@zalf.bsky.social using semi-good westher yesterday for a foto shoot with our new, autark, #low-cost , #DIY autochambers for CO2 and ET flux measurements. #MonksHillLab
November 30, 2024 at 7:53 AM
@zalf.bsky.social using semi-good westher yesterday for a foto shoot with our new, autark, #low-cost , #DIY autochambers for CO2 and ET flux measurements. #MonksHillLab
@zalf.bsky.social start of Establishment of automatic GHG emission measurements with Milan and Dnaica at the first #WetNetBB site in #Paulinenaue. Perfect weather...not. chambers soon to come. #MonksHillLab
November 28, 2024 at 7:40 PM
@zalf.bsky.social start of Establishment of automatic GHG emission measurements with Milan and Dnaica at the first #WetNetBB site in #Paulinenaue. Perfect weather...not. chambers soon to come. #MonksHillLab
@zalf.bsky.social Third sucessfull #MonksHillLab phd student. On 15.11.2024 Shrijana Vaidya gave a great presentation and performed really good during her defence discussion finally getting the well deserved Dr. rer. nat. from the Albrecht Thaer Institute of the Humboldt University Berlin.
November 17, 2024 at 10:26 AM
@zalf.bsky.social Third sucessfull #MonksHillLab phd student. On 15.11.2024 Shrijana Vaidya gave a great presentation and performed really good during her defence discussion finally getting the well deserved Dr. rer. nat. from the Albrecht Thaer Institute of the Humboldt University Berlin.
A new @zalf.bsky.social (WG ECO; #MonksHillLab) publication using automated chambers in a fen to investigate GHG flux dynamics following rewetting.
August 2, 2025 at 7:04 AM
A new @zalf.bsky.social (WG ECO; #MonksHillLab) publication using automated chambers in a fen to investigate GHG flux dynamics following rewetting.
@zalf.bsky.social No lab? No Tools? No problem! We present the #MonksHillLab (#ZALF_ECO) "Lab on Wheels", a fully autark (solar powered) maker space allowing to construct (e.g. solder & program) and validate sensors presented in our Handbook (zenodo.org/records/1794...)! Field test follow soon! 🚀
April 15, 2026 at 7:13 PM
@zalf.bsky.social No lab? No Tools? No problem! We present the #MonksHillLab (#ZALF_ECO) "Lab on Wheels", a fully autark (solar powered) maker space allowing to construct (e.g. solder & program) and validate sensors presented in our Handbook (zenodo.org/records/1794...)! Field test follow soon! 🚀
#MonksHillLab news! The #AgroFlux component #SensorWeb has a new family member. Our "MonksHillLab Bluetooth App" allows to connect to our Low-Cost DIY sensor devices (e.g. for CO2, ET and NDVI) used for ecophy. research. The App visualize received data, saves it and allow for easy charing/transfer.
May 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
#MonksHillLab news! The #AgroFlux component #SensorWeb has a new family member. Our "MonksHillLab Bluetooth App" allows to connect to our Low-Cost DIY sensor devices (e.g. for CO2, ET and NDVI) used for ecophy. research. The App visualize received data, saves it and allow for easy charing/transfer.
....our PHD Edem #AquaTrans with other @zalf.bsky.social colegues visited SARI/northern Ghana to discuss promising sustainable agricultural practices which might help to improve water use in western africa. He will start CO2/ET measurements with semi-automatic, low cost chambers soon. #MonksHillLab
November 18, 2024 at 8:01 AM
....our PHD Edem #AquaTrans with other @zalf.bsky.social colegues visited SARI/northern Ghana to discuss promising sustainable agricultural practices which might help to improve water use in western africa. He will start CO2/ET measurements with semi-automatic, low cost chambers soon. #MonksHillLab
@zalf.bsky.social Finally tested our new "collegue" today, a CNC desktop drill. With it, the capabilities of the "EcoTecAnalytics Lab" of #MonksHillLab (#ZALF_ECO) will advance even more....here alow cost PAR and NDVI Sensor (more details? see: zenodo.org/records/1794...)
April 7, 2026 at 3:43 PM
@zalf.bsky.social Finally tested our new "collegue" today, a CNC desktop drill. With it, the capabilities of the "EcoTecAnalytics Lab" of #MonksHillLab (#ZALF_ECO) will advance even more....here alow cost PAR and NDVI Sensor (more details? see: zenodo.org/records/1794...)
@zalf.bsky.social Our Handbook for low-cost DIY systems 🚀 Just hit 500 downloads!
Now with software tools, incl. a first chapter with the "MonksHillLab Logger App":
📱 Collect data via Android + Bluetooth
📝 Directly digitize field measurements
👉 10.5281/zenodo.15562591
#OpenScience
Now with software tools, incl. a first chapter with the "MonksHillLab Logger App":
📱 Collect data via Android + Bluetooth
📝 Directly digitize field measurements
👉 10.5281/zenodo.15562591
#OpenScience
June 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
@zalf.bsky.social Our Handbook for low-cost DIY systems 🚀 Just hit 500 downloads!
