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Physical Geography and Soil Science

Current research projects

MainPro - Das Maintalprojekt: Ökosystembasierte Lösungen für Gefährdungs-Szenarios im fränkischen Maintal

Joint project: Regional paths to climate-neutral universities

  • governance of programme
    Prof. Dr. Anja Schlömerkemper (JMU)
    Vice President on issues of equal opportunities, career planning and sustainability
  • subproject
    AP 5: Sink potential forest
  • funding
    BMBF
    funding for projects on the topic: Transformation paths for sustainable universities
  • duration
    10/2022 - 09/2025
  • project leaders
    Univ.-Prof. Dr. Birgit Terhorst (Geography, JMU)
    Jun.-Prof. Dr. Julia Meister (Geography, JMU) 
    Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jörg Müller (Biocenter, JMU)
    Prof. Dr. Christian Zang (Forests and Climate Change, University of Applied Science Weihenstephan-Triesdorf)
  • further information
    project description (PDF)
  • project staff
    Julian Krause, M.Sc. (as of 2023)

Project bundle: Inclusive and Integrated Multi-Hazard Risk Management and Engagement of Volunteers to INCREASE Societal Resilience in Times of Changing Climates

Multi-scale studies of pedocomplexes with shallow buried soils in German and Austrian periglacial environments

  • funding
    Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG; TE295/25-1)
  • duration
    02/2021 - 06/2025
  • project leader
    Univ.-Prof. Dr. Birgit Terhorst
  • project staff
    Simon Meyer-Heintze, M.Sc.
  • further iformation
    project description
  • Kooperationspartner
    Prof. Dr. Manfred Frechen, LIAG Hannover (Geochronology) Germany
    Dr. Sergey Sedov, UNAM Mexico City, Institute of Geology (Paleosols, micromorphology, image analyses)