Paul Burkhardt

Department Hydrogeology

Helmholtz Centre for
Environmental Research - UFZ
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig
Germany

Paul Burkhardt

Research topics

Dynamics of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentrations and chemical compositions in headwater streams
Influence of riparian soil moisture on stream water DOC quantity and quality
Modeling DOC dynamics in the riparian zone compartment

Curriculum Vitae

since 09/2024

PhD student at Department Hydrogeology
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ

02/2018 - 07/2023

Project Engineer
Temann + Schöpe Beratende Ingenieure Partnerschaft mbB

10/2014 - 07/2017

Master of Science in Environmental Engineering
Bauhaus-University Weimar

10/2010 - 08/2014

Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering
Bauhaus-University Weimar

News

Editors' Choice Award

Department head Jan Fleckenstein and department alum Franz Dichgans were awarded the Editors' Choice Award 2024 for their contribution to the paper Assessing the Behavior of Microplastics in Fluvial Systems: Infiltration and Retention Dynamics in Streambed Sediments, published in the journal Water Resources Research. Congratulations to all the award winners! Read the paper

Image of a certificate entitled Editors' Choice Award. The award winners are Jan-Pascal Boos, Franz Dichgans, Jan H. Fleckenstein, Benjamin Silas Gilfedder, and Sven Frei.

Conference contributions

EGU General Assembly 2026

Vienna, Austria, 3–8 May 2026

Musolff, Andreas: Hydroclimatic extremes reveal shifting nitrogen export behavior from catchments

Falchi Bernardo, Vinícius: Modeling nitrate remediation in groundwater using CH₄/H₂ gas injections

Fleckenstein, Jan: Groundwater – surface water interactions revisited

Ebeling, Pia: QUADICA v2: Expanded large-sample water quality data for Germany offer new opportunities for cross-catchment analyses

Nguyen, Tam: How do anthropogenic activities affect key hydrological indicators in German catchments?

Rimi, Shabiha Sultana: Simulating the fate and transport of microplastics in a river corridor (Rhine River)

Wang, Qiaoyu: Physically Constrained Storage Age Selection (SAS) Functions: Benchmarking SAS-based Simulations of Catchment Nitrate Export

Further conference contributions

New Publications

Ebeling, P., Hubig, A., Wachholz, A., Scharfenberger, U., Haug, S., Nguyen, V.T., Sarrazin, F., Batool, M., Musolff, A., Kumar, R. (2026):
QUADICA v2: extending the large-sample data set for water QUAlity, DIscharge and Catchment Attributes in Germany
Earth Syst. Sci. Data

Duong, T.D., Tran, V.N., Nguyen, V.T. (2026):
Near-real-time statistical analysis and visualization of streamflow from a deep-learning rainfall-runoff model
Water Resour. Manag.

Nguyen, V.T., Musolff, A., Ebeling, P., Sarrazin, F.J., Fleckenstein, J.H., Attinger, S., Kumar, R. (2026):
Long-term assessment of point source contributions to nitrate pollution in the Central European Rhine and Elbe river basins
Environ. Res. Lett.

Lei, C., Basso, S., Cohen, M.J., Musolff, A., Tarasova, L., Schmidt, C. (2026):
Discharge-based classifications of spatio-temporal patterns of potentially gaining and losing subcatchments in the Bode River catchment, Central Germany
J. Hydrol. Reg. Stud.

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Jette Wüst
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