Biografie

1987 - 1990

Diplom Physik, Universität Freiburg

1990 - 1994

Diplom Physik, Universität Heidelberg; Diplomarbeit am Institut für Umweltphysik; 1. Staatsexamen in Physik und Mathematik

1994 - 1999

Promotion, zunächst Universität Heidelberg, dann ETH Zürich, Schweiz

1998 - 2000

Physiker, Colenco Power Engineering, Baden, Schweiz

2000 - 2002

Research Fellow, Groundwater Protection and Restoration Group, University of Sheffield, Großbritannien

2002 - 2004

Oberassistent, Institut für Terrestrische Ökologie, ETH Zürich, Schweiz

2004 - 2009

Wissenschaftler am Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung – UFZ, Leipzig und ab Herbst 2008 kom. Leiter des Departments Hydrogeologie

2009 -

Professur für Wasser- und Stofftransport in Landschaften, Universität Potsdam

Forschung

• Numerische Berechnung von Strömung und reaktivem Transport in Boden und Grundwasser
• Anwendung von nicht-invasiven Methoden zur räumlich aufgelösten Messung von dynamischen Prozessen in porösen Medien
• Interaktion im System Boden-Wasser-Pflanze und Austausch mit Grundwasser
• Dichtebeeinflusste Strömung im Grundwasser
• Bewirtschaftung der Resourcen Wasser und Boden

Lehre

V&Ü Grundlagen der Stoffdynamik (WiSe, BSc Geoökologie)

S     Stoffdynamik (SoSe, BSc Geoökologie)

P     Geoökologisches Landschaftspraktikum, Teil zur Geländeklimatologie (SoSe, BSc Geoökologie)

V     Stoffhaushalt (WiSe, MSc Geoökologie)

V     Hydrogeologie/Subsurface Hydrology (SoSe, MSc Geoökologie & MSc Geowissenschaften)

V&Ü Praktische Modellierung I/Einführung in die Strömungsmodellierung (SoSe, DGÖ)

V&Ü Praktische Modellierung II/ Einführung in die Transportmodellierung (SoSe, DGÖ)

P  Measuring groundwater-surface water interactions (via tracer techniques)  (SoSe, DGÖ)

V&Ü Non-invasive Imaging and Tomography methods for investigation of environmental processes (SoSe, DGÖ)

Mathematik-Vorkurs für Erstsemester

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Publikationen

Referrierte Veröffentlichungen in ISI-Zeitschriften in 2011-2012:

Moradi, Ahmad B., Andrea Carminati, Axel Lamparter, Susanne K. Woche, Jörg Bachmann, Doris Vetterlein, Hans-Jörg Vogel, Sascha E. Oswald, 2012. Is the Rhizosphere Temporarily Water Repellent? Vadose Zone Journal, published online, doi: 10.2136/vzj2011.0120.

De Biase, C., Uli Maier, O. Baeder-Bederski, P. Bayer, S.E. Oswald, M. Thullner, 2012. Removal of volatile organic compounds in vertical flow filters: predictions from reactive transport modeling, Ground Water Monitoring & Remediation, 32(2), 106–121, doi: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.2011.01374.x.

Rudolph, N., H. G. Esser, A. Carminati, A. B. Moradi, N. Kardjilov, S. Nagl, S. E. Oswald, 2012. Dynamic oxygen mapping in the root zone by fluorescence dye imaging combined with neutron radiography, Journal of Soils & Sediments, 12(1), 63-74, doi: 10.1007/s11368-011-0407-7.

Rivera Villarreyes, C., G. Baroni, S.E. Oswald, 2011. Integral quantification of seasonal soil moisture changes in farmland by cosmic ray neutrons, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 15, 3843-3859, doi:10.5194/hess-15-3843-2011.

Mitreiter, I., S.E. Oswald, Frank Stallmach, 2011. Direct measurement of iron release, precipitation and turn-over in natural sands, Grundwasser, 16(4), 269-278, doi: 10.1007/s00767-011-0177-6.

Munz, M., S.E. Oswald, C., Schmidt, 2011. Sand box experiments to evaluate the influence of subsurface temperature probe installation on temperature based water flux calculation. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 15, 3495–3510, doi:10.5194/hessd-8-6155-2011.

Moradi, A., A. Carminati, D. Vetterlein, P. Vontobel, E. Lehmann, U. Weller, J. W. Hopmans, H.-J. Vogel and S.E. Oswald, 2011. Three-dimensional visualization and quantification of water content in the rhizosphere, New Phytologist, 192(3), 653–663, doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03826.x.

Balcke, G.U., M. Hahn, and S.E. Oswald, 2011. Nitrogen as an Indicator of Mass Transfer Kinetics during in-situ Gas Sparging, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 126(1-2), 8-18, doi:10.1016/j.jconhyd.2011.05.005.

van Afferden, M., K. Z. Rahman, P. Mosig, C. De Biase, M. Thullner, S. E. Oswald, R. A. Müller, 2011. Remediation of groundwater contaminated with MTBE and benzene: The potential of vertical-flow soil filter systems, Water Research, 45(16), 5063-5074, doi:10.1016/j.watres.2011.07.010.

