Deutsch Intern
    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)