Dr. Sascha Iden

• since 2017: Researcher and Reader, Institut für Geoökologie, TU Braunschweig
• 2012-2017: Research Assistant, Institut für Geoökologie, TU Braunschweig
• 2009-2012: Postdoctoral Researcher, Institut für Geoökologie, TU Braunschweig
• 2009: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California Riverside, Department of Environmental Sciences, parallel computing, isothermal and thermal vapor transport in soil and their influence on the soil water budget
• 2008-2009: Postdoctoral Researcher, Institut für Geoökologie, TU Braunschweig
• 2008: Dissertation, Dr. rer. nat, TU Braunschweig, „Inverse Identification of Unsaturated Zone Water Flow and Solute Transport Parameters“, "summa cum laude"
• 2002-2008: Doctoral Researcher, Institut für Geoökologie, TU Braunschweig
• 2001: Internship at "Forschungsinstitut für anwendungsorientierte Wissensverarbeitung (FAW)", Ulm, Germany
• 2000: Internship at the Washington State University, Pullman, USA, Soil Physics Group, Variably-saturated column experiments for the investigation of colloid and colloid-facilitated transport in soil
• 1999: Internship at Queen's University of Belfast, Nordirland, Study Thesis: „Phosphorus Loss from drained Grasslands in Northern Ireland“
• 1995-2002: Studies Geoökologie (Environmental Sciences), TU Braunschweig, main subjects: agroecology, numerical simulation, environmental fluid mechanics, hydrogeology and soil physics

The foci of my work are in the following fields:

• Modeling of transport processes in soils
• Water, energy and matter transport
• Inverse Modeling and parameter estimation
• Uncertainty Analysis using Frequentist and Bayesian Inference

At the moment I work on:

• Coupled numerical modeling of water, water vapor and heat transport in soil
• Numerical simulation of the exchange of water vapor and energy between soil and atmosphere
• Development and improvement of automated methods for grain size analysis
• Effects of stones on soil hydraulic properties and water flow in soil
• Determination of soil hydraulic functions by the combination of experiment and modeling
• Influence of extracellular polymeric substances and other hydrogels on hydraulic processes and properties
• Numerical simulation of flow processes and the water budget in large lysimeters and identification of effective transport properties
• Influence of biochar on the transport of DOC and trace elements in soil

Courses

• Environmental Transport: Fundamentals and mathematical modeling of matter transport in the environment (Lecture with exercises, M.Sc.)
• Inverse Modeling (Lecture with exercises, M.Sc.)
• Experimental determination of transport and reaction parameters (Lab with computer exercises, M.Sc.)
• Uncertainty Analysis (Lecture with exercises, M.Sc.)
• Modeling of water, energy and matter transport in soils (Lecture with exercises, B.Sc.)
• Soil Science Lab (Lab, B.Sc.)
• Soil hydrology: field methods (Lecture with exercises, B.Sc.)
• contributions to various seminar modules and field courses (B.Sc. and M.Sc.)

Advanced training in university didactics

• Various workshops on "e-learning" and "blended learning" (2019)
• Acquisition of the WindH certificate "Continuing Education in Higher Education" accredited by the German Association for Higher Education Didactics (dghd) (2016)
• "Media-supported teaching - an excursion into the world of e-learning" (2016)
• "Co-Teaching" consisting of workshops on the topics of counselling, feedback, cooperation and conflict management as well as collegial counselling and individual coaching totalling 115 hours (2013-2014)
• "Basic qualification" consisting of the workshops "Planning teaching", "Methods workshop", "Conversation management and moderation" as well as collegial observation and academic counselling totalling 90 hours (2012-2013)
• "Successful teaching in mathematics and science subjects" (2012)
• "Examinations at the university" (2012)

Supervised Student Theses

[29] Jiangyan Yang (ongoing): Influence of biochar on dynamic nonequilibrium during soil water flow, MSC Thesis (in German), Institut für Geoökologie, TU Braunschweig.

[28] Lena Lüttjohann (2025): Modeling the water dynamics of an agricultural raised bog site with the Richards equation, MSC Thesis (in German), Institut für Geoökologie, TU Braunschweig.

[27] Qijia Shi (2024): Numerical simulation of coupled water, heat and vapour transport in the vicinity of underground cables, MSC Thesis (in German), Institut für Geoökologie, TU Braunschweig.

[26] Jialin Sun (2024): Influence of biochar on soil hydraulic properties: experimental investigation and modeling, MSC Thesis (in German), Institut für Geoökologie, TU Braunschweig.

[25] Serra Kühn (2024): Spectroradiometric measurement of soil moisture in transient evaporation experiments, MSC Thesis (in German), Institut für Geoökologie, TU Braunschweig.

[24] Annika Traub (2024): Experimental investigation of the performance of different matrix potential sensors under evaporation conditions, BSC Thesis (in German), Institut für Geoökologie, TU Braunschweig.

[23] Nadine Brammer (2022): Characterization of the physical properties of green roof substrates (in German), BSC Thesis (in German), Institut für Geoökologie, TU Braunschweig.

[22] Vivien Bernhard (2021): Simulation of sedimentation experiments for grain size analysis of soils and loose sediments (in German), BSC Thesis, Institut für Geoökologie, TU Braunschweig.

[21] Sonja Wichmann (2021): Dynamic non-equilibrium in soil water flow: Experimental investigation by evaporation experiments with flow interruption, MSC Thesis (in German), Institut für Geoökologie, TU Braunschweig.

[20] Madita Giesecke (2020): Experimental testing of an extended variant of the integral suspension pressure method for determining the particle size of soils, BSC Thesis (in German), Institut für Geoökologie, TU Braunschweig.

