Dr. David Uhlig
DEVENDRA Group
Research Scientist
FUNCTION AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Geochemistry for DEVENDRA
Isotope geochemical and mineralogical characterization of weathering profiles and Critical Zone compartments
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Biogeochemical processes in the Critical Zone
Interaction of organic and geogenic nutrient cycles
Silicate weathering
Geochemistry of ‘non-traditional’ stable metal isotopes (Mg, Li, K)
Provenance studies using radiogenic isotopes ratios (87Sr/ 86Sr)
Development of analytical procedures for element and stable metal(oid) isotope analysis
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| Education and work experience | |
| Since 2023 | Postdoc in the Geochemistry department at the Institute of Geological Sciences at Freie Universität Berlin, ERC-Project (DEVENDRA) “Deciphering the Effect of Vegetation and Erosion on basalt and carbonate weathering by Novel Denudation Rate Approaches” |
| 2019 – 2023 | Postdoc in the Agrosphere Group at the Institute of Bio- and Geosciences at Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, BMBF-Project “Sustainable Subsoil Management ̶ Soil3” |
| 2013 – 2018 | PhD Student in the Earth Surface Geochemistry Group at GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, DFG-Project (SPP 1685) “Ecosystem Nutrition: Forest Strategies for Limited Phosphorus Resources“ |
| 2011 – 2013 | Master of Sciences at the Institute of Geological Sciences at Freie Universität Berlin, Thesis: “Magnesium und seine Isotope in der Sierra Nevada (Kalifornien) - Isotopenfraktionierung in der Verwitterungszone” |
| 2007 – 2011 | Bachelor of Sciences at the Institute of Geological Sciences at Freie Universität Berlin, Thesis: “Lithiumisotope im Oberflächen- und Grundwasser des Panketals im NE von Berlin” |
| Awards | |
| 09/2022 | Hans-Cloos Preis of DGGV |
| 11/2020 | 14. Potsdamer Nachwuchswissenschaftler-Preis |
| 09/2017 |
Best Poster, GeoBremen 2017, Annual Conference of DGGV and DMG in Bremen |
Publications in peer-review journals
Uhlig, D., Berns, A. E., Wu, B., Amelung, W. (2023). Mean nutrient uptake depths of cereal crops change with compost incorporation into subsoil–evidence from 87Sr/86Sr ratios. Plant and Soil, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-023-06047-x
Uhlig, D., Wu, B., Berns, A. E., & Amelung, W. 2022. Magnesium stable isotopes as a potential geochemical tool in agronomy–Constraints and opportunities. Chemical Geology, 611, doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2022.121114
Cai, D., Henehan, M., Uhlig, D., von Blanckenburg, F. 2022. Mg isotope composition of runoff is buffered by the regolith exchangeable pool. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 321, 99-114, doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2022.01.011
von Blanckenburg, F., Schuessler, J. A., Oelze, M., Bouchez, J., Uhlig, D., Frings, P. J., Hewawasam, T., Dixon, J. L., Norton, K. 2021. Rock weathering and nutrient cycling along an erodosequence. American Journal of Science, 321, 8, 1111-1163, doi.org/10.2475/08.2021.01
Rodionov, A., Bauke, S. L., von Sperber, C., Hoeschen, C., Kandeler, E., Kruse, J., Lewandowski, H., Marhan, S., Mueller, C. W., Simon, M., Tamburini, F., Uhlig, D., von Blanckenburg, F., Lang, F., Amelung, W. 2020. Biogeochemical cycling of phosphorus in subsoils of temperate forest ecosystems. Biogeochemistry, 150, 3, 313-328, doi.org/10.1007/s10533-020-00700-8
Uhlig, D., Amelung, W., von Blanckenburg, F. 2020. Mineral nutrients sourced in deep regolith sustain long‐term nutrition of mountainous temperate forest ecosystems. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 34, 9, doi.org/10.1029/2019GB006513
