since 2023
Scientific assistant and project coordination at the working group Peatland Studies, University of Greifswald

2017 - 2024
Scientific assistant and project coordinator at the Landscape Ecology and Grassland and Forage Science working groups, University of Rostock

2013 - 2016
Scientific assistant at the Institute for Landscape Biogeochemistry, Leibniz Center for Agricultural Landscape Research e. V., Müncheberg

2010 - 2013
Scientific assistant at the working group Landscape Ecology, University of Rostock

2010
Master thesis: “Winterliche Lachgasfreisetzung in einem Durchströmungsmoor in Westmecklenburg”

2008 - 2010
M.Sc. in Agricultural Ecology at the University of Rostock, specializing in ecology and management of agricultural systems

2005 - 2008
B.Sc. in Agricultural Ecology at the University of Rostock

current projects

• Ecosystem services, monitoring and knowledge transfer “OptiMuM” - Optimization of raised bog restoration and monitoring and practice (BfN/BMU, 2023 - 2028)

previous projects

• Improving greenhouse gas balances and feed utilization in beef production (Stiftung Block, 2022 - 2024)

• „OptiMoor“ - Testing and developing the optimization of raised bog restoration on agricultural sites to increase biodiversity and carbon storage – (BfN/BMU + EFRE/NBank, 2016 - 2021)

• Minderung von Treibhausgasemissionen im Rapsanbau unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Stickstoffdüngung, Arbeitspaket 6: „Humuswirksamkeit von Rapsfruchtfolgen: Ermittlung der summarischen Klimawirkung und der kurzfristigen Veränderungen im Vorrat an organischer Bodensubstanz“ (FNR, 2013 - 2016)

• Vorpommern Initiative für Paludikultur (VIP): Interdisziplinäres Forschungsprojekt zu Revitalisierung und Wiedervernässung vordrainierter Niedermoore in Vorpommern; Teilprojekt 4.1: „Treibhausgasflüsse bei der Revitalisierung von Niedermooren“ (BMBF, 2010 - 2013)

Journal articles (peer-reviewed)

• Daun, C., Huth, V., Gaudig, G., Krebs, M., Jurasinski, G. (2023) Full-cycle greenhouse gas balance of a Sphagnum paludiculture site on former bog grassland in Germany. Science of the Total Environment, 877, 162943. (link)

• Maier, M., Weber, T. K. D., Fiedler, J., Fuß, R., Glatzel, S., Huth, V., Jordan, S., Jurasinski, G., Kutzbach, L., Schäfer, K., Weymann, D., Hagemann, U. (2022) Introduction of a guideline for measurements of greenhouse gas fluxes from soils using non-steady-state chambers. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 185, 447-461. (link)

• Mallast, J. Stichnothe, H., Flessa, H., Fuß, R., Lucas-Moffat, A. M., Petersen-Schlapkohl, U., Augustin, J., Hagemann, U., Kesenheimer, K., Ruser, R., Suárez Quiñones, T., Prochnow, A., Dittert, K., Köpke, S., Huth, V., Glatzel, S., Räbiger, T., Knieß, A., Kage, H., Hegewald, H., Christen, O. (2021) Multi-variable experimental data set of agronomic data and gaseous soil emissions from maize, oilseed rape and other energy crops at eight sites in Germany. Open Data Journal for Agricultural Research, 7, 11-19. (link)

• Huth, V., Günther, A., Bartel, A., Gutekunst, C., Heinze, S., Hofer, B., Jacobs, O., Koebsch, F., Rosinski, E., Tonn, C., Ullrich, K., Jurasinski, G. (2021) The climate benefits of topsoil removal and Sphagnum introduction in raised bog restoration. Restoration Ecology, e13490. (link)

• Rosinski, E., Bartel, A., Günther, A., Heinze, S., Hofer, B., Jurasinski, G., Söchting, H.-P., Ullrich, K., Huth, V. (2021) Wiederherstellung von Hochmoorbiotopen nach intensiver Grünlandnutzung – Drei Jahre Vegetationsentwicklung im Feldversuch OptiMoor. Natur und Landschaft, 96, 192-201.