[19] Patrick Kümmel (2019): Water dynamics in peat and peat substitutes: laboratory measurements and parameter identification, MSC Thesis (in German), Institut für Geoökologie, TU Braunschweig.

[18] Kevin Volker Korn (2019): Hydraulic properties of stony soils: measurement and inverse modeling, MSC Thesis (in German), Institut für Geoökologie, TU Braunschweig.

[17] Lukas Gröning (2019): Numerical modeling of cooling techniques for ozone generators for air purification, MSC Thesis (in German), Institut für Geoökologie, TU Braunschweig.

[16] Matthias Schug (2019): Determination of hydraulic conductivity in the field: comparison of methods, BSC Thesis (in German), Institut für Geoökologie, TU Braunschweig.

[15] Stella Sonnenburg (2019): Numerical simulation of the soil water balance under consideration of interception, BSC Thesis (in German), Institut für Geoökologie, TU Braunschweig.

[14] Kristin Jänicke (2017): Numerical simulation of the water and heat balance of a green roof, MSC Thesis (in German), Institut für Geoökologie, TU Braunschweig.

[13] Catharina Riggers (2016): Water balance of green roofs: Numerical simulation and parameter identification, MSC Thesis (in German), Institut für Geoökologie, TU Braunschweig.

[12] Daniela Reineke (2015): Numerical simulation of water, heat and vapor flow in weighable lysimeters under arid conditions, MSC Thesis (in English), Institut für Geoökologie, TU Braunschweig.

[11] Johanna Blöcher (2014): Numerical re-evaluation of the evaporation method: Effects of coupled water, vapour and heat flow in soil, BSC Thesis (in English), Institut für Geoökologie, TU Braunschweig.

[10] Julian Fricke (2014): Sorption of europium on quartz - batch tests and geochemical modeling, MSC Thesis (in German), Institut für Geoökologie, TU Braunschweig.

[09] Sabrina Eckardt (2014): The influence of water content on dispersion and retardation, MSC Thesis (in German), Institut für Geoökologie, TU Braunschweig.

[08] Sascha Bertram (2013): The influence of interception on the soil water balance of arable sites, BSC Thesis (in German), Institut für Geoökologie, TU Braunschweig.

[07] Jennifer Geilich (2013): Release of heavy metals from topsoil after application of Black Carbon, BSC Thesis (in German), Institut für Geoökologie, TU Braunschweig.

[06] Felix Pruter (2011): Numerical simulation of the hydraulic behavior of the capacitive matrix potential sensor MPS-1, BSC Thesis (in German), Institut für Geoökologie, TU Braunschweig.

[05] Frederik Schrader (2011): Estimation of crop transpiration of maize and sorghum-millet from changes in soil moisture, BSC Thesis (in German), Institut für Geoökologie, TU Braunschweig.

[04] Tobias Hohenbrink (2010): Investigations into the discharge behavior of radionuclides from building rubble, Diploma Thesis (in German), Institut für Geoökologie, TU Braunschweig.

[03] Sabrina Eckardt (2010): Experimentelle Bestimmung der Sorptionsisothermen von Radionukliden an Bauschutt, BSC Thesis (in German), Institut für Geoökologie, TU Braunschweig.

[02] Stephan Sittig (2008): Testing of percolation and elution tests to characterize the swelling strength of contaminated materials as part of the leachate prognosis, Diploma Thesis (in German), Institut für Geoökologie, TU Braunschweig.

[01] Julia Weyer (2007): Inverse determination of mass transport parameters with global optimization methods, Diploma Thesis (in German), Institut für Geoökologie, TU Braunschweig.

My ORCID-ID: 0000-0001-8292-9048

[2024]

• Peters, A., Durner, W., & Iden, S.C.: The PDI model system for parameterizing soil hydraulic properties. Vadose Zone Journal, 23, e20338. https://doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.20338 (open access)

[2023]

• Peters, A., Iden, S. C., & Durner, W.: Prediction of absolute unsaturated hydraulic conductivity – comparison of four different capillary bundle models, Hydrology and Earth System Science. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-4579-2023.

• Hohenbrink, T. L., Jackisch, C., Durner, W., Germer, K., Iden, S. C., Kreiselmeier, J., et al. (2023). Soil water retention and hydraulic conductivity measured in a wide saturation range. Earth System Science Data, 15(10), 4417–4432. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-4417-2023

• Blöcher (now Thomson), J. R., Diamantopoulos, E., Durner, W., & Iden, S. C. (2023). Validating coupled flow theory for bare-soil evaporation under different boundary conditions. Vadose Zone Journal, n/a(n/a), e20277. https://doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.20277

• Inforsato, L., Iden, S.C., Durner, W., Peters, A., & De Jong van Lier, Q. (2023). Improved calculation of soil hydraulic conductivity with the simplified evaporation method. Vadose Zone Journal, 22(5), e20267. https://doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.20267

• Peters, A., Hohenbrink, T. L., Iden, S. C., van Genuchten, M. T., & Durner, W. (2023). Prediction of the absolute hydraulic conductivity function from soil water retention data. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 27(7), 1565–1582. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-1565-2023
• Naseri, M., D. C. Joshi, S.C. Iden & W. Durner (2023). Rock fragments influence the water retention and hydraulic conductivity of soils. Vadose Zone Journal, 1-11, https://doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.20243.

