Dr. Leopold Sauheitl

Dr. Leopold Sauheitl
Address
Herrenhäuser Straße 2
30419 Hannover
Building
Room
023
Dr. Leopold Sauheitl
Address
Herrenhäuser Straße 2
30419 Hannover
Building
Room
023
Positions
Executive Board
Institute of Soil Science
Management
Lab-Manager
Institute of Soil Science
Safety Officers
Institute of Soil Science
Research Staff
Institute of Soil Science
Research Staff
Section Soil Chemistry

Focus in research and teaching

  • Bulk and compound specific stable isotope techniques to investigate:
    -  Carbon and nitrogen transformation in soil
    -  Uptake of organic N by plants
    -  Competition of plants and microbes for nutrients
  • Priming effects on C and N turnover in soil
  • Carbon turnover and aggregate formation in thawing permafrost soils

Curriculum vitae

  • Professional background

    1999-2004
    Study courses in Geoecology (main subjects: Soil Science, Agroecology) Diploma in Geoecology

    2005-2009
    Dissertation at the Soil Physics Section, University of Bayreuth (“Direct Amino Acid Uptake by Plants related to Grassland Diversity - methodological and ecological Investigations”)

    2008-2009
    Researcher at the Institute for Ecology, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

    2009-2010
    Postdoctoral researcher at the Soil Physics Section, University of Bayreuth

    Since 2010
    Researcher and head of the lab at the Institute of Soil Science, Leibniz Universität Hannover

  • Review activity
    • Ad-hoc reviewer for a number of international journals on plant and soil science