Tobias Fabian
- Technical research assistant
- Laboratory, Research
- Group: Soil
- Room: 230 in Geb. 50.40
- Phone: +49 721 608-41608
- Fax: +49 721 608-43738
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Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Institut für Geographie und Geoökologie
Adenauerring 20b
76131 Karlsruhe
Germany
Tobias Fabian
Topics
- Analyses of water samples, soil samples and soil extracts by TOC, ICP-OES, ICP-MS, Continuous Flow Analyzer, EA-IRMS
- Sodium retention in the phyllosphere of a tropical montane forest in the Andes of southern Ecuador
- Sodium demand of soil fauna and of microorganisms in tropical forest ecosystems in Ecuador
- Nitrogen minaralization along an altitudinal gradient in a tropical Andean ecosystem in Ecuador
Curriculum Vitae
Since 2020 | Technical research assistant in the Laboratory of Soil Biogeochemistry of the Geomorphology and Soil Science Group at the Institute of Geography and Geoecology of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. |
2015-2020 | Research assistant in the Laboratory of Soil Biogeochemistry of the Geomorphology and Soil Science Group at the Institute of Geography and Geoecology of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. |
2017-2023 | Study of Geoecology (M.Sc.) at the Institute of Geography and Geoecology of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Title of the Master thesis: „Vertical δ13C signature in soil as proxy for N mineralisation under tropical forest and pastures along an elevation gradient in South Ecuador“. |
2012-2017 | Study of Geoecology (B.Sc.) at the Institute of Geography and Geoecology of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Title of the Bachelor thesis: „Sodium uptake in the canopy of a tropical montane rainforest in southern Ecuador“. |
Projects
Since 2018 | Nutrient supply as driver of biomass production and associated ecosystem water fluxes along a land-use and climate gradient (DFG, WI 1601/26-1). The project is part of the DFG Research Unit 2730 - Environmental changes in biodiversity hotspot ecosystems of South Ecuador: response and feedback effects (RESPECT). www.tropicalmountainforest.org |
2015-2017 | Nutrient cycles and their response to climate change in a tropical montane rain forest in the Andes of South Ecuador. Project of the Research Platform DFG PAK 823-825: Platform for Biodiversity, Ecosystem Monitoring and Research in South Ecuador. www.tropicalmountainforest.org |
Presentations
Oral presentations
Fabian, T., Velescu, A., Espinosa, C.I., Wilcke, W. (2023): Vertical distribution of δ13C values in soils to predict N mineralization rates along an elevational gradient in South Ecuador. Annual Conference of the Society for Tropical Ecology, 19.-23. June 2023, České Budějovice.
Fabian, T., Velescu, A., Espinosa, C.I., Wilcke, W. (2022): Vertical distribution of δ13C values in soils to predict N mineralization rates under forest and pasture along an elevational gradient in South Ecuador. Conference of the German Society of Soil Science, 5.-8. September 2022, Trier.
Fabian, T., Velescu, A., Nellessen, T., Wilcke, W. (2019): Sodium limitation of soil fauna affects decomposition processes in a tropical montane forest in South Ecuador. Conference of the German Society of Soil Science and of the Swiss Soil Science Society, 25.-28. August 2019, Bern.
Fabian, T., Velescu, A., Wilcke, W. (2018): Sodium retention in the canopy of a tropical montane forest in South Ecuador. Annual Conference of the Society for Tropical Ecology, 26.-30. March 2018, Paris.
Poster
Velescu, A., Fabian, T., Espinosa, C.I., Wilcke, W. (2024): The changing nitrogen cycle in a tropical montane forest in South Ecuador. Status Symposium der DFG Research Unit 2730, 21.-22. March 2024, Loja, Ecuador.
Fabian, T., Velescu, A., Espinosa, C.I., Wilcke, W. (2024): Nutrient uptake of three tree species in a tropical dry forest in Ecuador assessed via the xylem sap. Status Symposium der DFG Research Unit 2730, 21.-22. March 2024, Loja, Ecuador.
Velescu, A., Fabian, T., Espinosa, C.I., Wilcke, W. (2023): Stable N isotope ratios in the litterfall and organic layer of a tropical montane forest in South Ecuador. Conference of the German Society of Soil Science, 4.-8. September 2023, Halle.
Fabian, T., Velescu, A., Espinosa, C.I., Wilcke, W. (2023): Vertical distribution of δ13C values in soils to predict N mineralization in differently humid forests in Ecuador. Conference of the German Society of Soil Science, 4.-8. September 2023, Halle.
Fabian, T., Velescu, A., Nellessen, T., Wilcke, W. (2019): Sodium limitation of soil fauna affects decomposition processes in a tropical montane forest in South Ecuador. Status symposium of the DFG Research Unit 2730, 7.-8. October 2019, Loja, Ecuador.
Fabian, T., Velescu, A., Camenzind, T., Wilcke, W., Rillig, M.C. (2017): Sodium in a tropical montane forest in South Ecuador: demand of phyllosphere microorganisms and effects on decomposition. Conference of the German Society of Soil Science, 3.-6. September 2017, Göttingen.
Velescu, A., Fabian, T., Wilcke, W. (2016): Nutrient availability drives dissolved organic matter cycling in a tropical montane forest of Ecuador. Annual Conference of the Society for Tropical Ecology, 23.-26. April 2016, Göttingen.
Fabian, T., Velescu, A., Camenzind, T., Wilcke, W., Rillig, M.C. (2016): Sodium shortage increases Na retention in the phyllosphere and affects decomposition processes in a tropical montane forest in South Ecuador. Annual Conference of the Society for Tropical Ecology, 23.-26. April 2016, Göttingen.