[2022]

• Naseri, M., S.C. Iden & W. Durner (2022). Effective hydraulic properties of 3D virtual stony soils identified by inverse modeling. SOIL, 8(1), 99–112. https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-8-99-2022

[2021]

• Peters, A., and S.C. Iden (2021). Comment on ‘‘A Modular Framework for Modeling Unsaturated Soil Hydraulic Properties Over the Full Moisture Range” by Weber et al. Water Resources Research, 57(7), e2020WR028397. doi: 10.1029/2020WR028397

• Durner, W. and S.C. Iden (2021): The improved Integral Suspension Pressure method (ISP+) for precise particle size analysis of soil and sedimentary materials, Soil and Tillage Research, 213, 105086. doi: 10.1016/j.still.2021.105086
• Peters, A., T. Hohenbrink, S.C. Iden, and W. Durner (2021): A simple model to predict hydraulic conductivity in medium to dry soil from the water retention curve, Water Resources Research, 57(5), e2020WR029211, doi: 10.1029/2020WR029211 
• Iden, S.C., J. Blöcher, E. Diamantopoulos, and W. Durner (2021): Capillary, film, and vapor flow in transient bare soil evaporation (1): Identifiability analysis of hydraulic conductivity in the medium to dry moisture range, Water Resources Research, 57(5), e2020WR028513 , doi: 10.1029/2020WR028513
• Iden, S.C., E. Diamantopoulos, and W. Durner (2021): Capillary, film, and vapor flow in transient bare soil evaporation (2): Experimental identification of hydraulic conductivity in the medium to dry moisture range, Water Resources Research, 57(5), e2020WR028514, doi: 10.1029/2020WR028514

[2020]

• Naseri, M., A. Peters, W. Durner, and S.C. Iden (2020): Effective hydraulic conductivity of stony soils: general effective medium theory, Advances in Water Resources, Volume 146, 103765, doi: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2020.103765

 [2019]

• Peters, A., S.C. Iden, and W. Durner (2019): Local solute sinks and sources cause erroneous dispersion fluxes in transport simulations with the convection-dispersion equation, Vadose Zone Journal 18:190064, doi: 10.2136/vzj2019.06.0064.
• Joshi, D.C., S.C. Iden, A. Peters, B.S. Das, and W. Durner (2019): Temperature dependence of soil hydraulic properties – transient measurements and modeling, Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., doi: 10.2136/sssaj2019.04.0121.
• Kirste, B., S.C. Iden, and W. Durner (2019): Determination of the soil water retention curve around the wilting point: optimized protocol for the dewpoint method, Soil Science Society of America Journal, doi:10.2136/sssaj2018.08.0286.
• Iden, S.C., J. R. Blöcher, E. Diamantopoulos, A. Peters, and W. Durner (2019): Numerical test of the laboratory evaporation method using coupled water, vapor and heat flow modelling, J. Hydrol. 570, 574-583, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.12.045
• Naseri, M., S.C. Iden, N. Richter, and Durner, W. (2019): Influence of stone content on soil hydraulic properties: experimental investigation and test of existing model concepts, Vadose Zone Journal 18, 80163. doi:10.2136/vzj2018.08.0163

[2018]

• Weber, T.K.D., L. Gerling, D. Reineke, S. Weber, W. Durner, and S.C. Iden (2018): Robust inverse modeling of net ecosystem exchange in a mountainous peatland: influence of distributional assumptions on estimated parameters and total carbon fluxes, J. Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 10, 1319–1336. doi.org/10.1029/2017MS001044.

[2017]

• Durner, W., S.C. Iden, and G. von Unold (2017): The integral suspension pressure method (ISP) for precise particle-size analysis by gravitational sedimentation., Water Resources Research, 53, 33-48, doi:10.1002/2016WR019830.
• Peters, A., W. Durner, and S.C. Iden (2017): Modified Feddes type stress reduction function for modeling root water uptake: Accounting for limited aeration and low water potential, Agricultural Water Management, 185, 126-136, doi: 10.1016/j.agwat.2017.02.010 .
• Weber, T.K.D., S.C. Iden, and W. Durner (2017): Unsaturated hydraulic properties of Sphagnum moss and peat reveal trimodal pore-size distributions, Water Resources Research, 53, 415–434, doi: 10.1002/2016WR019707.
• Weber, T.K.D., S.C. Iden, and W. Durner (2017): A pore-size classification for peat bogs derived from unsaturated hydraulic properties, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 21, 6185-6200, doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-6185-2017, 2017.

[2016]

• Volk, E., S.C. Iden, A. Furman, W. Durner, and R. Rosenzweig (2016): Biofilm effect on soil hydraulic properties: Experimental investigation using soil-grown real biofilm, Water Resour. Res., 52, 5813–5828, doi:10.1002/2016WR018866.

[2015]

• Diamantopolous, E., W. Durner, S.C. Iden, U. Weller, and H.-J. Vogel (2015): Modelling dynamic non-equilibrium water flow observations under various boundary conditions, Journal of Hydrology 529, 1851–1858, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.07.032.
• Iden, S.C., A. Peters, and W. Durner (2015): Improving prediction of hydraulic conductivity by constraining capillary bundle models to a maximum pore size. Advances in Water Resources 85, 86–92.
• Peters, A., S.C. Iden und W. Durner (2015): Revisiting the simplified evaporation method: Identification of hydraulic functions considering vapor, film and corner flow, Journal of Hydrology 527, 531-542, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.05.020.
• Riedel, T., P. Henessy, S.C. Iden, and A. Koschinsky (2015): Leaching of soil-derived major and trace elements in an arable topsoil after the addition of biochar, European Journal of Soil Science, doi: 10.1111/ejss.12256

[2014]

