Basic information on the Master's thesis
If you are interested in writing a Master's thesis, please contact one of the following persons:
Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Kuhn - Zi. 3-09
Dr. Juliane Krenz - Zi. 3-12
Dr. Wolfgang Fister - Zi. 3-05
If you would like a place to work during the processing period, please contact Ms. Stofer Goldschmidt to obtain a key.
3 bound copies (no ring binding) must be submitted to Ms. Stofer Goldschmidt. One copy goes to the geography library, one copy remains with the research group and one copy remains with the assessor.
Further copies may be required for external supervision or a specialist department.
Link to the MSc GeosciencesMaster's thesis(information sheet, agreement, list of supervisors)
Advertised Master's theses
Completed Master's theses
Last name | First name | Year | Title |
| Geering | Lorenz | 2026 | Sand cover encroachment at selectd sites in the Northern Cape Province South Africa |
| Meier | Andrea | 2025 | Mapping woody vegetation using LiDAR in the Kruger National Park |
| Bumann | Fionn | 2024 | UAV -based vegetation classification in the Turtmann glacier forefield |
| Gugger | Janine | 2023 | Influence of vegetation cover Change on Dust Emissions in South Africa based on Satellite Data and field work |
| Evéquoz | Céline | 2022 | Methodical investigation on the applicability of fluorescent tracers to measure raindrop-impacted-flow erosion |
| Flükiger | Nina | 2022 | Modeling and simulation of experimental floods at the Rossens-Dam in Switzerland |
| Sivasubramaniam | Alisha | 2021 | Detection and assessment of landscape quality change using Google Earth Engine |
| Schneider | Vincent | 2021 | Integration of topography into simulations of soil-erosion induced changes in soil organic matter |
| Läser | Laura | 2020 | Are farm dam sediment bodies hot spots of biogeochmical activity in the Karoo farmlands ? |
| Lenzin | Daniel Friedrich | 2020 | How can UAVs be used to map natural springs and their effect on the environment ? |
| Powolik | Lukas | 2020 | The role of particle size and shape on sediment sorting under reduced gravity on Mars |
| Zahno | David | 2020 | Preserving the Ergolz as a trout water body - a GIS study |
| Rossel | Kim | 2020 | Investigations on biological and physical soil crusts using PI-Swerl and wind tunnel |
| Bracher | Fabienne | 2020 | PI-Swerl and wind tunnel experiments on wind erosion and dust emission from surface crusts |
Last name | First name | Year | Title |
| Champion | Yardena | 2019 | Identification and organization of similar to Mars Materials to create a Martian Test Laboratory as a base for ExoMars 2020 CLUPI Experiments |
| Mercier | Patrice | 2019 | Calibration of dust traps in a portable wind tunnel |
| Werlen | Melissa | 2019 | Economic & ecological adaptation of Switzerland to climate change with a focus on mountain regions |
| Simon | Christian | 2018 | Water and tillage erosion lead to topsoil displacement in Moldova |
| Tobler | Ursina | 2018 | Impact of climate change on the nitrogen use efficiency of grassland soils after fertilization |
| Mayer | Marius | 2018 | Assessing the effect of biochar on erosion by using a high precisional rainfall simulator and introducing isotope analysis |
| Farmer | Jan | 2018 | Tree throws act as a sediment-source |
| Baumann | Patrick | 2017 | Sediment fingerprinting |
| Kyburz | Andreas | 2016 | Criteria-based optimization of automatically generated contour lines from LiDAR data as a basis for orienteering maps |
| Widmer | Miriam | 2015 | Influence of organic farming management on soil quality, nutrient up-take and grape quality of young vines at a site of low growth vigor in the Jura Region |
| Hall | Alasdair | 2015 | Environmental Reconstruction of Fluvial Sediments from a Floodplain in South East England: An attempt to find evidence of catchments-scale land degradation during the Late Medieval Period and early modern period |
| Issenmann | Joa | 2015 | The impact of wastewater flow in the Wadi Sarida Westbank catchment |
