ELLS Prize Winners
ELLS Prize Winners 2023
| Awardee | Study Programm | Title of thesis | ELLS Universities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mira Heßelmann | Organic Agriculture and Food Systems (EUR-Organic) | "Foraging Behavior of Grazing Dairy Cattle on Pastures with Mixed Swards" | UHOH/BOKU |
| Lea Wagner | Enviromental Science - Soil, Water and Biodiversity (EnvEuro) | "The effects of edaphic drought on medicinal and aromatic plants" | UHOH/BOKU |
ELLS Prize Winners 2022
| Awardee | Study Programm | Titel of Thesis | ELLS Universities | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antonia Hartmann | Environmental Science - Soil, Water and Biodiversity | Greenhouse gas emissions from compacted peat soil | UHOH / SLU | |
| Bianca Meßmer | Environmental Science - Soil, Water and Biodiversity | Factors Affecting Nitrous Oxide Emissions During Decomposition of Cover Crop Residues | UHOH / SCIENCE | |
| Leah Kirchhoff | Environmental Science - Soil, Water and Biodiversity | Impact of vegetation mycorrhizal type on fungal community composition in arctic tundra | UHOH / SLU |
ELLS Prize Winners 2021
| Awardee | Study Programm | Titel of Thesis | ELLS Universities | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Hannah-Maria | MSc Molecular Nutritional Sciences | "Characterizing the effect of COBLL1 on actin dynamics across adipocyte differentiation" | UHOH/WUR | |
| Lina Schardey | MSc Organic Agriculture and Food Systems (EUR-Organic Double Degree) | “Walnut - horticultural production and its functionality in agroforestry with respect to juglone challenge" | UHOH/AU | |
| Julia Veser | MSc Food Science and Engineering | "Linking morphology development and rheology by modelling of drop drying" | UHOH/WUR | |
| Huimin Yi | MSc Environmental Science - Soil, Water and Biodiversity (EnvEuro) | "Tree species mediated effects of microbes and earthworms on carbon storage under the monoculture forests in Denmark" | UHOH/UCPH |
ELLS Prize Winners 2020
| Awardee | Study Programm | Titel of Thesis | ELLS Universities | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Karlotta Koch | MSc Environmental Protection & Agricultural Food Production | “Consumer Attitudes towards Processed Organic Food” | UHOH/SCIENCE | |
| Rolf Wilmes | MSc Agribusiness | “Facilitating next generation’s entrepreneurship through legacy – How family farms’ succession-processes influence their ambidexterity" | UHOH/WULS-SGGW |
ELLS Prize Winners 2019
| Awardee | Study Programm | Titel of Thesis | Ells Universities | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Julia Kösler  Eike Wächtershäuser | Julia Kösler | MSc Agricultural Sciences | Evaluating the potential ecotoxicity of different nitrification inhibitors using terrestrial and aquatic test organisms | UHOH/BOKU |
| Eike Wächtershäuser | MSc Molecular Nutritional Science | The ostreolysin-induced differentiation of 3T3-L1 white preadipocytes via inhibition of the hedgehog signaling pathway is attenuated by modification of tryptophan residues | UHOH/HUJI | |
| Eva Vogel | MSc Organic Agriculture, and Food Systems | Gardeners’ use of medicinal plants grown in home gardens of organic and non-organic farms in Eastern Tyrol, Austria | UHOH/BOKU | |
| Eduardo Garcia Bendito | MSc Environmental Sciences - Soil, Water, Biodiversity | Hydrological & vegetation dynamics in Lake Ngami, Okavango Delta | UHOH/BOKU | |
| Pascal Moll | MSc Food Science and Engineering | Influence of Energy Density on Foamability and Foam Stability | UHOH/SLU |
| Awardee | Study programme | Titel of thesis | ELLS universities | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Merek Kesser | MSc. Organic Agriculture and Food Systems | Biological tillage by deep-rooted cover crops and their effect on the structure of heavily compacted soils | UHOH / Aarhus University |