• Durner, W., E. Diamantopoulos, S.C. Iden, and B. Scharnagl (2014): Hydraulic properties and non-equilibrium water flow in soils, Chapter 17 in: W.G. Teixeira, M.B. Ceddia, M.V. Ottoni, G.K. Donnagema (Eds.), Application of Soil Physics in Environmental Analyses: Measuring, Modelling and Data Integration, Progress in Soil Science Series. 2014, pp. 403-434, Springer, Dordrecht. ISBN 978-3-319-06012-5.
• Iden, S.C., and W. Durner (2014): Comment to “Simple consistent models for water retention and hydraulic conductivity in the complete moisture range” by A. Peters., Water Resour. Res., 50, 7530–7534, doi:10.1002/2014WR015937
• Riedel, T., S.C. Iden, J. Geilich, K. Wiedner, W. Durner, and H. Biester (2014): Changes in the molecular composition of organic matter leached from an agricultural topsoil following addition of biomass-derived black carbon (biochar), Organic Geochemistry 69, 52–60

[2013]

• Schelle, H., W. Durner, S.C. Iden, and J. Fank (2013): Simultaneous estimation of soil hydraulic and root distribution parameters from lysimeter data by inverse modeling, Procedia Environmental Sciences 19, 564–573, doi:10.1016/j.proenv.2013.06.064.

[2012]

• Anagu, I., J. Ingwersen, S.C. Iden, J. Utermann, W. Durner, and T. Streck (2012): Estimating Freundlich isotherm parameters of heavy metals from multiple batch extraction tests using a Bayesian approach, Geoderma 173-174, 42-49, doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.01.014.
• Diamantopoulos, E., S.C. Iden, and W. Durner (2012): Inverse modeling of dynamic non-equilibrium in water flow with an effective approach, Water Resources Research. 48, W03503, doi:10.1029/2011WR010717.
• Schelle, H., S.C. Iden, J. Fank, and W. Durner (2012): Inverse estimation of soil hydraulic and root distribution parameters from lysimeter data, Vadose Zone Journal 11(3), doi:10.2136/vzj2011.0169.

[2011]

• Durner, W., and S.C. Iden (2011): Extended multistep outflow method for the accurate determination of soil hydraulic properties near water saturation, Water Resources Research 47, W08526, doi:10.1029/2011WR010632.
• Schelle, H., S.C. Iden, and W. Durner (2011): Combined transient method for determining soil hydraulic properties in a wide pressure head range, Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 75(5), 1-13, doi:10.2136/sssaj2010.0374.

[2010]

• Schelle, H., S.C. Iden, A. Peters, and W. Durner (2010): Analysis of the agreement of soil hydraulic properties obtained from multistep-outflow and evaporation methods, Vadose Zone Journal, 9: 1080-1091, doi:10.2136/vzj2010.0050.

[2008]

• Durner, W., U. Jansen, and S.C. Iden (2008): Effective Hydraulic Properties of Layered Soils at the Lysimeter Scale Determined by Inverse Modelling, European Journal of Soil Science, 59, 114-124. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2389.2007.00972.x.
• Iden, S.C., and W. Durner (2008): Multiple Batch Extraction Test to Estimate Contaminant Release Parameters using a Bayesian Approach, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 95 ,168-182, doi:10.1016/j.jconhyd.2007.09.004.
• Iden, S.C. and W. Durner (2008): Free-Form estimation of soil hydraulic properties using Wind's method, European Journal of Soil Science, 59(6), 1228-1240, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2389.2008.01068.x.
• Iden, S.C., M. Delay, F.H. Frimmel, and W. Durner (2008): Experimental and Model-Based Assessment of Contaminant Mobilisation from Waste Materials, Environmental Science and Technology, doi:10.1021/es702171z.

[2007]

• Iden S.C., and W. Durner (2007): Free-Form estimation of the unsaturated soil hydraulic properties by inverse modelling using global optimization, Water Resources Research, doi:10.1029/2006WR005845.

[2004]

• Bitterlich, S., W. Durner, S.C. Iden, and P. Knabner (2004): Inverse Estimation of the Unsaturated Soil Hydraulic Properties from Column Outflow Experiments Using Free-Form Parameterizations, Vadose Zone Journal 3, 971-981.

• Bosse, J., S.C. Iden, M. Sut-Lohmann, W. Durner, and A. Peters (2024): Extending the Measurement Range for Determining Soil Hydraulic Properties with the Simplified Evaporation Method Using Relative Humidity Sensors, EGU General Assembly, 14.-19.04.2024, Vienna

• Iden, S.C., E. Diamantopoulos, M. Sut-Lohmann, and W. Durner (2024): Experimental evidence of non-equilibrium water flow during bare-soil evaporation, EGU General Assembly, 14.-19.04.2024, Vienna

• Iden, S.C., J. Blöcher, E. Diamantopoulos, and W. Durner (2023): Validation of coupled water, vapor and heat flow models with evaporation experiments, EGU General Assembly, 23.-28.04.2024, Vienna

• Peters, A., T.L. Hohenbrink, S.C. Iden, and W. Durner (2022): Prediction of absolute capillary conductivity by means of the water retention function, Jahrestagung der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft, Trier, 5.–8. September 2022.

• Peters, A., D.C. Joshi, S.C. Iden, B. Zimmermann, and W. Durner (2021): Bare soil evaporation under limited water supply – influence of soil hydraulic parametrization on modelling predictions, 19th Lysimeter Conference at AREC Raumberg-Gumpenstein, 13th to 14th of April 2021.

• Germer, K., S.C.iden, A. Peters, and W. Durner (2020): BoDig - Lehrvideos und digitale Medien in bodenkundlichen Lehrveranstaltungen, Kommissionstagung der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft "Recent advances in soil physics and soil hydrology". Digital workshop, University of Koblenz-Landau, 23.9.2020.