Uhlig, D., Goldberg, T., Frick, D. A., von Blanckenburg, F. 2020. Quantifying beryllium concentrations in plant shoots from forest ecosystems using cation‐exchange chromatography and quadrupole ICP‐MS. Analytical Science Advances, 1, 1-14, doi.org/10.1002/ansa.202000036
Uhlig, D., & von Blanckenburg, F. 2019. How slow rock weathering balances nutrient loss during fast forest floor turnover in montane, temperate forest ecosystems. Frontiers in Earth Science, 7, 159, doi.org/10.3389/feart.2019.00159
Sohrt, J., Uhlig, D., Kaiser, K., von Blanckenburg, F., Siemens, J., Seeger, S., Frick, D. A., Krüger, J., Lang, F., Weiler, M. 2019. Phosphorus Fluxes in a Temperate Forested Watershed: Canopy Leaching, Runoff Sources, and In-Stream Transformation. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2, 85, doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2019.00085
Gottselig, N., Sohrt, J., Uhlig, D., Nischwitz, V., Weiler, M., Amelung, W. 2019. Groundwater controls on colloidal transport in forest stream waters. Science of The Total Environment, 717, 134638, doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134638
Schuessler, J. A., von Blanckenburg, F., Bouchez, J., Uhlig, D., Hewawasam, T. 2018. Nutrient cycling in a tropical montane rainforest under a supply-limited weathering regime traced by elemental mass balances and Mg stable isotopes. Chemical Geology, 497, 74-87, doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2018.08.024
Uhlig, D., Schuessler, J. A., Bouchez, J., Dixon J. L., von Blanckenburg, F. 2017. Quantifying nutrient uptake as driver of rock weathering in forest ecosystems by magnesium stable isotopes. Biogeosciences, 14, 3111–3128, doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-3111-2017
Bol, R., Julich, D., Brödlin, D., Siemens, J., Kaiser, K., Dippold, M. A., Spielvogel, S., Zilla, T., Mewes, D., von Blanckenburg, F., Puhlmann, H., Holzmann, S., Weiler, M., Amelung, W., Lang, F., Kuzyakov, Y., Feger, K.-H., Gottselig, N., Klumpp, E., Missong, A., Winkelmann, C., Uhlig, D., Sohrt, J., von Wilpert, K., Wu, B., Hagedorn, F. 2016. Dissolved and colloidal phosphorus fluxes in forest ecosystems-an almost blind spot in ecosystem research. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 179, 4, 425-438, doi.org/10.1002/jpln.201600079
Data publications
Uhlig, D. (2022). Isotope geochemical dataset on subsoil management experiments at Campus Klein-Altendorf. GFZ Data Services, doi.org/10.5880/fidgeo.2022.003
Cai, D., Henehan, M., Uhlig, D., von Blanckenburg, F. 2022. Dataset on Biogeochemical cycling of Mg and Li isotopes in the Conventwald (the Black Forest, Germany). GFZ Data Services, doi.org/10.5880/GFZ.3.3.2021.005
von Blanckenburg, F., Schuessler, J. A., Oelze, M., Bouchez, J., Uhlig, D., Frings, P. J., Hewawasam, T., Dixon, J. L., Norton, K. 2021. Geochemical data on rock weathering along an erodosequence. GFZ Data Services, doi.org/10.5880/GFZ.3.3.2021.001
Uhlig, D., Amelung, W., & von Blanckenburg, F. 2020. Chemical and isotope data on the deep regolith’s source of mineral nutrients in mountainous temperate forest ecosystems. GFZ Data Services, doi.org/10.5880/GFZ.3.3.2020.002
Uhlig, D., von Blanckenburg, F. 2019. Geochemical and isotope data on rock weathering, and nutrient balances during fast forest floor turnover in montane, temperate forest ecosystems. GFZ Data Services, doi.org/10.5880/GFZ.3.3.2019.004
Schuessler, J. A., von Blanckenburg, F., Bouchez, J., Hewawasam, T., Uhlig, D. 2018. Supplementary data to: Nutrient cycling in a tropical montane rainforest under a supply-limited weathering regime traced by elemental mass balances and Mg stable isotopes. V. 1.0. GFZ Data Services, doi.org/10.5880/gfz.3.3.2017.002
Uhlig, D.,Schuessler, J. A., Bouchez, J., Dixon, J.L., von Blanckenburg, F. 2017. Supplementary dataset for: Quantifying nutrient uptake as driver of rock weathering in forest ecosystems by magnesium stable isotopes. GFZ Data Services, doi.org/10.5880/GFZ.3.3.2017.001