• Günther, A., Barthelmes A., Huth, V., Joosten, H., Jurasinski, G., Koebsch, F., Couwenberg, J (2020) Prompt rewetting of drained peatlands reduces climate warming despite methane emissions. Nature Communications, 11, 1644. (link)

• Huth, V., Günther, A., Bartel, A., Hofer, B., Jacobs, O., Jantz, N., Meister, M., Rosinski, E., Urich, T., Weil, M. Zak, D., Jurasinski, G. (2020) Topsoil removal reduced in-situ methane emissions in a temperate rewetted bog grassland by a hundredfold. Science of The Total Environment, 721, 137763. (link)

• Hoffmann, M., Huth, V., Augustin, J. (2019) Comment on “Upland grasslands in Northern England were atmospheric carbon sinks regardless of management regime” by Eze et al. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 264, 363-365. (link)

• Lucas-Moffat, A. M., Huth, V., Augustin, J., Brümmer, C., Herbst, M., Kutsch, W. L. (2018) Towards pairing plot and field scale measurements in managed ecosystems: Using eddy covariance to cross-validate CO2 fluxes modeled from manual chamber campaigns. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 256-257, 362-378. (link)

• Huth, V., Hoffmann, M., Bereswill, S., Popova, Y., Zak, D., Augustin, J. (2018) The climate warming effect of a fen peat meadow with fluctuating water table is reduced by young alder trees. Mires and Peat, 21, Article 04, 1-18. (link)

• Hoffmann, M., Pehle, N., Huth, V., Jurisch, N.,Sommer, M., Augustin, J. (2018) A simple method to assess the impact of sealing, headspace mixing and pressure vent on airtightness of manually closed chambers. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 181, 36-40. (link)

• Huth, V., Vaidya, S., Hoffmann, M., Jurisch, N., Günther, A., Gundlach, L., Hagemann, U., Elsgaard, L., Augustin, J. (2017) Divergent NEE balances from manual-chamber CO2 fluxes linked to different measurement and gap-filling strategies: A source for uncertainty of estimated terrestrial C sources and sinks? Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 180, 302-315. (link)

• Hoffmann, M., Jurisch, N., Garcia Alba, J., Albiac Borraz, E., Schmidt, M., Huth, V., Rogasik, H., Rieckh, H., Verch, G., Sommer, M., Augustin, J. (2017) Detecting small-scale spatial heterogeneity and temporal dynamics of soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks: a comparison between automatic chamber-derived C budgets and repeated soil inventories. Biogeosciences, 14, 1003-1019. (link)

• Hoffmann, M., Jurisch, N., Garcia Alba, J., Albiac Borraz, E., Schmidt, M., Huth, V., Rogasik, H., Rieckh, H., Verch, G., Sommer, M., Augustin, J. (2016) Detecting small-scale spatial heterogeneity and temporal dynamics of soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks: a comparison between automatic chamber-derived C budgets and repeated soil inventories. Biogeosciences Discussions, doi:10.5194/bg-2016-332. (link)

• Günther, A., Huth, V., Jurasinski, G. & Glatzel, S. (2015) The effect of biomass harvesting on greenhouse gas emissions from a rewetted temperate fen. Global Change Biology Bioenergy, 7, 1092-1106. (link)

• Günther, A., Jurasinski, G., Huth, V. & Glatzel, S. (2014) Opaque closed chambers underestimate methane fluxes of Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 186, 2151-2158. (link)

• Günther, A., Huth, V., Jurasinski, G. & Glatzel (2014) Scale-dependent temporal variation in determining the methane balance of a temperate fen. Greenhouse Gas Measurement & Management, 4, 41-48. (link) 

• Huth, V., Günther, A., Jurasinski, G. & Glatzel, S. (2013) The effect of an exceptionally wet summer on methane effluxes from a 15-year re-wetted fen in north-east Germany. Mires and Peat, 13, Article 02, 1-7. (link)

