• M2 - Boden- und Vegetationsgeographie (VL)
• ÖKO7 - Spezielle Physische Geographie: Geoökologie/Landschaftsökologie (VL)
• M10 - Ecoregions and Land-Use (VL)
• GEO2 - Applied Geoecology I (S)
• GEO3 - Applied Geoecology II (S)
• M10.2 - Geographische Feldstudien mit Begleitseminar (S)

• 2025

  M.Sc.:Impacts of polyphenols on native riparian plant nutrition, potential nitrification rates, and allocation of carbon and nitrogen to root exudates under different water regimes (University of Koblenz)

• 2024

  M.Sc.: Der Einsatz von bioaktiver Pflanzenkohle zu Verbesserung des Wasserhaushaltes im Gemüseanbau (Hochschule für Agrar-, Forst- und Lebensmittelwissenschaften HAFL, Bern) 

  B.Sc.: Nitrification inhibition by Fallopia japonica across diverse pathways (RPTU Landau)

  B.Sc.: Quantifizierung der Wurzelexsudation im gemäßigten Wald: Auswirkungen von Messmethoden und der Artmischung (University of Koblenz).

• 2023

  M.Sc.: Post-drought thermodynamic characteristics of organic matter in the rhizosphere of a mature forest are linked to root exudation patterns in soil profiles (RPTU Landau)

• 2022

  B. Sc.: How pathways of copper entry to riparian systems affect its stability in soil (University of Koblenz-Landau)

• 2021

  M.Sc.: Polyphenols control the nitrogen dynamics in Fallopia japonica during copper contamination: the role of Emodin and Resveratrol (University of Koblenz-Landau)

  B.Sc.: Der Umsatz von organischer Bodensubstanz in einem ausgetrockneten und wiederbefeuchteten Boden aus dem „Kranzberg Roof Projekt“ anhand von δ¹³C-Tiefenprofilen (University of Koblenz-Landau)

  B.Ed.: Auswirkungen von Flächenbränden in Permafrostgebieten auf regional typische Charakteristika (University of Koblenz-Landau)

• 2020 

  B.Sc.: Forstliche Standortskartierung im Forstrevier Ludwigshafen (University of Koblenz-Landau)

• 2019

  B.Ed.: Urbane Systeme im globalen Wandel - die Rolle der Vegetation (University of Koblenz-Landau)

  B.Ed.: Schadstoffe in Städten der Ökozonen (University of Koblenz-Landau)

• 2018

  M.Sc.: Carbon and nitrogen cycling in depth profiles of Baltic Sea coastal dune soils (University of Tübingen)

  M.Sc.: Mixed or monoculture - Does tree diversity have an influence on soil nutrient pools? (University of Tübingen)

Brunn, M., Mueller, C.W., Chari, N.R., Meier, I.C., Obersteiner, S., Phillips, R.P., Taylor, B.N., Tumber-Dávila, S.J., Ullah, S., Klein, T. (2025) Tree carbon allocation to root exudates Implications for carbon budgets, soil sequestration, and drought response. Tree Physiology 45(4). https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpaf026

Schnabel, F., Guillemot, J., Barry, K.E., Brunn, M., Cesarz, S., Eisenhauer, N., Gebauer, T., Guerrero-Ramirez, N., Handa, T., Madsen, C., Mancilla, L., Monteza, J., Moore, T., Oelmann, Y., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schwendenmann, L., Wagner, A., Wirth, C., Potvin, C. (2025) Tree diversity increases carbon stocks and fluxes above- but not belowground in a tropical forest experiment. Global Change Biol. 31(2): e70089. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70089

Brunn, M., Billings, S.A., Birke, J., Nielsen, M.W., Kilian Salas, S., Brockmüller, S., Oelmann, Y. (2024) On the importance of diversity in ecological research. Plants, People, Planet 6(6): 1207-1214.

Chari, N. R., Tumber-Dávila, S.J., Phillips, R.P., Bauerle,T.L., Brunn, M., Hafner, B.D., Klein, T., Obersteiner, S., Reay, M. K., Ullah, S., Taylor, B.N. (2024) Estimating the global root exudate carbon flux. Biogeochemistry 167(7): 895-908. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-024-01161-z

Bölscher, T., Vogel, C., Meurer, K., Herrmann, A.M., Colombi, T., Brunn, M., Domeignoz-Horta, L.A. (2024) Beyond growth: The significance of non-growth anabolism for microbial carbon-use efficiency in the light of soil carbon stabilisation. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 193: 109400. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2024.109400

