Prof. Dr. Moritz Wagner

Moritz Wagner

Prof. Dr. Moritz Wagner

Organizational Unit(s):Department of Applied Ecology Sustainable use of resources and life cycle analyses for special crops

Contact:
Phone: +49 6722 502 686
eMail: Moritz.Wagner(at)hs-gm.de

Postal Address:Von-Lade-Straße 1
D-65366 Geisenheim

Address: Building 5924
Room 01.14
Von-Lade-Straße 1
65366 Geisenheim

Lask J., Weik J., Kiesel A., Lewandowski I., Wagner M. (2026): Miscanthus-Derived Products for Material Applications: Can They Contribute to Greenhouse Gas Emission Mitigation?. Global change biology. Bioenergy 18 (1) DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.70099

Wagner M. (2026): Klimabilanzierung von Obst – eine große Herausforderung. Obstbau

Wagner M. (2026): Neue Wege benötigt. Das deutsche Weinmagazin (3) S. 36 - 37.

Foerster C., Wagner, M. (2025): A simplified LCA model to facilitate viticulture sustainability assessment. Cleaner Environmental Systems 19 DOI: 10.1016/j.cesys.2025.100357

Sponagel C., Weik J., Witte F., Back H., Wagner M., Ruser R., Bahrs E. (2025): Climate change mitigation potential and economic evaluation of selected technical adaptation measures and innovations in conventional arable farming in Germany. Journal of Environmental Management 374 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.123884

Christ M., Wagner M. (2025): Integrating Solar Energy into German Vineyards: A Geospatial Framework for Identifying Agrivoltaic Potential. Agronomy 15 (9) DOI: 10.3390/agronomy15092174

Ardissone-Krauss G., Wagner M., Kammann C. (2025): Transitioning Hochschule Geisenheim University: A Shift from NET Source to NET Sink Regarding Its CO2 Emissions. Sustainability 17 DOI: 10.3390/ su17052316

Foerster C., Döring J., Koch M., Kauer R., Stoll M., Wohlfahrt Y., Wagner M. (2024): Comparative life cycle assessment of integrated and organic viticulture based on a long-term field trial in Germany. Sustainable Production and Consumption 52 S. 487 - 497. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2024.11.012

Wagner M., Lask J., Kiesel A., Lewandowski I., Weselek A., Högy P., Trommsdorff M., Schnaiker M. A., Bauerle A. (2023): Agrivoltaics: The Environmental Impacts of Combining Food Crop Cultivation and Solar Energy Generation. Agronomy 13 DOI: 10.3390/agronomy13020299

Wagner M., Stanbury P., Dietrich T., Döring J., Ewert J., Foerster C., Freund M., Friedel M., Kammann C., Koch M., Owtram T., Schultz H.R., Voss-Fels K., Hanf J. (2023): Developing a Sustainability Vision for the Global Wine Industry. Sustainability 15 (13) DOI: 10.3390/su151310487

Morizet-Davis J., Marting Vidaurre N. A., Reinmuth E., Rezaei-Chiyaneh E., Schlecht V., Schmidt S., Singh K., Vargas-Carpintero R., Wagner M., von Cossel M. (2023): Ecosystem Services at the Farm Level—Overview, Synergies, Trade-Offs, and Stakeholder Analysis. Global Challenges 7 (7) DOI: 10.1002/gch2.202200225

Kiefer K., Kremer J., Zeitner P., Winkler B., Wagner M., von Cossel M. (2023): Monetizing ecosystem services of perennial wild plant mixtures for bioenergy. Ecosystem Services 61 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2023.101529

Wagner M. (2023): Nachhaltigkeit – Von der Rebe ins Regal. Das deutsche Weinmagazin 6 S. 45 - 47.

Clifton-Brown J., Hastings A., von Cossel M., Murphy-Bokern D., McCalmont J., Whitaker J., Alexopoulou E., Amaducci S., Andronic L., Ashman C., Awty-Carroll D., Bhatia R., Breuer L., Cosentino S., Cracroft-Eley W., Donnison I., Elbersen B., Ferrarini A., Ford J., Greef J., Ingram J., Lewandowski I., Magenau E., Mos M., Petrick M., Pogrzeba M., Robson P., Rowe R.L., Sandu A., Schwarz K.-U., Scordia D., Scurlock J., Shepherd A., Thornton J., Trindade L.M., Sylvia Vetter S., Wagner M., Wu P.-C., Yamada T., Kiesel A. (2023): Perennial biomass cropping and use: Shaping the policy ecosystem in European countries. Global change biology. Bioenergy 15 (5) S. 538 - 558. DOI: doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.13038

Marting Vidaurre N. A., Jurišić V., Bieling C., Magenau E., Wagner M., Kiesel A., Lewandowski I. (2023): Social assessment of miscanthus cultivation in Croatia: Assessing farmers' preferences and willingness to cultivate the crop. Global change biology. Bioenergy 15 (7) S. 916 - 931. DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.13071

Bhatia R., Timms-Taravella E., Roberts L.A., Moron-Garcia O.M., Hauck B., Dalton S., Gallagher J.A., Wagner M., Clifton-Brown J., Bosch M. (2023): Transgenic ZmMYB167 Miscanthus sinensis with increased lignin to boost bioenergy generation for the bioeconomy. Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 16 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-023-02279-2

