Prof. em. Bernhard Wehrli

Professional information

Contact

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Job title

Professor

Based in

Switzerland

Languages

English, French, German, Italian

Publications

van Grinsven S., Oswald K., Wehrli B., Jegge C., Zopfi J., Lehmann M. F., Schubert C.J. 2021. Methane oxidation in the waters of a humics-rich boreal lake stimulated by photosynthesis, nitrite, Fe(III) and humics. Biogeosciences, 18, 1-15. doi: 10.5194/BG-18-3087-2021

Callbeck C., Ehrenfels B., Baumann K., Wehrli B., and Schubert C. 2021. Anoxic chlorophyll maximum enhances local organic matter remineralization and nitrogen loss in Lake Tanganyika. Nature Communications 12:830, doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-21115-5

Societies & organisations

European Association of Geochemistry

Daylight interests

Working on daylight in relation to

Water

Why daylight matters in my work

Light is the architect of aquatic ecosystems

Daylight Academy projects I worked on

Lightbook, Winter School “Perspectives on Daylight” (2019), Interviews ABOUT LIGHT

Good to know about me

I could also have worked as

Not all cooks are good chemists, but most chemists are good cooks

I would have loved to have a coffee with

I would have a glas of vine with Galileo on the transformative power of scientific facts

Most beautiful song of all time

Shelter from the strom, Bob Dylan

Disciplines

Main discipline

Chemistry

Other disciplines

Agriculture, Biology, Earth Sciences, Economics, Engineering and Technology, Journalism, Media Studies and Communication, Physics, Political Science, Sociology

Fields of expertise

Biogeochemistry, Environmental Sciences