Dr Uwe Schneidewind PhD

Dr Uwe Schneidewind

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Uwe is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow funded by the German Research Foundation. His research at UoB focusses on the fate and transport of microplastics in freshwater sediments. His main research interests are related to unravelling water flow and contaminant transport processes in streambeds and near-stream shallow aquifers.

A summary of his current research project can be found here: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/403826296?language=en

Qualifications

  • 12/2011 – 2/2016: PhD in Applied Biological Sciences, Ghent University (UGent), Belgium
    Thesis title: Water Flow and Contaminant Transformation in the Hyporheic Zone of Lowland Rivers
  •  8/2006 – 9/2008: MSc in in Applied Environmental Geoscience, University of Tübingen, Germany
    Thesis title: Determination of the Hydraulic Conductivity using Direct-Push Injection Logger
  • 8/2004 – 2/2005: Studies in Environmental Engineering at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico
  • 10/2002 – 7/2006: BSc in Environmental and Resource Management, Brandenburg University of Technology (BTU), Cottbus, Germany
    Thesis title: Geophysical Investigation of the Oil-Shale Bearing Structure “Erlenwiese” in the Vicinity of the World Heritage Site “Messel Pit Fossil Site”

Research

My current research is about microplastics in riverine and groundwater environments. 

Other activities

  • Reviewer for Water Resources Research, Water MDPI, Journal of Hydrology, Journal of Hydrology – Regional Studies, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, Applied Thermal Engineering, Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development, CRC Press
  • Memberships: American Geophysical Union (AGU), German Geological Society -Section Hydrogeology (FH-DGGV)

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Zhang, Z, Huang, X, Zhang, J, Schneidewind, U, Krause, S, Jin, M, Liang, X, Zhan, H & Zhang, L 2024, 'Ammonium enrichment, nitrate attenuation and nitrous oxide production along groundwater flow paths: Carbon isotopic and DOM optical evidence', Journal of Hydrology, vol. 632, 130943. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.130943

Bertagnoli, A, Luce, C, van Kampen, R, Schneidewind, U, van Berkel, M, Tranmer, AW, Vandersteen, G, Krause, S & Tonina, D 2024, 'iFLOW: A Framework and GUI to Quantify Effective Thermal Diffusivity and Advection in Permeable Materials From Temperature Time Series', Water Resources Research, vol. 60, no. 11, e2024WR037370. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024wr037370

Li, Y, Schneidewind, U, Wen, Z, Krause, S & Liu, H 2024, 'Influence of bank slope on sinuosity-driven hyporheic exchange flow and residence time distribution during a dynamic flood event', Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, vol. 28, pp. 1751–1769. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-1751-2024

Singh, J, Yadav, BK, Schneidewind, U & Krause, S 2024, 'Microplastics pollution in inland aquatic ecosystems of india with a global perspective on sources, composition, and spatial distribution', Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, vol. 53, 101798. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2024.101798

Kukkola, A, Schneidewind, U, Haverson, L, Kelleher, L, Drummond, JD, Sambrook Smith, G, Lynch, I & Krause, S 2024, 'Snapshot Sampling May Not Be Enough to Obtain Robust Estimates for Riverine Microplastic Loads', ACS ES and T Water, vol. 4, no. 5, pp. 2309-2319. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.4c00176

Kukkola, A, Krause, S, Yonan, Y, Kelleher, L, Schneidewind, U, Smith, GHS, Nel, H & Lynch, I 2023, 'Easy and accessible way to calibrate a fluorescence microscope and to create a microplastic identification key', MethodsX, vol. 10, 102053. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2023.102053

Li, Y, Wen, Z, Schneidewind, U, Liu, H & Krause, S 2023, 'Effects of a large-scale dam structure on upstream and downstream lateral hyporheic exchange and residence time distributions – The Xinglong Water Conservancy Dam, China', Journal of Hydrology, vol. 625, 130073. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.130073

Zhang, L, Liu, Y, Jin, M, Liang, X, Krause, S, Schneidewind, U, Li, Y & Zhan, H 2023, 'Influence of seasonal water-level fluctuations on depth-dependent microbial nitrogen transformation and greenhouse gas fluxes in the riparian zone', Journal of Hydrology, vol. 622, 129676. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129676

Kelleher, L, Schneidewind, U, Krause, S, Haverson, L, Allen, S, Allen, D, Kukkola, A, Murray-Hudson, M, Maselli, V & Franchi, F 2023, 'Microplastic accumulation in endorheic river basins: – The example of the Okavango Panhandle (Botswana)', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 874, 162452. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162452

Kurki-Fox, JJ, Doll, BA, Monteleone, B, West, K, Putnam, G, Kelleher, L, Krause, S & Schneidewind, U 2023, 'Microplastic distribution and characteristics across a large river basin: Insights from the Neuse River in North Carolina, USA', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 878, 162940. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162940

Kukkola, A, Runkel, RL, Schneidewind, U, Murphy, SF, Kelleher, L, Smith, GS, Nel, HA, Lynch, I & Krause, S 2023, 'Prevailing impacts of river management on microplastic transport in contrasting US streams: rethinking global microplastic flux estimations', Water Research, vol. 240, 120112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2023.120112

Richards, LA, Fox, BG, Bowes, MJ, Khamis, K, Kumar, A, Kumari, R, Kumar, S, Hazra, M, Howard, B, Thorn, RMS, Read, DS, Nel, HA, Schneidewind, U, Armstrong, LK, Nicholls, DJE, Magnone, D, Ghosh, A, Chakravorty, B, Joshi, H, Dutta, TK, Hannah, DM, Reynolds, DM, Krause, S, Gooddy, DC & Polya, DA 2022, 'A systematic approach to understand hydrogeochemical dynamics in large river systems: development and application to the River Ganges (Ganga) in India', Water Research, vol. 211, 118054, pp. 118054. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2022.118054

Robinson, K, Robinson, CE, Roy, J, Vissers, M, Almpanis, A, Schneidewind, U & Power, C 2022, 'Improved interpretation of groundwater-surface water interactions along a stream reach using 3D high-resolution combined DC resistivity and induced polarization (DC-IP) geoelectrical imaging', Journal of Hydrology, vol. 613, 128468. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128468

Kampen, R, Schneidewind, U, Anibas, C, Bertagnoli, A, Tonina, D, Vandersteen, G, Luce, C, Krause, S & Berkel, M 2022, 'LPMLEn–A Frequency Domain Method to Estimate Vertical Streambed Fluxes and Sediment Thermal Properties in Semi-Infinite and Bounded Domains', Water Resources Research, vol. 58, no. 3, e2021WR030886. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021WR030886

Drummond, JD, Schneidewind, U, Li, A, Hoellein, TJ, Krause, S & Packman, AI 2022, 'Microplastic accumulation in riverbed sediment via hyporheic exchange from headwaters to mainstems', Science Advances, vol. 8, no. 2, eabi9305. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abi9305

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