TU Braunschweig
IGÖ - Department of Soil Science and Soil Physics
Langer Kamp 19c
38106 Braunschweig
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Blöcher, 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, e20277. http://doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.20277 (open access).
Durner, W. (2023): Water content and water potential measurement, Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment, Second Edition, August 16, 2023 Editors: Michael J. Goss, Margaret A. Oliver Hardback ISBN: 9780128229743. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-822974-3.00285-8
Guillaume, B., Aroui Boukbida, H., Bakker, G., Bieganowski, A., Brostaux, Y., Cornelis, W., Durner, W., ..., & Degré, A. (2023): Reproducibility of the wet part of the soil water retention curve: a European interlaboratory comparison, SOIL, 9, 365–379, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-9-365-2023 (open access).
Hohenbrink, T. L., Jackisch, C., Durner, W., Germer, K., Iden, S. C., Kreiselmeier, J., ... & Peters, A. (2023): Soil water retention and hydraulic conductivity measured in a wide saturation range, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 15, 4417–4432, 2023. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-4417-2023 (open access)
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 J. 2023;e20267. https://doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.20267 (open access)
Naseri, M., Joshi, D. C., Iden, S. C., & Durner, W. (2023). Rock fragments influence the water retention and hydraulic conductivity of soils. Vadose Zone Journal, 22(2), e20243. https://doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.20243
Peters, A., Hohenbrink, T. L., Iden, S. C., van Genuchten, M. Th., & Durner, W. (2023): Prediction of the absolute hydraulic conductivity function from soil water retention data, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 27, 1565–1582, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-1565-2023 (open access)
Peters, A., Iden, S. C., & Durner, W. (2023): Prediction of absolute unsaturated hydraulic conductivity – comparison of four different capillary bundle models, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 27, 4579–4593. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-4579-2023 (open access)
Salman, A. K., Durner, W., Naseri, M., & Joshi, D. C. (2023): The influence of the osmotic potential on evapotranspiration, Water, 15(11), 2031. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15112031 (open acess).
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.
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Lessons:
Soil science laboratory practical course (P4, Bachelor)
Water and material balance of soils ( V/Ü3, Bachelor)
WEST: Modeling of water, energy and solute transport in soils (V/Ü4, Bachelor)
Inverse Modeling (VÜ4, Master)
Monitoring of water and solute transport in the vadose zone (S2,Master)
Final Thesis
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DBG K1 2018 DBG-K1 "Soil Physics and Soil Hydrology" Annual Meeting 2018Brauschweig, 6-7 September, 2018
DBG K1 2016 DBG-K1 "Soil Physics and Soil Hydrology"Annual Meeting 2016Brauschweig, 1-2 September, 2016
ISGIM 2005 ISGIMWorkshop der International Study Group on Inverse ModelingPrague, October 9 – 11, 2005
EGU 2004 Model Calibration and Uncertainty Assessment of Unsaturated Flow and Transport Processes Across Spatial ScalesEuropean Geophysical Union, Hydrology Division. Nice, April 2004
ISGIM 2003 ISGIMWorkshop der International Study Group on Inverse ModelingThurnau Castle, April 2003
Rüstungsltlasten 2002 Symposium zur RüstungsaltlastenproblematikUniversität BayreuthFrühjahr 2002
EGS 2000 Soil Hydrology Program, European Geophysical SocietyXXV General Assembly Nice, France, 25.-29. April 2000
EGS '99 European Geophysical SocietyXXIV General Assembly The Hague, Netherlands, 19.-23. April 1999
GeoöKon '98 Verband für Geoökologie in Deutschland2. Kongreß für Geoökologie Universität Bayreuth, 30.-31. Oktober 1998
Ravello '98 ISGIMWorkshop der International Study Group on Inverse ModelingRavello, Italien, 31. August bis 2. September 1998
EGS '98 Soil Hydrology Program, European Geophysical SocietyXXXIII General Assembly Nizza, Frankreich, 21.-25. April 1998
EGS '97 Soil Hydrology Program, European Geophysical SocietyXXXII General Assembly Wien, Österreich, 21.-25. April 1997
Thurnau '96 European Workshop on Advanced Methods to Determine Hydraulic Properties of SoilsSchloss Thurnau, Germany, 10 - 12 June 1996
Wolfgang Durner has been a full professor of geoecology and soil science at the Institute of Geoecology at the TU Braunschweig since April 2001. He leads a research group dedicated to the development and application of measurement and simulation techniques in the field of water and solute transport in the unsaturated soil zone, to address engineering and environmental problems.
Born on July 20, 1958, in Neresheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, he obtained his diploma and Ph.D. in geoecology/hydrology from the University of Bayreuth, Germany, after studying geoecology at the University of Bayreuth, Germany, and environmental sciences at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, England. After a two and a half year stay as a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology of the ETH Zurich in Switzerland, he habilitated and received the Venia Legendi for the field of hydrology at the University of Bayreuth in 1999. In 2001, he accepted a professorship at the TU Braunschweig, where he has been teaching and researching water and solute transport in the unsaturated zone at the Institute of Geoecology.
His work focuses on the identification of effective processes and parameters of water and solute transport in the unsaturated soil zone, with emphasis on the development of measurement techniques (hardware and software) and robust inversion methods for parameter estimation.
He participated in several national and international scientific committees and commissions as a member or as a leader. He was involved for many years in the integration of soil physics into the structure of the European Geosciences Union (EGU, until 2003 EGS), and coordinated the annual programs of the EGU in this field as Secretary of the EGS and later as Chair of the Subdivision "Unsaturated Zone Hydrology". He is currently Chair of Commission 1 (Soil Physics and Soil Hydrology) of the German Soil Science Society. At TU Braunschweig, he served as department spokesperson for the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences, and Vice President for Studies and Teaching (2018-2020).
Currently, Prof. Durner is Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences and heads the TU Braunschweig's Sustainability Working Group.
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