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The Institute of Bio- and Geosciences – Agrosphere (IBG-3) conducts research to improve our understanding of biogeochemical and hydrological processes in terrestrial systems. Specific studies focus on environmental controls on biogeochemical cycling of elements, the analysis of exchange processes and nutrient dynamics in the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum. A combination of experiments, modelling and innovative observation technologies is used to bridge the gap between model, process and management scale. Its research contributes to the sustainable and resource-conserving use of soils and water and to the quantification of the effect of climate and land use change on terrestrial ecosystems. We offer a competent and interdisciplinary working environment, as well as an excellent framework in the areas of experiments and modelling.
Project description
In the IBG-3, advanced modeling and inversion algorithms are developed and applied for a wide range of hydrogeophysical studies using ElectroMagnetic Induction (EMI) and Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) systems. This PhD position is part of the EU funded project “ENIGMA”, a European training Network for “In situ imaGing of dynaMic processes in heterogeneous subsurfAce environments”. The primary objective of this project is to extend and apply existing full-waveform GPR data processing algorithms for the time-lapse characterization of transport processes. The project offers the unique opportunity to connect novel processing and inversion techniques to real data in a state-of-the-art computational environment.