PortfolioSteffen Seitz
Person data
Academic title:
PD Dr.
Name:
Steffen Seitz
Organizational unit:
Geography Research Area
Department of Geoscience
Contact data
Research focus
I am a physical geographer largely focused on biogeomorphology, ecohydrology and soil erosion. My research interests include the bioprotective roles of plant traits and particularly forest vegetation layers regarding sediment translocation. Moreover, I investigate how biological soil crusts, soil mesofauna and plant species richness affects soil degradation. For that purpose, I'm also interested in improvements of in-situ erosion measurements using state-of-the-art sensor technology.
Projects
2023 - 2024
Steffen Seitz
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst e.V. (DAAD)
2023 - 2027
Thomas Scholten
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V. (DFG)
2023 - 2024
Steffen Seitz
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V. (DFG)
2022 - 2025
Steffen Seitz
Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe (FNR)
2022 - 2026
Thomas Scholten
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V. (DFG)
2022 - 2026
Yvonne Oelmann
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V. (DFG)
2022 - 2026
Steffen Seitz
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V. (DFG)
2019 - 2022
Steffen Seitz
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V. (DFG)
Cooperations
Northern Arizona University (NAU)
Flagstaff, Arizona, United States
Flagstaff, Arizona, United States
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Halle (Saale), Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Halle (Saale), Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
since 2022
JSPS International Fellowship for Research in Japan
Soil erosion is one of the most significant environmental problems of our time, with great damage to many ecosystems. The erosion process already starts with falling precipitation and its distribution within the plant cover. Soil degradation can also be observed under…
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Berlin, Germany
Kyushu University
Fukuoka, Japan
Fukuoka, Japan
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG)
Menglun, Yunnan, China
Menglun, Yunnan, China
Technische Universität München (TUM)
München, Bayern, Germany
München, Bayern, Germany
Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI)
Tsukuba, Japan
Tsukuba, Japan
Agroscope
Reckenholz, Switzerland
Reckenholz, Switzerland
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Instituto Federal de Rondonia (IFRO)
Porto Velho, Brazil
Porto Velho, Brazil
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Santiago, Chile
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany
Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany
Universität Zürich (UZH)
Zürich, Switzerland
Zürich, Switzerland
Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz
Graz, Steiermark, Austria
Graz, Steiermark, Austria