Curriculum Vitae

General Information

• Website Martin Schroth                   
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Education

• 1996    Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA, Dissertation: “Multiphase flow in homogeneous and bedded porous media”
• 1989    M.Sc., Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA, Thesis: “Chromium (VI) sorption in soils: chemical behavior and solute transport modeling”
• 1987    Dipl.-Ing. (FH), Engineering Physics, Univ. of Applied Sciences, Munich, Germany, Major in Technical Environmental Protection

Employment History

• 2010 – now    Professor, Subsurface Biogeochemistry, ETH Zurich, Switzerland        
• 2007 – 2009   Senior Scientist and Lecturer, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
• 2004 – 2007   Staff Scientist and Lecturer, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
• 1999 – 2004   Research Associate, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
• 1997 – 1998   Assistant Professor (Sr. Res.), Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA
• 1996 – 1997   Postdoctoral Fellow, Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA
• 1992 – 1996   Graduate Research Assistant, Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA
• 1991 – 1992   Project Engineer, Dorsch Consulting Engineers, Munich, Germany

Institutional Responsibilities

• Member of PhD/M.Sc. examination committees at ETH Zurich and abroad
• Member of Rooms Commission, Dept. of Environmental Systems Sciences, ETH Zurich

Approved Research Projects (selected)

• Sander, M., and M.H. Schroth. Electron transfer to and from peat particulate organic matter in ombrotrophic bogs: characterization and impact on carbon dioxide and methane concentrations, Swiss National Science Foundation, 2019.
• Schroth, M.H., Methane Turnover in Alpine Glacier Forefields – 4th year extension grant. Swiss National Science Foundation, 2014.
• Schroth, M.H., Methane entrapped in calcareous proglacial soils: abundance, origin, and fate. Swiss National Science Foundation, 2013.
• Schroth, M.H., and J. Zeyer,  Methane Turnover in Alpine Glacier Forefields, Swiss National Science Foundation, 2011.
• Schroth, M.H., Field-scale and laboratory evaluation of structural and functional stability (resistance and resilience) of methanotrophic communities in a landfill-cover soil. In: Bodelier, P.L.E. et al., Methanotrophic diversity and gene expression as a controlling factor of global methane consumption. Eurocores Programme, Ecological and Evolutionary Functional Genomics, European Science Foundation, 2009.
• Nowack, B., M.H. Schroth, and R. Schulin. Development and evaluation of micro push-pull tests to investigate rhizosphere processes – 4th year extension. Swiss National Science Foundation, 2009.
• Schroth, M.H., K. Urmann, and J. Zeyer. In-situ quantification of soil microbial processes controlling CH4 emissions from rice plants. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Grant, 2006.
• Nowack, B., B.H. Robinson, M.H. Schroth, and R. Schulin. Development and evaluation of micro push-pull tests to investigate rhizosphere processes. Swiss National Science Foundation, 2006.
• Schroth, M.H., and M. Oostrom. Effect of DNAPL Dissolution on DNAPL-Water Interfacial Area. EMSL proposal, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA, 2005.

Supervision of Junior Researchers at Graduate and Postgraduate Level

Postdoctoral researchers (6)

Robert Schmitz (co-advisor since 2021), Philipp Nauer (2013-2014), Ruth Henneberger (2010-2014), Karina Urmann (2006-2007), Graciela Gonzalez-Gil (2002-2006), Andreas Schürmann (2000-2002)

PhD students (14)

Amy Macfarlane (since 2020), Nikola Obradovic (co-advisor since 2019), Biqing Zhu (2015-2019), Eleonora Chiri (2012-2016), Philipp Nauer (2010-2013), Fabio Ugolini (2009-2013), Rang Cho (2010-2012), Katherine Gomez (2004-2010), Karina Urmann (2002-2006), Richard Dobson (2001-2006), Silvina Pombo (2000-2004), Jutta Kleikemper (1999-2003), Martin Thullner (1998-2001), Christof Bolliger (1997-2000).

Master students. Total: 20           

Membership in Editorial Boards, Panels and Reviewing Activities

• Associate Editor for Groundwater, National Groundwater Association, Westerville, OH, USA, since 2007.
• Reviewer for more than 15 scientific journals, including Global Change Biology, Applied & Environmental Microbiology, Environmental Science & Technology, FEMS Microbiology Ecology, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology.

Scientific Society Memberships

• Member of the American Geophysical Union
• Member of the Soil Science Society of America
• Member of the European Geosciences Union
• Member of the International Society for Subsurface Microbiology

Prizes, Awards, Fellowships

• "Excellence in Teaching" Recognition, ETH Zürich, D-USYS, 2020, 2021.
  
• “Spotlight Article” recognition in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2017.
• “Environmental Technology Paper of the Year” award by Environmental Science & Technology, 2016.
• Certificate of Appreciation for ACS journal peer review, 2011.
• Title of “Professor” awarded by ETH Council, in recognition of outstanding research and teaching efforts at ETH Zurich, 2010.
• Distinguished Fellow, Institute for Water and Watersheds, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA, 2010.
• Laboratory Graduate Fellowship, Battelle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory AWU-DOE, 1994.
• Fulbright Scholarship, to conduct graduate studies at Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA, 1987.

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