Prof. Dr. Sascha Oswald
Prof. Dr. Sascha Oswald
Subsurface Hydrology
Campus Golm
house 1, room 0.08
Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25
14476 Potsdam-Golm
consulting hours
by arrangement
CV
- 2018 - : Speaker of DFG-Research Unit Cosmic Sense
- 2009 - : Professorship for Subsurface Hydrology, University of Potsdam
- 2004 - 2009: Senior scientist at Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung – UFZ, Leipzig, and since 2008 acting head of Department Hydrogeology
- 2002 - 2004: Senior scientist, Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- 2000 - 2002: Research Fellow, Groundwater Protection and Restoration Group, University of Sheffield, UK
- 1998 - 2000: Consultant, Colenco Power Engineering, Baden, Switzerland
- 1994 - 1999: PhD, started at the University of Heidelberg, then at ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- 1990 - 1994: Studying Physics, University of Heidelberg; theses at the Institute for Environmental Physics
- 1987 - 1990: Studying Physics, University of Freiburg, Germany
publications
Peer-reviewed publications via WoS or Scopus.
ISI Publications (starting from 2010) via ORCID.
Extensive compilation of publications in various forms at researchgate .
List of the most recent ISI-journal articles:
- Tötzke, C., B. Kozhuharova, N. Kardjilov, N. Lenoir, I. Manke, S.E. Oswald, 2024. Non-invasive 3D analysis of microplastic particles in sandy soil – exploring feasible options and capabilities, Science of the Total Environment, 907, 167927, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167927.
- Scheiffele, Lena, et al., Comment on ‘Examining the variation of soil moisture from cosmic-ray neutron probes footprint: experimental results from a COSMOS-UK site’, Environmental Earth Science, 82, 474, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-023-11186-6.
- Bereswill, S., Gatz-Miller, Hannah; Su, Danyang; Tötzke, Christian; Kardjilov, Nikolay; Oswald, Sascha E.; Mayer, K.U., 2023. Coupling non-invasive imaging and reactive transport modeling to investigate oxygen and water dynamics in the rhizosphere, Vadose Zone Journal, 22(5), e20268, https://doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.20268.
- Heistermann, M., T. Francke, L. Scheiffele, K. Dimitrova Petrova, C. Budach, M. Schrön, B. Trost, D. Rasche, A. Güntner, V. Döpper, M. Förster, M. Köhli, L. Angermann, N. Antonoglou, M. Zude-Sasse, S. Oswald, 2023. Three years of soil moisture observations by a dense cosmic-ray neutron sensing cluster at an agricultural research site in north-east Germany; Earth Syst. Sci. Data; 15, 3243–3262, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-3243-2023
- Reuß, M. S. E. Oswald, M. Munz and M. U. Kumke, 2023. Optical in situ monitoring of acid mine drainage remediation: Laboratory and Model investigation, published online, Groundwater Monitoring and Remediation, https://doi.org/10.1111/gwmr.12590
- Munz, M., J.r Kreiß, L. Krüger, L. K. Schmidt, M. Bochow, M. Bednarz, C. Bannick, S. E. Oswald, 2023. Application of high resolution near infrared imaging spectroscopy to detect microplastic particles in different environmental compartments, 234(5):286, Water, Air & Soil Pollution, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-023-06245-4 .
- Altdorff, D., S. E. Oswald, S. Zacharias, C. Zengerle, P. Dietrich, H. Mollenhauer, S. Attinger and M. Schrön, 2023. Toward Large-Scale Soil Moisture Monitoring using Rail-based Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensing, Water Resources Research, 59(3), e2022WR033514, https://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2022WR033514 .
- Barbosa, L. R., V. R. Coelho, A. V.L. Gusmão, L. A. Fernandes, B. B. da Silva, C. de O. Galvão, N. O.L. Caicedo, A. R. da Paz, Y. Xuan, G. F. Bertrand, D. de C. D. Melo, S. M.G.L. Montenegro, S. E. Oswald, C. das N. Almeida, 2022. A satellite-based approach to estimating spatially distributed groundwater recharge rates in a tropical wet sedimentary region despite cloudy conditions, 607, 127503, Journal of Hydrology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.127503.