• Hohenbrink, T.L., A. Peters, C. Jackisch, J. Kreiselmeier, M. Naseri, K. Germer, S.C. Iden, and W. Durner (2020): High quality data set of soil hydraulic characteristics in the full saturation range, Kommissionstagung der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft "Recent advances in soil physics and soil hydrology". Digital workshop, University of Koblenz-Landau, 23.9.2020.

• Joshi, D.C., A. Peters, S.C. Iden, B. Zimmermann, and W. Durner (2020): Evaporation from bare soil under limited water supply - lysimeter measurements and modelling, Kommissionstagung der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft, "Recent advances in soil physics and soil hydrology". Digital workshop, University of Koblenz-Landau, 23.9.2020.

• Naseri, M., S.C. Iden, and W. Durner (2020): The effect of rock fragments on soil hydraulic properties: a modelling approach , Kommissionstagung der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft "Recent advances in soil physics and soil hydrology". Digital workshop, University of Koblenz-Landau, 23.9.2020.

• Peters, A., T.Hohenbrink, S.C. Iden, and W. Durner (2020): Improving the PDI model scheme to predict absolute non-capillary hydraulic conductivity from the water retention characteristics, Kommissionstagung der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft "Recent advances in soil physics and soil hydrology". Digital workshop, University of Koblenz-Landau, 23.9.2020.

