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Dr. rer. nat. Fredi Büks

Technische Universität Berlin
Office BH 10-1
Ernst-Reuter-Platz 1
10587 Berlin

Tel.: +49 (0)30 - 314-27383
Fax: +49 (0)30 - 314-73548

Email: frederick.bueks(at)tu-berlin.de

Fredi Büks

Focus of research

A lot of my present work is spent on restoration of degraded soils. My focus is on the formation of soil structure, carbon storage capacity and the consequences of microplastic contamination.

Curriculum vitae

  • from 06/2023: Lead of the DFG project Kunststoffoberflächen im Boden (KuBo) at the Department of Soil Science at Technischen Universität Berlin
  • 04/2023 - 09/2023: Visiting professor at the Department of Soil Science at Technischen Universität Berlin
  • from 11/2022: Soil science lead at the Department of Soil Science at Technischen Universität Berlin within the [pane] joint project funded by the BMBF.
  • 10/2021 - 04/2023: Lecturer at the Department of Soil Science at Technischen Universität Berlin
  • 01/2021 - 05/2023: Researcher at the Department of Soil Science at Technischen Universität Berlin within the Feed the Soil, not the Plant joint project.
  • 02/2018 - 09/2021: Research Associate at the at Technischen Universität Berlin within the ENSURE joint project, part of the BMBF research initiative "Plastik in der Umwelt".
  • 01/2019 - 12/2019: Research Associate at the Department of Soil Science at Technischen Universität Berlin within the KalKo joint project, WP2 - Stabilization mechanisms of organic matter in forest soils.
  • 05/2017 - 11/2017: Organization of the NIFLUM International Expert Workshop on Nitrogen Flux Method Evaluation at Technischen Universität Berlin by order of the Federal Environment Agency (UBA)
  • 08/2012 - 12/2016: Research Associate at the Department of Soil Science at Technischen Universität Berlin in the SAW research project Biochar in Agriculture - Perspectives for Germany and Malaysia
  • 06/2011 - 12/2011:Student assistant at Alfred Wegener Institut for Polar- and Marine Research Potsdam (AWI): Characterization of bacterial strains of a glacial area.
  • 02/2011 - 06/2011: Student assistant at German Research Centre for Geosciences Potsdam (GFZ): Extraction of bacterial and archaean biomarkers from seberian permafrost drill cores.
  • 03/2009 - 12/2011: Tutor of the students' workshop Integral Environmental Protection at Technischen Universität Berlin.
  • 10/2004 - 06/2012: Studies of Environmental Engineering at Technischen Universität Berlin.

Publications (peer-reviewed)

  • Büks, F. (2023): Technical note: The recovery rate of free particulate organic matter from soil samples is strongly affected by the method of density fractionation, Biogeosciences, 20, 1529–1535, 2023.
    DOI: 10.5194/bg-20-1529-2023
  • Büks, F., Zieger, A. und die X-Student Research Group „Mikroplastik in Bodenökosystemen“ (2023): Wie verbreitet ist feinpartikuläres Mikroplastik in Bodenökosystemen?, Korrespondenz Wasserwirtschaft, 01/2023, 24–27.
    DOI: 10.3243/kwe2023.01.001
  • in Hinzmann, M., Knoblauch, D., Mederake, L., Schritt, H., Stein, U. (Hrsg.) (2022): Kernbotschaften zum Forschungsschwerpunkt „Plastik in der Umwelt", abrufbar online: https://bmbf-plastik.de/de/Publikation/Kernbotschaften
  • Büks, F. and Kaupenjohann, M. (2022): What comes after the Sun? On the integration of soil biogeochemical pre-weathering into microplastic experiments, SOIL, 8, 373–380, 2022.
    DOI: 10.5194/soil-8-373-2022
  • Büks, F., Kayser, G., Zieger, A., Lang, F., and Kaupenjohann, M. (2021): Particles under stress: ultrasonication causes size and recovery rate artifacts with soil-derived POM but not with microplastics, Biogeosciences, 18, 159–167, 2021.
    DOI: 10.5194/bg-2020-204
  • Büks, F. and Kaupenjohann, M. (2020): Global concentrations of microplastic in soils, a review, SOIL, 6, 649–662, 2020.
    DOI: 10.5194/soil-6-649-2020
  • Cavael, U., Tost., P., Diehl, K., Büks, F. and Lentzsch, P. (2020): Correlations of Soil Fungi, Soil Structure and Tree Vigour on an Apple Orchard with Replant Soil, Soil Syst. 2020, 4(4), 70.
    DOI: 10.5194/10.3390/soilsystems4040070
  • Büks, F., van Schaik, L. and Kaupenjohann, M. (2020): Mikroplastik aus Klärschlämmen hat das Potenzial, Bodenleben zu schädigen, Korrespondenz Wasserwirtschaft, 09/2020, 471–476.
    DOI: 10.3243/kwe2020.09.001
  • Büks, F., van Schaik, L. and Kaupenjohann, M. (2020): What do we know about how the terrestrial multicellular soil fauna reacts to microplastic? SOIL, 2, 499–509.
    DOI: 10.5194/soil-6-245-2020
  • Graf-Rosenfellner, M., Kayser, G., Guggenberger, G., Kaiser, K., Büks, F., Kaiser, M., Müller, C.W., Schrumpf, M., Rennert, T., Welp, G., Lang, F. (2018): Replicability of aggregate disruption by sonication—an inter‐laboratory test using three different soils from Germany, J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci. 2018, 000, 1–11.
    DOI: 10.1002/jpln.201800152
  • Büks, F. and Kaupenjohann, M. (2016): Enzymatic biofilm digestion in soil aggregates facilitates the release of particulate organic matter by sonication, SOIL, 2, 499–509.
    DOI: 10.5194/soil-2-499-2016
  • Büks, F., Rebensburg, P., Lentzsch, P., and Kaupenjohann, M. (suspended): Two different microbial communities did not cause differences in occlusion of particulate organic matter in a sandy agricultural soil. SOIL Discuss.
    DOI: 10.5194/soil-2016-73