| Elena Spöri | MSc Environmental Science – Soil Water and Biodiversity | Linking the Sustainable Development Goals to Business Model Innovation: A case study at Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG | UHOH / UCPH | |
| Sonja Wahl | MSc. Environmental Sciences | Holocene Climate and Ice Flow of the Renland Ice Cap | UHOH / UCPH | |
| Viktoria Konrad | MSc. Molecular Nutritional Science | Ketogenic diet is associated with consisten alterations of the gut, oral and dental microbiota | UHOH / CZU | |
| Christian Stetter | MSc. Agricultural Economics | Measuring the effects of Agricultural Subsidies on Production Decisions: An Application to Norwegian Farm Panel Data | UHOH / UCPH |
| Awardee | Study programme | Titel of thesis | ELLS universities | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Karola Bause | MSc Food Science and Engineering | Studies into inter- and intramolecular co-pigmentation of acylated and non-acylated cyanidin-based anthocyanins and its impact on color and thermal stability | UHOH/WUR |
| Flavia Gonzalez Escolano | MSc Environmental Science – Soil Water and Biodiversity | Recovery of forest soil microbial activity after multiyear drought and heavy rainfall events simulations | UHOH/BOKU | |
| Agnes Krettek | MSc Environmental Science – Soil Water and Biodiversity | Identification of new emerging pollutants insurface water using suspect screening analysis and prioritisation strategies based on regulatory databases | UHOH/SLU | |
| Fionn Murphy | MSc Environmental Science – Soil Water and Biodiversity | Submerged Macrophyte Patterns of Lake Constance 1967-2016 | UHOH/SCIENCE | |
| Nina Roth | MSc Environmental Science – Soil Water and Biodiversity | Modeling the effect of roads and topoclimate on plant invasions in mountains: the case of Trifolium repens | UHOH/SLU |
| Awardee | Study programme | Titel of thesis | ELLS universities | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bina Bhattarai | MSc EUR-Organic | Understanding G x E variation and prediction of artemisinin concentration in Artemisia annua L. based on trichome density and leaf characters | UHOH/Aarhus University |
| Hanna Margarete Frick | MSc EnvEuro | Remediation of chromated copper arsenate (CCA) contaminated sites with biochar and zero-valent iron | UHOH/SCIENCE | |
| Philipp Klöckner | MSc EnvEuro | From Source to Tap - A Case Study of Organic Contaminants in Raw and Drinking Water in the Region of Uppsala, Sweden | UHOH/SLU | |
| Dominik Schälling | MSc Clinical Nutrition | The anticarcinogenic protein Ostreolysin:Its interaction with lipid rafts and its role in apoptosis | UHOH/HUJ | |
| Sarah Luisa Senz | MSc Agricultural Economics | Adoption of Agro-Ecological Farming Practices– A Case Study from Burkina Faso | UHOH/BOKU |
| Awardee | Study programme | Titel of thesis | ELLS universities | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Liza-Marie Beckers | EnvEuro | Screening for pharmaceuticals in sediments of major European estuaries – EU-wide or river basin specific contamination? | UHOH/SCIENCE |
| Thomas Gantert | Molecular Nutrition Sciences | The role of Bhmt in controlling systemic adaptive metabolism | UHOH/SCIENCE | |
| Elena Krimmer | Biology | The role of Wolbachia and cytoplasmic incompatibility in the speciation of Lariophagus distinguendus | UHOH/HUJI/SLU | |
| Lisa Pataczek | EurOrganic | Development of a cultivation method for Centaurium erythraea to optimize yield and ingredients and to reduce contamination | UHOH/Aarhus |
| Awardee | Study programme | Titel of thesis | ELLS universities | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Natali Böttcher | MSc Biobased Products and Bioenergy | The potential of large scale biogas production from organic waste in urban areas:A case study on municipal solid waste management in Moshi, Tanzania | UHOH/SLU | |
