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Dr. Mikael Gillefalk

Postdoctoral Research Associate

M.Gillefalk
Dr. Mikael Gillefalk
0531-3915917
m.gillefalk(at)tu-braunschweig.de

TU Braunschweig
IGÖ - Theoretical Ecohydrology
Langer Kamp 19c
38106 Braunschweig

Research

The methodological foci of my research are:

  • Ecohydrological modelling
  • Urban ecohydrology
  • Green infrastructure
  • Low impact development
  • Data analysis and visualisation with R
Publications

M. Gillefalk, D. Tetzlaff, C. Marx, A. Smith, F. Meier, R. Hinkelmann, C. Soulsby (2022). Estimates of water partitioning in complex urban landscapes with isotope-aided ecohydrological modelling. Hydrological Processes, e14532. doi: 10.1002/hyp.14532

Gillefalk, M., Tetzlaff, D., Hinkelmann, R., Kuhlemann, L.-M., Smith, A., Meier, F., Maneta, M. P. and Soulsby, C. (2021). Quantifying the effects of urban green space on water partitioning and ages using an isotope-based ecohydrological model, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 25, 3635-3652

Gillefalk, M., Herzog, C., Hilt, S. 2019. Phosphorus Availability and Growth of Benthic Primary Producers in Littoral Lake Sediments: Are Differences Linked to Induced Bank Filtration? Water, 11(5), 1111

Gillefalk, M., Mooij, W.M., Teurlincx, S., Janssen, A.B.G., Janse, J.H., Chang, M., Köhler, J., Hilt, S. 2019. Modelling induced bank filtration effects on freshwater ecosystems to ensure sustainable drinking water production. Water Research 157, 19-29

Gillefalk, M., Massmann, G., Nützmann, G. & Hilt, S. 2018. Potential Impacts of Induced Bank Filtration on Surface Water Quality: A Conceptual Framework for Future Research. Water, 10(9): 1240

Wegner, B., Kronsbein, A. L., Gillefalk, M., van de Weyer, K., Köhler, J., Funke, E., Monaghan, M. T., and Hilt, S. 2019: Mutual Facilitation Among Invading Nuttall’s Waterweed and Quagga Mussels, Front. Plant Sci. 10.

Hilt, S., Alirangues Nuñez, M.M., Bakker, E.S., Blindow, I., Davidson, T.A., Gillefalk, M., Hansson, L.-A., Janse, J.H., Janssen, A.B.G., Jeppesen, E., Kabus, T., Kelly, A., Koehler, J., Lauridsen, T.L., Mooij, W.M., Noordhuis, R., Phillips, G., Ruecker, J., Schuster, H.-H., Sondergaard, M., Teurlincx, S., van de Weyer, K., van Donk, E., Waterstraat, A., Willby, N. & Sayer, C.D. 2018. Response of Submerged Macrophyte Communities to External and Internal Restoration Measures in North Temperate Shallow Lakes. Front. Plant Sci. 9, 194

Aichner, B., Hilt, S., Perillon, C., Gillefalk, M. & Sachse, D. 2017. Biosynthetic hydrogen isotopic fractionation factors during lipid synthesis in submerged aquatic macrophytes: Effect of groundwater discharge and salinity. Organic Geochemistry 113, 10–16

Broecker, T., Schaper, J., El-Athman, F., Gillefalk, M., Hilt, S. & Hinkelmann, R. 2017. Surface water - groundwater interactions. Proceedings of the 37th IAHR World Congress, 4961-4970

Teaching

Courses:

Urban ecohydrology

Foundations of ecohydrology

Ecohydrological project

 

 

Curriculum vitae
  • Since 2022
    Postdoc, Institute of Geoecology, Technische Universität Braunschweig
  • 2021
    Postdoc, Leibniz Institute for Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)
  • 2019-2021
    Postdoc, Einstein Foundation Project MOSAIC, Technische Universität Berlin
  • 2019: Dissertation: Effects of bank filtration on lake ecosystems
  • 2015-2019
    Doctoral researcher, DFG Research Training Group: Urban Water Interfaces, IGB Berlin
    2019
    Dr. rer. nat, Aquatic Ecology, Technische Universität Berlin — Title: Effects of bank filtration on lake ecosystems
  • 2013-2015
    Geotechnical engineer, BGKAB, Huskvarna, Sweden
  • 2008-2013
    BSc and MSc in Engineering — Major: Hydrology, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, with exchange studies at TU Berlin
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