- Heistermann, M., H. Bogena, T. Francke, A. Güntner, J. Jakobi, D.l Rasche, M. Schrön, V. Döpper, B. Fersch, J. Groh, A. Patil, T. Pütz, M. Reich, S. Zacharias, C. Zengerle, S. Oswald, 2022. Soil moisture observation in a forested headwater catchment: combining a dense cosmic-ray neutron sensor network with roving and hydrogravimetry at the TERENO site Wüstebach, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 14, 2501–2519, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-2501-2022
- Stevanato, L., G. Baroni, S. E. Oswald, M. Lunardon, V. Mares, F. Marinello, S. Moretto, M. Polo, P. Sartori, P. Schattan, W. Ruehm, 2022. An Alternative Incoming Correction for Cosmic-Ray Neutron Sensing Observations Using Local Muon Measurement, Geophysical Research Letters, 49(6), e2021GL095383, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL095383 .
- Bogena, H., Schrön, M., et al., 2022. A European Network of Cosmic-Ray Neutron Soil Moisture Sensors, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 14, 1125–1151, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-1125-2022 .
- Francke, Till, Maik Heistermann, Markus Köhli, Christian Budach, Martin Schrön, Sascha E. Oswald, 2022. Assessing the feasibility of a directional CRNS-sensor for estimating soil moisture, Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems, 11, 75–92, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-11-75-2022.
- Schrön, M., S. E. Oswald, S. Zacharias, M. Kasner, P. Dietrich, S. Attinger, 2021. Neutrons on Rails - trans-regional monitoring of soil water content and snow, published online, Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL093924. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL093924.
- Rudolph-Mohr, N., Bereswill, S., Tötzke, Kardjilov, Oswald, S.E., 2021. Neutron computed Laminography yields 3D root system architecture and complements investigations of spatiotemporal rhizosphere patterns, Plant&Soil, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-021-05120-7.
- Barbosa, L.R., Cuelho, V., Scheiffele, L.M., Baroni, G., Ramos Filho, G. M., Montenegro, S. M., Almeida, G. L., and Oswald, S. E., 2021. Intermediary-scale calibration of soil hydraulic parameters for daily groundwater recharge simulation in a tropical wet catchment using Cosmic-Ray Neutron Sensing, Vadose Zone Journal, 20(4), e20145, doi: 10.1002/vzj2.20145.
- Schreiber, L., M. Munz, T. Salzmann, S.E. Oswald, 2021. Coupled simulation of groundwater and drainage dynamics in a coastal fen, Grundwasser, 26(3), 289-304, doi:10.1007/s00767-021-00486-y.
- Tötzke, C., N. Kardjilov, A. Hilger, N. Rudolph-Mohr, I. Manke, S.E. Oswald, 2021. Three-dimensional in vivo analysis of water uptake and translocation in maize roots by fast neutron tomography, Scientific Reports, 11:10578, doi:10.1038/s41598-021-90062-4.
- Heistermann, M., Francke, T., Schrön, M., Oswald S.E., 2021. Spatio-temporal soil moisture retrieval at the catchment-scale using a dense network of cosmic-ray neutron sensors, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Disc., 25, 4807–4824, doi: 10.5194/hess-2021-25.
- Tötzke, C., Oswald, S.E., Hilger, A., Kardjilov, N., 2021. Non-invasive detection and localization of microplastic particles in sediments by complementary neutron and X-ray tomography, Journal of Soils and Sediments, 21(3), 1476-1487, doi: 10.1007/s11368-021-02882-6.
- Barkow, Isolde, S.E. Oswald, H.-J. Lensing, M. Munz, 2021. Seasonal dynamics modifies fate of oxygen, nitrate, and organic micropollutants during bank filtration – temperature-dependent reactive transport modeling of field data, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 28, 9682–9700, doi:10.1007/s11356-020-11002-9 .
- Scheiffele, LM, Baroni, G, Franz, TE, Jakobi, J, Oswald, SE., 2020. A profile shape correction to reduce the vertical sensitivity of cosmic‐ray neutron sensing of soil moisture. Vadose Zone J.; 19: e20083. https://doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.20083 .
- Fersch, B., Francke, T., Heistermann, M., Schrön, M., Döpper, V., Jakobi, J., Baroni, G., Blume, T., Bogena, H., Budach, C., Gränzig, T., Förster, M., Güntner, A., Hendricks-Franssen, H.-J., Kasner, M., Köhli, M., Kleinschmit, B., Kunstmann, H., Patil, A., Rasche, D., Scheiffele, L., Schmidt, U., Szulc-Seyfried, S., Weimar, J., Zacharias, S., Zreda, M., Heber, B., Kiese, R., Mares, V., Mollenhauer, H., Völksch, I., and Oswald, S., 2020: A dense network of cosmic-ray neutron sensors for soil moisture observation in a pre-alpine headwater catchment in Germany, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 12, 2289–2309, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-2289-2020.
- Wang, W., S.E. Oswald, T. Gräff, H.-J. Lensing, T. Liu, D. Strasser, M. Munz, 2020. Impact of canal reconstruction on groundwater flow during bank filtration assessed by transient 3-D modelling of flow and heat transport, Hydrogeology J., 28, 723–743, open access, doi: 10.1007/s10040-019-02063-3.
- Schattan, P., M. Köhli, M.Schrön, G. Baroni, S.E. Oswald, 2019. Sensing area-average snow water equivalent with cosmic-ray neutrons: the influence of fractional snow cover, Water Resources Research, 55, 10796– 10812, doi: 10.1029/2019WR025647.
- Tötzke C., N. Kardjilov, N. Lenoir, I. Manke, S.E. Oswald, A. Tengattini, 2019. What comes NeXT? – High-Speed Neutron Tomography at ILL, Opt. Express 27, 28640-28648, doi.org/10.1364/OE.27.028640.
- Munz M., Sascha E. Oswald, Robin Schäfferling, Hermann-Josef Lensing, 2019. Temperature-dependent redox zonation, nitrate removal and attenuation of organic micropollutants during bank filtration, Water Research, 162, 225 - 235, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2019.06.041.
- Haber-Pohlmeier, S., C. Tötzke, E. Lehmann, N. Kardjilov, A. Pohlmeier, S. E. Oswald, 2019. Combination of Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Neutron Computed Tomography for 3D Rhizosphere Imaging, Vadose Zone J, Vol. 18, No. 1, doi:10.2136/vzj2018.09.0166.
- Schrön, M., R. Rosolem, M. Köhli, L. Piussi, I. Schröter, J. Iwema, S. Kögler, S. E. Oswald, U. Wollschläger, L. Samaniego, P. Dietrich, S. Zacharias, 2018. Cosmic-Ray Neutron Rover Surveys of Field Soil Moisture and the Influence of Roads, Water Resources Research, WRCR23381, 54(9), 6441-6459, doi: 10.1029/2017WR021719 .
- Wagner, K., S.E. Oswald, A. Frick, 2018. Multitemporal soil moisture monitoring by use of optical remote sensing data in a dike relocation area, Proc. SPIE 10783, Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology XX, 107831V (10 October 2018), doi:10.1117/12.2325319.
- Haber-Pohlmeier, S., C. Tötzke, S. E. Oswald, E. Lehmann, B. Blümich, A. Pohlmeier, 2018. Imaging of root zone processes using MRI T1 mapping, Microporous & Mesoporous Materials, 269, 43-46, doi:10.1016/j.micromeso.2017.10.046.
- Baroni, G. Scheiffele, L., Schrön, M., Ingwersen, J. Oswald, S.E., 2018. Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis to improve soil water monitoring with Cosmic-Ray Neutrons Sensing, Journal of Hydrology, 564, 873-887, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.07.053.
- Schmidt, L.K., M. Bochow, H. Imhof and S.E. Oswald, 2018. Multi-temporal surveys for microplastic particles enabled by a novel and fast application of SWIR imaging spectroscopy – Study of an urban watercourse traversing the city of Berlin, Env. Pollution, 239, 579-589, doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2018.03.097.
- Schrön, M., Zacharias, S., Womack, G., Köhli, M., Desilets, D., Oswald, S. E., Bumberger, J., Mollenhauer, H., Kögler, S., Remmler, P., Kasner, M., Denk, A., and Dietrich, P., 2018. Intercomparison of Cosmic-Ray Neutron Sensors and Water Balance Monitoring in an Urban Environment, Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 7, 83-99, doi:10.5194/gi-7-83-2018.