| Juliane Krenz | MSc EnvEuro | Measuring CO2 emissinons from a small boral lake and its connection streams using automatic floating chambers | UHOH/SLU | ||
| Kristin Ulrichs | MSc EnvEuro | Protected area manegement and climate change - a case study in Gambia | UHOH/SCIENCE | ||
| Anne Volkert | MSc Molecular Nurtritional Science | Nutrient liability of human breast cancer cell lines | UHOH/SCIENCE | ||
| Sonja Wiedmann | MSc Environmental Protection and Agricultural Food Production | Potential flower and fruitlet thinning agents in apple | UHOH/WULS |
| Awardee | Study programme | Titel of thesis | ELLS universities | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
  | Sonja Bloch | MSc Molecular Nutrition | "Differential Ability of Probiotic Bacteria to Induce Expression of Antimicrobial Peptides in Intestinal Epithelial Cells" | UHOH/SCIENCES |
| Christian Clemm | MSc EnvEuro | "Environmental Impacts of Electric Mobility in China" | SCIENCE/UHOH | |
| Anna Katharina Heller | MSc EnvEuro | "Characteristics of the Upper Huacata Catchment and Surface Water Quality and Quantity - A Contribution to Ensuring Water Safety in the Region of Tarija" | BOKU/UHOH | |
| Gabi Schmid | MSc Biology | "Host Finding Kairomones for the Parasitic Wasp N. Vitripennis" | UHOH/SLU | |
| Katharina Scholz | MSc EnvEuro | "Carbon Footprint of Retail Wastage - A Case Study of Six Swedish Retail Stores" | UHOH/SLU |
| Awardee | Study programme | Titel of thesis | ELLS universities | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Benedikt Haug | MSc Crop Science | “Evaluation of candidate gene selection strategies for epistatic association mapping in A. thaliana” | UHOH/SLU |
| Anja Staedele | Nutrition Sciences | “Determination of human biofeedback parameters in relation to temporally and concentration controlled olfactory stimulation” | UHOH/WULS-SGGW | |
| Lasma Ozola | MSc Organic Food Chain Management | “Barriers for the Development of Organic Food Processing in Latvia” | UHOH/WUR | |
| Jevgeniy Bluwstein | MSc EnvEuro | “Greenhouse gas balance of an extensively managed organic farm in Denmark” | UHOH/SCIENCE |
| Awardee | Study programme | Titel of thesis | ELLS universities | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Nuray Duman | Agricultural Economics | Implications of Reduced Demand for Livestock Products in OECD Countries for the World Food Balance: A Partial Equilibrium Analysis | UHOH/WUR |
| Sabine Ibrügger | Nutrition Sciences | β-Glucans and Cardiovascular Diseases Effects of oat and barley β-glucans on blood cholesterol levels in a free-living population | UHOH/SCIENCE | |
| Birgit Weber | Environmental Sciences in Europe (EnvEuro) | Test and application of a vegetation based CO2 and CH4 flux estimate from three ombrogenic and topogenic peatlands in Southern Germany | UHOH/SLU |
| Awardee | Study programme | Titel of thesis | ELLS universities | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Joscha Griger | Biology | Toxicogenomic effects of polymeric siRNA delivery in vitro | UHOH/SCIENCE |
| Doris Jehle | Nutrition Sciences | Characterization of a radical in wort brewed with dark malt | UHOH/SCIENCE | |
| Jasmin Lucas | Organic Food Chain Management | Organic Food Scandals in Germany - Analysis of media reports and measures of prevention | UHOH/WUR | |
| Karin Steffens | Agrobiology | Eddy-Covariance-Measurements of Surface Energy, Water and Carbon Dioxide Fluxes between a Winter Wheat Stand and the Atmosphere | UHOH/SLU | |
| Susanne Ufer | Organic Food Chain Management | Coping and Adaptation Strategies of Rural Households in Response to Rice and Maize Price Variability in Northern Vietnam | UHOH/WUR |