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Martin Thullner is affiliated with the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Germany. Their research predominantly focuses on environmental science, with a particular emphasis on environmental engineering, pollution, and ecology. Their work also covers ocean engineering and environmental chemistry as relevant subfields.

The scientist's research topics span a range of areas related to environmental processes and contamination. Key subjects of their studies include groundwater flow and contamination, enhanced oil recovery techniques, CO2 sequestration and geologic interactions, wastewater treatment and nitrogen removal, pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, microbial community ecology and physiology, and soil and water nutrient dynamics.

Their recent publications reflect these themes and include the following papers:

  • A perspective on applied geochemistry in porous media: Reactive transport modeling of geochemical dynamics and the interplay with flow phenomena and physical alteration, 2022, Applied Geochemistry
  • Mass-Transfer-Limited Biodegradation at Low Concentrations-Evidence from Reactive Transport Modeling of Isotope Profiles in a Bench-Scale Aquifer, 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Pore-scale modeling of microbial activity: What we have and what we need, 2021, Vadose Zone Journal
  • Spatial Control of Microbial Pesticide Degradation in Soil: A Model-Based Scenario Analysis, 2022, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Pore-Scale Heterogeneities Improve the Degradation of a Self-Inhibiting Substrate: Insights from Reactive Transport Modeling, 2022, Environmental Science & Technology

Martin Thullner has frequently published in several scientific venues. The most common publication venues include:

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Vadose Zone Journal
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Applied Geochemistry
  • Biogeosciences

Collaboration is integral to their research output. Frequent co-authors include Swamini Khurana, Falk Heße, Anke Hildebrandt, Mehdi Gharasoo, and Martin Elsner. These collaborations have contributed to a consistent body of work spanning environmental modeling, reactive transport phenomena, and microbial activity in soils and aquifers.

Best Publications

  • Anthropogenic perturbation of the carbon fluxes from land to ocean

    Pierre Regnier;Pierre Friedlingstein;Philippe Ciais;Fred T. Mackenzie

  • Influence of Microbial Growth on Hydraulic Properties of Pore Networks

    Martin Thullner;Josef Zeyer;Wolfgang Kinzelbach

  • Quantification of organic pollutant degradation in contaminated aquifers using compound specific stable isotope analysis – Review of recent developments

    Martin Thullner;Martin Thullner;Florian Centler;Hans-Hermann Richnow;Anko Fischer

  • Comparison of bioclogging effects in saturated porous media within one- and two-dimensional flow systems

    Martin Thullner

  • Modeling of a microbial growth experiment with bioclogging in a two-dimensional saturated porous media flow field.

    Martin Thullner;Martin H. Schroth;Josef Zeyer;Wolfgang Kinzelbach

  • Interaction between water flow and spatial distribution of microbial growth in a two-dimensional flow field in saturated porous media

    Martin Thullner;Laurie Mauclaire;Martin H Schroth;Wolfgang Kinzelbach

  • The relationship between fractal properties of solid matrix and pore space in porous media

    Annette Dathe;Martin Thullner

  • Fate of bacterial biomass derived fatty acids in soil and their contribution to soil organic matter.

    Reimo Kindler;Anja Miltner;Martin Thullner;Hans-Hermann Richnow

  • Combined carbon and hydrogen isotope fractionation investigations for elucidating benzene biodegradation pathways.

    Anko Fischer;Ilka Herklotz;Steffi Herrmann;Martin Thullner

  • Modeling the impact of microbial activity on redox dynamics in porous media

    Martin Thullner;Philippe Van Cappellen;Pierre Regnier

  • Applicability of stable isotope fractionation analysis for the characterization of benzene biodegradation in a BTEX-contaminated aquifer.

    Anko Fischer;Katja Theuerkorn;Nicole Stelzer;Matthias Gehre

  • Mycelium-mediated transfer of water and nutrients stimulates bacterial activity in dry and oligotrophic environments

    Anja Worrich;Hryhoriy Stryhanyuk;Niculina Musat;Sara König

  • Sorption to Humic Acids Enhances Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Biodegradation

    Kilian E.C. Smith;Martin Thullner;Lukas Y. Wick;Hauke Harms

  • Computational Pore Network Modeling of the Influence of Biofilm Permeability on Bioclogging in Porous Media

    Martin Thullner;Philippe C. Baveye;Philippe C. Baveye

  • Global-scale quantification of mineralization pathways in marine sediments: A reaction-transport modeling approach

    Martin Thullner;Martin Thullner;Andrew W. Dale;Pierre Regnier;Pierre Regnier

  • Modeling Microbially Induced Carbon Degradation in Redox-Stratified Subsurface Environments: Concepts and Open Questions

    Martin Thullner;Pierre Regnier;Philippe Van Cappellen

  • Influence of mass transfer on stable isotope fractionation

    Martin Thullner;Anko Fischer;Hans-Hermann Richnow;Lukas Y. Wick

  • Impact of Bioavailability Restrictions on Microbially Induced Stable Isotope Fractionation. 1. Theoretical Calculation

    Martin Thullner;Makeba Kampara;Hans H. Richnow;Hauke Harms

  • Impact of Bioavailability Restrictions on Microbially Induced Stable Isotope Fractionation. 2. Experimental Evidence

    Makeba Kampara;Martin Thullner;Hans H. Richnow;Hauke Harms

  • Performance of pilot-scale horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetlands treating groundwater contaminated with phenols and petroleum derivatives

    Alexandros I. Stefanakis;Eva Seeger;Conrad Dorer;Anja Sinke

Frequent Co-Authors

Lukas Y. Wick
Lukas Y. Wick Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Hauke Harms
Hauke Harms Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Pierre Regnier
Pierre Regnier Université Libre de Bruxelles
Karin Frank
Karin Frank Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Matthias Kästner
Matthias Kästner Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Anja Miltner
Anja Miltner Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Philippe Van Cappellen
Philippe Van Cappellen University of Waterloo
Ingo Fetzer
Ingo Fetzer Stockholm Resilience Centre
Josef Zeyer
Josef Zeyer ETH Zurich
Andrew W. Dale
Andrew W. Dale GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

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