EcoHyd Lab
In the Ecohydrology Laboratory we conduct laboratory research on soil-plant-water ecohydrological processes and field research on plant water stress in riparian and forest settings.
Head: Prof Peter Molnar
Leader Laboratory Research: Dr Alon Nissan
Leader Field Research: Dr Marius Floriancic
Forest Lab Monitoring Network: Stefano Martinetti
Field Experimental Research
- The WaldLab Forest Experimental Site at the ETH Hönggerberg Campus is where we are measuring ecohydrological fluxes in the soil, plant and atmosphere within a managed forest site with beech and spruce trees.
- The Maggia River Experimental Site in Tessin is where we have been conducting long-term monitoring of the effects of floods on riparian vegetation and river-aquifer fluxes by measuring a range of surface water, groundwater and vegetation dynamics.
Current Projects
- since 03/2021 - Dr. Alon Nissan: "Undisturbed monitoring of the distribution of water and chemicals, soil respiration, pH and photosynthesis"
- since 01/2020 - Dr. Marius Floriancic: "Water movement through the forest water cycle revealed by stable water isotopes"
- since 11/2021 - Stefano Martinetti: PhD Project "Quantifying Water Stress at the Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Interface", ETH Grant: ETH-27 21-2
Student Projects
- Autumn Semester 2021 - Diana Otth: "Revealing the water sources different trees access for transpiration" (MSc Project)
- Autumn Semester 2021 - Leonie Sendker: "Simulation and validation of evapotranspiration in well-constrained systems" (MSc Project)
EcoHyd Lab Alumni
- 2021 - Flavia Hagmann: "Transpirationsflüsse von Buchen und Fichten gemessen mit Dendrometer und Sap Flow-Sensoren" (BSc Thesis)
- 2021 - Ramun Bär: "Analyse von Mikroklima und Stomataleitfähigkeit als Proxy für Transpiration im Waldlabor Hönggerberg" (BSc Thesis)
- 2021 - Livio Steiger: "Saisonale Signale von stabilen Isotopen im Waldlabor" (BSc Thesis)
- 2020 - Maria Grundmann: "Untersuchung von Niederschlagsprozessen im Wald anhand natürlicher Tracer in Interzeption, Stammabfluss und Bodenwasser" (BSc Thesis)
- 2020 - Raphael Meier & Lucas Truniger: "Analyse der Wasserspeicherkapazität von Streu und Totholz im Wald" (BSc Thesis)