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Dr. Tobias Sprafke

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Dr. Tobias Sprafke Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter

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  • Contact hours Tuesday
    Thursday
  • Address Berner Fachhochschule
    School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL
    Fachbereich Agronomie
    Länggasse 85
    3052 Zollikofen

CV

  • I am interested in soil and landscape evolution, specifically in soil formation, soil parent materials, soil distribution and soil functions. I have investigated loess-paleosol sequences in Central Europe and Central Asia and worked on soil formation in Central Europe and the Central Tropics. Currently, I am working on soil mapping and sustainable land use and aim to raise public awareness on the multifunctionality of soil as slowly developing limited ressource.
  • since January 2023 Research Associate BFH-HAFL - Use and Conservation of the Soil group
  • March 2022 - July 2023 Research Associate Institute of Geography, University of Bern (GIUB) - Unit Land Systems and Sustainable Land Use
  • January 2021 - December 2022 Research Associate Center of Competence for Soils (KOBO), BFH-HAFL
  • January 2017 - December 2020 Research Associate Institute of Geography, University of Bern (GIUB) - Unit Paleo-Geoecology
  • June 2011 - December 2016 Research Associate Institute of Geography, University of Würzburg, Germany
  • June 2011 - July 2015 PhD - Doktor der Naturwissenschaften (Dr. rer. nat) University of Würzburg
  • April 2006 - April 2011 Diplom-Geograph Univ. University of Würzburg

Projects

Publications

  • Schwahn, L., Schulze, T., Fülling, A., Zeeden, C., Preusser, F. & Sprafke, T. (2023): Multi-method study of the Middle Pleistocene loess–palaeosol sequence of Köndringen, SW Germany. E&G Quaternary Science Journal 72 (1), pp. 1-21.

    Lombardo, U., Arroyo-Kalin, M., Schmidt, M., Huisman, H., Lima, H.P., de Paula Moraes, C., Neves, E.G., Clement, C.R., Aires da Fonseca, J., de Almeida, F.O., Vieira Alho, C.F.B., Bronk Ramsey, C., Brown, G.G., Cavallini, M.S., Lima da Costa, M., Cunha, L., dos Anjos, L.H.C., Denevan, W.M., Fausto, C., Fernandes Caromano, C., Fontana, A., Franchetto, B., Glaser, B., Heckenberger, M.J., Hecht, S., Honorato, V., Jarosch, K.A., Braga Junqueira, A., Kater, T., Tamanaha, E.K., Kuyper, T.W., Lehmann, J., Madella, M., Maezumi, S.Y., Matthews Cascon, L., Mayle, F.E., McKey, D., Moraes, B., Morcote-Ríos, G., Palheta Barbosa, C.A., Magalhães, M.P., Prestes-Carneiro, G., Pugliese, F., Pupim, F.N., Raczka, M.F., Py-Daniel, A.R., Riris, P., Cigaran da Rocha, B., Rodrigues, L., Rostain, S., Macedo, R.S., Shock, M.P., Sprafke, T., Stampanoni Bassi, F., Valle, R., Vidal-Torrado, P., Villagrán, X.S., Watling, J., Weber, S.L. & Teixeira, W.G. (2022): Evidence confirms an anthropic origin of Amazonian Dark Earths. Nature Communications 13 (1), p. 3444.

    Schulze, T., Schwahn, L., Fülling, A., Zeeden, C., Preusser, F. & Sprafke, T. (2022): Investigating the loess–palaeosol sequence of Bahlingen-Schönenberg (Kaiserstuhl), southwestern Germany, using a multi-methodological approach. E&G Quaternary Science Journal 71 (2), pp. 145-162.

    Waroszewski, J., Pietranik, A., Sprafke, T., Kabała, C., Frechen, M., Jary, Z., Kot, A., Tsukamoto, S., Meyer-Heintze, S., Krawczyk, M., Łabaz, B., Schultz, B. & Erban Kochergina, Y.V. (2021): Provenance and paleoenvironmental context of the Late Pleistocene thin aeolian silt mantles in southwestern Poland – A widespread parent material for soils. Catena 204, p. 105377.

    Händel, M., Thomas, R., Sprafke, T., Schulte, P., Brandl, M., Simon, U. & Einwögerer, T. (2021): Using archaeological data and sediment parameters to review the formation of the Gravettian layers at Krems‐Wachtberg. Journal of Quaternary Science 36 (8), pp. 1397-1413.

    Rahimzadeh, N., Sprafke, T., Thiel, C., Terhorst, B. & Frechen, M. (2021): A comparison of polymineral and K-feldspar post-IR IRSL ages of loess from Franconia (Bavaria, Germany). E&G Quaternary Science Journal.

    Sprafke, T. (2021): A tribute to Fink (1956): On the correlation of terraces and loesses in Austria. E&G Quaternary Science Journal 70 (2), pp. 221-224.

  • Petschko, H., Sprafke, T., Peticzka, R. & Wiesbauer, H. (2022): Sunken Roads and Palaeosols in Loess Areas in Lower Austria: Landform Development and Cultural Importance. – C. Embleton-Hamann (Ed.) Landscapes and Landforms of Austria. Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp. 179-191.