• Durner, W., and S.C. Iden (2019): ISP+: improving the Integral Suspension Pressure method by an additional measurement, EGU General Assembly 2019, 7.4. - 12.4.,Vienna, Poster EGU2019-12761.
• Iden, S.C., J. Blöcher, E. Diamantopoulos, A. Peters, and W. Durner (2019): Numerical test of the simplified evaporation method using coupled water, vapor and heat flow modeling, EGU General Assembly 2019, 7.4. - 12.4.,Vienna, Poster EGU2019-14955.
• Naseri, M., S.C. Iden, and W. Durner (2019): Effective hydraulic conductivity of stony soils: an improved model based on generalized effective medium theory, EGU General Assembly 2019, 7.4. - 12.4.,Vienna, Poster EGU2019-7824.
• Peters, A., S.C. Iden, and W. Durner (2019): Conceptual inconsistencies of the convection-dispersion equation used for modeling solute transport in variably-saturated soils, EGU General Assembly 2019, 7.4. - 12.4.,Vienna, Poster EGU2019-14955.
• Durner, W., V. Schade, P. Gernandt, M. Jansen, and S.C. Iden (2018): Repeatability, bias and accuracy of soil particle size analysis with the PARIO device, EGU General Assembly 2018, 8.4. - 13.4.,Vienna, Poster EGU2018-18257.
• Joshi, D.C., Iden, S.C., Peters, A. und Durner. W. (2018): Temperature dependency of soil hydraulic properties: measurement and modeling , Workshop der Kommission 1 der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft, Braunschweig, 6.9.18-7.9.18
• Kirste, B., Iden, S.C. und Durner, W. (2018): Bestimmung der Bodenwasserretentionskurve in der Nähe des Welkepunktes: optimiertes Verfahren für die Taupunktmethode , Workshop der Kommission 1 der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft, Braunschweig, 6.9.18-7.9.18
• Naseri, M., Iden, S.C., Peters, A. und Durner, W. (2018): Hydraulic conductivity of stony soils: effective medium theory , Workshop der Kommission 1 der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft, Braunschweig, 6.9.18-7.9.18
• Naseri, M., S.C. Iden, A. Peters, and W. Durner (2018): Effect of compaction on soil water retention and hydraulic conductivity: measurement and modelling, BONARES 2018 Conference Berlin "Soils as a Sustainable Resource"
• Peters, A., Iden, S.C. und Durner, W. (2018): Modellierung des Stofftransportes in Böden mit der Konvektions-Dispersionsgleichung – konzeptionelle Probleme , Workshop der Kommission 1 der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft, Braunschweig, 6.9.18-7.9.18
• Durner, W., Y. Li, S.C. Iden, M. Huber, A. Steins, T. Pertassek, A. Göttlein, W. Petrik, S. Lindström, and G.von Unold (2017): Testing the Integral Suspension Pressure Method for Particle-Size Analysis with the Pario Device: Accuracy of Results , SSSA 2017 Annual Meeting »Managing Global Resources for a Secure Future«, October 22-25, Tampa, FL.
• Iden, S.C., A. Peters, W. Durner (2017): Improving prediction of hydraulic conductivity by constraining capillary bundle models to a maximum pore size, EGU General Assembly 2017, 23.4.-28.4.,Vienna
• Iden, S.C., D. Reineke, J. Koonce, M. Berli, W. Durner (2017): Variably-saturated flow in large weighing lysimeters under dry conditions: parameter identification and predictive modeling using coupled water, vapor and heat flow theory, EGU General Assembly 2017, 23.4.-28.4.,Vienna
• Naseri, M., N. Richter, S.C. Iden, and W. Durner (2017): Influence of stone content on soil hydraulic properties: experimental investigation and test of existing model concepts, EGU General Assembly 2017, 23.4.-28.4.,Vienna
• Peters, A., W. Durner and S.C. Iden (2017): Modified Feddes type stress reduction function for modeling root water uptake: Accounting for limited aeration and low water potential, EGU General Assembly 2017, 23.4.-28.4.,Vienna
• Volk, E., R. Rosenzweig, W. Durner, S. Iden, and A. Furman (2017): Quantifying the Effects of Biofilm on the Hydraulic Properties of Unsaturated Soils , AGU Fall Meeting, New Oleans, 1-15 Dec 2017.
• Weber, T.K.D., L. Gerling, D. Reinecke, W. Durner, S. Weber, and S.C. Iden (2017): Inverse modelling of net ecosystem exchange in a mountainous peatland: influence of distributional assumptions on parameter estimates and total carbon fluxes, CGU and CSAFM Joint Annual Scientific Meeting, Vancouver 28 May - 1 June 2017
• Weber, T.K.D., S.C. Iden, and W. Durner (2017): Acrotelm pedogenesis of a Sphagnum bog is reflected in effective unsaturated hydraulic properties, EGU General Assembly 2017, 23.4.-28.4.,Vienna
• Britz, S., U. Noseck, J. Fricke, V. Brendler, M. Stockmann, W. Durner, S. Iden, D. Zachmann, J. Lützenkirchen (2016): Reactive transport modeling : Application of the «smart Kd-concept», 2nd conference on Key Topics in Deep Geological Dispolal (DAEF), Köln, 26-28 Sept. 2016.
• Durner W., S.C. Iden, and G. von Unold (2016): The densiometer method: A new way to evaluate sedimentation experiments for continuous particle-size analysis, IUSS/DBG meeting on Interactions of soil biological and soil physical processes, Braunschweig, 1.-2. September, 2016.
• Joshi, D.C., M. Naseri, T. Hohenbriink, s.C. Iden, and W. Durner (2016): Temperature dependency of soil hydraulic properties -- an experimental study, Austin International Conference on Soil Modeling, March 29-April 1, Austin, Texas.
• Peters, A., W. Durner, and S.C. Iden (2016): Modified Feddes type stress reduction function for modeling root water uptake: Accounting for limited aeration and low water potential , IUSS/DBG meeting on Interactions of soil biological and soil physical processes, Braunschweig, 1.-2. September, 2016.
• Reineke, D., J. Koonce, M. Berli, W. Durner, and S.C. Iden (2016): Coupled modeling of water, vapor, and energy fluxes in bare soil lysimeters under arid conditions , IUSS/DBG meeting on Interactions of soil biological and soil physical processes, Braunschweig, 1.-2. September, 2016.
• Richter, N., M. Naseri, S.C. Iden, and W. Durner (2016): The effect of stones on soil hydraulic properties, IUSS/DBG meeting on Interactions of soil biological and soil physical processes, Braunschweig, 1.-2. September, 2016.
• Diamantopoulos, S., Iden, S., Weller, U., Vogel, H.-J., and Durner, W. (2015): Modelling dynamic non-equilibrium water flow observed in experiments with controlled pressure head or flux boundary conditions , MUSIS Abschlusskonferenz 10.-12. März, Potsdam
• Durner, W., S.C. Iden, and A. Peters (2015): A new class of functions to describe hydraulic properties across the full moisture range: The Peters-Durner-Iden (PDI) model , MUSIS Abschlusskonferenz 10.-12. März, Potsdam
• Germer, K., S. C. Iden, and W. Durner (2015): Bodenhydraulische Eigenschaften von makroporösen Bodenproben aus Multistep-Outflow und Verdunstungsexperimenten, Jahrestagung der Deutschen Bodenkundl. Gesellschaft, München, 05.-10.9.2015
