A02 investigates the chemical diversity and metabolic activities in the Critical Zone in order to understand its functioning. A02 assembled long-term datasets on the molecular composition of Critical Zone waters and derived patterns from these molecular fingerprints that match features identified by other projects. In the third funding period, we want to explore Critical Zone functioning by analyzing joint datasets with advanced statistics and bioinformatic tools. We will generalize our findings using sampling site comparison and enhanced structure elucitation.

PIs

Prof. Dr. Georg Pohnert Chair of Instrumental Analytics/ Bioorganic Analytics, Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University Jena +49 (0)3641 9-48170 +49 (0)3641 9-48172 Email

Prof. Dr. Gerd Gleixner Molecular Biogeochemistry Group, Department Biogeochemical Processes, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry +49 (0)3641 57-6172 +49 (0)3641 57-7863 Email

Postdoctoral Researcher

Dr. Christian Zerfaß Bioorganic Analytics Group, Chair of Intrumental Analytics/ Bioorganic Analytics, Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry Friedrich Schiller University Jena +49 (0)3641 9-48172 Email

Dr. Simon Schroeter (né Benk) Molecular Biogeochemistry Group, Department Biogeochemical Processes Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry +49 (0)3641 57-6131 Email

Associated Doctoral Researcher

Alice Orme Molecular Biogeochemistry Group, Department Biogeochemical Processes, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry : +49 (0)341 57-6130 Email