Eva is a Postdoc working on soil respiration with land surface models and on continental-scale ecosystem dynamics using satellite-based solar-induced fluorescence (SIF).
Education
- PhD in Physics | Heidelberg University, Germany | 2021 - 2025
- MS in Physics | Heidelberg University, Germany | 2019 - 2021
- BS in Physics | University of Marburg, Germany | 2015 - 2019
- BS in Geography | University of Marburg, Germany | 2015 - 2018
Featured Publications
Metz, E.-M., Vardag, S. N., Basu, S., Jung, M., Ahrens, B., El-Madany, T., Sitch, S., Arora, V. K., Briggs, P. R., Friedlingstein, P., Goll, D. S., Jain, A. K., Kato, E., Lombardozzi, D., Nabel, Julia E. M. S., Poulter, B., Séférian, R., Tian, H., Wiltshire, A., Yuan, W., Yue, X., Zaehle, S., Deutscher, N. M., Griffith, D. W. T., and Butz, A. (2023). Soil respiration-driven CO2 pulses dominate Australia’s flux variability. Science, 379(6639):1332–1335. DOI
Metz, E.-M., Vardag, S. N., Basu, S., Jung, M., and Butz, A. (2025). Seasonal and interannual variability in CO2 fluxes in southern Africa seen by GOSAT. Biogeosciences, 22(2):555–584. DOI
Metz, E.-M., Vardag, S. N., Feldman, A. F., Poulter, B., Colligan, T., Fischer-Femal, B. J., and Butz, A. (2025). Responses of terrestrial ecosystem respiration to soil moisture across Australia. Environ. Res. Lett. 20 104052. DOI
Vardag, S. N., Metz, E.-M., Artelt, L., Basu, S., and Butz, A. (2025). CO2 release during soil rewetting shapes the seasonal carbon dynamics in South American Temperate region. Geophysical Research Letters, 52(8):e2024GL111725. DOI
Villalobos, Y., Canadell, J. G., Keller, E. D., Briggs, P. R., Bukosa, B., Giltrap, D. L., Harman, I., Hilton, T. W., Kirschbaum, M. U. F., Lauerwald, R., Liang, L.L., Maavara, T., Mikaloff-Fletcher, S. E., Rayner, P. J., Resplandy, L., Rosentreter, J., Metz, E. M., Serrano, O., Smith, B. (2023) A comprehensive assessment of anthropogenic and natural sources and sinks of Australasia’s carbon budget. Global biogeochemical cycles 37.12, e2023GB007845. DOI
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Public Talks
- Metz, E. M. “How satellites render greenhouse gas emissions visible and support climate change research” (German public lecture in the Ruperto Carola lecture series, Heidelberg University, 22.01.2024, Youtube video)
