Dr. Alexander Konrad

Dr. Alexander Konrad

Scientific Researcher

Institute of Soil Science and Soil Conservation, iFZ

Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26

35392 Giessen, Germany

Room: B227

Phone: +49(0)641 99 37112

Fax: +49(0)641 99 37109

Carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus dynamics in agricultural and forest ecosystems
Interactions between inorganic and organic soil components
Effects of pollutants on biogeochemical cycles
Impact of land-use changes on nutrient and pollutant availability in agricultural ecosystems

10/2025 – today: Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of Soil Science and Soil Conservation, JLU Giessen
2020-2025: PhD Student at the Institute of Soil Science and Soil Conservation, JLU Giessen
2016-2019 Master of Science: Environmental Science, JLU Giessen
Thesis: Phosphorus desorption kinetics of natural nanoparticles and colloids from different forest soils
2013-2016: Bachelor of Science: Environmental Management, JLU Giessen
Thesis: Soil protection issues in the planning of wind turbines

Konrad, A., Mulder, I., Hofmann, D., Lang, F., Stutz, K. P., & Siemens, J. (2026). Thermodynamics of Organic Acid Sorption to Goethite. European Journal of Soil Science, 77(1), e70278.

Konrad, A., Hofmann, D., Siemens, J., Lang, F., Mulder, I. & Stutz, K. P., (2026). Rapid mineralization of mineral-bound carboxyl-carbon of salicylic acid and phenylalanine. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 212, 110016.

Konrad, A., Hofmann, D., Siemens, J., Stutz, K.P., Lang, F., Mulder, I., (2025). Microbial carbon use efficiency of mineral-associated organic matter is related to its desorbability. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 203, 109740.

Bramble, D.E., Ulrich, S., Schöning, I., Mikutta, R., Brandt, L., Poll, C., Kandeler, E., Mikutta, C., Konrad, A., Siemens, J., Yang, Y., Polle, A., Schall, P., Ammer, C., Kaiser, K., Schrumpf, M., (2024). Formation of mineral-associated organic matter in temperate soils is primarily controlled by mineral type and modified by land use and management intensity. Global Change Biology, 30(1), e17024.

Brandt, L., Stache, F., Poll, C., Bramble, D. S., Schöning, I., Schrumpf, M., et al. (2023). Mineral type and land-use intensity control composition and functions of microorganisms colonizing pristine minerals in grassland soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 182, 109037.

Konrad A, Billiy B, Regenbogen P, Bol R, Lang F, Klumpp E, Siemens J., (2021). Forest Soil Colloids Enhance Delivery of Phosphorus Into a Diffusive Gradient in Thin Films (DGT) Sink. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 3: 158.

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