Christoph Neukum

Dr. rer. nat.
lecturer / sen. researcher
room: 121
phone: (49)241 / 80-97130
E-Mail

Field of activities

  • hydrogeological and vulnerability maps of Northrhine-Westfalia, Germany
  • hydrogeology of variable saturated media
  • numerical modelling of unsaturated and saturated rocks
  • geostatistic
  • lectures
  • management responsibilities in the department
  • editorial assistance of the journal "Mitteilungen zur Ingenieurgeologie und Hydrogeologie"

Research area

  • groundwater protection
  • vulnerability mapping
  • risk assessment
  • tracer techniques
  • hydrogeology of karst areas

Academic career

1994-2001:
Study of geology at the University of Karlsruhe (TH); main focus on engineering geology, hydrogeology and structural geology
1998-1999:
Student scholarship at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland; main focus on structural geology

Curriculum

2001-2003:
Scientific employee at the Department of Applied Geology, University of Karlsruhe (TH)
2001-2001:
Research grant of the European Science Foundation within the Groundwater Pollution (GPoll) programme; collaboration research at the Institute of Geology, University of Malaga, Spain
2003-2006:
Ph.D. student at the Department of Applied Geology, University of Karlsruhe (TH)
2006-2007:
Scientific employee at the Department of Applied Geology, University of Karlsruhe (TH)
2006-2007:
Scientific employee at the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), delegated to Lusaka, Zambia
Seit 2007:
Lecturer and senior researcher (Akademischer Rat a.Z.) at the Department of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, RWTH Aachen

Memberships

IAH

International Association of Hydrogeologists

http//www.iah.org
ATH

International Association of Tracer Hydrology

FHDGG

Fachsektion Hydrogeologie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften (FH-DGG)

