University of Basel

Department of
Environmental Sciences

Department of Environmental Sciences
Prof. Dr. Christine Alewell
Professor
Christine Alewell
Philosophisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Departement Umweltwissenschaften
FG Alewell

Professor

Bernoullistrasse 30/32
4056 Basel
Schweiz

Tel. +41 61 207 04 77
christine.alewell@clutterunibas.ch

umweltgeo.unibas.ch

Appointments

upon agreement, please send an e-mail.

Research Interest

  • General research areas are biogeochemistry, soil chemistry and soil degradation of natural and semi-natural ecosystems. Specifically the research is focused on:
  • Soil and water degradation by soil erosion. Quantitative and qualitative assessment of on-site erosion with radio- (137Cs and 239+240Pu) and stable (13C, 15N) isotopes as well as modelling (USLE/ RUSLE approaches). Qualitative assessment of off-site erosion impacts (sediment source attribution to water bodies) with compound specific isotope analysis.
  • Development of indicators for wetland degradation and regeneration using stable isotope patterns (13C, 15N) as well as molecular biomarkers
  • Mercury emissions from soils and ecosystems to the atmosphere.

For a full list of publication please see (pdf)

Commitments

Member of the department’s management board (2006-2008 and 2015-2020)
Head of educational board of Geosciences (2004-2015)
Member of educational board of Geosciences (since 2003 ongoing)
Member of the educational board of the faculty of Natural Sciences (2004-2015)
Gender representative of the Faculty of Natural Sciences (2007 – 2015)
Gender representative of the Department of Environmental Sciences (2009-2020)
Faculty of Natural Sciences delegate at the Commission for Equal Opportunity (2007 – 2015)
Confidential contact for the faculty of Natural Sciences (2007 – 2015)
University of Basel confidential contact in case of sexual harassment (2007 – 2015)

Publikationen

ALLE PUBLIKATIONEN
Hirave, P., Glendell, M., Birkholz, A. and Alewell, C. (2021) “Compound-specific isotope analysis with nested sampling approach detects spatial and temporal variability in the sources of suspended sediments in a Scottish mesoscale catchment”, Science of the Total Environment. Elsevier, 755(1), p. 142916. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142916.   edoc
Borrelli, P., Alewell, C., Alvarez, P., Anache, J. A. A., Baartman, J., Ballabio, C. and [et al.] (2021) “Soil erosion modelling: A global review and statistical analysis”, The science of the total environment, 780, p. 146494. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146494.
Alewell, C., Huang, J.-H., McLaren, T., Huber, L. and Bunemann, E. K. (2021) “Phosphorus retention in constructed wetlands enhanced by zeolite- and clinopyroxene-dominated lava sand”, Hydrological processes, 35(2), p. e14040. doi: 10.1002/hyp.14040.

Projekte

ALLE PROJEKTE
Title Status
Combining biogeochemical and modelling approach to assess peatland restoration Ongoing
weObserve: Integrating Citizen Observers and High Throughput Sensing Devices for Big Data Collection, Integration, and Analysis Ongoing
Linkage between deposition and air-surface exchange of mercury: a comparative study between Switzerland and China Complete
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