Dr. Johannes Max
Humboldt-University, Berlin
Institute of Geography
Department of Climatology
Unter den Linden 6
D-10099 Berlin
Office: Rudower Chaussee 16
D-12489 Berlin
Tel: +49 30 2093 9371
Fax: +49 30 2093 6844
e-mail: → Mail
Curriculum vitae» back to top
- Year of birth: 1965
- Place of birth: Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Education
| April 2004 | PhD (Dr. sci. agr.) Institute for Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Christian Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany. Title of the PhD-thesis: |
| "Einfluß von N-Düngung und Bodenbearbeitung auf Wurzelwachstumsdynamik, 14C-Assimilatverteilung und Rhizodeposition von Winterraps (Brassica napus L.)",
(Influence of N-fertilization and soil tillage on root growth dynamics, 14C-assimilate partitioning and rhizodeposition in canola (Brassica napus L.) | |
| Diploma in Geography, Philipps University, Marburg/Lahn, Germany. | |
| Diploma thesis (Institute for Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, FG Geisenheim):
"Untersuchungen zum Bodenwasser- und Nitrathaushalt, ein Beitrag zum Grundwasserschutz in Weinbaugebieten" ("Investigations on soil- water and nitrate balance – a contribution to groundwater protection in wine-growing areas") | |
| 1978 – 1984 | Christian-Wirth School, Usingen/Taunus, Germany |
Professional experience
- 06/2004 – 12/2007 Scientific and administrative coordinator, DFG "research group" FOR 431: "Protected Cultivation – an approach to sustainable vegetable Production in the humid tropics", Leibniz-University of Hanover at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani, Thailand, http://www.sus-veg-thai.de/
- 03/2002 – 04/2004 Research associate, Hessian Regional Office for Environment and Geology (HLUG), Wiesbaden, Germany
- 11/2001 – 03/2002 Research associate, University of Stuttgart-Hohenheim, Institute for Agricultural Business Operations
- 03/1997 – 12/1999 Research associate, Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel, Institute for Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Special research program "SFB-192"
- 06/1995 – 02/1997 Employee, BMW Rolls-Royce AeroEngines, Oberursel/Taunus, Germany
- 03/1994 – 04/1995 Research associate, Planning Office for Landscape- and Animal Ecology, Erwitte/Westphalia, Zwenkau/Saxony, Mühlhausen/Thuringia, Germany
- 01/1994 – 06/1992 Research associate, Research- and Development Program "TNT-Decontamination Program Armaments Industry Site Stadtallendorf", Stadtallendorf/Marburg, Germany
Scientific publications
Liebisch, F., Max, J. F. J., Heine, G., Horst, W. J. (2009): Blossom-end rot and fruit cracking of tomato grown in net-covered greenhouses in
Central Thailand can partly be corrected by calcium and boron sprays. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 172(1). In press.
(available online)
Max, J. F. J., Horst, W. J., Mutwiwa, U. N., Tantau, H.-J. (2008): Effects of greenhouse cooling method on growth, fruit yield and quality of tomato
(Solanum lycopersicum L.) in a tropical climate. Submitted to "Scientia Horticulturae".
Mutwiwa, U. N., Tantau, H.-J., Max, J. F. J. (2007): Effect of Greenhouse Cooling Method on the Growth and Yield of Tomato in the Tropics.
Proceedings of the "Deutscher Tropentag", October 9-11, 2007, Witzenhausen. In press.
Mutwiwa, U. N., von Elsner, B., Tantau, H.-J., Max, J. F. J. (2008): Cooling Naturally Ventilated Greenhouses in the Tropics by Near-Infra Red Reflection.
Acta Horticulturae (ISHS) 801, 259-266. (available online)
Heine, G., Myint, S. S., Moran-Puente, D. W., Max, J. F. J., Horst W.J. (2007): Einfluss der Mineralstoffernährung auf die Resistenz
von Tomaten gegen Pseudocercospora fuligena. Tagungsband 15. Arbeitskreis Blattdüngung, Hannover.
Mutwiwa, U. N., von Elsner, B., Max, J. F. J., Tantau, H.-J. (2006): Effects of NIR-reflection Greenhouse Cooling on Blossom-end Rot
and Fruit Cracking. African Journal of Horticultural Science 1. 33-43.
Dhakal, U., Salokhe, V. M., Tantau, H.-J., Max, J. F. J. (2005): Development of a Greenhouse Nutrient Recycling System for Tomato Production
in Humid Tropics. Agr. Engng. Intl. 7, Manuscript BC 05 008P.
http://ecommons.library.cornell.edu/bitstream/1813/2626/12/BC+05+008+Salokhe+final+6Dec2005.pdf
Max, J. F. J., Sattelmacher, B. (2000): Der Einfluß von Bodenbearbeitung und N-Düngung auf die Verteilung von
14C-markierten Assimilaten auf Sproß und Wurzel sowie auf die Rhizodeposition bei Winterraps.
In: Merbach, W., Wittenmayer, L., Augustin; J. (Hrsg.): Rhizodeposition und Stoffverwertung. B. G. Teubner, Stuttgart, Leipzig, S. 72-78.
Research project» back to top
The urban heat island as a model for climate change impacts on horticultural crops