• Huth, V., Jurasinski, G. & Glatzel, S. (2012) Winter emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide from a minerotrophic fen under nature conservation management in north-east Germany. Mires and Peat, 10, Article 04, 1-13. (link) 

Bookchapters

• Balliston, N., Artz, R., Couwenberg, J., Gauthier, T.-L., Huth, V., Jurasinski, G., Lampela, M., Petäjäkangas, Maanavilja, L., Peacock, M., Purre, A.-H., Swails, E., Wilson, D., Renou-Wilson, F. (2023) Peatland restoration, rewetting and greenhouse gas balances. In: Strack, M. (ed.) Peatlands and Climate Change – Scientific facts and figures for decision-makers (2nd edition). International Peatland Society, Jyväskylä, Finland, pp. 308-358.

• Hofer, B., Wreesmann, H., Huth, V., Bartel, A., Jurasinski, G. (2022) Renaturierung landwirtschaftlich genutzter Flächen. In: Graf., M., Höper, H., Hauck-Bramsiepe, K. (eds.) Handlungsempfehlungen zur Renaturierung von Hochmooren in Niedersachsen (GeoBerichte 45). Landesamt für Bergbau, Energie und Geologie, Hannover, Germany, Chapter 6, pp. 59-73.

• Jurasinski, G., Günther, A., Huth, V., Couwenberg, J. & Glatzel, S. (2016) Greenhouse gas emissions. In: Wichtmann, W., Schröder, C. & Joosten, H. (eds.) Paludiculture – productive use of wet peatlands. Schweizerbart Science Publishers, Stuttgart, Germany, Chapter 5.1, pp. 79-93.

Conference Proceedings (since 2015)

• Huth, V., Günther, A., Bartel, A., Gutekunst, C., Jacobs, O., Koebsch, F., Tonn, C., Jurasinski, G. (2023) Restoration of raised bogs after grassland use for biodiversity and the climate- Experiences from the “OptiMoor” field trial. Power to the Peatlands Conference, Antwerpen, Belgium, 19-21 September.

• Günther, A., Koebsch, F., Huth, V., Jurasinski, G. (2023) Hot or not-How do we want to rate the climate effects of peatland rewetting? European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 23-28 April.

• Huth, V., Günther, A., Bartel, A., Gutekunst, C., Jacobs, O., Koebsch, F., Tonn, C., Jurasinski, G. (2022) Wiederherstellung naturnaher Hochmoorökosysteme nach intensiver Grünlandnutzung – Erfahrungen aus dem Erprobungs- und Entwicklungsvorhaben “OptiMoor”. 36. Deutscher Naturschutztag, Hannover, 29 June – 1 July.

• Koebsch, F., Peichl, M., Huth, V., Jurasinski, G. (2019) Canopy metrics to describe vegetation dynamics and their effect on CO2 exchange in pristine and rewetted peatlands. WETSCAPES-Conference “Understanding the ecology of restored fen peatlands for protection and sustainable use” Rostock, Germany, 10-13 September.

• Günther, A., Couwenberg, J., Huth, V., Koebsch, F. Köhn, D., Jurasinski, G. (2019) Peatland rewetting: Balancing methane emissions against carbon dioxide savings. WETSCAPES-Conference “Understanding the ecology of restored fen peatlands for protection and sustainable use” Rostock, Germany, 10-13 September.

• Gutekunst, C., Bartel, A., Günther, A., Jacobs, O., Jurasinski, G., Koebsch, F., Tonn, C., Huth, V. (2019) The effect of topsoil removal and Sphagnum spreading on the net greenhouse gas balance of a rewetted peat bog. WETSCAPES-Conference “Understanding the ecology of restored fen peatlands for protection and sustainable use” Rostock, Germany, 10-13 September.

• Huth, V., Beyer, F., Günther, A., Gutekunst, C., Jacobs, O., Jansen, F., Jurasinski, G., Köhn, D., Koebsch, F. (2019) Using plot-scale greenness and plant height to monitor vegetation development in peatland restoration trials. WETSCAPES-Conference “Understanding the ecology of restored fen peatlands for protection and sustainable use” Rostock, Germany, 10-13 September.