http://www.fh-dgg.de
  

Publications

Neukum, C., Azzam, R.  (2012):  Impact of climate change on groundwater recharge in a small catchment in the Black Forest, Germany , In:   Hydrogeology Journal , DOI 10.1007/s10040-011-0827-x .
Neukum, C., Braun, A.  (2011):  Analyse und Mobilität von synthetischen TiO2-Nanopartikel in wassergesättigten porösen Medien , In:  Mitteilungen zur Ingenieurgeologie und Hydrogeologie, Lehrstuhl für Ingenieurgeologie und Hydrogeologie, RWTH Aachen, Heft 104 , 67-80 .
Klebingat, S., Azzam, R., Kempka, T., Schlüter, R., Schulten, M., Quicker, P., Neukum, C., Fernandez-Steeger, T.M.  (2011):  Modelling tar pollutant production and solubility in the frame of UCG with combined CO2 storage , In:  Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 13, EGU2011-5116, 2011, EGU General Assembly 2011. .
Klebingat, S., Azzam, R., Schulten, M., Quicker, P., Kempka, T., Schlüter, R., Rüterkamp, P., Neukum, C., Fernandez-Steeger, T.M.  (2011):  Modellierung des organischen Schadstoffspektrums im Rahmen der Untertagevergasung (UTV) von Kohle , In:  18. Tagung für Ingenieurgeologie mit Forum für junge Ingenieurgeologen, Berlin, 16.03-19.03. 2011 , 43-46 .
Grützner, C., Neukum, C., Vadillo, I., Benavente, J., Carrasco, F., Linan, C.  (2011):  New data from the Nerja Cave, Southern Spain - geophysics, borehole camera and CO2 measurements for karst investigations , In:  EGU General Assembly 2011, Vienna, EGU2011-11009 . Read online
Dong, M., Neukum, C., Azzam, R.  (2011):  Modeling of geological boundaries by using geostatistical analysis , In:  Tagungsband der 18. Tagung für Ingenieurgeologie, 16-19 März 2011, Berlin .
Neukum, C., Braun, A., Azzam, R.  (2011):  Untersuchung der Mobilität synthetischer Nanopartikel in wassergesättigten und variabel wassergesättigten porösen Medien , In:  Tagungsband der 18. Tagung für Ingenieurgeologie, 16-19 März 2011, Berlin .
Klebingat, S., Schulten, S., Kempka, T., Schlüter, R., Rüterkamp, P., Neukum, C., Azzam, R., Quicker, P.  (2010):  Underground Coal Gasification and groundwater risk potential: Modelling tar masses and pollutant spectrum , In:  Hoppe, A. , Röhling, H.G. , Schüth, C. (Hrsg.): GeoDarmstadt 2010 - 8th European Coal Conference, Darmstadt, 10-13 October 2010, SDGG publication 68-2010 , 313 .
Klebingat, S., Schulten, S., Kempka, T., Schlüter, R., Rüterkamp, P., Neukum, C., Azzam, R., Quicker, P.  (2010):  Modelling of pollutant production by underground coal gasification , In:  Zereini, F. , Hashwa, F. (Hrsg.): Proceed. of the 5th Environmental Symposium of German-Arab Scientific Forum for Environmental Studies 21-22 September 2010, Byblos, Lebanon , 42-43 .
Dong, M., Neukum, C., Azzam, R., Hu, H.  (2010):  3D Stratigraphic Modeling of Central Aachen , In:  General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union 2010, May 02-07. 2010, Vienna (Austria). Geophysical Research Abstracts , Vol. 12 (EGU2010-547-7) .
Goldscheider, N., Neukum, C.  (2010):  Fold and fault control on the drainage pattern of a double-karst-aquifer system, Winterstaude, Austrian Alps , In:   Acta Carsologica 39 (2) , 173-186 .
Neukum, C., Klumpp, E., Pütz, T., Klein, T., Azzam, R.  (2010):  NANOFLOW: Mobilität synthetischer Nanopartikel im Untergrund - Projektvorstellung. , In:   Schriftenreihe der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften 67 , 151 .
Neukum, C., Grützner, C., Azzam, R., Reicherter, K.  (2010):  Mapping buried karst features with capacitive-coupled resistivity system (CCR) and ground penetrating radar (GPR) , In:  Andreo, B. , et al., . (Hrsg.): Advances in Research in Karst Media, DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-12485-0, Springer .
Klebingat, S., Kempka, T., Neukum, C., Rüterkamp, P., Schlüter, R., Azzam, R.  (2009):  Evaluation of pollutant migration from in-situ gasified coal seams , In:  Röhling, H.G. , Linnemann, U. , Lange, J.M. (Hrsg.): GeoDresden 2009 - Geolgie der Böhmischen Masse, Regionale und Angewandte Geowissenschaften im Zentrum Mitteleuropas, Dresden, 30.09 - 02.10.2009, SDGG publication 63-2009 , 192 .
Neukum, C., Azzam, R.  (2009):  Quantitative Assessment of Intrinsic Groundwater Vulnerability to Contamination Using Numerical Simulations , In:   Science of the Total Environment 408 , 245-254 .
Klebingat, S., Kempka, T., Tian, H., Fernandez-Steeger, T.M., Neukum, C., Schlüter, R., Rüterkamp, P., Hanstein, P., Ziegler, M., Azzam, R.  (2009):  Approaches for evaluation of geotechnical and hydrogeological impacts of in situ coal conversion with combined CO2 storage , In:  Klapperich, H. , Katzenbach, R. , Witt, K.J. , Grießl, D. (Hrsg.): CiF e.V. publication 7 - 2009 , Freiberg , 568-576 .
Kempka, T., Tian, H., Klebingat, S., Fernandez-Steeger, T.M., Neukum, C., Schlüter, R., Rüterkamp, P., Hanstein, S., Ziegler, M., Azzam, R.  (2009):  Modellentwicklung zur Bewertung der kombinierten in-situ Kohleumwandlung und CO2-Speicherung im Hinblick auf mögliche Umweltauswirkungen , In:  17. Tagung Ingenieurgeologie. 6-9 May 2009, Zittau, Germany , 357-362 .
Klebingat, S., Kempka, T., Neukum, C., Rüterkamp, P., Schlüter, R., Azzam, R.  (2009):  Pollutant migration from in situ gasified coal seams , In:  Otto, F. (Hrsg.): 10th International Symposium on Environmental Geotechnology and Sustainable Development, Bochum, 7 - 11 September 2009, SDGG publication 64-2009 , 18 . Read online
Neukum, C., Aretov, A., Azzam, R.  (2009):  Modellierung der Schutzfunktion der Grundwasserüberdeckung: Quantitative Bewertung für Schwermetalle , In:  17. Tagung Ingenieurgeologie. 6-9 May 2009, Zittau, Germany , (accepted) .
Dong, M., Neukum, C., Azzam, R.  (2009):  Application of three dimensional geological models to hydrogeology , In:  General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union 2009, 19 - 24 April 2009, Vienna (Austria). Geophysical Research Abstracts , 11 (EGU2009-4125) . Read online
Aljazzar, T., Neukum, C., Azzam, R.  (2009):  Using Advection-Diffusion Cells to Assess Nitrate Dynamic in Different Soils , In:  17. Tagung Ingenieurgeologie. 6-9 May 2009, Zittau, Germany , (accepted) .
Azzam, R., Baier, K., Neukum, C., Post, C.  (2008):  Sauberes Trinkwasser für die Zukunft - Grundwasserschutz im Spannungsfeld zwischen Global Change und wachsendem Ressourcenbedarf , In:  Umweltforum der RWTH Aachen - Themenheft Wasser , 72-73 .
