Dr. Eva Oburger

Scientist
University of Vienna
Department of Microbial Ecology and Ecosystem Science
Althanstrasse 14
A-1090 Vienna
AustriaPhone: +43 1 4277
Phone Extension: 76666
RESEARCH INTERESTS
My research focuses on revealing the mechanisms of plant-soil-microbe interactions in natural as well as in contaminated soils. My work specifically focuses on
- Development and application of sampling techniques to collect root exudates from soil grown plants and the implementation of novel analytical approaches for root exudate analysis.
- Investigating fate and function of root exudates, including microbial decomposition dynamics and exudate-driven solubilisation of macro- and micronutrients
- Development and application of growth and imaging techniques (e.g. DGT, planar optodes) for in-situ visualization of rhizosphere processes.
- Bioavailability of pollutants in soil including risk assessment
RESEARCH PROJECTS
- The biogeochemistry of W in the plant-soil environment, BOKU, University of Vienna (FWF, 2014-2018)
- Development of innovative wood dash applications in the environment, BOKU, TU-Graz, FHP, Bios Bioenergy 2020+, Landwirtschaftskammer Steiermark (FFG, 2011-2014)
- The rhizosphere biogeochemistry of phytosiderophores and plant iron uptake, BOKU, University of Vienna
Novel methods for sampling and detection of root exudates, BOKU (FWF, 2007-2010)
SELECTED PUBLICATONS
- Oburger, E. and Schmidt, H., 2016. "New methods to unravel rhizosphere processes," Trends in Plant Science, 21, 243-255, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2015.12.005
- Oburger, E., Gruber, B., Wanek, W., Watzinger, A., Stanetty, C., Schindlegger, Y., Hann, S., Schenkeveld, W. D. C., Kraemer, S. M., and Puschenreiter, M., 2016. "Microbial decomposition of c-13- labeled phytosiderophores in the rhizosphere of wheat: Mineralization dynamics and key microbial groups involved," Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 98, 196-207, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2016.04.014
- Schindlegger, Y., Oburger, E., Puschenreiter, M., Stingeder, G., Koellensperger, G., and Hann, S., 2015. "Speciation of 2 '-deoxymugineic acid-metal complexes in top soil extracts by multi-modal stationary phase LC-ICP-MS," Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 30, 1345-1355, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5ja00018a
- Schenkeveld, W. D. C., Schindlegger, Y., Oburger, E., Puschenreiter, M., Hann, S., and Kraemer, S. M., 2014. "Geochemical processes constraining iron uptake in strategy ii fe acquisition," Environmental Science & Technology, 48, 12662-12670, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es5031728
- Oburger, E., Gruber, B., Schindlegger, Y., Schenkeveld, W. D. C., Hann, S., Kraemer, S. M., Wenzel, W. W., and Puschenreiter, M., 2014. "Root exudation of phytosiderophores from soil-grown wheat," New Phytologist, 203, 1161-1174, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.12868
- Oburger, E., Dell'mour, M., Hann, S., Wieshammer, G., Puschenreiter, M., and Wenzel, W. W., 2013. "Evaluation of a novel tool for sampling root exudates from soil-grown plants compared to conventional techniques," Environmental and Experimental Botany, 87, 235-247,
- Oburger, E., Jones, D. L., and Wenzel, W. W., 2011. "Phosphorus saturation and ph differentially regulate the efficiency of organic acid anion-mediated p solubilization mechanisms in soil," Plant and Soil, 341, 363-382, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-010-0650-5
CURRENT/RECENT PROJECTS