• Iden, S.C., E. Diamantopoulos, B. Scharnagl, and W. Durner (2015): Identification of soil hydraulic properties over the full moisture range by numerical inversion of evaporation experiments , MUSIS Abschlusskonferenz 10.-12. März, Potsdam
• Rosenzweig, R., E. Volk, A. Furman, S.C. Iden und W. Durner (2015): Biofilm effect on hydraulic properties of unsaturated soils: experimental study and data analysis, EGU Wien 2015, 12.-17.4.2015
• Diamantopoulos, E., S.C. Iden, S. C., Weller, U., Vogel, H. J., and Durner, W. (2014): How Dynamic Non-Equilibrium Water Flow Affects Estimates of the Water Retention Curve - a Modeling Approach California, USA, ASA, CSSA, and SSSA International Annual Meeting, 2-5 November 2014, Long Beach
• Iden, S.C., W. Durner, E. Diamantopoulos, and B. Scharnagl (2014): Full-Range Soil Hydraulic Properties from Numerical Inversion of Transient Evaporation Experiments, ASA, CSSA, & SSSA International Annual Meeting, Nov 2-5, Long Beach, CA.
• Diamantopoulos, E., S.C. Iden, U. Weller, H.J. Vogel, and W. Durner (2014): How Dynamic Non-Equilibrium Water Flow Affects Estimates of the Water Retention Curve - a Modeling Approach, ASA, CSSA, & SSSA International Annual Meeting, Nov 2-5, Long Beach, CA.
• Iden, S.C., A. Peters, and W. Durner (2014): Eine neue Klasse von Funktionen zur Beschreibung hydraulischer Bodeneigenschaften über den gesamten Feuchtebereich: Das Peters-Durner-Iden-Modell (PDI) , Workshop der Komission 1 der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft, Leipzig, 11.-12. September 2014
• Iden, S.C., J. Blöcher, E. Diamantopoulos, and W. Durner (2014): Coupled water and heat flow in laboratory evaporation experiments and its effects on soil hydraulic properties estimated by the simplified evaporation method. Poster B251, EGU General Assembly 2014, Vienna, Austria, 27 April – 02 May 2014.
• Scharnagl , B., S.C. Iden, and W. Durner (2014): Hydraulische Eigenschaften von Ersatzbaustoffen zur Verwendung im Straßenbau , Workshop der Komission 1 der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft, Leipzig, 11.-12. September 2014
• Iden, S.C., E. Diamantopoulos, and W. Durner (2012): Unbiased simultaneous estimation of soil hydraulic properties and dynamic nonequilibrium parameters from transient outflow experiments, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, 22.-27.4.2012
• Iden, S.C., E. Diamantopoulos, and W. Durner (2012): Unbiased simultaneous estimation of soil hydraulic properties and dynamic nonequilibrium parameters from transient outflow and evaporation experiments, EUROSOIL Bari, 2.-6.7.2012
• Rosenkranz, H., S.C. Iden, and W. Durner (2012): Effect of biofilm on soil hydraulic properties: laboratory studies using xanthan as surrogate, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, 22.-27.4.2012
• Rosenkranz, H., S.C. Iden, W. Durner (2012): Effect of biofilm on soil hydraulic properties: laboratory studies using xanthan as a surrogate, EUROSOIL Bari, 2.-6.7.2012
• Scharnagl, B., S.C. Iden, and W. Durner (2012): Simplified evaporation method for determining soil hydraulic properties: a reinvestigation of linearization errors, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, 22.-27.4.2012
• Scharnagl, B., S.C. Iden, W. Durner (2012): Evaporation methods for determining soil hydraulic properties: a reinvestigation of linearization errors , EUROSOIL Bari, 2.-6.7.2012
• Schelle, H, S.C. Iden, J. Fank and W. Durner (2012): Inverse modelling of water flow and root water uptake in lysimeters, EUROSOIL Bari, 2.-6.7.2012
• Schelle, H., S.C. Iden, S. Schlüter, H.-J. Vogel, and W. Durner (2012): Identification of effective flow processes and properties from virtual soils using inverse modelling , EGU General Assembly, Vienna, 22.-27.4.2012
• Anagu, I., J. Ingwersen, S.C. Iden, J. Utermann, W. Durner, T. Streck (2011): Estimating Freundlich isotherm parameters of heavy metals from multiple batch extraction test using a Bayesan approach, DBG-Tagung Berlin, Poster 21
• Schelle, H., S.C. Iden, und W. Durner (2010): Combined transient method for determining soil hydraulic properties in a wide pressure head range, European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2010, Vienna, 2-7 May 2010.
• Hohenbrink, T., S.C. Iden, H.-J. Herbert and W. Durner (2009): Laboruntersuchungen zur Mobilisierung von Radionukliden aus Recyclingmaterialien unter transientem Sickerwasserfluss, DBG Bonn, Poster 73
• Iden, S. C., W. Durner, M. Delay, and F. H. Frimmel (2009): A novel multiple batch extraction test to assess contaminant mobilization from porous waste material, European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2009, Vienna, 19 - 24 April 2009.
• Schelle, H., W. Durner and S.C. Iden (2009): Bestimmung hydraulischer Eigenschaften aus Multistep-Outflow und Evaporationsexperimenten – Methodenvergleich , DBG Bonn, Poster 120
• Schober, L. , S.C. Iden, and W. Durner (2009): Bromide transport in a sandy and a silty soil - a comparative lysimeter stud, European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2009, Vienna, 19 - 24 April 2009.
• Sittig, S., W. Durner, S.C. Iden and T. Pütz (2009): Prüfung von Perkolations und Elutionsverscuhen zur Schadstofffreisetzung aus mineralischen Ersatzbaustoffen, DBG Bonn, Poster 72
• Durner, W., U. Jansen, and S.C. Iden (2008): Effective hydraulic behaviour of lysimeters with layered soils, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, 13.-18.4.2008
• Iden, S. C., and W. Durner (2008): Estimating soil hydraulic properties by Wind’s method using free-form functions, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, 13.-18.4.2008
• Scharnagl, B., W. Durner, S.C. Iden, L. Weihermüller, and H. Vereecken (2008): Transferability of hydraulic properties from lab measurements to a lysimeter, European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2008, Vienna, Austria 13-18 April 2008
• Iden, S.C., and W. Durner (2007): Free-Form Estimation of the unsaturated soil hydraulic properties using global optimization, DFG Young Scientists Workshop
• Iden, S.C., and W. Durner (2004): Inverse Identification of Soil Hydraulic Properties using Free-Form Functions, Jahrestagung der European Geophysical Union (EGU), Nizza, Frankreich, Mai 2004.
• Iden, S.C., K. Schulz, and W. Durner (2003): Inverse estimation of soil hydraulic parameters within a Bayesian-Monte Carlo framework, Jahrestagung der EGS, 7.4. – 11.4.03, Nizza, Frankreich.
• Gronwald N., S. Iden, A. Peters und W. Durner (2002): Entwicklung eines Verfahrens zur Sickerwasserprognose am Beispiel schwerflüchtiger organischer Schadstoffe aus behandelten Böden , Poster zum Projekt

