Mitglieder an der Universität Potsdam

Prof. Bald focuses on physical chemistry, particularly on the interaction of light with matter, plasmonic effects, and nanoscale chemistry.

Prof. van der Beek studies tectonic and climatic influences on relief, erosion rates, and long-term landscape development.

Prof. Brendel specializes in new learning and examination cultures in geographical education.

Prof. Bickenbach focuses on the margins of appreciation of legislation and administration, climate protection law and climate litigation

Prof. Bookhagen specializes in tectonic geomorphology, climatic variability, spatial and time series analyses, and remote-sensing.

Prof. Bronstert specializes in hydrology and water resources management, focusing on flood risk assessment, hydrological modeling, and climate change impacts.

Dr. Bubeck studies flood risk management, focusing on climate adaptation, human behavior, and the resilience of communities to flood hazards.

Prof. Eibl uses seismometers and rotational sensors to improve forecasting and monitoring of volcanic and geyser eruptions and other natural hazards such as subglacial floods.

Prof. Fleischer analyzes governmental changes from a comparative perspective using quantitative and qualitative methods.

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Prof. Freitag studies inverse problems, data assimilation, high-dimensional systems, and numerical linear algebra.

Prof. Fournier researches the interactions between ecological communities across spatial and temporal scales, with a focus on the impact of human activities on ecosystems and biodiversity.

Dr. Francke researches hydrology and climatology, focusing on sediment transport, flood hazards, and soil moisture using data-driven models and remote sensing.

Prof. Härter specializes in theoretical physics, focusing on the dynamics of complex systems and nonlinear dynamics.

Dr. Geissler researches plant ecology, focusing on ecohydrological modeling, plant traits, and biodiversity in drylands.

Dr. Heistermann focuses on flash flood hazards and water resources, using e.g. remote sensing and soil water monitoring as well as data-driven and numerical models.

Prof. Kolleck focuses on educational governance and policy, exploring social networks in education and sustainability education.

Prof. Korup's research focuses on the intersection of geomorphology, natural hazards, and data science.

Prof. Kuhlmann specializes in public administration, focusing on administrative reforms, local government, and comparative public management.

Prof. Lamprecht researches software engineering and computational science, focusing on software sustainability and scientific workflows.

Prof. Linstädter focuses on plant ecology and biodiversity, particularly in savanna and grassland ecosystems.

Prof. Löhmannsröben specializes in analytical chemistry, focusing on spectroscopic techniques and chemical sensing.

Prof. Mangerich researches molecular toxicology and cancer biology, focusing on DNA repair mechanisms and genome stability.

Prof. Metzler specializes in theoretical physics, focusing on complex systems, stochastic processes, and anomalous diffusion.

Prof. Mutti focuses on sedimentology and stratigraphy, researching carbonate systems and sequence stratigraphy.

Dr. Natho researches landscape management, focusing on nutrient retention, ecosystem services, and flood hazard assessment in floodplains.

Prof. Norra researches environmental mineralogy and geochemistry, focusing on urban geochemistry and environmental pollution.

Prof. Oswald researches soil hydrology, drought, and soil moisture at field and landscape scales, as well as groundwater protection, pollutant transport, microplastics in terrestrial systems, and plant-soil interactions.

Prof. Runge develops theory, methods and accessible software for causal inference with applications in Earth sciences, among others. Causal inference complements AI by going beyond mere correlations and enables learning cause-effect relationships.

Prof. Sommerer research the design, effectiveness, and legitimacy of international institutions.

Dr. Schwanghart studies Earth surface processes in mountain environments using GIS, modelling, and field techniques.

Prof. Thieken researches water-related risks, focusing on loss analysis, adaptive behavior, resilient cities, risk management, and adaptation tracking.

Prof. Wagener specializes in simulation models and data analysis for transient and uncertain hydrologic systems at various scales.

Prof. Wiesner develops mathematical and computational tools for complex physical, climate, and social systems.