Biography

• Since 07/2018:
  Postdoctroal Research Fellow
  Surface Hydrology and Erosion Group of the Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
• 04/2018 – 06/2018:
  Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  ​Chair of Hydrology, Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau
• 09/2015 – 03/2018:
  Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  Northern Rivers Institute, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen
• 2012 – 2015:
  PhD student in Hydrology 
  Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau
  Graduate School "Environment, Society and Global Change”
  Thesis title: “Spatio-temporal effects on vadose zone water transit times”
• 2012 – 2015:
  Research Assistant
  ​Chair of Hydrology, Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau
• 2009 – 2011:
  Master of Science in BioGeosciences 
  University of Koblenz-Landau, Koblenz
  Thesis title: “Modelling the water balance of a tropical plantation considering biodiversity effects“
• 2008 – 2009:
  Exchange studies
  Environmental and Resource Management 
  University of Iceland, Reykjavik
• 2005 – 2008:
  ​Bachelor of Science in Geoecology 
  University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth.

VeWa team at a meeting in the Yukon

VeWa postdocs in the Scottisch Highlands

After my PhD defense with the dissertation committee (Markus Weiler, Christine Stumpp, Fritzi Lang, Kevin McGuire via Skype)

Field visit in Luxembourg with attendees of the Chapman Conference 2014

Editor service

Guest Editor of Special Issue in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences on “Water, isotope and solute fluxes in the soil-plant-atmosphere interface: Investigations from the canopy to the root zone” (with Orlowski N, Geris J, Llorens P, Wang L, Coenders M)
Guest Editor of Special Issue in Water (MDPI) on “Hillslope Hydrology: Towards Improved Process Understanding Using Modeling and/or Field Observations” (with Dusek J, Ameli A, Wang S)

Peer-review service

Hydrological Processes (10), Rapid Communications of Mass Spectrometry (8), Water Resource Research (6), Ecohydrology (5), ​Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (5), Water (MDPI) (5), Catena (4), Vadose Zone Journal (3), Agricultural and Forest Meteorology (2), Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2), Biogeosciences (2), Science of the Total Environment (2), Scientific Reports (1), Hydrology Research (1), Plant and Soil (1), Scientific Data (1), Applied Geochemistry (1), Journal of Mountain Science (1), Cuadernos de Investigación Geográfica (Journal of Geographical Research, 1)
61 reviews in total (https://publons.com/author/1179341/matthias-sprenger#stats)

Organisation of International conferences

Scientific Committee of 2nd edition of the workshop on "Isotope-based studies of water partitioning and plant-soil interactions in forested and agricultural environments", July 2020 in Hannover, Germany (with Penna D, Beyer M, Geris J, Hopp L, Scandellari F)
Co-organizing and establishing the EGU Hydrology Blog (since 2018)
Member of AGU Technical Committee Catchment Hydrology (since 2018)
Scientific Committee of the EGU Leonardo Conference 2017 on “Water stable isotopes in the hydrological cycle”, 16.-18.10.2017 in the Black Forest, Germany
Primary Convener of AGU 2016 session: “Methods and Process Interpretations in the Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Continuum” (with Levia D F, Volkmann T, Van Stan J T)
Primary Convener of EGU 2018 session: “Stable isotopes to study water dynamics in the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum” (with Geris J, Llorens P, Hissler C, Orlowski N)
Co-convener of AGU 2018 session: "Stable Isotopes in the Critical Zone: Methods, Applications and Process Interpretations" (with Orlowski N, Dawson T, Good SP)
Co-convener of EGU 2019 session: "Water, isotope and solute fluxes in the soil-plant-atmosphere interface: Investigations from the canopy to the root zone" (with Orlowski N, Geris J, Hildebrandt A, Friesen J, Coenders-Gerrits M)
Co-convener of AGU 2019 session: "Stable Isotopes in the Critical Zone: Methods, Applications, and Process Interpretations" (with Good SP, Orlowski N, Allen ST)
​Outstanding Students Paper Award liaison at AGU (2016, 2018), EGU (2018, 2019)
Outstanding Students Paper Award judge at AGU (2015, 2016, 2018) EGU (2017, 2018, 2019)
Mentor at EGU (2018, 2019) and AGU 2018​

Presenting at AGU 2018

AGU 2018

Session on "Stable Isotopes in the Critical Zone" well attended

Presenting a poster at AGU 2015

Grants and awards

2019: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Travel fund to attend EGU 2019​
2018: Research Fellowship awarded by German Research Foundation (DFG), Project 397306994 on "Water age dynamics in a Mediterranean catchment and their ecohydrological implications in a changing environment"
2018: Research proposal awarded Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Seal of Excellence by the European Commission
2018: German Hydrological Society (DHG) Fieldwork Scholarship for research in Finland
2018: British Hydrological Society travel grant to visit EGU 2018
2017: SAGES Pools Engagement in European Research for presenting at the EGU Leonardo Conference 2017 on “Water stable isotopes in the hydrological cycle”
2017: EGU Early Career Scientist's Travel Support for attending EGU conference 2017
2016: Travel fund SAGES for attending AGU Fall Meeting 2016
2015: Travel fund „Förderverein Hydrologie“ at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg to attend AGU Fall Meeting 2015
2015: Travel fund Graduate School “Environment, Society and Global Change” to attend AGU Fall Meeting 2015
2014: DAAD-RISE scholarship to host an undergraduate for an internship (6 weeks)
2014: EGU Early Career Scientist's Travel Support for attending EGU conference 2014
2013: Travel fund Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft Freiburg im Breisgau for presenting at AGU Fall Meeting 2013
2013: Fahnenberg-Scholarship of the Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources for a research visit at the McGuire lab at Virginia Tech
2013: EGU Early Career Scientist's Travel Support for attending EGU conference 2013
2011: PROMOS-Grant of DAAD for field work in Panama
2008-2009: ERASMUS-Grant of DAAD for studying in Iceland