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


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
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
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
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, 57 (10), 4122–4132. doi:10.1021/acs.est.2c04519