Now with software tools, incl. a first chapter with the "MonksHillLab Logger App":
📱 Collect data via Android + Bluetooth
📝 Directly digitize field measurements
👉 10.5281/zenodo.15562591
#OpenScience
Now with software tools, incl. a first chapter with the "MonksHillLab Logger App":
📱 Collect data via Android + Bluetooth
📝 Directly digitize field measurements
👉 10.5281/zenodo.15562591
#OpenScience
@zalf.bsky.social Our Handbook for low-cost DIY systems passed another milestone and 🚀 Just hit 850 downloads in 3 1/2 month!
Soon to come our first long range wireless data transfer option for the mini weather station EVE.
👉 10.5281/zenodo.15562591
#OpenScience #MonksHillLab
Soon to come our first long range wireless data transfer option for the mini weather station EVE.
👉 10.5281/zenodo.15562591
#OpenScience #MonksHillLab
September 19, 2025 at 8:48 AM
@zalf.bsky.social Our Handbook for low-cost DIY systems passed another milestone and 🚀 Just hit 850 downloads in 3 1/2 month!
Soon to come our first long range wireless data transfer option for the mini weather station EVE.
👉 10.5281/zenodo.15562591
#OpenScience #MonksHillLab
Soon to come our first long range wireless data transfer option for the mini weather station EVE.
👉 10.5281/zenodo.15562591
#OpenScience #MonksHillLab
Starting our new NemGem project with implememting the two on farm field trials. Three years of Investigating N cycling in gabbage and especially how it can be improved through reuse/treatment of its residues. #MonksHillLab #ZALF
November 14, 2024 at 5:55 AM
Starting our new NemGem project with implememting the two on farm field trials. Three years of Investigating N cycling in gabbage and especially how it can be improved through reuse/treatment of its residues. #MonksHillLab #ZALF
Check out the new paper by #MonksHillLab (@waelalhamwi.bsky.social) in #Biogeoscineces (bg.copernicus.org/articles/21/...) presenting our novel low-cost, do-it-yourself gas exchange measurment system for e.g. pot experiments (@zalf.bsky.social).
Technical note: A low-cost, automatic soil–plant–atmosphere enclosure system to investigate CO2 and evapotranspiration flux dynamics
Abstract. Investigating greenhouse gases (GHGs) and water flux dynamics within the soil–plant–atmosphere interphase is key for understanding ecosystem functioning, as they reflect the ecosystem's resp...
bg.copernicus.org
December 16, 2024 at 7:34 AM
Check out the new paper by #MonksHillLab (@waelalhamwi.bsky.social) in #Biogeoscineces (bg.copernicus.org/articles/21/...) presenting our novel low-cost, do-it-yourself gas exchange measurment system for e.g. pot experiments (@zalf.bsky.social).
@zalf.bsky.social and @marenecohydro.bsky.social a lab's strength is its shared toolkit - and we mean more than hardware.
This living doc is our open-source session guide with 2 of 7 sessions (soon more):
zenodo.org/records/1767...
#MonksHillLab #PhD #ScienceCulture #SkillBuilding #OpenScience
This living doc is our open-source session guide with 2 of 7 sessions (soon more):
zenodo.org/records/1767...
#MonksHillLab #PhD #ScienceCulture #SkillBuilding #OpenScience
Building the 'How' of Science: A MonksHillLab Skill Development Session Series for Early-Career Researchers
This living document provides a framework for skill development sessions for early-career researchers (ECR). The sessions focus on competencies in communication, problem-solving, and project ownership...
zenodo.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:30 AM
@zalf.bsky.social and @marenecohydro.bsky.social a lab's strength is its shared toolkit - and we mean more than hardware.
This living doc is our open-source session guide with 2 of 7 sessions (soon more):
zenodo.org/records/1767...
#MonksHillLab #PhD #ScienceCulture #SkillBuilding #OpenScience
This living doc is our open-source session guide with 2 of 7 sessions (soon more):
zenodo.org/records/1767...
#MonksHillLab #PhD #ScienceCulture #SkillBuilding #OpenScience
Thankfull for this nice cooperation and nice to see low cost ecophysiological measurment equipment developed together with Hauke #MonksHillLab at work (manual GHG chambers, semi automatic GHG chambers and NDVI sensors)....if soemone is interested in mlre info, please see: zenodo.org/records/1794...