Wimmer, G., Lipke, H., Bosch, A., Vernes, R., Weerts, H., Schmidtke, T., Elfers, H., Schuster, H., Arnold, G., Belien, N., Kukuric, N., Hoogerwerf, M., Vanmeulenbrouk, B., Azzam, R., Neukum, C.  (2008):  Cross-border Water Management Initiative (CWMI)- Grenzüberschreitende Harmonisierung, Inventarisierung und Bereitstellung von Geodaten zwischen Nordrhein-Westfalen und den Niederlanden , In:  Schriftenreihe der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften, International Conference and 160th annual meeting of the Deutsche Geologische Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften e.V. and 98 annual meeting of the Geologische Vereiningung e.V. , Geo 2008 Aachen , 203 .
Aretov, A., Baier, K., Neukum, C., Azzam, R.  (2008):  Impact of Agricultural Land Use on Sustainable Groundwater Protection , In:  The 4th symposium of German-Arab scientific forum for environmental studies, Climatic changes and water resources in the Middle East and North Africa. Fes, Morocco, October, 7 and 8, Tagungsband , 104-106 .
Neukum, C.  (2008):  Simulation der Verweilzeit von Sickerwasser in der ungesättigten Zone zur Validierung von Vulnerabilitätskarten , In:   Schriftenreihe der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 57 , Hannover , 90 .
Neukum, C., Hötzl, H., Himmelsbach, T.  (2008):  Validation of Vulnerability mapping methods by field investigations and numerical modeling , In:   Hydrogeology Journal 16 (4) , 641-658 .
Bäumle, R., Nkhoma, J., Silembo, O., Neukum, C.  (2007):  Groundwater Resources for Southern Province. A Brief Description of Physiography, Climate, Hydrology, Geology and Groundwater Systems of the Southern Province.- Department of Water Affairs Lusaka & Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources , Hannover .
Bäumle, R., Neukum, C., Nkhoma, J., Silembo, O.  (2007):  The Groundwater Resources of Southern Province, Zambia , In:  Technical Report Vol. 1 , Lusaka (Zambia) .
Neukum, C., Hötzl, H.  (2007):  Standardization of Vulnerability Maps , In:  Environmental Geology 51 , 689 - 694 .
Andreo, B., Goldscheider, N., Vadillo, I., Vías, J.M., Neukum, C., Sinreich, M., Jiménez, P., Brechenmacher, J., Carrasco, F., Hötzl, H., Perles, M.J., Zwahlen, F.  (2006):  Karst groundwater protection: First application of a Pan-European Approach to vulnerability, hazard and risk mapping in the Sierra de Líbar (Southern Spain) , In:  Science of the Total Environment, 357 , 54 - 73 .
Neukum, C., Hötzl, H.  (2005):  Unification and Standardisation of Vulnerability Maps , In:  Abstr. 2st International Workshop on Aquifer Vulnerability and Risk, 21th-23th September 2005, Parma (Italy) , Parma (Italy) , 35 .
Neukum, C., Hötzl, H.  (2005):  Standardisation of Vulnerability Maps , In:  Stevanovic, Z. , Milanovic, P. (Hrsg.): Water Resources and Environmental Problems in Karst. - Proc. of the International conference and field seminars Belgrade & Kotor/Serbia&Montenegro/13-19 September 2005 .
Neukum, C.  (2005):  Vereinheitlichung der Vulnerabilitätsbewertung in Karstgebieten , In:  Freiwald, A. , Röling, H.G. , Löffler, S.B. (Hrsg.): GeoErlangen 2005, System Earth-Biosphere Coupling, Regional Geology of Central Europe, September 24-29, Schriftreihe der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften Heft 39 , Erlangen .
Andreo, B., Vadillo, I., Carrasco, F., Neukum, C., Jiménez, P., Linan, C., Goldscheider, N., Hötzl, H., Ferrer, R., Del Campo, L., Göppert, N., Vías, J.M., Pérez, I., Sánchez, D.Y., Cobo, A.  (2005):  Consideraciones sobre el funcionamiento hidrogeológico y la vulnerabilidad a la contaminación de la Sierra de las Nieves (Málaga) a partir de un ensayo de trazador en condiciones de estiaje , In:  Geogaceta, 37 , Madrid , 143 - 146 .
Hötzl, H., Neukum, C.  (2004):  Hazard Mapping and Risk Assessment of Karst Aquifers , In:  Witowski, A.J. (Hrsg.): Intern. Conf. Groundwater Vulnerability Assessment and Mapping, Ustron, Poland, 15-18 June 2004, Abstracts , Sosnowiec (Poland) , 68 - 69 .
Hötzl, H., Neukum, C.  (2004):  Risk analysis for groundwater management and groundwater protection , In:  Xiang, W. , Czurda, K. , Hötzl, H. (Hrsg.): New advances on contaminated sites and waste disposal, ICP Eigenverlag Bauen und Umwelt, 9 , Karlsruhe , 13 - 22 .
Hötzl, H., Delporte, C., Liesch, T., Malik, P., Neukum, C., Svasta, J.  (2004):  Risk Mapping , In:  Zwahlen, F. (Hrsg.): Vulnerability and risk mapping for the protection of carbonate (karst) aquifers, COST Action 620, Final Report, European Commission Directorate-General XII Science, Research and Development, Report EUR, COST-ACTION 620 , Luxembourg , 113 - 121 .
Goldscheider, N., Brechenmacher, J., Hötzl, H., Neukum, C.  (2004):  Engen, Swabian Alb, Germany , In:  Zwahlen, F. (Hrsg.): Vulnerability and risk mapping for the protection of carbonate (karst) aquifers, COST Action 620, Final Report, European Commission Directorate-General XII Science, Research and Development, Report EUR, COST-ACTION 620 , Luxembourg , 200 - 216 .
Andreo, B., Goldscheider, N., Vadillo, I., Vías, J.M., Neukum, C., Brechenmacher, J., Carrasco, F., Hötzl, H., Jiménez, P., Perles, M.J., Sinreich, M.  (2004):  Sierra de Libar, Southern Spain , In:  Zwahlen, F. (Hrsg.): Vulnerability and risk mapping for the protection of carbonate (karst) aquifers, COST Action 620, Final Report, European Commission Directorate-General XII Science, Research and Development, Report EUR, COST-ACTION 620 , Luxembourg , 183 - 199 .
Andreo, B., Vadillo, I., Carrasco, F., Neukum, C., Jiménez, P., Goldscheider, N., Hötzl, H., Vías, J.M., Pérez, I.  (2004):  Precisiones sobre el funcionamiento hidrodinámico y la vulnerabilidad a la contaminación del acuífero kárstico de la Sierra de Líbar (Provincias de Málaga y Cádiz, Sur de España) a partir de un ensayo de trazadores , In:  Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 17(3-4) , Madrid .
Hötzl, H., Neukum, C.  (2003):  Hazard and risk assessment of karst aquifers , In:  Umweltbundesamt Wien, Berichte, 228 (2003) , Wien , 96 - 97 .
Hötzl, H., Neukum, C.  (2003):  Risk Assessment to Groundwater Contamination , In:  Proc. 1st International Workshop on Aquifer Vulnerability and Risk, 28th-30th May 2003, Salamanca (Mexico) , Salamanca (Mexico) , 20 - 32 .
Goldscheider, N., Hötzl, H., Neukum, C., Werz, H.  (2001):  Tracer tests and vulnerability mapping (PI method) in the alpine karst system Winterstaude as the scientific basis of a drinking water protection strategy for the community of Bezau (Austria) , In:  Proc. 7th Conference on Limestone Hydrology and Fissured Media, 20th-22nd Sept. 2001, Besancon , Besancon (France) , 171 - 174 .
Goldscheider, N., Neukum, C., Werz, H.  (2001):  Hydrogeologie und Trinkwasserschutz im alpinen Karstsystem der Winterstaude (Marktgemeinde Bezau, Bregenzerwald) , In:  Vorarlberger Naturschau 11 , Dornbirn , 9 - 58 .
IMWA 2011
International Mine Water Association Congress (IMWA 2011) in Aachen