• Koebsch, F., Günther, A., Huth, V., Jansen, F., Sachs, T., Koch, M., Hahn, J., Jurasinski, G. (2019) Never mind the methane? – A comprehensive perspective on peatland flooding gained from long-term measurements and radiative forcing modeling. European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 7-12 April.

• Gutekunst, C., Koebsch, F., Beyer, F., Günther, A., Jacobs, O., Jansen, F., Jurasinski, G., Köhn, D., Huth, V. (2019) Using plot-scale greenness and plant height to monitor vegetation development and model CO2 exchange in peatland restoration trials. European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 7-12 April.

• Jurasinski, G., Huth, V. Hofmann, M., Schmidt, M., Hofmann, J., Augusting, J. (2019) Comparing laser-based gas analyzers for greenhouse gas measurements with closed chambers – precision and field applicability. European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 7-12 April.

• Huth, V., Günther, A., Bartel, A., Gutekunst, C., Jacobs, O., Koebsch, F., Tonn, C., Jurasinski, G. (2019) The effect of top soil removal and Sphagnum spp. Spreading on the net greenhouse gas balance of a formerly drained, rewetted bog grassland. European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 7-12 April.

• Bartel, A., Huth, V., Jurasinski, G. (2018) OptiMoor – Hochmoorsanierung auf landwirtschaftlich vorgenutzten Standorten. Tagung Klimaschutz durch Moorschutz – Niedersächsische Moorlandschaften, Hannover, Germany, 28 November. (link) 

• Günther, A., Huth, V., Bartel, A., Hofer, B., Jacobs, O. Jantz, N., Rosinski, E., Urich, T., Weil, M., Zak, D., Jurasinski, G. (2018) Effect of topsoil removal on in-situ methane emissions in a rewetted bog grassland. SER Europe Conference – Restoration in the Era of Climate Change, Reykjavik, Iceland, 9-13 September, Oral presentation O-11.1. (link)

• Huth, V., Günther, A., Bartel, A., Hofer, B., Jacobs, O. Jantz, N., Rosinski, E., Urich, T., Weil, M., Zak, D., Jurasinski, G. (2018) Topsoil removal reduces in-situ methane emissions in a temperate rewetted bog grassland by a hundredfold. WETSCAPES-Workshop PEAT UNDER WATER, Salem, Germany, 5-6 September.

• Jurasinski, G., Huth, V., Hoffmann, M., Günther, A., Augustin, J. (2018) Stronger increase of CH4 efflux on drained compared with rewetted sites on organic soils after severe prolonged precipitation. European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 8-13 April.

• Hoffmann, M., Huth, V., Stróżecki, M., Jurisch, N., Juszczak, R., Augustin, J. (2018) Diurnal patterns, seasonality and ebullition: A comparison of gap-filling strategies for closed-chamber CH4 measurements to derive a “best-practice” approach and give implications for future study designs. European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 8-13 April.

• Bereswill, S., Hoffmann, M., Huth, V., Popova, Y., Zak, D., Augustin, J. (2017) A black alder plantation improves the greenhouse gas balance of a degraded moist peat grassland. 2nd International Conference on the Utilisation of Wetland Plants – Renewable Resources from Wet and Rewetted Peatlands, Greifswald, Germany, 25-28 September. Book of Abstracts, 105-106. (link)

• Günther, A., Huth, V., Hoffmann, M., Jurasinski, G., Albrecht, K., Augustin, J., Glatzel, S. (2017) Paludiculture and greenhouse gases: case studies from three sites in northern Germany. 2nd International Conference on the Utilisation of Wetland Plants – Renewable Resources from Wet and Rewetted Peatlands, Greifswald, Germany, 25-28 September. Oral presentation, Book of Abstracts, 50. (link)

• Hoffmann, M., Jurisch, N., Garcia Alba, J., Albiac Borraz, E., Schmidt, M., Huth, V., Rogasik, H., Rieckh, H., Verch, G., Sommer, M., Augustin, J. (2017) Detecting small-scale spatial differences and temporal dynamics of soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks: a comparison between automatic chamber-derived C budgets and repeated soil inventories. European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 23-28 April.