Build-It-Yourself: Low-Cost Systems for Field Ecophysiology An Open Handbook for DIY Environmental Measurement Systems
This handbook is part of the MonksHillLab initiative (integral part of the Working Group Ecophysiology of Water and Matter Cycling of the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research) which aims...
zenodo.org
March 2, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Thankfull for this nice cooperation and nice to see low cost ecophysiological measurment equipment developed together with Hauke #MonksHillLab at work (manual GHG chambers, semi automatic GHG chambers and NDVI sensors)....if soemone is interested in mlre info, please see: zenodo.org/records/1794...
@zalf.bsky.social Sometimes state-of-the-art research relies on state-of-the-1949 engineering.
Shoutout to this glorious vintage viscometer, still churning out beautiful data 75 years later. A testament to good design! #MonksHillLab #LabGear #Physics #HistoryOfScience
Shoutout to this glorious vintage viscometer, still churning out beautiful data 75 years later. A testament to good design! #MonksHillLab #LabGear #Physics #HistoryOfScience
February 4, 2026 at 2:13 PM
@zalf.bsky.social Sometimes state-of-the-art research relies on state-of-the-1949 engineering.
Shoutout to this glorious vintage viscometer, still churning out beautiful data 75 years later. A testament to good design! #MonksHillLab #LabGear #Physics #HistoryOfScience
Shoutout to this glorious vintage viscometer, still churning out beautiful data 75 years later. A testament to good design! #MonksHillLab #LabGear #Physics #HistoryOfScience
...and also the 2nd fieldntrial was sucessfully established today! (#MonksHillLab)
November 14, 2024 at 7:02 PM
...and also the 2nd fieldntrial was sucessfully established today! (#MonksHillLab)
Tiny (unimportant but satisfactory) update: new MonksHillLab Logo is ready now better reflecting all the low cost DIY sensor development we do!
November 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Tiny (unimportant but satisfactory) update: new MonksHillLab Logo is ready now better reflecting all the low cost DIY sensor development we do!
🚜🌍 Just released version 1.4 of "Build-It-Yourself: Low-Cost Systems for Field Ecophysiology". Our Open Handbook for DIY Environmental Measurement Systems.
🧪 Open science and Real Worls Use & Regional Hubs (Ghana/Philippines) at the core.
🧷 Check here: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
🔎 Feedback welcome!
🧪 Open science and Real Worls Use & Regional Hubs (Ghana/Philippines) at the core.
🧷 Check here: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
🔎 Feedback welcome!
Build-It-Yourself: Low-Cost Systems for Field Ecophysiology An Open Handbook for DIY Environmental Measurement Systems
This handbook is part of the MonksHillLab initiative, which aims to democratize science by enabling low-cost, DIY sensor development for environmental monitoring. It provides step-by-step guidance on ...
doi.org
June 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
🚜🌍 Just released version 1.4 of "Build-It-Yourself: Low-Cost Systems for Field Ecophysiology". Our Open Handbook for DIY Environmental Measurement Systems.
🧪 Open science and Real Worls Use & Regional Hubs (Ghana/Philippines) at the core.
🧷 Check here: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
🔎 Feedback welcome!
🧪 Open science and Real Worls Use & Regional Hubs (Ghana/Philippines) at the core.
🧷 Check here: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
🔎 Feedback welcome!
#MonksHillLab and #KirisLab keep growing. From 2024 on a phd position (3+1 years) is offered in the working group of Biogeochemistry and Gas Fluxes (ZALF) dealing with GHGs and nitrogen cycling in vegtable farming (jobs.zalf.de/jobposting/6...)
October 24, 2023 at 6:08 AM
#MonksHillLab and #KirisLab keep growing. From 2024 on a phd position (3+1 years) is offered in the working group of Biogeochemistry and Gas Fluxes (ZALF) dealing with GHGs and nitrogen cycling in vegtable farming (jobs.zalf.de/jobposting/6...)
@zalf_leibniz Excited to kick off for #COINS & #AquaTrans (Ghana & soon Senegal). Our team (Yvonne, Katja & Malena) on their first trip exploribg potential field sites & connect with amazing partners. Looking forward to measure GHG & ET with @marenecohydro.bsky.social and #MonksHillLab.
October 27, 2023 at 8:51 PM
@zalf_leibniz Excited to kick off for #COINS & #AquaTrans (Ghana & soon Senegal). Our team (Yvonne, Katja & Malena) on their first trip exploribg potential field sites & connect with amazing partners. Looking forward to measure GHG & ET with @marenecohydro.bsky.social and #MonksHillLab.
🚀 Join & Contribute: Help Build our Living Handbook for low-cost DIY Environmental Science! (850+ downloads in just 3.5 months!)
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💬 Reply here or DM. All contributors will be credited clearly in version updates.
#OpenScience #DIY #Sustainability
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🤝 You’re Invited!
💬 Reply here or DM. All contributors will be credited clearly in version updates.