Organized by the Institute of Hydrogeology under the direction of Prof. Dr. Thomas R. Rüde, the International Mine Water Association Congress (IMWA 2011), themed “Mine Water - Managing the Challenges”, will take place in Aachen from September 4th to 11th 2011.

For more information please visit the congress website.
Recent Publications
Rüde, T.R., Banning, A., Demmel, T., Wrobel, M.  (2012):  Verteilung und Ursachen erhöhter Uran-Konzentrationen in quartärem Grundwasser Südbayerns , In:  Tagung der Fachsektion Hydrogeologie (FH-DGG), 16.-20.05.2012, Dresden , (accepted) .
Banning, A., Cardona, A., Rüde, T.R.  (2012):  Uranium and arsenic dynamics in volcano-sedimentary basins - an exemplary study in north-central Mexico , In:   Applied Geochemistry , doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2012.01.001 .
Hu, H., Fernandez-Steeger, T.M., Dong, M., Azzam, R.  (2012):  Numerical modeling of LiDAR-based geological model for landslide analysis , In:   Automation in Construction , DOI:10.1016/j.autcon.2012.03.001(accepted) .
Baier, K., Strohschön, R.  (2012):  Die Grundwassersituation in der südchinesischen Megastadt Guangzhou , In:   DVGW , (submitted) .