Profile of the Laboratory

The Laboratory for Physical Geography of the Institute for Geographical Sciences investigates water and solid samples (e.g. suspended loads, soils, sediments, solid rocks etc.). The following aspects are conducted: sample preparation for sedimentological  and palynological investigations

• physical parameters (f.e.determination of grain-size, water content, oven-dry density, magnetic susceptibility etc.)
• chemical parameters (f.e.pH-value, electric conductivity of soil solutions, phosphate concentration etc.)
• determination of the mineralogic composition (X-ray diffraction)
  
• determination and quantification of the element concentration (f.e.  carbon contents (TC, TIC, TOC), nitrogen (TN), sulphurl (TS), heavy metal concentrations (Zn, Pb, Cd, ...), alkaline metals and  alkaline earth metals as well as main and trace elements)

Employees

Team Leader

Prof. Dr. Brigitta Schütt
Room H153
Tel.: (+49 30) 838 - 70749
Fax.: (+49 30) 838 - 458711
email: brigitta.schuett[at]fu-berlin.de

Head of Laboratory

Dr. Philipp Hoelzmann
Room B004
Tel.: (+49 30) 838 - 70635
Fax.: (+49 30) 838 - 458711
email: philipp.hoelzmann[at]fu-berlin.de

Deputy

Dr. Moritz Nykamp
Room B006a
Tel.: (+49 30) 838 - 70604
Fax.: (+49 30) 838 - 458711
email: m.nykamp[at]fu-berlin.de

Technical assistant

Frank Kutz
Room B002
Tel.: (+49 30) 838 - 70690
email: frank.kutz[at]fu-berlin.de

Michaela Scholz
Room B007
Tel.: (+49 30) 838 - 70389
email: michaela.scholz[at]fu-berlin.de

Student Assistant
Florian Plewnia
Room B007
Tel.: (+49 30) 838 - 70389
email: plef91[at]zedat.fu-berlin.de

Moritz Wittschen
Room B007
Tel.: (+49 30) 838 - 70389
email: wittschem03[at]zedat.fu-berlin.de

Trainees; up to 6 months/a

N.N.
Room B002
Tel.: (+49 30) 838 - 70389