30.10.2018
Mathias Hoffmann successfully defended his dissertation ’Improving measurement and modeling approaches of the closed chamber method to better assess dynamics and drivers of carbon based greenhouse gas emissions ‘ at the University of Potsdam.
The central aim of his research - supervised by Prof. Dr. Jürgen Augustin (IBG) and Prof. Dr. Michael Sommer (LAP) within the framework of CarboZALF project - was to improve the reliability of the chamber method for the determination of gas fluxes in soil-plant systems. This method provides decisive information about land use impacts on the source / sink function of terrestrial ecosystems for greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide or methane. With his work, Matthias Hoffmann impressively demonstrates the tremendous influence of a standardized and automated procedure on the precision, trustworthiness and comparability of the data obtained. Thus, he gained a decisive influence on the international top level in the field of gas flux measurement. A visible expression of this is the large number of publications on the subject published by Matthias Hoffmann in top-level journals. The RA1 congratulates Mathias Hoffmann on his outstanding achievements and wish him ongoing success for his future scientific career!
Mathias Hoffmann successfully defended his dissertation ’
Improving measurement and modeling
approaches of the closed chamber method to better assess dynamics and drivers of carbon based
greenhouse gas emissions
‘ at the University of Potsdam.
