• Large-scale lab (ASSESS test site)
• Field experiments

List of completed theses with links to additional material (where publicly available). The entries are listed in reverse order of completion time.

BSc

• Jakob, Christopher
  Entstehung und Entwicklung von Kooperation in dynamischen evolutionären Interaktionsnetzwerken
• Krautgasser, Fabian
  Of Hunters and Gatherers – a Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach to Population Dynamics
• Kunert, Malte
  Effects of natural disasters on the Predator-Prey-Dynamics of a cellular automaton
• Oraschewski, Falk
  Estimating effective soil hydraulic parameters for two-dimensional heterogeneous media using the Ensemble Kalman Filter
• Schnell, Hein-Erik
  About the effects of force-biased movements on a discrete predator-prey mode

MSc

• Ebenhoch, Sabrina
  Discussion of the thermal insulation effect of a seasonal snow cover on permafrost soil in Bayelva, Svalbard (1989 - 2017) with respect to current knowledge
• Geier, Philipp
  Developing a Metasystem for High Performance & Parallel Computing in the CCEES part
• Klein, Bernhard
  Accelerating the Simulation of Cellular Automata with GPU Computing
• Herdeanu, Benjamin
  Modeling the emergence of cooperation in evolutionary social interaction networks
• König, Norbert
  Evolution of Cooperation in Public Goods Games: Modeling a Social Dilemma on Interaction-Networks
• Schoder, Christian
  The Great Oxygen Event
• Westermann, Josephine
  Cyclic Competition in Population Games on Networks

PhD

• Bauser, Hannes
  Knowledge Fusion in Soil Hydrology
• Berg, Daniel
  Particle Filters for Nonlinear Data Assimilation
• Hantschel, Lisa
  Beobachtung von Infiltrationsprozessen in sandigen Böden mit GPR
• Jaumann, Stefan
  Estimation of Soil Water Dynamics Based on Hydrogeophysical Measurements

BSc

• Hanft, Valentin
  Simulation of the Migration and Evolution of a Population on Two Continents
• Hemmer, Benedikt
  Characterization of an Infiltration Device for Infiltration Experiments into Sandy Soils
• Rombach, Robin
  The Role of Reputation in a Spatial Prisoner's Dilemma
• Siebert, Lukas
  A Game Theory Approach to the Evolution of Division of Labour
• Sosnowski, Erik
  Untersuchung von Charaktereigenschaften in einem agentenbasierten Modell

MSc

• Fels, Mathis
  Root Simulation and Vegetation Patterns
• Henkel, Christopher
  Modeling and analysis of an evolutionary three species system with two preys and a common predator
• Leusmann, Hendrik
  Geomorphology, Vegetation and Self-Organisation of Coupled Complex Systems Studied with Cellular Automata
• Mosny, Karsten
  Enhancing the Particle Filter by Markov-Chain-Monte-Carlo methods – A performance assessment
• Riedel, Lukas
  Advancing Data Assimilation of Soil Water Flow with a DG Based Richards Solver – Merging the KnoFu and DORiE Software Packages
• Riexinger, Felix
  Food Webs: Augmented State Estimation and Model Enhancement using the Ensemble Kalman Filter
• Schnapp, Alexander
  Impacts of Spatial Heterogeneities on the Predator-Prey Dynamics of a Cellular Automaton
• Sevinchan, Yunus
  Design and Characterisation of mesonet: a Model of Complex Consumer-Resource Interactions
• Stern, Lielle
  Hydraulic and Thermal properties of Permafrost in Svalbard, Analysis and Modelling using GEOtop
• Thome, Jule
  Instabilities in a bare Hele-Shaw cell at high Viscosity Ratios
• Walch, Maria
  A Study On Stochastic Nonlinear Hyperbolic Partial Differential Equations With Bayesian Filtering Methods

