Research group Prof. Schrott - Geomorphology and Environmental Systems

The Research Group Geomorphology and Environmental Systems is focusing on mountain permafrost, sediment budgets, late- and postglacial landscape development, natural hazards and risks as well as Global Environmental Change.

Group photo of the research group
© Friederike Pauk/GIUB

Team

Prof. Schrott talking to students about glaciers.
© Nico Wagner

Teaching

A DGPS set up in the Alps
© Till Wenzel/GIUB

Research

News
Ikram Zangana successfully defends dissertation
Ikram Zangana successfully defended his dissertation "From Efficient Geomorphological Mapping to Semi-Automated Landslide Detection." The dissertation was supervised by Prof. Dr. Lothar Schrott (University of Bonn) and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jan-Christoph Otto (University of Salzburg). Congratulations!
RG Schrott at EGU 2026 in Vienna
RG Schrott participated in EGU 2026 in Vienna, presenting research on landslide monitoring, flood-related large wood transport and semi-automatic landslide mapping.
Fieldwork in Switzerland, March 2026
A field campaign in Obergoms, Switzerland, combined geophysical methods and sediment sampling to investigate the formation and geomorphological significance of outsize fans in the Upper Rhone Valley.
RG Schrott at the 11th ICG in New Zealand
Researchers from RG Schrott attended the 11th International Conference on Geomorphology (ICG) in Christchurch, New Zealand, to present our current research.

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Lothar Schrott

Head of Research Group

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Meckenheimer Allee 166

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