Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry

The research at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry is dedicated to the study of global biogeochemical cycles and their long-term interactions with the biosphere, the atmosphere, the geosphere and the entire climate system. We aim to better understand how living organisms - including humans - exchange basic resources such as water, carbon, nutrients, and energy with their environment and how this affects ecosystems and climate at regional to global scales.{{Cite web |title=Scientific profile |url=https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/en/about-us/profile |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=www.bgc-jena.mpg.de |language=en}}

The institute has three departments, with each department consisting of several research groups, and sometimes additional project groups.{{Cite web |title=Management |url=https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/en/organisation/management |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=www.bgc-jena.mpg.de |language=en}}

[https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/en/bgp Biogeochemical Processes] (Susan E. Trumbore)

• [https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/en/bgp/molecular-biogeochemistry Molecular Biogeochemistry] (Gerd Gleixner)
• [https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/en/bgp/tee Theoretical Ecosystem Ecology] (Carlos A. Sierra)
• [https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/en/bgp/atto Amazon Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO)]
• [https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/en/bgp/drylands Dryland Ecosystem Processes (Jianbei Huang)]
• [https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/en/bgisoilbiogeochem Soil Biogeochemistry] (Marion Schrumpf)
• [https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/en/bgp/plant-allocation Plant Allocation] (Henrik Hartmann)
• [https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/bgp/index.php/TanguroFlux/TanguroFlux Carbon and water cycling in a changing Amazon] (Susan E. Trumbore)

[https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/en/bgi/home Biogeochemical Integration] (Markus Reichstein)

Full research groups

• [https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/en/bgi/mdi Model-Data Integration] (Nuno Carvalhais)
• [https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/en/bgi/gdm Global Diagnostic Modelling] (Martin Jung)
• [https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/bgi/index.php/Research/FloraIncognita Bio.AI] (Jana Wäldchen)
• [https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/en/bgi/abc3 Atmosphere-Biosphere Coupling, Climate and Causality] (Alexander Winkler)
• [https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/en/bgi/ecomet Eco-Meteorology] (Sung-Ching Lee)
• [https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/en/bgisoilbiogeochem Soil Biogeochemistry] (Marion Schrumpf)

Project groups

• [https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/en/bgi/ml4hes Machine Learning for Hydrological and Earth Systems] (Shijie Jiang)
• [https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/en/bgi/efeo Ecosystem Function from Earth Observation] (Gregory Duveiller)
• [https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/en/xte Cross-Scale Terrestrial Ecophysiology] (Jacob Nelson)
• [https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/en/bgi/miss Modeling Interactions in Soil Systems] (Bernhard Ahrens)
• [https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/en/bgi/stella Satellite terrestrial ecosystem large-scale analysis] (Sophia Walther)
• [https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/en/bgi/amles Adapting Machine Learning for Earth Systems] (Christian Reimers)

[https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/en/bsi Biogeochemical Signals] (Sönke Zaehle)

• [https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/en/bsi/groups/atm Airborne trace gas measurements and mesoscale modelling (ATM)] (Christoph Gerbig)
• [https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/en/bsi/bsat Atmosphere-Biosphere Signal Attribution in the Tropics] (Santiago Botía)
• [https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/en/bsi/cape Climate and Plant Ecophysiology] (Manon Sabot)
• [https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/bgc-systems/index.php/IDE/ResearchGroup-IDE Inverse data-driven estimation (IDE)] (Christian Rödenbeck)
• [https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/en/bsi/researchgroups/ipas Integrating surface-atmosphere Exchange Processes Across Scales - Modeling and Monitoring (IPAS)] (Mathias Goeckede)
• [https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/en/bsi/researchgroups/tbm Terrestrial Biosphere Modelling (TBM)] (Sönke Zaehle)

In addition, there are a number of independent research groups that are not integrated into the departments.{{Cite web |title=Independent Research Groups |url=https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/4686058/independent_research_groups |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=www.bgc-jena.mpg.de |language=en}}

• [https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/en/btm Biospheric Theory and Modelling] (Axel Kleidon)
• [https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/en/research-groups/functional-biogeography Functional Biogeography] (Jens Kattge)
• Emeritus group: [https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/en/emeritus-schulze Carbon Balance, Ecosystem Research and Forest Management] (Ernst-Detlef Schulze)
• Emeritus group: [https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/en/bsy Biogeochemical Systems] (Martin Heimann)

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• [http://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/ Homepage of the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry]

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