| Boehlen | Jonathan | 2015 | Particulate phosphorus in the tributaries of Lake Baldegg and Lake Sempach |
| Keller | Eva | 2014 | Assessing the greenhouse gas mitigation potential of organic agriculture in smallholder farming systems and the possibility to generate cabon credits from such a project |
| Hinger | Judith | 2014 | The spatial distribution and mobilization potential of phsophor in buffer strips compared to adjacent cropland and riparian zones |
| Zoller | Oliver | 2014 | The influence of climate change and topography characteristics on the shrub encroachment in south Greenland |
| Kuonen | Samuel | 2014 | Estimationg Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Travel - a GIS based Study |
| Studer | Ryan | 2014 | Runoff reduction in the area - Influence of soil management on infiltration and runoff on agricultural land in the Mühlebachtäli near Allschwil |
| Würsch | Mathias | 2013 | Land reclamation in Iceland: accumulation and distribution of soil organic carbon and nitrogen in fields of Lupinus nootkatensis |
| Tesch | Susann | 2013 | Phosphorus Erosion on a Sandy Soil in Denmark |
| Berger | Samuel | 2013 | Forest area changes in the Swiss National Park between 1899 and 2008 |
| Sutyagin | Anton | 2013 | Material contamination of soils with heavy metals in children's playgrounds (municipalities: Brugg, Neuenhof, Baden, Zofingen; Canton Aargau) |
| Strunk | Ruth | 2013 | Effects of changing precipitation regimes on soils and spring wheat |
| Carle | Nina | 2013 | The fate of soil organic matter - a chronosquence study investigating stability under reforestation |
| Müller | Sonja | 2013 | Estimation of the erosive input of phosphorus into Lake Hallwil by soil fractionation using a settling column |
| Käch | Simon | 2013 | An inventory of Landscape Carbon in Northern Namibia |
| Böller | Marianne | 2013 | Constraints and opportunities for the development of small-scale farming in with Payments for Environmental Services (PES) in North Central Namibia |
| Itin | Nicole | 2013 | Soil erosion and the effect on carbon loss and biochar on sandy soils in Denmark |
| Börlin | Raphael | 2011 | GIS-based analysis of runoff reduction potential through soil management and landscaping measures in the Mühlebachtäli near Allschwil |
| Classen | Martin | 2011 | Sampling Carbon in Forest Floors - Spatial variability and ist indications for sampling schemes |
| Fischlewitz | Daniel | 2011 | Erosion and sedimentation characteristics of agricultural land with riparian strips in Denmark |
| Hunziker | Matthias | 2011 | A study on above- and belowground biomass and carbon stocks as well as sequestration of mountain birch (Betula pubescens Ehrh.) along a chronosequence in southern Iceland |
| Stove | Barbara | 2011 | Erodibility of soils and extent of soil erosion in the catchment area of the Wissenbach (Beinwil Freiamt, Canton Aargau |
| Lauber | Stefanie | 2011 | The influence of site factors on the vertical distribution of Soil Organic Carbon |
| Mösch | Dominik | 2011 | Geoecological and pedological site analysis of differently utilized forest areas in Likely BC, Canada |
| Schachenmann | Yves | 2011 | Finding the perfect conference site based on the shortest possible distance participants have to travel |
| Bleile | Matthias | 2010 | Development of landscape fragmentation |
| Holzer | Nora | 2010 | Drought risk in the 21st century on agricultural land in the Basel area |
| Marbach | Michelle | 2010 | Prediction of SOC Stocks anlong an Elevation Gradient in Boreal Mountainous Ecosystems Using the Example of the Kananaskis Valley (AB), Canada |
| Marx | Janina | 2010 | Long-term variability of wave energy potential in the North Sea |
| Providoli | Tobias | 2010 | Forest boundary shifts in the Alps and the Rocky Mountains |
| Wegmüller-Gerber | Alexandra | 2010 | Application of high-resolution terrain models |
| Ragettli | Martina | 2008 | Impacts of Exposure to Highway Air Pollution on Childhood Respiratory Health |