Kathrin Menberg Menberg

PD Dr. Kathrin Menberg

Profile

Position: 

  • KIT Junior Research Group Leader "Sustainable Geoenergy"
  • KIT Associate Fellow
  • Deputy Head of the State research center Geothermics (LFZG)
  • Member of the Examination Board of the BSc and MSc program Applied Geosciences 
  • Chairperson of the Institute Staff Board AGW, together with Kevin Altinger

Current projects: 

Areas of research: 

  • Shallow geothermal energy and thermal energy storage
  • Life cycle assessment of renewable energies
  • Uncertainty analysis and Bayesian statistics
  • Urban hydrogeology
  • Building energy simulation 

Teaching: 

  • Geodata Analysis I
  • Engineering Geology: Landslides and Modelling
  • Engineering Geology: Laboratory and Field Methods
  • GIS Cartography
  • Field Methods I: Engineering Geology
  • Field Exercise Urban Heat Island Karlsruhe

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Curriculum Vitae:

07/2023 Venia Legendi (Applied Geosciences)
since 2022 Junior Research Group Leader, Institute of Applied Geosciences, KIT
since 2017 Senior Scientist, Institute for Applied Geosciences, KIT
2015 - 2017 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, UK
2014  Postdoc, Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zurich
2010 - 2013 PhD Scholarship from the German Environmental Foundation (DBU), Institute of Applied Geosciences, KIT
2010 Diploma (MSc. level) Applied Geology, KIT

 

Latest publications


Environmental impact of cogeneration in binary geothermal plants
Menberg, K.; Heberle, F.; Uhrmann, H.; Bott, C.; Grünäugl, S.; Brüggemann, D.; Bayer, P.
2023. Renewable Energy, 218, Art.-Nr.: 119251. doi:10.1016/j.renene.2023.119251
Evaluating Fracture Surface Imaging Methods Using Flow Simulations and Air Permeameter Measurements
Fuchs, M.; Hale, S.; Blesch, L.; Rau, G. C.; Menberg, K.; Blum, P.
2023. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. doi:10.1007/s00603-023-03615-6
Estimating cooling capacities from aerial images using convolutional neural networks
Barth, F.; Schüppler, S.; Menberg, K.; Blum, P.
2023. Applied Energy, 349, Artikl.Nr.: 121561. doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.121561
Thermal impact of underground car parks on urban groundwater
Noethen, M.; Hemmerle, H.; Menberg, K.; Epting, J.; Benz, S. A.; Blum, P.; Bayer, P.
2023. Science of The Total Environment, 903, Art.-Nr.: 166572. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166572
Finding common ground: A methodology for city-scale subsurface thermal modelling
Kreitmair, M. J.; Makasis, N.; Bidarmaghz, A.; Menberg, K.; Choudhary, R.; Soga, K.
2023. Urban Climate, 49, Art.-Nr.: 101513. doi:10.1016/j.uclim.2023.101513
Global overview on groundwater fauna
Koch, F.; Blum, P.; Korbel, K.; Menberg, K.
2023. Ecohydrology. doi:10.1002/eco.2607
Phytoscreening for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances at a Contaminated Site in Germany
Würth, A.; Mechler, M.; Menberg, K.; Ikipinar, M. A.; Martus, P.; Söhlmann, R.; Boeddinghaus, R. S.; Blum, P.
2023. Environmental Science & Technology. doi:10.1021/acs.est.2c04519
Shallow subsurface heat recycling is a sustainable global space heating alternative
Benz, S. A.; Menberg, K.; Bayer, P.; Kurylyk, B. L.
2022. Nature Communications, 13, Article no: 3962. doi:10.1038/s41467-022-31624-6
Tunnel geothermics – A review = Tunnelgeothermie – Ein Überblick
Stemmle, R.; Menberg, K.; Rybach, L.; Blum, P.
2022. Geomechanics and Tunnelling, 15 (1), 104–111. doi:10.1002/geot.202100084
Bayesian parameter inference for shallow subsurface modeling using field data and impacts on geothermal planning
Kreitmair, M. J.; Makasis, N.; Menberg, K.; Bidarmaghz, A.; Farr, G. J.; Boon, D. P.; Choudhary, R.
2022. Data-Centric Engineering, 3, Art.-Nr. e32. doi:10.1017/dce.2022.32