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.

• Alexandra Becker:
  "Quantitative studies on the H-isotope separation efficiency of novel membrane materials"

• 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"

• Irene Cardaio:
  "Interactions between anaerobic microorganisms and technetium for its immobilization through a microbial-induced reduction of the soluble Tc^VII to Tc^IV"

• Julia Marie Dauwe:
  "Radionuclide speciation and transfer in the presence of root exudates and verification of uptake mechanisms for radionuclides in plants"

• 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"

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

• Alexandra Duckstein:
  "Geochemical heterogeneities and parameter variances for radionuclide retention in crystalline rocks - relevance, relation and reduction"

• 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"

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

• Raúl Eduardo Linares Jiménez:
  "Soil- and radionuclide-dependent modulation of microbiological communities and their influence on root exudates"

• Antonio Martín Newman-Portela:
  "Investigation of the interactions of microorganisms with uranium (U) in anthropogenic contaminated waters as the basis for the development of bioremediation technology"

• 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"

• Diksha Saini:
  "Redox reactivity of selenium(VI) in the presence of Fe(II) and S(-II) bearing mineral phases under the conditions of Callovo-Oxfordian pore water"

• Vijay Kumar Saini:
  "Metabolites Interaction with Technetium and Minerals"

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

• Jann Schöngart:
  "Developement and Testing of reactive positron emission (PET) tracers for material analysis"

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

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

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

• Lukas Waurick:
  "Optimization of element-specific (bio)-organic ligands using theoretical chemistry"

• Janis Wolf:
  "Developing Methods for Characterization of Protactinium-231 in Environmental Samples"

• Wenyu Zhou:
  "A numerical investigation of radionuclides migration and retention in a granitic fracture-matrix system"

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