PhD projects

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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"

• Luiza Braga Ferreira dos Santos:
  "Synthesis and characterization of solid phases for actinide immobilization"

• Daniel Butscher:
  "Spectroscopic investigations of the influence of various decorporation agents on the speciation of uranium(VI) in the biofluids of the human digestive system"

• 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"

• Viktor Dück:
  "Radium sorption on natural occuring mineral phases"

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

• Sebastian Friedrich:
  "Speciation of trivalent lanthanides and actinides in the human digestive system under the influence of decorporation agents"

• 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"

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

• Max Klotzsche:
  "Qualitative and quantitative analysis of Eu and Cm association by selected plants from contaminated soils"

• 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)"

• 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"

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

• Claudia Sieber:
  "Influence of iron and organics on uranium and curium retention on Ca-bentonite and cemetitious materials"

• 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."

• HE Yihua:
  "Interaction of Radionuclides (U, Ra) with Diatoms."

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