Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry

The Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry is located in Jena, Germany. It was created in 1997, and moved into new buildings 2002. It is one of 86 institutes in the Max Planck Society (Max Planck Gesellschaft).

MPI for Biogeochemistry, weather station

Departments and research groups

• Biogeochemical Processes (Susan E. Trumbore)
  • Molecular Biogeochemistry (Gerd Gleixner)
  • Theoretical Ecosystem Ecology (Carlos A. Sierra)
  • Soil Biogeochemistry (Marion Schrumpf)
  • Plant Allocation (Henrik Hartmann)
  • Landscape Proceesses (Shaun Levick)
  • Emeritus Group (Ernst Detlef Schulze)
  • Tanguro Flux (Susan E. Trumbore)
• Biogeochemical Integration (Markus Reichstein)
  • Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions and Experimentation (Mirco Migliavacca)
  • Model-Data Integration (Nuno Carvalhais)
  • Global Diagnostic Modelling (Martin Jung)
  • Empirical Inference of the Earth System (Martin Jung)
  • Flora Incognita (Jana Wäldchen)
  • Hydrology-Biosphere-Climate Interactions (René Orth)
• Biogeochemical Signals (Sönke Zaehle)
  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing (ARS) (Dietrich Feist)
  • Airborne trace gas measurements and mesoscale modelling (ATM) (Christoph Gerbig)
  • Inverse data-driven estimation (IDE) (Christian Rödenbeck)
  • Integrating surface-atmosphere Exchange Processes Across Scales - Modeling and Monitoring (IPAS) (Mathias Goeckede)
  • Tall Tower Atmospheric Gas Measurements (TAG) (Sönke Zaehle)
  • Carbon Cycle Data Assimilation (CCDAS) (Sönke Zaehle)
  • Satellite-based remote sensing of greenhouse gases (SRS) (Julia Marshall)
  • Terrestrial Biosphere Modelling (TBM) (Sönke Zaehle)

Independent research groups

• Biospheric Theory and Modelling (Axel Kleidon)
• Carbon Balance, Ecosystem Research and Forest Management (Ernst-Detlef Schulze)
• Functional Biogeography (Jens Kattge)

External links

• Homepage of the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry