Dr. Martin Schultze
Contact/Address
Martin Schultze
Department Lake Research
Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Brückstraße 3a
39114 Magdeburg, Germany
phone: +49 (341) 6025 4400
martin.schultze@ufz.de
Fields of research
Water quality and management of Lake Sevan (Armenia) (since 2017)
Water quality of reservoirs and its management by measures in the reservoirs and in their catchment areas (since 2011)
Water quality in mine pit lakes (since 1984)
- Chemistry of mine pit lakes
- Influence of filling and management of pit lakes on their water quality and
sustainable use
- Prognosis of water quality of mine pit lakes
- Management of pit lakes
Influence of artificial ground water recharge on ground water quality in the region Letzlinger Heide (1984-1991)
Influence of agriculture and atmospheric deposition on ground water quality in hard rock (1984-1991)
Management of protection areas for drinking water (1984-1991)
Academic education
| 1979-1984 | Studies in chemistry at the Dresden University of Technology |
| 1984 | Diplom (aprox. Master of Sciences) in chemistry |
| 2012 |
PhD at the Braunschweig University of Technology Thesis: "The filling and remediation of pit lakes in former open cast lignite mines" |
Professional career
| 1984-1986 | scientist in the Institute of Water Management Berlin, department of Surface water protection, Magdeburg |
| 1987-1990 | scientist in the research department Surface water protection of the Wasserwirtschaftsdirektion "Untere Elbe" Magdeburg (regional water authority) |
| 1991 | scientist in the BMBF-funded project "Development of the scientific basics of design, filling, and water quality management in mine pit lakes" at the regional environmental protection agency in Magdeburg |
| 1992-1994 | scientist at the GKSS Research Centre Geesthacht, Institute for Inland Water Research Magdeburg |
| 1995-2024 | scientist at the Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department Lake Research |
| since 2024 | Guest of the Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department Lake Research |
Publications
Last three years
Journals/Book chapters
2026
Gevorgyan G, Khachikyan T, Mamyan A, Aghayan S, Belykh O, Rinke K, Schultze M, Lipko I, Kan G, Zimens E, Potapov S, Sorokovikova E, Krasnopeev A, Tikhonova I (2026) The first high-throughput sequencing of bacterioplankton sheds light on bacterial and cyanobacterial diversity in high-altitude Lake Sevan, Armenia. Scientific Reports 16:12480; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-42528-6
2025
Fernandes T, Shatwell T, Schultze M, Mi C, Determann M, Rinke K (2025) How efficient are pre-dams as reservoir guardians? A long-term study on nutrient retention. Water Research 272 (2025) 122864; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.122864 (Open Access)
Rinke K, Fernandes T, Schultze M (2025) Begrenzung externer Nährstoffbelastungen durch Vorsperren. WasserWirtschaft 115:62-65; doi 10.1007/s35147-025-2476-3
2024
Asmaryan S, Khlghatyan A, Hovsepyan A, Muradyan V, Avetisyan R, Gevorgyan G, Hayrapetyan A, Eissa MMAA, Bernert H, Schultze M, Rinke K (2024) Satellite-Based Detection of Algal Blooms in Large Alpine Lake Sevan: Can Satellite Data Overcome the Unavoidable Limitations in Field Observations? Remote Sensing 16(19):3734, https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16193734 (Open Access)
Shikhani M, Johannes Feldbauer J, Ladwig R, Mercado‐Bettín D, Moore TN, Gevorgyan A, Misakyan A, Mi C, Schultze M, Boehrer B, Shatwell T, Barfus K, Rinke K (2024) Combining a Multi‐Lake Model Ensemble and a Multi‐Domain CORDEX Climate Data Ensemble for Assessing Climate Change Impacts on Lake Sevan. Water Resources Research 60, e2023WR036511. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023WR036511 (Open Access)
Conference Proceedings
2024
McCullough CD, Schultze M, Vandenberg J, Castendyk D (2024) Mine waste disposal in pit lakes: a good practice guide. In: Tibbett M, Fourie A, Boggs G (eds) Proceedings of Mine Closure 2024 - 17th International Conference on Mine Closure, 26–28 November 2024 in Perth (WA), Volume Two. Australian Centre for Geomechanics, Crawley (WA), 1063-1076 (https:/doi.org/10.36487/ACG_repo/2415_76)
Schultze M, Vandenberg J, Castendyk D, Schleußner H-P, McCullough CD (2024) Monitoring for pit lake planning, filling and use: Why? When? What? In: Tibbett M, Fourie A, Boggs G (eds) Proceedings of Mine Closure 2024 - 17th International Conference on Mine Closure, 26–28 November 2024 in Perth (WA), Volume Two. Australian Centre for Geomechanics, Crawley (WA), 1049-1062 (https:/doi.org/10.36487/ACG_repo/2415_75)
Membership in scientific societies
Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker e.V., GDCh
Wasserchemische Gesellschaft (Fachgruppe der Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker)
Deutsche Vereinigung für Wasserwirtschaft, Abwasser und Abfall e.V., DWA
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Limnologie e.V., DGL
International Mine Water Association, IMWA
International Society of Limnology, SIL