PhD projects

Here you will find detailed information on current diploma and master projects of the Institute of Resource Ecology at HZDR.

• Madlen Bachran:
  "Microbial diversity and activity in rock salt of potential nuclear waste repositories"

• Robert Barthen:
  "Bioleaching of copper shale"

• Anne Bauer:
  "Structural clarification of the complexation of actinides and lanthanides by organic extraction agents"

• Till Bollermann:
  "Pore scale radionuclide migration and sorption in the sandy facies of the Opalinus Clay - numerical investigations"

• Maximilian Demnitz:
  "Mechanistic models for the interaction of Cm(III) and Eu(III) with crystalline rocks"

• Vincenzo Anthony Di Nora:
  "Coupling of the neutron kinetic core model DYN3D and the thermal hydraulic system code ATHLET for sodium cooled fast reactor applications"

• Jennifer Drozdowski:
  Microbial processes in nuclear waste repositories – microbial transformation of bentonite and microbial-induced corrosion of container material"

• Sarah Fischer:
  "Origin of biogenic selenium nanoparticles determines their fate in the environment"

• Sophia Hellebrandt:
  "In situ observation of incorporation processes"

• Stephan Hilpmann:
  "Interaction of clay-relevant microorganisms with radionuclides and investigation of the microbial influence on the corrosion of container materials"

• Isabelle Jessat:
  "Spectroscopic investigations of the retention of Np and Pu on ZrO₂ and influence of inorganic ligands"

• Jenny Jessat:
  "Interactions of radionuclides with plants: Identification of metabolites and their influence on bioavailability and transport of actinides in the environment"

• Roger Kloditz:
  "Theoretical investigations of actinide complexes with organic ligands"

• Luisa Köhler:
  "Investigation of Early Actinide Properties by Utilizing Pyrrol based Ligands"

• Konrad Molodtsov:
  "Spatially-resolved speciation of Eu³⁺/Cm³⁺ on multiphase systems using time-resolved laser fluorescence spectroscopy (μTRLFS)"

• Julia Neumann:
  "Structural investigations on the retention of actinides in oxidic mineral phases"

• Eduard Diaz Pescador:
  "Investigations of the behavior of pressurized water reactors in case of cold water injection during the early phase of core melt scenarios"

• Thomas Radoske:
  "Coordination Chemistry of Actinides with Imine Ligands"

• Diana Rodriguez-Hernandez:
  "Technetium environmental chemistry: mechanisms for the surface-mediated reduction of Tc(VII)"

• Jonas Schabernack:
  "Pore scale radionuclide migration and sorption in the sandy facies of the Opalinus Clay - numerical investigations"

• Jennifer Steglich:
  "Mikrobielle Prozesse in nuklearen Endlagern – mikrobielle Umwandlung von Bentonit und mikrobiell-bedingte Korrosion von Behältermaterial"

• Vladyslav Sushko:
  "Interactions of selected radionuclides with clay and iron oxide under the influence of microbial activity"

• Anne Wollenberg:
  "Molecular investigation of the binding, the uptake mechanism and the transport of radionuclides in fungal biomass."

• Jan-Martin Wolter:
  "Retention of Radionuclides by cement alteration phases at medium to high ionic strength."

Previous topics and already completed PhD theses can be found here.