• Iden (2023): Coupled hydrothermal modelling of subsurface heating near power cables under atmospheric boundary conditions, 7th International Hydrus-Conference, 20.-21.04.2024, Prag

• Iden (2023): Gekoppelte Modellierung von Wasser und Wärmeflüssen in der Umgebung von Erdkabeln unter atmosphärischen Randbedingungen, Jahrestagung der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft, Halle (Saale), 2.–8. September 2023.

• Iden (2022): Validation of coupled water, vapor and heat flow theory: modeling of evaporation experiments under different atmospheric conditions, Jahrestagung der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft, Trier, 5.–8. September 2022.

• Iden (2021): Coupled water, vapor and heat flow in evaporation experiments under different boundary conditions, EGU General Assembly, Pico EGU21-12527, 2021.

• Iden (2017): Quantifizierung von kapillarem Fluss, Filmfluss und Dampffluss durch inverse Simulation transienter Verdunstungsexperimente, Jahrestagung der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft, Göttingen, 2.–7. September 2017.
• Iden (2017): Identifying the contribution of capillary, film and vapour flow by inverse simulation of transient evaporation experiments, EGU General Assembly 2017, 23.4.-28.4.,Vienna
• Iden (2017): Gekoppelte Modellierung von Wasser-, Wärme- und Dampfflüssen in wägbaren Lysimetern unter ariden Bedingungen, 17. Gumpensteiner Lysimetertagung, 9.5.-10.5., Irdning
• Iden (2017): Capillary, film and vapour flow during transient evaporation: Inverse simulation of lab experiments using pressure head and humidity data., 5th International HYDRUS Conference, Prague, 31 March 2017.
• Iden (2016): Biofilm effects on soil hydraulic properties: experimental investigation using soil-grown real biofilm and analogue media, IUSS/DBG meeting on Interactions of soil biological and soil physical processes, Braunschweig, 1.-2. September, 2016.
• Iden (2015): Identification of soil hydraulic properties over the full moisture range by numerical inversion of evaporation experiments , MUSIS Abschlusskonferenz, Potsdam, 10.-12.3.2015.
• Iden (2015): Variably-saturated flow in large weighing lysimeters under dry conditions: inverse and predictive modeling , EGU Wien 2015, 12.-17.4.2015
• Iden (2015): Modellierung von Wasser-, Dampf-, Wärmeflüssen und realer Evaporation in großen wägbaren Lysimetern unter trockenen Bedingungen., Jahrestagung der Deutschen Bodenkundl. Gesellschaft, München, 05.-10.9.2015
• Iden (2014): Identification of soil hydraulic properties over the full moisture range by inverse modeling of evaporation experiments, EGU General Assembly 2014, Vienna, Austria, 27 April – 02 May 2014.
• Iden (2014): Microbial effects on soil hydraulic properties, EGU
• Iden (2013): Inverse Modellierung des Wassertransports in Großlysimetern der Forschungsstation Zürich-Reckenholz, 15. Gumpensteiner Lysimetertagung, 15.-17.4.2013, HBFLA Raumberg-Gumpenstein.
• Iden (2013): Bestimmung hydraulischer Funktionen im mittleren bis trockenen Feuchtebereich durch numerische Inversion transienter Evaporationsexperimente, Jahrestagung der DBG: »Böden - Lebensgrundlage und Verantwortung«, 7.-12. September 2013, Rostock
• Iden (2011): Inverse Modellierung des Wasserflusses mit Wurzelwasseraufnahme in Großlysimetern, Jahrestagung der DBG: »Böden verstehen – Böden nutzen – Böden fit machen«, Vortrag am 6.9.2011, Berlin
• Iden (2011): Inverse modelling of water flow and root water uptake in large lysimeters, ModelCare 2011 »Models – Repositories of Knowledge«, Leipzig, September 18–22, 2011.
• Schelle (2011): Inverse modelling of water flow in lysimeters, European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2011, Vienna, Austria, 03–08 April 2011
• Schelle (2011): Inverse Modellierung des Wasserflusses in Großlysimetern, Bericht über die 14. Lysimetertagung am 2. und 3. Mai 2011, HBFLA Raumberg-Gumpenstein, 51-60
• Schelle (2011): INVEST – Inverse Modeling of Terrestrial Systems: Inverse modeling of data from virtual reality simulations to identify effective one-dimensional flow processes and properties, Jahrestagung der DBG: »Böden verstehen – Böden nutzen – Böden fit machen«, Vortrag am 6.9.2011, Berlin
• Iden (2010): Extended multistep outflow method for the accurate determination of soil hydraulic properties close to water saturation, EGU General Assembly 2010
• Iden (2009): Erweiterte Multistep-Ausfluss-Methode zur präzisen Bestimmung von hydraulischen Eigenschaften nahe Sättigung, Jahrestagung der DBG: Böden – eine endliche Ressource, September 2009, Bonn, 7.9.2009
• Iden (2007): Multiple Schüttelversuche bei variierendem Wasser-Feststoff-Verhältnis zur Abschätzung des Freisetzungsverhaltens von Schadstoffen aus kontaminierten Böden, Tagung der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft, Dresden, 2-.9.September 2007., 4.9.2007
• Iden (2005): Abschätzung der mobilisierbaren Vorräte und des Verteilungsverhalten von Schadstoffen aus multiplen Schüttelversuchen. I. Experimentelles Design und Parameteridentifikation, "Transportprozesse und Strukturen in natürlichen und anthropogenen Böden". Tagung der Kommissionen I und VI der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft am 18./19.02.05, Schloss Wulkow, Brandenburg
• Iden (2005): Inverse Simulation of Outflow and Evaporation Experiments, International Study Group on Inverse Modeling (ISGIM), 2005 Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, 9-11 October 2005.
• Iden (2005): Free-Form Estimation of the Unsaturated Soil Hydraulic Properties by Inverse Modelling using Global Optimization, International Study Group on Inverse Modeling (ISGIM), 2005 Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, 9-11 October 2005.
• Iden (2005): Inverse Identifikation bodenhydraulischer Eigenschaften – Vergleich der Ergebnisse von Ausfluss- und Verdunstungsexperimenten, Jahrestagung der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft 2005, Marburg, 3.-11.9.2005
• Iden (2004): Abschätzung von Sickerwasserkonzentrationen und mobilisierbaren Gehalten sorbierter Schadstoffe aus Elutionsversuchen , SIWAP-Statusseminar, Karlsruhe, 23.-24. März 2004.
• Iden (2003): Instationäre ungesättigte Säulenversuche zur Parameterfindung im Rahmen der Sickerwasserprognose - Ermittlung der Parameterunsicherheit durch Markov-Chain-Monte-Carlo Simulation, Tagung der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft, Frankfurt (Oder)