2017
First field campaign in Southern China

Xu went for the first time field sampling in Southern China
Welcome Sylvain

Dr. Sylvain Bouchet joins the Soil Chemistry Group
New study about source tracing natural organic matter bound mercury in boreal forest runoff with mercury stable isotopes

By Martin Jiskra, Jan G. Wiederhold, Ulf Skyllberg, Rose-Marie Kronberg, and Ruben Kretzschmar, published in Environmental Science: Processes and impacts.
A new study about the the influence of soil properties and temperature on the reductive solubilization of arsenic in a mining-impacted river floodplain

Publication of Michael Simmler, Jérôme Bommer, Sarah Frischknecht, Iso Christl, Tsvetan Kotsev and Ruben Kretzschmar in Environmental Pollution.
Welcome Xu

A new PhD student in the Soil Chemistry Group
Welcome Christoph

Dr. Christoph Höfer joins the Soil Chemistry Group
Control of arsenic mobilization in paddy soils by manganese and iron oxides

Publication by Xiaowei Xu, Chuan Chen, Peng Wang, Ruben Kretzschmar and Fang-JieZhao in Environmental Pollution
A combined XANES and chemical extraction study reports that kaolinite is a very important host phase for vanadium in tropical Oxisols from Thailand

Paper published in Environmental Science and Technology by Worachart Wisawapipat and Ruben Kretzschmar.
New study revealed the Fe(II)-catalyzed mineral changes and Fe atom exchange in Fe-rich, organic freshwater flocs

By Laurel Kathleen Thomas Arrigo, Christian Mikutta, James Byrne, Andreas Kappler, and Ruben Kretzschmar published in Environmental Science and Technology.
A multi-chemical extraction technique study was used to elucidate zinc solubility in tropical paddy soils

Paper by Worachart Wisawapipat, Yutika Janlanksana and Iso Christl published in Geoderma .