#OpenScience #DIY #Sustainability
Build-It-Yourself: Low-Cost Systems for Field Ecophysiology An Open Handbook for DIY Environmental Measurement Systems
This handbook is part of the MonksHillLab initiative (integral part of the Working Group Ecophysiology of Water and Matter Cycling of the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research) which aims...
zenodo.org
September 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
🚀 Join & Contribute: Help Build our Living Handbook for low-cost DIY Environmental Science! (850+ downloads in just 3.5 months!)
zenodo.org/records/1710...
🤝 You’re Invited!
💬 Reply here or DM. All contributors will be credited clearly in version updates.
#OpenScience #DIY #Sustainability
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🤝 You’re Invited!
💬 Reply here or DM. All contributors will be credited clearly in version updates.
#OpenScience #DIY #Sustainability
@zalf.bsky.social 🚀 250 downloads in just 11 days!
Thanks to everyone who explored "Build-It-Yourself: Low-Cost Systems for Field Ecophysiology" – our open handbook for DIY environmental measurement systems.
📘 doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
#OpenScience #FieldEcophysiology #DIYScience #ZALF
Thanks to everyone who explored "Build-It-Yourself: Low-Cost Systems for Field Ecophysiology" – our open handbook for DIY environmental measurement systems.
📘 doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
#OpenScience #FieldEcophysiology #DIYScience #ZALF
Build-It-Yourself: Low-Cost Systems for Field Ecophysiology An Open Handbook for DIY Environmental Measurement Systems
This handbook is part of the MonksHillLab initiative, which aims to democratize science by enabling low-cost, DIY sensor development for environmental monitoring. It provides step-by-step guidance on ...
doi.org
June 11, 2025 at 12:51 PM
@zalf.bsky.social 🚀 250 downloads in just 11 days!
Thanks to everyone who explored "Build-It-Yourself: Low-Cost Systems for Field Ecophysiology" – our open handbook for DIY environmental measurement systems.
📘 doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
#OpenScience #FieldEcophysiology #DIYScience #ZALF
Thanks to everyone who explored "Build-It-Yourself: Low-Cost Systems for Field Ecophysiology" – our open handbook for DIY environmental measurement systems.
📘 doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
#OpenScience #FieldEcophysiology #DIYScience #ZALF
@zalf.bsky.social (#MonksHillLab; #ZALF_ECO) just in time established our new "EcoTecAnalytics Lab" for a nice touching end of 2025. Next year eager to start more low-cost ecophysiological sensor development in that fantastic new environment!!
December 18, 2025 at 1:55 PM
@zalf.bsky.social (#MonksHillLab; #ZALF_ECO) just in time established our new "EcoTecAnalytics Lab" for a nice touching end of 2025. Next year eager to start more low-cost ecophysiological sensor development in that fantastic new environment!!
#MonksHillLab @zalf.bsky.social
Trilogy complete.
1. Build-It-Yourself: Low-Cost Systems for Ecophysiology
zenodo.org/records/1962...
2. Building the 'How' of Science doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
3. Scientific Communication Assets zenodo.org/records/1979...
No story, just tools. Reuse freely.
Trilogy complete.
1. Build-It-Yourself: Low-Cost Systems for Ecophysiology
zenodo.org/records/1962...
2. Building the 'How' of Science doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
3. Scientific Communication Assets zenodo.org/records/1979...
No story, just tools. Reuse freely.
April 30, 2026 at 4:38 PM
#MonksHillLab @zalf.bsky.social
Trilogy complete.
1. Build-It-Yourself: Low-Cost Systems for Ecophysiology
zenodo.org/records/1962...
2. Building the 'How' of Science doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
3. Scientific Communication Assets zenodo.org/records/1979...
No story, just tools. Reuse freely.
Trilogy complete.
1. Build-It-Yourself: Low-Cost Systems for Ecophysiology
zenodo.org/records/1962...
2. Building the 'How' of Science doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
3. Scientific Communication Assets zenodo.org/records/1979...
No story, just tools. Reuse freely.
First of a series of incubation experiments #MonksHillLab (Yvonne Ayaribil) conducts for #COINS. Together with #SARI (Michael Asnate), Goeffroy Sossa
and ZALF SIB we test how ASi and min vs. org N fertilization affect soil GHG emissions of different agroecological zones in West Africa.
and ZALF SIB we test how ASi and min vs. org N fertilization affect soil GHG emissions of different agroecological zones in West Africa.
May 18, 2024 at 3:16 PM
First of a series of incubation experiments #MonksHillLab (Yvonne Ayaribil) conducts for #COINS. Together with #SARI (Michael Asnate), Goeffroy Sossa
and ZALF SIB we test how ASi and min vs. org N fertilization affect soil GHG emissions of different agroecological zones in West Africa.
and ZALF SIB we test how ASi and min vs. org N fertilization affect soil GHG emissions of different agroecological zones in West Africa.