Schroth, Martin Herbert
Professor
Department of Environmental Systems Science
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Switzerland
Biography
Prof. Dr. Martin Herbert Schroth is a Professor in the department of Environmental Systems Science, Zürich, Switzerland.
Research Interest
A main focus of Dr. Schroth's current research activities is on the quantification of microbial processes involved in greenhouse-gas turnover in soils. In particular, Dr. Schroth is the principal developer of the gas push-pull test method, a novel tool to quantify, e.g., microbially mediated methane oxidation in a variety of field systems such as peat bogs and landfill-cover soils. Research questions addressed by him and his research team relate to the performance, diversity, resilience and resistance of methanotrophic communities in landfill-cover soils, and to methane turnover in alpine glacial environments. Furthermore, novel methods for the assessment of microbial communities in aquifers are being developed.
Publications
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Knecht, K., Nowack, B., Schroth, M.H., Suter, M.J.-F., and Schulin, R., 2014. Investigation of small-scale processes in the rhizosphere of Lupinus albus using micro push-pull tests. Plant and Soil, 378(1-2): 309-324. DOI 10.1007/s11104-014-2027-7.
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Ugolini, F., Schroth, M.H., Bürgmann, H., and Zeyer, J., 2014. Physical extraction of microorganisms from water-saturated, packed sediment. Water Environment Research, 86(5): 407-416. DOI 10.2175/106143013X13807328848216.
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Ugolini, F., Henneberger, R., Bürgmann, H., Zeyer, J., and Schroth, M.H., 2014. In-situ sonication for enhanced recovery of aquifer microbial communities. Groundwater, in press.