    Riedl, D., Roetzel, R., Pöppl, R.E. & Sprafke, T. (2022): Wachau World Heritage Site: A Diverse Riverine Landscape. – C. Embleton-Hamann (Ed.) Landscapes and Landforms of Austria. Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp. 163-178.

    Sprafke, T. (2022): Parent materials: Loess. Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. Elsevier.

  • Suchodoletz, H.v., Fütterer, P., Zielhofer, C., Veit, U., Ettel, P., Werther, L., Stäuble, H., Tinapp, C., Schneider, B., Sprafke, T., Werban, U., Ballasus, H. & Miera, J. (2023): Holozäne Auenlehmsedimentation im lössbedeckten Weiße Elster – Einzugsgebiet in Mitteldeutschland zwischen Klimaänderungen und menschlicher Aktivität. Gemeinsame Jahrestagung von AK Geoarchäologie & AG Paläopedologie, Würzburg, p. 52.

    Sahwan, W., Lucke, B., Sprafke, T., Vanselow, K.A. & Bäumler, R. (2022): Spectral Characteristics of Soil Types in Northwestern Jordan Considering Iron Oxides Effects and Colors. – A. Çiner, S. Grab, E. Jaillard, D. Doronzo, A. Michard, M. Rabineau & H.I. Chaminé (Eds.): Recent Research on Geomorphology, Sedimentology, Marine Geosciences and Geochemistry, Cham, Springer International Publishing, pp. 35-37.

    Hildbrand, C. & Sprafke, T. (2022): Soilscape information and sustainable land use – a case study in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. 20th Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Lausanne. – Abstract Volume, Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT), p. 378.

    Nuss, M., Fülling, A., Sprafke, T. & Preusser, F. (2022): Detailed investigation of the unconformity in the lower part of the loess profile Bahlingen-Schönenberg. – A. Brauer & M.J. Schwab (Eds.): DEUQUA 2022 Connecting Geoarchives, Potsdam. – Scientific Technical Report STR 22/02, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, p. 102.

    Rahimzadeh, N., Sprafke, T., Thiel, C., Terhorst, B. & Frechen, M. (2022): Optical dating of Franconian loess, southern Germany: A comparison of polymineral and K-feldspar post-IR IRSL signals. – A. Brauer & M.J. Schwab (Eds.): DEUQUA 2022 Connecting Geoarchives, Potsdam. – Scientific Technical Report STR 22/02, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, pp. 107-108.

    Suchodoletz, H.v., Fütterer, P., Zielhofer, C., Veit, U., Ettel, P., Werther, L., Stäuble, H., Tinapp, C., Schneider, B., Sprafke, T., Werban, U., Ballasus, H. & Miera, J. (2022): Holocene silt-clay overbank sedimentation between climate change and human activitiy within the fragile loess-covered Weiße Elster catchment in Central Germany. EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, p. 8894.

    Lehmkuhl, F., Nett, J., Schulte, P., Jary, Z., Sprafke, T., Pötter, S. & Hambach, U. (2021): Loess Landscapes of Europe and a New Conceptual Model. – H.V. Suchodoletz, E. Dietze, M. Dietze, J. Meister, C. Wrozyna, C. Zeeden & S. Kreutzer (Eds.): vDEUQUA 2021, virtual. – Book of Abstracts, Deutsche Quartervereinigung e.V., p. 29.

    Schulze, T., Schwahn, L., Fülling, A., Rambeau, C., Ertlen, D., Sprafke, T. & Preusser, F. (2021): Investigating the Loess Sequence of Bahlingen a. K., Germany, using a Multi-methodological Approach. – H.V. Suchodoletz, E. Dietze, M. Dietze, J. Meister, C. Wrozyna, C. Zeeden & S. Kreutzer (Eds.): vDEUQUA 2021, virtual. – Book of Abstracts, Deutsche Quartervereinigung e.V., p. 35.

    Schwahn, L., Schulze, T., Fülling, A., Rambeau, C., Ertlen, D., Sprafke, T. & Preusser, F. (2021): Investigating the Loess-paleosol Sequence of Köndringen, Germany, using a Multi-methodological Approach. – H.V. Suchodoletz, E. Dietze, M. Dietze, J. Meister, C. Wrozyna, C. Zeeden & S. Kreutzer (Eds.): vDEUQUA 2021, virtual. – Book of Abstracts, Deutsche Quartervereinigung e.V., p. 37.

    Lehmkuhl, F., Hambach, U., Nett, J.J., Schulte, P., Jary, Z., Sprafke, T., Antoine, P., Wacha, L., Zerboni, A., Hošek, J. & Marković, S.B. (2021): Eurasian drylands and the conceptual model of loess landscapes. vEGU21: Gather Online, pp. EGU21-8586.

    Nett, J.J., Lehmkuhl, F., Schaffernicht, E.J., Pötter, S., Schulte, P., Sprafke, T. & Hambach, U. (2021): Comparing a new paleomap of European loess landscapes to an atmospheric dust circulation model. vEGU21: Gather Online, pp. EGU21-4345.

Language skills and intercultural knowledge

  • German - Native or bilingual proficiency
  • English - Full professional proficiency
  • French - Limited working proficiency
  • Spanish - Elementary proficiency
  • Switzerland
  • Germany
  • Austria
  • Poland
  • Brazil
  • Kazakhstan
  • Cameroon
  • Congo