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Martin Kaupenjohann is affiliated with the Technical University of Berlin in Germany. Their primary research focus is within the field of Environmental Science, emphasizing various subfields including Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Soil Science, and Ecology.

The scientist's work centers on several key topics such as Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques, Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology, and the Effects and Risks of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals.

Martin Kaupenjohann has authored and co-authored a number of significant papers. Notable recent publications include:

  • Global concentrations of microplastics in soils - a review, 2020, published in SOIL
  • What do we know about how the terrestrial multicellular soil fauna reacts to microplastic?, 2020, published in SOIL
  • Age matters: Fate of soil organic matter during ageing of earthworm casts produced by the anecic earthworm Amynthas khami, 2020, published in Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Particles under stress: ultrasonication causes size and recovery rate artifacts with soil-derived POM but not with microplastics, 2021, published in Biogeosciences
  • What comes after the Sun? On the integration of soil biogeochemical pre-weathering into microplastic experiments, 2022, published in SOIL

Frequent co-authors of Martin Kaupenjohann include:

  • Frederick Büks
  • Christine Beusch
  • Loes van Schaik
  • Nicolas Bottinelli
  • Michael Marten

The scientist's work has appeared predominantly in the following publication venues:

  • SOIL
  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Biogeosciences
  • Biochar
  • Ecology and Society

Best Publications

  • Dissolved carbon leaching from soil is a crucial component of the net ecosystem carbon balance

    Reimo Kindler;Reimo Kindler;Jan Siemens;Jan Siemens;Klaus Kaiser;David Christopher Walmsley

  • Global concentrations of microplastics in soils – a review

    Frederick Büks;Martin Kaupenjohann

  • Dynamics and functional relevance of ammonia-oxidizing archaea in two agricultural soils.

    Kristina Schauss;Andreas Focks;Sven Leininger;Anja Kotzerke

  • Piggery manure used for soil fertilization is a reservoir for transferable antibiotic resistance plasmids.

    Chu Thi Thanh Binh;Holger Heuer;Martin Kaupenjohann;Kornelia Smalla

  • Transitory microbial habitat in the hyperarid Atacama Desert

    Dirk Schulze-Makuch;Dirk Schulze-Makuch;Dirk Wagner;Samuel P Kounaves;Samuel P Kounaves;Kai Mangelsdorf

  • Carbon mobilization from the forest floor under red spruce in the northeastern U.S.A.

    Monika Gödde;Mark B. David;Martin J. Christ;Martin Kaupenjohann

  • Concentrations and mobility of human pharmaceuticals in the world's largest wastewater irrigation system, Mexico City-Mezquital Valley.

    J. Siemens;G. Huschek;C. Siebe;M. Kaupenjohann

  • Sorption of dissolved organic carbon in soils: effects of soil sample storage, soil-to-solution ratio, and temperature

    Klaus Kaiser;Martin Kaupenjohann;Wolfgang Zech

  • Phosphorus in forest ecosystems: New insights from an ecosystem nutrition perspective

    Friederike Lang;Jürgen Bauhus;Emmanuel Frossard;Eckhard George

  • Landscape fate of nitrate fluxes and emissions in Central Europe: A critical review of concepts, data, and models for transport and retention

    Daniel Haag;Martin Kaupenjohann

  • Using a boundary line approach to analyze N2O flux data from agricultural soils.

    Ulrich Schmidt;Hanspeter Thöni;Martin Kaupenjohann

  • Sequestration of manure-applied sulfadiazine residues in soils

    M. Förster;V. Laabs;M. Lamshöft;J. Groeneweg

  • Effects of soil solution on the dynamics of N2O emissions: a review

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  • Parameters, prediction, post-normal science and the precautionary principle: a roadmap for modelling for decision-making

    Daniel Haag;Martin Kaupenjohann

  • Turnover and distribution of root exudates of Zea mays

    Yakov Kuzyakov;Alexei Raskatov;Martin Kaupenjohann

  • Elemental composition of biogas residues: Variability and alteration during anaerobic digestion

    Doreen Zirkler;Andre Peters;Martin Kaupenjohann

  • Contribution of dissolved organic nitrogen to N leaching from four German agricultural soils

    Jan Siemens;Martin Kaupenjohann

  • Dissolved organic matter induced denitrification in subsoils and aquifers

    Jan Siemens;Martti Haas;Martin Kaupenjohann

  • Adsorption controls mobilization of colloids and leaching of dissolved phosphorus

    J. Siemens;K. Ilg;F. Lang;M. Kaupenjohann

  • Suitability of biochars (pyro- and hydrochars) for metal immobilization on former sewage-field soils

    A. Wagner;M. Kaupenjohann

  • Bioenergy maize and soil erosion - risk assessment and erosion control concepts.

    Elisabeth Vogel;Detlef Deumlich;Martin Kaupenjohann

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Siemens
Jan Siemens University of Giessen
Wolfgang Wilcke
Wolfgang Wilcke Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Klaus Kaiser
Klaus Kaiser Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Wulf Amelung
Wulf Amelung University of Bonn
Wolfgang Zech
Wolfgang Zech University of Bayreuth
Holger Heuer
Holger Heuer Julius Kühn-Institut
Stefan Peiffer
Stefan Peiffer University of Bayreuth
Beate Michalzik
Beate Michalzik Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Martin Krauss
Martin Krauss Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Eckhard George
Eckhard George Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

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