BSc

• Göbel, Matthias
  Numerical simulation and analytical evaluation of an individual based evolutionary model with genetic survival strategies
• Viñallonga Pijoan, Mar
  Research on the parameters describing Ecosystem Engineers in an evolutionary model
• Weninger, Julian
  Development of Mountain Ranges and their Rivers – A Cellular Automaton Simulation

MSc

• Barra, Marc
  Simulation of spatially distributed root systems - application to patterned vegetation
• Häfner, Dion
  Frictional Control of Cross-Equatorial Flow
• Mack, Harald
  Development and characterization of an evolution model with eco-evolutionary feedbacks
• Peyinghaus, Sven
  Evolution and Data Assimilation

BSc

• Bauermann, Jonathan
  Influence of selection pressure and a changing environment on biodiversity in a generic evolutionary model
• Fels, Mathis
  Dynamics of Crack Formation – a modelling approach
• Geier, Philipp
  Numerical Tools and Algorithms for the exploration of chaotic systems – population dynamics
• Häfner, Dion
  Numerical Simulations of Soil Water Flow: Implementing and Benchmarking Adaptive Grid Refinement
• Haux, Johannes
  Transport durch CO2-induzierte Dichteinstabilitäten in einer Hele-Shaw Zelle
• Piepenbreier, Nina
  Quantitative Untersuchung des Amplituden- und Frequenzverhaltens von GPR Antennen unterschiedlicher Frequenzen
• Riexinger, Felix
  An Extension of the Richards Equation Solver DORiE
• Wimmer, Philipp
  Stochastic Modeling of Population Dynamics – Analysis of Cyclic Competition Games

MSc

• Gleiß, Eric
  Root System Architecture Simulation and Coupling to a Soil Model
• Jegminat, Jannes
  Adapting Chaos Control to Incomplete Models with Application in Weather Engineering
• Kratzsch, Valentin
  Vegetation Patterns – Modeling Approaches with Enhanced Soil Representation
• Kreyenberg, Philipp
  Experimental studies on evapo-induced density-driven flow in Hele-Shaw cells
• Weber, Juliane
  Simulation of Biological Two- and Three-Species Systems Using Cellular Automata
• Ziegler, Simon
  Self-organized Criticality and Evolution of Drainage Basin Networks

BSc

• Aderhold, Alex
  Analysis and Stabilization of the Lorenz’84 System
• Mosny, Karsten
  Measuring Spatial Variations of Soil Hydraulic Properties with GPR — A Numerical Assessment
• Riedel, Lukas
  DORiE – A New Richards Solver based on the Distributed and Unified Numerics Environment (DUNE)

MSc

• Bauser, Hannes
  Ensemble Kalman Filter in Soil Hydrology
• Feustel, Lisa
  Solute Transport in Heterogeneous Porous Media
• Franke, Jasper
  Climate and Soil Type as Determinants of Evaporation from Bare Soils

BSc

• Keicher, Viktoria
  Quantitative Untersuchungen zur Stabilität von Georadarsignalen bei Messungen von ASSESS-GPR
• Mack, Harald
  Numerische Simulation des Windfeldes über Sanddünen

Diploma

• Heikenfeld, Max
  Modelling the Thermal Dynamics of Polygonal Soil Structures in the Permafrost of the Lena Delta, Northern Siberia

Diploma

• Dagenbach, Andreas
  Untersuchung der hydraulischen Bodeneigenschaften durch GPR: Analyse der Kapillarsaumreflexion durch numerische Simulationen
• Heiß, Christoph
  Fernerkundung von Bodenoberfläche mit einem Micro Aerial Vehicle (MAV)
• Jaumann, Stefan
  Estimation of effective hydraulic parameters and reconstruction of the natural evaporative boundary forcing on the basis of TDR measurements
• Kröner, Eva
  Investigation of effective parametrizations for the hydraulic properties of heterogeneous porous media
• Schiefer, Waldemar
  Numerischer Stofftransportlöser und Modellierung von Stofftransport in porösen Medien
• Seegers, Christina
  Experimentelle Untersuchung der Bodenwasserdynamik mittels Georadar