- Sustainable and climate-resilient land management
- Crop diversification at landscape level
- Landscape structure and biodiversity
- Soil-plant-atmosphere interactions
- Soil water balance and mass transport
- Scale-dependent process control variables
Dr. rer. nat. Julia Pöhlitz
JP : Dr rer. nat. Julia Pöhlitz (Fellow)
Areas of responsibility
Research assistant Area: Geoecology
Contact options (Pöhlitz, Julia)
Mail: julia.poehlitz@geo.uni-halle.de | Tel: +49 (0)345 55-26029 | | Room: Raum H4 1.28.1 | Consultation hours: by arrangement(during the semester break only by appointment)
Research
Projects
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DiP-FaiReSyst Project (Geoecology)
Field margins as climate protection zones: FaiReSyst develops digital solutions for the sustainable use and integration of field margins in climate-resilient agricultural ecosystems. (FaiReSyst


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AgriSens-DEMMIN 4.0 Project (Geoecology)
Finding efficient and sustainable solutions to adapt to the effects of global change is one of the most important challenges of the 21st century. (AgriSens
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Biography
- since 06/2020
Research assistant at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Geosciences and Geography, Geoecology - 01/2018 – 05/2020
Research assistant at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, General Crop Production/Ecological Agriculture - 10/2015 – 04/2019
PhD student, graduate scholarship of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, General Crop Production / Organic Farming
Dissertation: “Studies on soil compaction combining classic soil mechanical methods and X-ray computed tomography” - 04/2015 – 09/2015
Research assistant in the Department of Soil Science at the Institute of Geography, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Research project: “Biomarkers – modern tools for the reconstruction of (pre-) historical land use” - 10/2013 – 03/2015
Master Soil Science, University of Hohenheim
Master thesis: “Is concentration dependence of Fatty Acid Methyl Esters a crucial factor in Compound Specific Stable Isotope Analysis with different Mixing Models?” - 10/2010 – 09/2013
Bachelor Geography, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg Main focus: Soil science, climate, botany
Bachelor thesis: “Soil physical characteristics of the Lodersleben measuring field with special consideration of soil water balance parameters”
Publications
Supervised Theses
Other activities
Tasks in academic self-administration
- Equal Opportunities Officer
- Mid-level faculty representative
Relevant Posts & Pages (8)
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DiP projects at the 10th Agroforestry Systems Forum in Giessen – “Planting diversity – scaling agrofor… ( Post: Project Geoecology )
On 17 and 18 September 2025, some representatives of the Geoecology working group were guests at the 10th Agroforestry Systems Forum in Giessen.
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DiP projects visit the EcoField Days 2025 ( Post: Project Geoecology )
On 19 June 2025, Dr Julia Pöhlitz and Jan Lukas Wenzel, representatives of the DiP-SMART Agroforestry and DiP-FaiReSyst projects from the Geoecology working…
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DiP-SMART Agroforst and DiP-FaiReSyst at the Bernburg Innovation Days 2025 ( Post: Project Geoecology )
On 18 June 2025, DiP-SMART Agroforst and DiP-FaiReSyst, two projects from the Geoecology working group, were represented at this year's Bernburg Innovation…
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Agroforestry expert forum – from the past to the future ( Post: Project Geoecology )
On 16.06. and 17.06.2025, the "Agroforestry Expert Forum" organised by the Geoecology Working Group and the Bund Heimat und Umwelt Deutschland took place at…
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Open Academy 2025: DiP-SMART Agroforst and DiP-FaiReSyst are taking part! ( Post: Project Geoecology )
From 24 April to 27 April 2025, innovative concepts for science communication for selected structural change projects in the Central German mining area were…
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DiP launches into the future of the bioeconomy with up to 105 million euros – geoecology involved in 3 projects ( Post: Project Geoecology )
At our official kick-off event for the "Digitalisation of plant value chains" on 4 March 2025, all 19 DiP joint projects were able to present themselves and…
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AgriSens-DEMMIN 4.0: Results symposium at Neubrandenburg University of Applied Sciences ( Post: Project Geoecology )
On 25 February 2025, the AgriSens DEMMIN 4.0 project concluded with a symposium to present and discuss the results of five years of applied research into…
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New publication: Estimation of 100 m root zone soil moisture by downscaling 1 km soil water index with machine learning … ( Post: Publication Geoecology )
Talha Mahmood and other colleagues from the Geoecology working group have published a new paper on soil moisture estimation using remote sensing and other…