Manfrin, A., Schirmel, J., Mendoza-Lera, C., Ahmed, A., Bohde, R., Brunn, M., Brühl, C. A., Buchmann, C., Bundschuh, M., Burgis, F., Diehl, D., Entling, M. H., Ganglo, C, Geissler, S., Gerstle, V., Girardi, J. P., Graf, T., Huszarik, M, Jamin, J., Joschko, T. J., Jungkunst, H. F., Knäbel, A., Kolbenschlag, S., Lorke, A., Muñoz, K., Ogbeide, C., Osakpolor, S. E., Pietz, S., Riess, K., Roodt, A. P., Rovelli, L., Röder, N., Rösch, V., Schaumann, G. E., Schäfer, R. B., Schmitt, T., Schmitz, D., Schützenmeister, K., Schwenk, K., Stehle, S., Schulz, R. (2023) SystemLink: moving beyond aquatic-terrestrial interactions to incorporate food web studies. Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin 32(2): 77-81.

Brunn, M., Krüger, J, Lang, F. (2023) Experimental drought increased the belowground sink strength towards higher topsoil organic carbon stocks in a temperate mature forest. Geoderma 431: 116356. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2023.116356

Girardi, J.P., Korz, S., Muñoz, K., Jamin, J., Schmitz, D., Rösch, V., Riess, K., Schützenmeister, K., Jungkunst, H.F., Brunn, M. (2022) Nitrification inhibition by polyphenols from invasive Fallopia japonica under copper stress. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 185(6): 923-934. https://doi.org/10.1002/jpln.202200255

Hikino, K., Danzberger, J., Riedel, V.P., Hesse, B.D., Hafner, B.D., Gebhardt, T., Rehschuh, R., Ruehr, N.K., Brunn, M., Bauerle, T.L., Landhäusser, S.M., Lehmann, M.M., Rötzer, T., Pretzsch, H., Buegger, F., Weikl, F., Pritsch, K., Grams, T.E.E. (2022) Dynamics of initial carbon allocation after drought release in mature Norway spruce - Increased belowground allocation of current photoassimilates covers only half of the carbon used for fine-root growth. Global Change Biology 28 (23): 6889-6905. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16388

Jungkunst, H.F., Göpel, J., Horvath, T., Ott, S., Brunn, M. (2022) Global soil organic carbon-climate interactions: Why scales matter. WIREs Climate Change 13 (4): e780. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.780

Brunn, M., Hafner, B.D., Zwetlsloot, M.J., Weikl, F., Pritsch, K., Hikino, K., Ruehr, N.K., Sayer, E.J., Bauerle, T.L. (2022) Carbon allocation to root exudates is maintained in mature temperate tree species under drought. New Phytologist 235 (3). https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18157

Jungkunst, H.F., Goepel, J., Horvath, T., Ott, S., Brunn, M. (2021) New uses for old tools: Reviving Holdridge Life Zones in soil carbon persistence research. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 184, 5–11.

Grams T.E.E, Hesse, B.D., Gebhardt, T., Weikl, F., Rötzer, T., Kovacs, B., Hikino, K., Hafner, B.D., Brunn, M., Bauerle, T., Häberl, K.-H., Pretzsch, H., Pritsch, K. (2021) The Kroof experiment – realization and efficacy of a recurrent drought experiment plus recovery in a beech/spruce forest. Ecosphere 12 (3), 20.

Brunn, M., Brodbeck, S., Oelmann, Y. (2017) Three decades following afforestation are sufficient to yield δ¹³C depth profiles in soil. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 180, 643-647.

Brunn, M., Condron, L., Wells, A., Spielvogel, S., Oelmann, Y. (2016) Vertical distribution of carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios in topsoils across a temperate rainforest dune chronosequence in New Zealand. Biogeochemistry 129 (1-2): 37-51. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-016-0218-4

Brunn, M., Spielvogel, S., Sauer, T., Oelmann, Y. (2014) Temperature and precipitation effects on δ¹³C depth profiles in SOM under temperate beech forests. Geoderma 235, 146-153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2014.07.007

Peer Circle, Humboldt Foundation 

e.g. Annals of Botany, Biology and Fertility of Soils, Biogeochemistry, Biogeosciences, Communications Biology, Ecological Processes, European Journal of Soil Science, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, Geoderma, Geoderma Regional, Global Change Biology, Heliyon, New Phytologist, Pedosphere, Plant, Cell & Environment, Plant and Soil, PlosOne, Soil Biology Biochemistry, Scientific Reports, Soil Research, Tree Physiology

Scientific Reports – Springer Nature 

Soil Use and Management - Wiley