külls, C., & Dahan, O. (2008). Evaluating the recharge mechanism of the Lower Kuiseb Dune area using mixing cell modeling and residence time data. Journal of Hydrology, 358(3-4), 304–316.

Morin, E., Grodek, T., Dahan, O., Benito, G., Kulls, C., Jacoby, Y., et al. (2009). Flood routing and alluvial aquifer recharge along the ephemeral arid Kuiseb River, Namibia. Journal of Hydrology, 368(1), 262–275.

Mueller, M. H., Alaoui, A., Kuells, C., Leistert, H., Meusburger, K., Stumpp, C., et al. (2014). Tracking water pathways in steep hillslopes by δ 18 O depth profiles of soil water. Journal of Hydrology, 519, 340–352.

Zagana, E., Külls, C., Udluft, P., & Constantinou, C. (2007). Methods of groundwater recharge estimation in eastern Mediterranean – a water balance model application in Greece, Cyprus and Jordan. Hydrological Processes, 21(18), 2405–2414.

Zagana, E., Obeidat, M., Külls, C., & Udluft, P. (2007). Chloride, hydrochemical and isotope methods of groundwater recharge estimation in eastern Mediterranean areas: a case study in Jordan. Hydrological Processes, 21(16), 2112–2123.