Dr. rer. nat. Christian Rumbaur

Building 41/100 Room 5117
Phone (Büro): 089 / 6004 - 4132
Fax: 089 / 6004 - 4642
Email: Christian Rumbaur

Main Research

Sustainable Management of River Oases along the Tarim River / China – Coordinator

Soil Science, Modeling (WinEPIC), Regionalisation, China

Publications

Peer-reviewed journal article

Taru Palosuo, Kersebaum, K.C., Angulo, C., Hlavinka, P., Moriondo, M., Olesen, J.E., Patil, R.H., Ruget, F., Rumbaur, C., Takáč, J., Trnka, M., Bindi, M., Caldag,B., Ewert, F., Ferrise, R., Mirschel, W., Saylan, L., Šiška, B., Rötter, R. (2011): Simulation of winter wheat yield and its variability in different climates of Europe. A comparison of eight crop growth models. - European Journal of Agronomy

Rumbaur, C. & Laudien, R. (2009): Multitemporale Ertragsregionalisierung für die Nordchinesische Tiefebene unter Verwendung des prozess-orientierten Modells EPIC. GIS Science, 4/2009, p. 114-122.

Scientific and professional publications

Rumbaur, C., Stahr, K. (2007), Risikoabschätzung in der Stickstoffauswaschung in der Nordchinesischen Tiefebene, Mitteilungen der DBG, Band 110,383-384 - Risk assesment of nitrate leaching in the North China Plain

Schneider, J.W., Junghanns, C., Rumbaur, C. (2007),  Geological Map of the Free State of Saxony 1:25000, Saxony State Department for Environment and Geology.

PhD Thesis

Rumbaur, C. (2010): Regionale Risikoabschätzung der Nitratauswaschung in der Nordchinesischen Tiefebene. Dissertation Hohenheimer Bodenkundliche Hefte, Heft 94. Herausgeber: Ellen Kandeler, Yakov Kuzyakov, Karl Stahr, Thilo Streck. F.u.t.müllerbader Verlag, Filderstadt, 274 p.

Professional career

Mar. 2011 - jetzt
Universität der Bundeswehr München
Scientific assistant

Coordination of the BMBF-project „SuMaRiO -Sustainable Management of River Oases along the Tarim River / China”

Feb. 2010 – Feb. 2011
Hohenheim University, Stuttgart

Scientific assistant in the first interdisciplinary Sino-German DFG-research training group “Modeling Material Flows and Production Systems for Sustainable Resource Use in Intensified Crop Production in the North China Plain“, several months in China

Regional modeling

Lecture „Geoinformationssytems“

Acquisition of data at from Chinese authorities

May 2009 – Jan. 2010
University of Bonn, Bonn

Scientific assistant

regional modeling

cooperation in the project “AgriAdapt, Modeling of Climate Change in Europe”

cooperation in COST Action, model comparison

cooperation in “Highprice scenario”, modeling

July 2007 – Apr. 2009
Hohenheim University, Stuttgart

Scientific assistant, Graduate assistant

cooperation in the BIOSAFOR project compilation of a database with ArcGIS

cooperation and coordinating an EU-proposal on climate change

lecture on the model EPIC

Supervision of students in soil mapping training course in 2007 and 2008

cooperation on project applications

June 2004 – June 2007
Hohenheim University, Stuttgart
China Agricultural University, Beijing
Technical University Mining Academy Freiberg 

PhD-scholarship in the first interdisciplinary Sino-German DFG-research training group “Modeling Material Flows and Production Systems for Sustainable Resource Use in Intensified Crop Production in the North China Plain“, overall 24 months in China.

Title of PhD-thesis: “Regional Risk Assessment of Nitrate Leaching in the North China Plain” (Supervisor: Prof. K. Stahr, Institute of Soil Science and Land evaluation)

Independent planning and conduction of data collection in the North China Plain in 2005 and 2006

Concept and implementing of the experiment design and management of the Soil Science subproject.

Acquisition of data at from Chinese authorities

Modeling and regionalization of Nitrate leaching under different landuse-systems

Dec. 2005
Hainan Meteorological Bureau, Haikou, China

Assistant Soil Scientist

Assisting the Meteorological Bureau in building up soil water monitoring stations in Hainan province, China

Mar. 2002 – Dec. 2002
Hohenheim University, Stuttgart
China Agricultural University, Beijing

Scientific assistant

BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) Project: „Environmental Acceptable and Sustainable Agriculture with High Yield and High Productivity in the North China Plain“

Organization of data collection for the irrigation scheduling of the experiment fields

Supervision and maintenance of the measuring equipment

Oct. 1993 - Jan. 2002 
Technical University Mining Academy Freiber
Studies of Geology/Paleontology
Field of study: Hydrogeology, Applied Geosciences                                                         

Diploma Certificate in January 2002 in Geology

Title of thesis: „The characteristics of structured soils under mechanical load depending on the organic Carbon content“

Mapping Certificate in cooperation with the State office of Environment and Geology in Freiberg. Mapping title: “Geological land-surveying of the permian Rotliegendes of the Vorerzgebirgssenke in the area of Zwickau“. Published 2007.

Stays abroad

2002 – present

China (45 months)