Dr. Christina Steffens (née Langenbruch)
Photo: Christina Steffens
Postdoc
Address
Key aspects of activity
- Project management and outreach in the project MOMENT
- Carbon cycle in soils
- Plant-soil-interactions
- Field methods, such as chamber measurements, installation of root exclusion zones (root trenching), root ingrowth cores
Curriculum Vitae
| Since 2023: | Project management in the BMBF funded project “MOMENT” |
| 2022-2023 | Collaboration within the permanent soil monitoring: carbon dynamics in cropland |
| 2015-2022 | Temporal position for principal investigators in the DFG-Project: „The influence of deciduous tree species on soil carbon dynamics and sequestration in temperate forests“; Postdoc at the Institute of Soil Science, Universität Hamburg |
| 2013-2014 | Fellowship of young initiative of the Universität Hamburg; Institute of Soil Science, Universität Hamburg |
| 2012 | Dr. rer. nat. on the topic: „Effects of nutrient cycling through litter of different broadleaved deciduous tree species on soil biochemical properties and the dynamics of carbon and nitrogen in soil” |
| 2008-2012 | PhD-student at the DFG-Graduate School 1086; Soil Science of temperate and boreal ecosystems, Georg August Universität Göttingen |
| 2008 | Diploma in landscape ecology, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg |
Research and Working Focuses
- Carbon and nitrogen cycles in terrestrial soils, in particular
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Soil-plant interactions
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Soil-climate interactions
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Forest and cropland ecosystems
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Publications
Peer-reviewed journal articles
A. Scheibe, C. Steffens, J. Seven, A. Jacob, D. Hertel, C. Leuschner, G. Gleixner (2015) Effects of tree identity dominate over tree diversity on the soil microbial community structure. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 81: 219-227; DOI:10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.11.020
C. Steffens, M. Helfrich, R.G. Joergensen, V. Eissfeller, H. Flessa (2015) Translocation of 13C-labeled leaf or root litter carbon of beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) and ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.) during decomposition – A laboratory incubation experiment. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 83: 125-137, DOI:10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.01.015
C. Langenbruch, M. Helfrich, R.G. Joergensen, J. Gordon, H. Flessa (2014) Partitioning of carbon and nitrogen during decomposition of 13C15N-labeled beech and ash leaf litter. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 177: 178-188, DOI:10.1002/jpln.201200643
V. Eissfeller, C. Langenbruch, A. Jacob, M. Maraun, S. Scheu (2013) Tree identity surpasses tree diversity in affecting the community structure of oribatid mites (Oribatida) of deciduous temperate forests. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 63:154–162., DOI:10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.03.024
C. Langenbruch, M. Helfrich, H. Flessa (2012) Effects of beech (Fagus sylvatica), ash (Fraxinus excelsior) and lime (Tilia spec.) on soil chemical properties in a mixed deciduous forest. Plant and Soil 352: 389-403., DOI:10.1007/s11104-011-1004-7
E. A. Vockenhuber, C. Scherber, C. Langenbruch, M. Meißner, D. Seidel, T. Tscharntke (2011) Tree diversity and environmental context predict herb species richness and cover in Germany’s largest connected deciduous forest. Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics 05/2011; 13(2):111-119., DOI:10.1016/j.ppees.2011.02.004
Dissertation/Ph.D. thesis
C. Langenbruch (2012) Effects of nutrient cycling through litter of different broadleaved deciduous tree species on soil biochemical properties and the dynamics of carbon and nitrogen in soil. Dissertation. Georg August Universität Göttingen.