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


Comprehensive life cycle assessment of selected seasonal thermal energy storage systems
Weise, J.; Bott, C.; Menberg, K.; Bayer, P.
2025. Renewable Energy, Art.-Nr.: 124232. doi:10.1016/j.renene.2025.124232
Depth-specific thermal conductivities of Triassic sandstones
Albers, A.; Glatting, F.; Menberg, K.; Steger, H.; Fliegauf, C.; Schindler, L.; Wilke, S.; Zorn, R.; Blum, P.
2025. Geothermal Energy, 13 (1), 34. doi:10.1186/s40517-025-00359-0
Policies for aquifer thermal energy storage: international comparison, barriers and recommendations
Stemmle, R.; Hanna, R.; Menberg, K.; Østergaard, P. A.; Jackson, M.; Staffell, I.; Blum, P.
2024. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy. doi:10.1007/s10098-024-02892-1
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.
2024. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 57 (3), 1849–1860. doi:10.1007/s00603-023-03615-6
Sustainable cooling solutions
Ghaddar, N.; Kishore, R. A.; Menberg, K.; Ndukwu, M. C.; Hou, H.; Islam, R.; Sahin, E. B.; Sett, S.; Mandal, J.
2024. One Earth, 7 (8), 1315–1319. doi:10.1016/j.oneear.2024.07.018
Temporal shift in groundwater fauna in southwestern Germany
Koch, F.; Blum, P.; Stein, H.; Fuchs, A.; Hahn, H. J.; Menberg, K.
2024. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 28 (22), 4927–4946. doi:10.5194/hess-28-4927-2024
Global groundwater warming due to climate change
Benz, S. A.; Irvine, D. J.; Rau, G. C.; Bayer, P.; Menberg, K.; Blum, P.; Jamieson, R. C.; Griebler, C.; Kurylyk, B. L.
2024. Nature Geoscience, 17, 545–551. doi:10.1038/s41561-024-01453-x
City-scale heating and cooling with aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES)
Stemmle, R.; Lee, H.; Blum, P.; Menberg, K.
2024. Geothermal Energy, 12 (1), 2. doi:10.1186/s40517-023-00279-x
Global overview on groundwater fauna
Koch, F.; Blum, P.; Korbel, K.; Menberg, K.
2024. Ecohydrology, 17 (1). doi:10.1002/eco.2607
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