The Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry is located in

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. It was created in 1997, and moved into new buildings 2002. It is one of 80 institutes in the

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(Max Planck Gesellschaft).

Departments and research groups

Biogeochemical Processes
( Susan E. Trumbore)
Molecular Biogeochemistry
(Gerd Gleixner)

(Carlos A. Sierra)
Soil Biogeochemistry
(Marion Schrumpf)
Plant Allocation
(Henrik Hartmann)
Landscape Proceesses
(Shaun Levick)
Emeritus Group
(Ernst Detlef Schulze)
Tanguro Flux
( Susan E. Trumbore)
Biogeochemical Integration
(Markus Reichstein)
Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions and Experimentation
(Mirco Migliavacca)
Terrestrial Biosphere Modelling
(Sönke Zaehle)
Model-Data Integration
(Nuno Carvalhais)
Global Diagnostic Modelling
(Miguel D. Mahecha)
Empirical Inference of the Earth System
(Martin Jung)
Flora Incognita
(Jana Wäldchen)
Hydrology-Biosphere-Climate Interactions
(René Orth)
Biogeochemical Systems
(Martin Heiman, emeritus)
Atmospheric Remote Sensing (ARS)
(Dietrich Feist)
Airborne trace gas measurements and mesoscale modelling (ATM)
(Christoph Gerbig)
Inverse data-driven estimation (IDE)
(Christian Rödenbeck)
Integrating surface-atmosphere Exchange Processes Across Scales - Modeling and Monitoring (IPAS)
(Mathias Goeckede)
Tall Tower Atmospheric Gas Measurements (TAG)
(Jošt Valentin Lavrič)
Carbon Cycle Data Assimilation (CCDAS)
(Sönke Zaehle)
Satellite-based remote sensing of greenhouse gases (SRS)
(Julia Marshall)

Independent research groups

(Christian Hallmann)
Biospheric Theory and Modelling
(Axel Kleidon)
Carbon Balance and Ecosystem Research
(Ernst-Detlef Schulze)
Functional Biogeography
(Christian Wirth & Jens Kattge)

External links

Homepage of the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Laboratories in Germany

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