Conference proceedings

  • Büks, F.: Mikroplastik im Boden - Eintragspfade, Konzentrationen, Bodengesundheit. Innovationsforum Techtextile Nachhaltigkeit, Chemnitz, 23.-24.9.2021 (Video vom Vortrag und Diskussionsrunde
  • Büks, F.: Effects of Microplastics on Soil Animals. International Web Conference - Microplastics in Soils, 9.-10.9.2020
  • Büks, F., van Schaik, L. and Kaupenjohann, M.: What do we know about how the terrestrial multicellular soil fauna reacts to microplastic? - A graphic novel abstract. EGU General Assembly 4.-8.5.2020
  • Büks, F., Zieger, A., Kaupenjohann, M.: POM unter Stress: Partikelgrößenartefakte bei der Ultraschalldispergierung Tagung der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft, Bern, 24.-29.8.2019.
  • Büks, F., Reger, P., Rueß, L., Kaupenjohann, M.: Effects of motion and feeding of the nematode Acrobeloides buetschlii on aggregate stability in a sandy agricultural soil. Tagung der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft, München, 5.-10.9.2015.
  • Büks, F., Kaupenjohann, M.: Influence of EPS on aggregate stability - an enzymatic method for biofilm detachment in sandy soils. International Biochar Symposium, Potsdam, 28.-29.5.2015.

Popular scientific articles

  • Büks, F.: Ihr wollt also Wüste ..., guest contribution in Tagesspiegel Background, 31.8.2022
  • Büks, F.: Humus soll das Klima retten. Aber was ist das eigentlich?, guest contribution in klimareporter°, 7.9.2021
  • Büks, F.: Plastik im Herzen, Mikroplastik im Boden - und nun?, guest contribution in 1e9 Community, 13.8.2021
  • Büks, F.: Wie wir unsere Äcker widerstandsfähig machen können, guest contribution in klimareporter°, 14.1.2021

University theses

  • Büks, F. (2018): Physical influence of microbial communities on the structure and occlusion of particulate organic matter in a sandy agricultural soil.
    Dissertationsschrift, supervised by Prof Dr. Martin Kaupenjohann (TU Berlin, FG Bodenkunde).
  • Büks, F. (2012): Einfluss mikrobieller Mischpopulationen aus Ufersediment auf den aeroben und anaeroben Abbau von Sulfamethoxazol und Carbamazepin.
    Interdisziplinäres Projekt, supervised by Dipl.-Ing. Benno Baumgarten, Dipl.-Ing. Anne König and Prof Dr. Martin Jekel (TU Berlin, FG Wasserreinhaltung).
    (Influence of mixed microbial populations from bank sediment on the aerobic and anaerobic decomposition of sulfamethoxacole and carbamacepine.)
  • Büks, F. (2011): Untersuchung der Biofilmbildung methanogener Archaeen auf verschiedenen Marsregolith-Simulaten mit unterschiedlichem Fe(III)-Gehalt.
    Diplomarbeit, supervised by Dipl.-Biol. Nina Feyh and Prof. Dr. Ulrich Szewzyk (TU Berlin, FG Umweltmikrobiologie).
    (Biofilm formation by methanogenic archaea on different mars regolith simulants with differing content of ferric iron)
  • Büks, F. und Kurz, J.-F. (2008): Vergleich der Erfassungsbereiche von Isolierung und Klonierung anhand eines Bakterienmixes aus Gewässern des Unteren Odertals.
    Studienarbeit, supervised by Dr. Christiane Baschien and Prof. Dr. Ulrich Szewzyk (TU Berlin, FG Umweltmikrobiologie).
    (Comparation of the range of identification of isolation and cloning on the basis of a bacterial mix from waterbodies of the Unteres Odertal (federal state of Brandenburg, Germany)