Publications

2026

Documents de travail

Microbial carbon metabolism is linked to organic matter chemistry across soil systems

D. Wasner; O. Lechtenfeld; J. Kaesler; S. Doetterl; M. Aeppli 

2026

2025

Articles de journaux

Effects of tillage on winter wheat productivity and soil fertility: Results from 13 years of no-till in western Switzerland

L. Bragazza; M. Fontana; A. Johannes; J. Koestel; R. Charles et al. 

European Journal of Agronomy. 2025. Vol. 170. DOI : 10.1016/j.eja.2025.127722.

Heterogeneous Photochemical Generation of Hydroxyl Radical in Mineral-Organics Systems: Dual Roles of Iron Oxides

Z. Shu; Q. Liu; Z. Dai; Z. Pan; M. Aeppli et al. 

Environmental Science & Technology. 2025. DOI : 10.1021/acs.est.5c04440.

Soil carbon concentration drives anoxic microsites across horizons, textures, and aggregate position in a California grassland

E. M. Lacroix; A. Gomes; A. S. Honeyman; K. R. Huy; S. Fendorf et al. 

GEODERMA. 2025. Vol. 454. DOI : 10.1016/j.geoderma.2025.117165.

Reviews

Climate change impacts on organic carbon cycling in European alpine soils

K. Bright; B. Dienes; M. Keiluweit; C. Rixen; M. Aeppli 

Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2025. Vol. 210, p. 109891. DOI : 10.1016/j.soilbio.2025.109891.

Posters

Can substrate chemistry explain microbial growth rates along a temperate grassland gradient?

D. Wasner; O. Lechtenfeld; J. Kaesler; R. Koehler; M. Aeppli 

Microsoil 2025, Poitiers, France, 2025-06-09 – 2025-06-13.

Datasets

Predicting rates of manganese oxide reduction from thermodynamic driving forces and structural properties

L. Xinru; V. Pothanamkandathil; L. Schwab; S. Mao; M. Aeppli 

2025.

2024

Articles de journaux

Control of landscape position on organic matter decomposition via soil moisture during a wet summer

A. Francoys; H. Li; O. Mendoza; K. Dewitte; S. Bode et al. 

SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH. 2024. Vol. 244. DOI : 10.1016/j.still.2024.106277.

X-ray chemical imaging for assessing redox microsites within soils and sediments

V. Noel; K. Boye; H. R. Naughton; E. M. Lacroix; M. Aeppli et al. 

Frontiers In Environmental Chemistry. 2024. Vol. 5, p. 1329887. DOI : 10.3389/fenvc.2024.1329887.

Organic matters, but inorganic matters too: column examination of elevated mercury sorption on low organic matter aquifer material using concentrations and stable isotope ratios

D. S. McLagan; C. Esser; L. Schwab; J. G. Wiederhold; J-H. Richard et al. 

SOIL. 2024. Vol. 10, num. 1, p. 77 – 92. DOI : 10.5194/soil-10-77-2024.

Reviews

Resilience of aerobic methanotrophs in soils; spotlight on the methane sink under agriculture

J. Lim; H. Wehmeyer; T. Heffner; M. Aeppli; W. Gu et al. 

Fems Microbiology Ecology. 2024. Vol. 100, num. 3, p. fiae008. DOI : 10.1093/femsec/fiae008.

Présentations

Soil Organic Carbon in Swiss Alpine Soils: The role of microbial community dynamics

K. Bright 

Centennial Celebration and Congress of the International Union of Soil Sciences, Florence, Italy, May 19-21, 2024.

Evaluating Changes in Thermal Stability of Organic Carbon in Biochar-Amended Soils During Microbial Incubation

E. L. Defrang 

Centennial Celebration and Congress of the International Union of Soil Sciences, Florence, Italy, May 19-21, 2024.

Electron transfer reactions and their role in soil carbon cycling

M. Aeppli 

European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 14-19 April 2024.

2023

Articles de journaux

Field-scale assessment of direct and indirect effects of soil texture on organic matter mineralization during a dry summer

H. Li; A. Francoys; X. Wang; S. Zhang; O. Mendoza et al. 

Science Of The Total Environment. 2023. Vol. 899, p. 165749. DOI : 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165749.

Mercury Isotope Fractionation during Dark Abiotic Reduction of Hg(II) by Dissolved, Surface-Bound, and Structural Fe(II)

L. Schwab; N. Gallati; S. M. Reiter; R. L. Kimber; N. Kumar et al. 

Environmental Science & Technology. 2023. Vol. 57, num. 40, p. 15243 – 15254. DOI : 10.1021/acs.est.3c03703.

Iron Reduction in Profundal Sediments of Ultraoligotrophic Lake Tahoe under Oxygen-Limited Conditions

M. Aeppli; G. Schladow; J. S. Lezama Pacheco; S. Fendorf 

Environmental Science & Technology. 2023. DOI : 10.1021/acs.est.2c05714.

Reoxidation of Reduced Peat Organic Matter by Dissolved Oxygen: Combined Laboratory Column‐Breakthrough Experiments and In‐Field Push‐Pull Tests

N. Obradović; P. Joshi; S. Arn; M. Aeppli; M. H. Schroth et al. 

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 2023. Vol. 128, num. 11. DOI : 10.1029/2023JG007640.

Papiers de conférences

Rückverfolgung von Quecksilberquellen und Umwandlungsprozessen mittels stabiler Quecksilberisotopen

L. Schwab; F. M. Rothe; D. S. McLagan; A. Alten; S. M. Kraemer et al. 

2023. Gemeinsame Jahrestagung der SETAC GLB e.V. GDCh-FG-Umweltchemie & Ökotoxikologie, Muttenz, CH, September 2023.

Reviews

Consider the Anoxic Microsite: Acknowledging and Appreciating Spatiotemporal Redox Heterogeneity in Soils and Sediments

E. M. Lacroix; M. Aeppli; K. Boye; E. Brodie; S. Fendorf et al. 

Acs Earth And Space Chemistry. 2023. DOI : 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.3c00032.

Posters

Soil organic carbon in Swiss mountain soils

K. Bright; B. Dienes 

Présentations

Variations in mineral structure and redox properties of iron-bearing clay minerals during redox cycling

M. Aeppli; F. Baron; A. Neumann; T. Hofstetter; J. Biswakarma 

Goldschmidt Conferences 2023, Lyon, France, July 9-14, 2023.

Experimental evidence for mass-independent fractionation of even-mass mercury isotopes related to the nuclear volume effect

L. Schwab; N. Gallati; H. Biester; S. Reiter; D. McLagan et al. 

Goldschmidt 2023, Lyon, France, July 2023.

2022

Articles de journaux

Assessing Analytical Methods for the Rapid Detection of Lead Adulteration in the Global Spice Market

A. M. Lopez; C. M. Nicolini; M. Aeppli; S. P. Luby; S. Fendorf et al. 

Environmental Science & Technology. 2022. Vol. 56, num. 23, p. 16996 – 17006. DOI : 10.1021/acs.est.2c03241.

Redox Properties of Solid Phase Electron Acceptors Affect Anaerobic Microbial Respiration under Oxygen-Limited Conditions in Floodplain Soils

M. Aeppli; A. Thompson; C. Dewey; S. Fendorf 

Environmental Science & Technology. 2022. Vol. 56, num. 23, p. 17462 – 17470. DOI : 10.1021/acs.est.2c05797.