De Biase, C., Daniel Reger, Axel Schmidt, Sven Jechalke, Nils Reiche, Paula M. Martinez-Lavanchy, Mònica Rosell, Manfred Van Afferden, Uli Maier, Sascha E. Oswald, M. Thullner, 2011. Treatment of volatile organic contaminants in a vertical flow filter: relevance of different removal processes. Ecol. Eng., 37, 1292–1303, doi:10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.03.023.

Carminati, A., C. L. Schneider, A.B. Moradi, D. Vetterlein, H.-J. Vogel , A. Hildebrandt, U. Weller, L. Schüler, S.E. Oswald, 2011. How the Rhizosphere May Favor Water Availability to Roots, Vadose Zone Journal, 10(3), 988-998, doi: 10.2136/vzj2010.0113.

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Referrierte Veröffentlichungen (Nicht-ISI, ausgewählte):

Al-Mashaiki K., G. Strauch, K. Osenbrück, T. Müller, K. Knöller, S. Oswald, 2011. Groundwater characteristic of the Najd aquifers, Oman, derived from isotope and hydrochemical signatures. Red book of the GQ10: Groundwater Quality Management in a Rapidly Changing World. IAHS-AISH Publication, 342, 11-14.

Kalbus, E., S. Oswald, 'W. Wang, O. Kolditz, I. Engelhardt, M. Al-Saud, R. Rausch, 2011. Large-scale modelling of groundwater resources in an arid region.Red book of the GQ10: Groundwater Quality Management in a Rapidly Changing World. IAHS-AISH Publication, 342, 27-30.

Mitreiter, I., S.E. Oswald, and F. Stallmach, 2010. Investigation of Iron(III)-Release in the Pore Water of Natural Sands by NMR Relaxometry, The Open Magnetic Resonance Journal, 3, 46–51.

Oswald, S.E., Watson, I.A., R.S. Crouch, and S.A. Banwart, 2006. Influence of modelling concepts and approaches on the results of field scale reactive transport modelling, Red book of the ModelCare 2005, IAHS-AISH Publication, 304, 100 – 107.

Oswald, S.E., Watson, I.A., R.S. Crouch, and S.A. Banwart, 2005. Applying a laboratory scale biodegradation concept to model field scale reactive transport with advanced numerical methods, IAHS-AISH Publication, 297, 517-524.

Oswald S.E., and W. Kinzelbach, 2000. A three-dimensional physical model for verification of variable-density flow codes, IAHS-AISH Publication, 265, 399 – 404.

Andere Veröffentlichungen:

Drought-Related Shrinking Processes Detected in Living Roots in the Soil for the First Time. ScienceDaily (Dec. 3, 2009), http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091127124527.htm .

Oswald, S.E., 2005. “Modeling contaminant transport and biodegradation in groundwater” In: Lehr, J.H., Keeley, J., (Eds.): Ground Water, Water Encyclopedia 5, Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 30-35, doi:10.1002/047147844X.gw716.

Oswald, S.E., K. Johannsen, R. Held, and W. Kinzelbach, 2004. Three-dimensional saltwater-freshwater fingering around a high permeability zone: insights of combining observed with numerical results, Proceedings of the "FEM, MODFLOW, and MORE" conference, Karlsbad, Tschechien, 219 – 222.

Cai, Z., N. Thomson, S. Oswald, R. Wilson, and D. Lerner, 2003. Modelling of TCE reactive transport in a partly Fe⁰ filled fracture: Conceptual model and lumped parameter approach. Proceedings of MODFLOW and more 2003. Understanding through modeling, Golden, Colorado, USA,  281 – 285.

Watson I.A., Bastian P., Crouch R.S., and S.E. Oswald, 2003. Multicomponent simulation of biodegradation applying locally adaptive remeshing and parallel processing. Proceedings of MODFLOW and more 2003. Understanding through modeling, Vol. 1 (Eds.: Poeter E, Zheng C, Hill MC, Doherty J), International groundwater modeling center, Denver, Colorado, US, 291-295.

Thornton, S., and S.E. Oswald (Editors), 2002. “Natural and Enhanced Restoration of Groundwater Pollution“, Red book of the “Groundwater Quality 2001” conference, IAHS Publication no 275.

Oswald, S.E., K. Johannsen and W. Huang, 2002. The importance of dispersive mixing for modelling of density-dependent and reactive transport, Computational Methods in Water Resources, Developments in Water Science, 47(1), 501–506.

Watson, I.A., S. Oswald, and S.A. Banwart, 2002. Modelling Natural Attenuation Processes of Phenol Degradation in Groundwater, Computational Methods in Water Resources, Developments in Water Science, 47(1), Elsevier Health Sciences, 827–834.