Professor Dr. habil. Elmar Buchner
Vice president for Research and Research Career Development
Head of the HNU Doctoral Centre
Research at the Interface of Earth and Health Sciences
Message to Professor Dr. habil. Elmar Buchner
Phone: +49 731 /9762-1200
Location: Main Building B, B.1.19
Further information
Vita
- Since 2025
Vice President for Research and Promotion of Young Talent at Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences
- Since 2024
Honorary Professor at HNU (awarded by the Faculty of Health Management) and Head of the Doctoral Centre at Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences
- 2019–2024
Deputy Head of the DigiHealth Institute
- 2012–2024
Research assistant and strategic research funding at the Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences
- 2011–2012
Director of the Ries Crater Museum
- 2009–2011
Deputy Head of the University Development Department at Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences
- 2007–2009
Research associate (C1) at the Institute of Planetology, University of Stuttgart
- 2006
Postdoctoral lecture qualification (Habilitation)
- 2000–2006
Research associate (C1) at the Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, University of Stuttgart
- 1998–2000
Postdoctoral grant by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- 1997
Doctor’s degree (University of Stuttgart)
- 1993
University degree for Geology und Palaeontology (University of Stuttgart)
Research & Teaching
Research
- Acceptance research on the use of geothermal energy in Germany and worldwide
- Digitalisation in the healthcare sector
- Georesources in Germany
Teaching
- Head of the doctoral colloquium at HNU
- Scientific work in the Physician Assistant (PA) degree programme
- Empirical social research and statistics in the Physician Assistant (PA) degree programme
Publications
Publications on Researchgate
Currently 230 publications have been published. The publications are in researchgate network available (see https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Elmar-Buchner-2/research).
Some selected current publications
Books
2011
- Buchner, Norbert and Buchner, Elmar
(2011)
Klima und Kulturen : Die Geschichte von Paradies und Sintflut. (opens in a new window)
Weinstadt: Greiner.
ISBN 9783867050364
location and availability in the library
Journal Publications
2025
- Buchner, Elmar and Sach, Volker J. and Schmieder, Martin
(2025)
Ries impact deposits in the North Alpine Foreland Basin of Germany as a terrestrial analog site for impact-produced seismites and sand spikes on planet Mars. (opens in a new window)
AIMS Geosciences, 11 (1).
pp. 68-90.
ISSN 2471-2132
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2024
- Buchner, Elmar and Schmieder, Martin and Sach, Volker J. and Schweigert, Günter (2024) A review of the distribution of the Nördlinger Ries distal impact ejecta and its chronological constraint for the formation of the Middle Miocene Steinheim event. (opens in a new window) International Journal of Earth Sciences. ISSN 1437-3262
- Renoth, Robin and Buchner, Elmar and Schmieder, Martin and Plechaty, Manfred and Drews, Michael (2024) Akzeptanzfaktoren von Geothermieprojekten. (opens in a new window) Geothermische Energie (107). ISSN 0948-6615
2023
- Renoth, Robin and Buchner, Elmar and Schmieder, Martin and Keim, Maximilian and Plechaty, Manfred and Drews, Michael
(2023)
Social acceptance of geothermal technology on a global view: a systematic review. (opens in a new window)
Energy, Sustainability and Society, 13, Art. 49.
ISSN 2192-0567
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2022
- Buchner, Elmar and Sach, Volker J. and Schmieder, Martin
(2022)
Event- and biostratigraphic evidence for two independent Ries and Steinheim asteroid impacts in the Middle Miocene. (opens in a new window)
Nature – Scientific Reports, 12, Art. 18603.
ISSN 2045-2322
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2021
- Buchner, Elmar and Sach, Volker J. and Schmieder, Martin
(2021)
Sand spikes pinpoint powerful palaeoseismicity. (opens in a new window)
Nature Communications, 12 (6731).
ISSN 2041-1723
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Conferences and Workshops
2023
- Renoth, Robin and Buchner, Elmar and Drews, Michael and Gubo, Bernhard and Plechaty, Manfred and Schmieder, Martin
(2023)
Geothermie als essenzieller Beitrag zur Energiewende in Deutschland - wie wichtig ist die gesellschaftliche Akzeptanz? (opens in a new window)
In: 1. Symposium der Forschungsnetzwerke, 13.-14. Juni 2023, Berlin, Germany.
view fulltext - Renoth, Robin and Buchner, Elmar and Drews, Michael and Plechaty, Manfred and Schmieder, Martin
(2023)
Haben kulturelle Unterschiede Einfluss auf die gesellschaftliche Akzeptanz von Geothermie? Deutschland, die Schweiz und Japan im Vergleich. (opens in a new window)
In: 5. Netzwerktreffen 2023 des BayWISS Verbundkollegs „Life Sciences und Grüne Technologien“, 10. November 2023, Freising, Germany.
view fulltext - Renoth, Robin and Buchner, Elmar and Drews, Michael and Plechaty, Manfred and Schmieder, Martin (2023) Sind Bedenken gegenüber der Geothermie länderspezifisch? – Deutschland, die Schweiz und Japan im Vergleich. (opens in a new window) In: Deutscher Geothermiekongress 2023, 17.-19. Oktober 2023, Essen, Germany.
