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Dr. rer. nat. Moritz Koza
Research Focus
  • Wind and water erosion
  • Aggregate stability
  • Field experimentation
  • Central Asia
Scientific career
  • since 07/2022
    Research staff KendyrTEX
  • 07/2022-12/2022
    Research staff Menvipro
  • 11/2019 – 06/2024
    Dissertation at the Institute of Geosciences and Geography: Drivers and processes of soil erosion in the cultivated steppe of Kazakhstan
  • 02/2018 – 06/2022
    Research staff ReKKS
  • 05/2015
    Master thesis: Charakteristik des Bodenwasserhaushaltes von Versuchsstandorten im Einzugsgebiet der Weida, Querfurter Platte
  • 08/2014
    Go East (DAAD): Tschuwaschischen Universität I.N. Ulijanov, Tscheboksary (Russland)
  • 01/2014 – 06/2014
    Erasmus Scholar: Climate Change and Geo Risks, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Sogndal (Norway)
  • 10/2013-11/2013
    Student Assistant: Geosystemic Spatial Perception and Representation at Kwa-Zulu-Natal University, Pietermaritzburg (South Africa)
  • 09/2013-05/2015
    Master of Science: Geography, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
  • 09/2012
    Bachelor thesis on the topic: Naturphänomene unter Nutzungsdruck – Mammutbäume in Kalifornien
  • 08/2011- 12/2011
    Promos (DAAD) Cal Poly Humboldt, Arcata (USA)
  • 02/2011-03/2011
    Student assistant at ALOMAR Observatory, Andenes (Norway)
  • 10/2009-09/2012
    Bachelor of Science: Geography, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
Current project

Publications

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Koza, M., Funk, R., Poehlitz, J., Conrad, C., Shibistova, O., Meinel, T., Akshalov, K. and Schmidt, G. (2024) Wind Erosion after Steppe Conversion in Kazakhstan. Soil and Tillage Research, 236, 105941. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2023.105941.
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Koza, M., Funk, R. and Schmidt, G. (2023) Wind Erosion after Steppe Conversion in Kazakhstan: Data from Mobile Wind Tunnel Experiments. Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF). https://doi.org/10.4228/ZALF-QQ16-T967.
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Koza, M., Poehlitz, J., Prays, A., Kaiser, K., Mikutta, R., Conrad, C., Vogel, C., Meinel, T., Akshalov, K. and Schmidt, G. (2022) Potential Erodibility of Semi‐arid Steppe Soils Derived from Aggregate Stability Tests. European Journal of Soil Science. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13304.
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Koza, M., Schmidt, G., Bondarovich, A., Akshalov, K., Conrad, C. and Poehlitz, J. (2021) Consequences of Chemical Pretreatments in Particle Size Analysis for Modelling Wind Erosion. Geoderma, 396, 115073. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2021.115073.
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Koza, M. (2024, April 15) Quantifying Soil Loss and Dust Emissions by Wind Tunnel Experiments in the Cultivated Steppe of Kazakhstan. 2nd Central Asian Dust Conference, Nukus, Uzbekistan.
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Koza, M. (2024, September 17) Cultivation and Use of Alternative Crops: Examples from Central Asia. Landscape Conference 2024, Berlin.
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Koza, M. (2024, February 2) Quantifying Wind Erosion in the Cultivated Steppe of Kazakhstan. Jahrestagung des AK Wüstenrandforschung, Kloster Schöntal, Germany.
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Koza, M. (2023, September 6) In-Situ Quantification of Wind Erosion on Arable Soils in the Dry Steppe of Kazakhstan. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft, Halle (Saale), Germany.
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Koza, M. (2022, September 8) How Does Chemical Pretreatment in Particle Size Analysis Affect Modeling Erosion? Jahrestagung der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft, Trier, Germany.
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Koza, M. (2022, March 27) Aggregate Stability and Potential Erodibility of Dry Steppe Soils. other, EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-2803.
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Koza, M. (2021, October 21) Natural Limitations Influence the Effect of Tillage on Aggregation in Dry Steppe Soils. 1st EUSO Young Researchers Forum at the European Soil Observatory Stakeholder Forum, online.
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Koza, M. (2020, October 18) Effects of Agricultural Land-Use Changes on Wind Erosion Risk  in the Dry Steppes – Insights of an Interdisciplinary Project (ReKKS -  Innovative Solutions for Sustainable Agricultural Land Use and Climate Adaptation in the Dry Steppes of Kazakhstan and Southwestern Siberia). 1st International IALE-Russia, Lomonosov Moscow State University, online.
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Koza, M. (2020, October 10) How to Measure Wind Erosion? Young Scientists Conference “Contribution of young scientists to the development of soil protection agriculture”, Barayev Research Center for Grain Farming, online.
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Koza, M. (2020, June 19) Effect of Land-Use Transformation on Wind Erosion in the Dry Steppes of Kazakhstan. 2nd International Forum “Dialogue of Young  Scientists: Science Talks”, Kazakh National  Agrarian University, online.
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Koza, M. (2020, March 23) How Does Pretreatment of Dry Steppe Soils Affect Particle Size Analysis by Laser Diffraction? EGU General Assembly 2020, online. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-9415.
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Koza, M. (2024) Drivers and Processes of Soil Erosion in the Cultivated Steppe of Kazakhstan. Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg. https://doi.org/10.25673/116615.
Dr. rer. nat. Moritz Koza
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  • 0049 - 345/55-26048
  • moritz.koza@geo.uni-halle.de