Research up close: Lysimeters and Ecotrons in focus
Help shape the future of environmental monitoring! Our workshop from March 23 to 25, 2026 offers a platform for exchange, fresh ideas, and hands-on insights. Submit your presentation or secure your spot today – we look forward to your contribution.
What´s it about?
Topics & goals of our Workshop
- New research results and methods from lysimeter and ecotron studies
- Exchange between science, practice and technology
- Environmental monitoring: measuring techniques, sensors and data collection for soil, water and atmosphere
- Data management and interfaces of modern monitoring systems
- Discussion of current challenges in environmental and agricultural research
- Networking between early-career and experienced researchers
Our Program
Scientific Presentations
- SOIL ORGANIC MATTER CYCLING IN CHILEAN SOILS, A MESOCOSM APPROACH
(Prof. Dr. Carsten W. Müller, TU Berlin) - TRENDS AND DRIVERS OF SEEPAGE WATER QUANTITY IN POST-MINING SOILS: FINDINGS FROM 30 YEARS OF LYSIMETER MEASUREMENTS
(Dr. Beate Zimmermann, Forschungsinstitut für Bergbaufolgelandschaften e.V., Finsterwalde) - INTERCOMPARISON OF THE HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE OF GREEN ROOFS ACROSS SCALES, SITES AND EXPERIMENTAL SETUPS
(Prof. Dr. Kristian Förster, Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences, Freising) - GOING UNDERGROUND: ROOTS AND RHIZOSPHERE HYDRAULIC PROCESSES IMPACTING PLANT RESPONSE TO DROUGHT
(Prof. Dr. Mutez Ali Abdelrahman Ahmed, TUM, Munich) - DESIGN AND COMMISSIONING OF A SERIES OF WEIGHING LYSIMETERS TO UNDERSTAND GARDEN PLANT WATER USE FOR FUTURE CULTIVATED GARDEN SPACES
(Dr. Nicholas Cryer, Royal Horticultural Society, Surrey) - EVALUATION OF EDDY COVARIANCE DATA SUPPORTED BY LYSIMETER-BASED EVAPOTRANSPIRATION MEASUREMENTS
(Max Murphy, Senior Technical Consultant at LI-COR, Bad Homburg and Dr. Sascha Reth, CEO of UGT GmbH) - EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS ON THE INFLUENCE OF DRAINAGE SYSTEMS ON THE LANDSCAPE WATER BALANCE
(Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Rieger, Deggendorf Institute of Technology, Deggendorf) - URBAN GREENERY IN CLIMATE CHANGE – (TO WHAT EXTENT) DO SMALL-SCALE GREEN SPACES HELP IN THE SEARCH FOR NEW PLANTING CONCEPTS?
(David Zimmerling, LVGA, Großbeeren) - NEW IMPROVEMENTS IN SOIL PERMEABILITY MEASUREMENT METHODS IN THE LABORATORY AND THE FIELD
(Dr. Alan Farsad, President of SoilMoisture Equipment Corp., Santa Barbara) -
FROM GRIDS TO WICKS: TWO INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR HIGH-RESOLUTION WATER MEASUREMENTS
(Heinke Paulsen, Universität Freiburg) -
A CLIMATE STATION FOR THE PREDICTING MANAGEMENT OF DRINKING WATER SUPPLY OF A VILLAGE IN BAVARIA
(Lothar Kroll, Water Resources Officer, Markt Tännesberg) - NEW ADVANCES IN SOIL MOISTURE ANALYTICAL MEASUREMENT AND MOVEMENT
(Keith Bellingham, Business Development, Scientist, and Hydrologist at Stevens Water Monitoring Systems Inc., Portland) - THE SOIL WATER CYCLE: WHAT WE KNOW AND WHAT WE DON‘T
(Dr. Jannis Groh, Forschungszentrum Jülich) - SENSOR SYSTEM FOR REAL-TIME SOIL SOLUTION MONITORING IN AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS
(Prof. Dr. Iris Vogeler Cronin, Aarhus University) - LYSIMETER DATA ANALYSIS AND NEURAL NETWORK MODELING FOR WEATHER-DRIVEN PREDICTION
(Dr. Ing. Peter Střelec, University of St. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Slovakia) - DIRECT IN-SITU WATER ISOTOPE MEASUREMENTS WITH THE WIP WATER ISOTOPE PROBE SYSTEM
(Stefanie Kralisch, Customer Consultant UGT GmbH) - ADVANCES IN LYSIMETER TECHNOLOGY: WHY THOUGHTFUL PLANNING MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE
(Dr. Sascha Reth, CEO of UGT GmbH)
Event
Workshop Details
- Date: Monday, March 23 - Wednesday, March 25, 2026
- Location: [B3]-LOFT, Munich Airport Business Park, Hallbergmoos
- Monday evening: Dinner
Program Highlights
- Keynote lectures by invited speakers
- Poster and discussion sessions for own contributions
- Hands-on insights into lysimeter, ecotron and monitoring technologies