Holger Rupp

Dr. Holger Rupp is a Researcher at the Department of Soil Systems Research, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, with a career spanning since 1979. His work focuses on soil-water interactions, nutrient dynamics, and environmental pollution assessment.

Research Focus: Investigations into water and substance balance of soils, wetland substance dynamics, and diffuse-source water pollution. He contributes to projects like ReKKS (2017-2020), optimizing water supply through soil management in Kazakhstan and Siberia, and the systemic soil model BODIUM for simulating soil functions.

• Soil hydrological modeling
• Nutrient leaching analysis
• Floodplain contamination studies
• Climate change adaptation in agriculture

Publications highlight his expertise in nitrogen/phosphorus leaching, lysimeter methodology, and soil structure dynamics. He collaborates with institutions including Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Leibniz University Hannover, and Amazonen-Werke.

Education: Diploma in land reclamation engineering (University of Rostock, 1983), followed by a PhD (1987). His career includes roles at GKSS Research Centre (1993-1995) before transferring to UFZ in 1995.