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08.01.2021

Empirical support for the biogeochemical niche hypothesis in forest trees

The possibility of using the elemental composition of species as a tool to identify species/genotype niches has been tested at the global scale by...

10.12.2020

Congratulations – MSc Alexander König

Congratulations to Alex, who successfully defended his MSc thesis on Thursday, December 10th 2020. His thesis on “Soil Microscale Priming: Concept and...

18.11.2020

Andreas Richter and Wolfgang Wanek are Highly Cited Researchers 2020

Congratulations to Andreas and Wolfgang, who are listed among the top-cited scientists internationally. In total 37 scientists from Austria are on...

23.10.2020

EGU Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award

Congratulations to Lucia Fuchslueger, who was awarded the EGU Soil Science Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award! The EGU, the European...

08.10.2020

Open Position: Independent Group Leader

TER has an open 4-year Group Leader Position for an exceptional early career scientist. We are looking for highly qualified and ambitious candidates,...

28.09.2020

Congratulations – MSc Julia Horak

Congratulations to Julia, who successfully defended her MSc thesis on Monday, September 28th 2020. Her thesis on “Life in a Jar – How to Build...

01.09.2020

15 FULLY FUNDED PHD POSITIONS IN THE DOCTORAL SCHOOL IN MICROBIOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

The Doctoral School in Microbiology and Environmental Sciences offers 15 fully funded PhD positions in diverse research areas ranging from molecular...

20.08.2020

Congratulations – MSc Carolina Urbina / MSc Chupei Shi

Congratulations to Carolina and Chupei, who successfully defended their MSc thesis on Thursday August 20th. Their theses on “Long-term responses of...

17.08.2020

Hannes Schmidt appointed Senior Scientist

We are very happy that Hannes will join the staff of TER as a Senior Scientist on a permanent contract. He will strengthen our expertise in isotope...

29.07.2020

Persistence of soil organic carbon caused by functional complexity: New Nature Geoscience ‘Perspectives’ Paper

A new concept, put forward by an interdisciplinary group of soil scientists and mathematical modellers looks at soil carbon persistence through the...

21.07.2020

Carbon loss from northern circumpolar permafrost soils amplified by rhizosphere priming. New paper in Nature Geoscience published

As global temperatures continue to rise, a key uncertainty of climate projection is the microbial decomposition of vast organic carbon stocks in...

07.07.2020

New project: “Death – The elusive side of microbial turnover in soil”

Jörg Schnecker has been granted approval for a new project “Death – The elusive side of microbial turnover in soil” within the framework of the...

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