2022
- Buchner, Elmar and Sach, Volker J. and Schmieder, Martin (2022) Die Bildung des Steinheimer Beckens im Mittleren Miozän : Asteroideneinschläge und Impaktbeben in geologisch unruhigen Zeiten. (opens in a new window) In: 141. OGV-Tagung, 20.-24. September 2022, Nördlingen, Germany, Abstract 10.
- Schmieder, Martin and Buchner, Elmar and Sach, Volker J.
(2022)
How old is the steinheim impact crater (Germany)? (opens in a new window)
In: (Proceedings of the) 85th Annual Meeting of The Meteoritical Society 2022, August, 14-19, 2022, Glasgow, Scotland, Paper Abstract 6072.
(LPI Contribution; 2695).
view fulltext - Buchner, Elmar and Schmieder, Martin and Sach, Volker J.
(2022)
Nördlinger Ries and Steinheim Basin - another divorced impact crater couple? (opens in a new window)
In: (Proceedings of the) 85th Annual Meeting of The Meteoritical Society 2022, August, 14-19, 2022, Glasgow, Scotland, Paper Abstract 6042.
(LPI Contribution; 2695).
view fulltext - Renoth, Robin and Buchner, Elmar and Drews, Michael and Keim, Maximilian and Koenigsdorff, Roland and Plechaty, Manfred and Schmieder, Martin (2022) Sociological considerations on the public acceptance of Deep Geothermal Energy in South-East Germany. (opens in a new window) In: 13th European Geothermal PhD Days, 27.-29.04.2022, RWTH Aachen, Germany.
2021
- Waibel, Ann-Kathrin and Buchner, Elmar and Fotteler, Marina L. and Holl, Felix and Örtl, Michael and Schmieder, Martin and Swoboda, Walter
(2021)
Einsatz von Assistenzrobotik in der neurologischen Frührehabilitation: Untersuchung ökonomische und soziale Aspekte. (opens in a new window)
In: 13. DGGÖ Jahrestagung "Health Technology Assessment und Versorgungsentscheidungen", 08. - 09. März 2021, Nürnberg, Germany (virtuell).
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2020
- Schmieder, Martin and Holl, Felix and Fotteler, Marina L. and Örtl, Michael and Buchner, Elmar and Swoboda, Walter
(2020)
Remote sensing and on-site characterization of wetlands as potential habitats for malaria vectors – A pilot study in southern Germany. (opens in a new window)
In: (Proceedings of the ) 10th IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference GHTC, October, 29th - November, 1st, 2020, Virtual, pp. 158-161.
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Book Sections
2021
- Swoboda, Walter and Fotteler, Marina L. and Örtl, Michael and Holl, Felix and Schmieder, Martin and Buchner, Elmar
(2021)
Datenschutz und digitale Ethik : Grundlage guter Technik. (opens in a new window)
In:
Gute Technik für ein gutes Leben im Alter? / Frommeld, Debora u.a. (Hrsg.).
Bielefeld: transcript, pp. 109-128.
ISBN 9783837654691
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Reports
2018
- Buchner, Elmar
(2018)
HNU-Autorenrichtlinie. (opens in a new window)
Working Paper, Nr. 39, Neu-Ulm: Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften.
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Others - Interviews, Blogs etc.
2023
- Renoth, Robin and Buchner, Elmar and Drews, Michael and Plechaty, Manfred
(2023)
Social acceptance of Deep Geothermal Energy - a global overview. (opens in a new window)
In: Doctoral Candidates' Day 2023, 16. März 2023, Technische Universität München (TUM) / Graduate Center of Engineering and Design
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2022
- Renoth, Robin and Buchner, Elmar and Drews, Michael and Plechaty, Manfred and Schmieder, Martin
(2022)
Gesellschaftliche Akzeptanz der Tiefen Geothermie im süddeutschen Molassebecken. (opens in a new window)
In: 4. Netzwerktreffen 2022 des BayWISS Verbundkollegs "Life Sciences und Grüne Technologien", 9. November 2022, Hochschule Weihenstephan-Triesdorf
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