Sophia Leimer

Soil, ecohydrology, biodiversity, nutrient cycles, and modeling.

Topics

Environmental change effects on water and element fluxes
Hierarchical Bayesian modeling
Hydrological modeling
Time series analysis

CV

2014-2020	Postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Geography and Geoecology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
2013-2014	Postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Geography, University of Bern
2010-2013	PhD student at the Institute of Geography, University of Bern. Title of the dissertation: „Plant diversity effects on water fluxes and N leaching in soil of an experimental grassland: An analysis using a Bayesian modeling approach“
2003-2010	Magister in Geography, Math, and Computer Science at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. Title of the Magister thesis: „Modellierung des Wasserhaushalts eines kleinen weinbaudominierten Einzugsgebiets im Oberen Mittelrheintal (Gailsbach)“

Projects: www.the-jena-experiment.de | www.biodiversity-exploratories.de | www.tropicalmountainforest.org

Invited talks

Leimer, S.: Ökosysteme im globalen Wandel: Überlebenswichtige Fragen als interdisziplinäre Herausforderung. KIT Abitag - Berufsbilder von Naturwissenschaftlerinnen, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), 27.01.2016.

Leimer, S.: Response of water and N fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems to climate change and biodiversity loss. Department Hydrosystemmodellierung, Helmholtz Zentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ, Leipzig, 02.12.2015.

Leimer, S.: Element fluxes in a tropical mountain forest under environmental change. Geologische Fachgespräche, Institut für Angewandte Geowissenschaften, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), 05.11.2015.

Leimer, S.: Response of water and nitrate fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems to climate change and biodiversity loss. Geo-Ökologisches Kolloquium, Institut für Ökologie, Technische Universität Berlin, 30.06.2015.

Conference contributions (selection)

Leimer, S., Escher, P., Oelmann, Y., Wilcke, W.: Biodiversität senkt Nitratauswaschung aus dem Boden in das Grundwasser (Oral presentation). Meeting of the German Association for Hydrogeology (FH-DGGV), 13.-17. April, 2016. Karlsruhe, Germany.

Bandowe, B.A.M., Meusel, H., Leimer, S., Velescu, A., Strecker, T., Oelmann, Y., Eisenhauer, N., Scheu, S., Hoffmann, T., Wilcke, W.: The effect of plant diversity on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and their derivatives in soils: Results from the Jena Experiment (Oral presentation). German Soil Science Society (DBG) meeting, 05.-10. September, 2015. München, Germany.

Leimer, S., Velescu, A., Peña Herrera, J. M., Emck, P., Peters, T., Rollenbeck, R., Trachte, K., Bendix, J., Wilcke, W.: Biogeochemical and biological responses of a tropical montane ecosystem in Ecuador to environmental change (Oral presentation). German Soil Science Society (DBG) meeting, 05.-10. September, 2015. München, Germany.

Fischer, C., Hohenbrink, T., Leimer, S., Roscher, C., Ravenek, J., de Kroon, H., Kreutziger, Y., Wirth, C., Eisenhauer, N., Gleixner, G., Weigelt, A., Mommer, L., Beßler, H., Schröder, B., Hildebrandt, A.: Effects of biotic and abiotic indices on long-term soil moisture data in a grassland biodiversity experiment (Oral presentation). European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly, 12. - 17. April, 2015. Wien, Austria.

Leimer, S., Oelmann, Y., Wirth, C., Wilcke, W.: Plant diversity effects on nitrate leaching from an experimental grassland (Oral presentation). German Soil Science Society (DBG) meeting, 07.-12. September, 2013. Rostock, Germany.

Leimer, S., Kreutziger, Y., Rosenkranz, S., Beßler, H., Engels, C., Hildebrandt, A., Oelmann, Y., Weisser, W.W., Wirth, C., Wilcke, W.: Biodiversity effects on the water balance of an experimental grassland (Oral presentation). European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2013, 07.-12. April, 2013. Wien, Austria.