• Huth, V., Moffat, A., Calmet, A., Andres, M., Laufer, J., Pehle, N., Rach, B., Gundlach, L., Augustin, J. (2017) Detecting management and fertilization effects on the carbon balance of winter oilseed rape with manual closed chamber measurements: Can we outrange gap-filling uncertainty and spatiotemporal variability?. European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 23-28 April.

• Bereswill, S., Hoffmann, M., Huth, V., Popova, Y., Zak, D., Augustin, J. (2017) A black alder plantation improves the greenhouse gas balance of a degraded moist peat grassland. European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 23-28 April.

• Moffat, A., Huth, V., Augustin, J., Brümmer, C., Herbst, M., Kutsch, W. (2016) Combined chamber-tower approach: Using eddy covariance measurements to cross-validate carbon fluxes modeled from manual chamber campaigns. American Geosciences Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 12-16 December.

• Günther, A., Huth, V., Hoffmann, M., Jurasinski, G., Albrecht, K., Augustin, J., Glatzel, S. (2016) Paludiculture as a chance for peatlands and climate: case studies from three sites in northern Germany. 5th International EcoSummit – Ecological Sustainability: Enigneering Change, Montpellier, France, 29 August-01 September.

• Huth, V., Vaidya, S., Hoffmann, M., Jurisch, N., Günther, A., Gundlach, L., Hagemann, U., Elsgaard, L., Augustin, J. (2016) Towards a consistent approach of measuring and modelling CO2 exchange with manual chambers. European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 17-22 April.

• Günther, A., Huth, V., Jurasinski, G., Albrecht, K. & Glatzel, S. (2015) Conservation and Utilization: The greenhouse gas balances of paludiculture on two rewetted peatlands do not differ from pristine systems. GfÖ 45th annual meeting, Göttingen, Germany, 31 August-4 September, Book of abstracts, Oral presentation O8, 397-398.

• Moffat, A. M., Huth, V., Brümmer, C., Herbst, M., Andres, M. & Augustin, J. (2015) Einfluss von Raps auf den Bodenkohlenstoffhaushalt. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft, München, Germany, 05-10 September, Oral presentation V16. (link)

• Moffat, A. M., Herbst, M., Huth, V., Andres, M. & Augustin, J. (2015) Impact of rapeseed cropping on the soil carbon balance. European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 12-17 April.

• Günther, A., Huth, V., Jurasinski, G. Albrecht, K. & Glatzel, S. (2015) Paludiculture as a chance for peatland and climate: the greenhouse gas balance of biomass production on two rewetted peatlands does not differ from the natural state. European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 12-17 April.

Research reports, discussion papers, other journal papers

• Fiedler, J., Fuß, R., Glatzel, S., Hagemann, U., Huth, V., Jordan, S., Jurasinski, G., Kutzbach, L., Maier, M., Schäfer, K., Weber, T., Weymann, D. (2022) BEST PRACTICE GUIDELINE Measurement of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide fluxes between soil-vegetation-systems and the atmosphere using non-steady state chambers – Version 1. Arbeitsgruppe Bodengase, Deutsche Bodenkundliche Gesellschaft, Göttingen, Germany, 70 pp. (link)

• Bartel, A., Huth, V., Jurasinski, G., Heinze, S., Ullrich, K. (2019) Bericht zum Workshop zur Sanierung landwirtschaftlich vorgenutzter Hochmoorstandorte. TELMA, 49, 165-180. (link) 

• Huth, V., Bartel, A., Günther, A., Heinze, S., Hofer, B., Jantz, N., Rosinski, E., Rudolph, J., Schikora, H.-B., Söchting, H.-P., Ullrich, K., Jurasinski, G. (2019) Feldversuch „OptiMoor“ – Erprobung und Entwicklung der Optimierung von Hochmoorsanierung auf landwirtschaftlich genutzten Standorten. TELMA, 49, 71-83. (link)