Weik J., Lask J., Petig E., Seeger S., Marting Vidaurre N., Wagner M., Weiler M., Bahrs E., Lewandowski I., Angenendt E. (2022): Implications of large-scale miscanthus cultivation in water protection areas – A life cycle assessment with model coupling for improved policy support. Global change biology. Bioenergy 14 (11) S. 1162 - 1182. DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12994

Wagner M., Winkler B., Lask J., Weik J., Kiesel A., Koch M., Clifton-Brown J. and von Cossel M. (2022): The True Costs and Benefits of Miscanthus Cultivation. Agronomy 12 DOI: 10.3390/agronomy12123071

Lask J., Kam J., Weik J., Kiesel A., Wagner M., Lewandowski I. (2021): A parsimonious model for calculating the greenhouse gas emissions of miscanthus cultivation using current commercial practice in the UK. Global change biology. Bioenergy 13 (7) DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12840

Schulte M., Lewandowski I., Pude R., Wagner M. (2021): Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Bio‐Based Insulation Materials: Environmental and Economic Performances. Global change biology. Bioenergy 13 (6) DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12825

Lask J., Rukavina S., Zorić I., Kam J., Kiesel A., Lewandowski I., Wagner M. (2021): Lignocellulosic ethanol production combined with CCS - A study of GHG reductions and potential environmental trade-offs. Global change biology. Bioenergy 13 (2) DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12781

von Cossel M., Winkler B., Mangold A., Lask J., Wagner M., Lewandowski I., Elbersen B., van Eupen M., Mantel S., Kiesel A. (2020): Bridging the Gap Between Biofuels and Biodiversity Through Monetizing Environmental Services of Miscanthus Cultivation. Earth’s Future 8 (10) DOI: 10.1029/2020EF001478

Lask J., Martínez Guajardo A., Weik J., von Cossel M., Lewandowski I., Wagner M. (2020): Comparative environmental and economic life cycle assessment of biogas production from perennial wild plant mixtures and maize (Zea mays L.) in southwest Germany. Global change biology. Bioenergy 12 (8) S. 571 - 585. DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12715

Lask J., Magenau E., Ferrarini A., Kiesel A., Wagner M., Lewandowski I. (2020): Perennial rhizomatous grasses: Can they really increase species richness and abundance in arable land? – A meta‐analysis. Global change biology. Bioenergy 12 (11) S. 968 - 978. DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12750

Marting Vidaurre N. A., Vargas-Carpintero R., Wagner M., Lask J., Lewandowski I. (2020): Social Aspects in the Assessment of Biobased Value Chains. Sustainability 12 (23) DOI: 10.3390/su12239843

Wagner M., Kamp L., Graeff-Hönninger S., Lewandowski I. (2019): Environmental and Economic Performance of Yacon (Smallanthus sonchifolius) Cultivated for Fructooligosaccharide Production. Sustainability 11 DOI: 10.3390/su11174581

Choi H.S., Grethe H., Entenmann S.K., Wiesmeth M., Blesl M., Wagner M. (2019): Potential trade-offs of employing perennial biomass crops for the bioeconomy in the EU by 2050: Impacts on agricultural markets in the EU and the world. Global change biology. Bioenergy 11 S. 483 - 504. DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12596

von Cossel M., Wagner M., Lask J., Magenau E., Bauerle A., von Cossel V., Warrach-Sagi K., Elbersen B., Staritsky I., Van Eupen M., Iqbal Y., Jablonowski N.D., Happe S., Fernando A.L., Scordia D., Cosentino S.L., Wulfmeyer V., Lewandowski I., Winkler B. (2019): Prospects of Bioenergy Cropping Systems for A More Social-Ecologically Sound Bioeconomy. Agronomy 9 (10) DOI: 10.3390/agronomy9100605

Wagner M., Lippe M., Lewandowski I., Salzer M., Cadisch G. (2018): CO2 Footprint of the Seeds of Rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) as a Biodiesel Feedstock Source. Forests 9 (9) DOI: 10.3390/f9090548

Wagner M., Mangold A., Lask J., Petig E., Kiesel A., Lewandowski, I. (2018): Economic and environmental performance of miscanthus cultivated on marginal land for biogas production. Global change biology. Bioenergy 11 (1) S. 34 - 49. DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12567

Lask J., Wagner M., Trindade L.M., Lewandowski I. (2018): Life cycle assessment of ethanol production from miscanthus: A comparison of production pathways at two European sites. Global change biology. Bioenergy 11 (1) S. 269 - 288. DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12551

Rohde V., Hahn T., Wagner M., Böringer S., Tübke B., Brosse N., Dahmen N. and Schmiedl D. (2018): Potential of a short rotation coppice poplar as a feedstock for platform chemicals and lignin-based building blocks. Industrial Crops and Products 123 S. 698 - 706. DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2018.07.034

Kiesel A., Wagner M., Lewandowski I. (2017): Environmental Performance of Miscanthus, Switchgrass and Maize: Can C4 Perennials Increase the Sustainability of Biogas Production?. Sustainability 9 (1) DOI: 10.3390/su9010005

Iqbal Y., Kiesel A., Wagner M., Nunn C., Kalinina O., Hastings A., Clifton-Brown J.C., Lewandowski I. (2017): Harvest Time Optimization for Combustion Quality of Different Miscanthus Genotypes across Europe. Frontiers in Plant Science 8 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00727

Wagner M., Kiesel A., Hastings A., Iqbal Y., Lewandowski I. (2017): Novel Miscanthus Germplasm-Based Value Chains: A Life Cycle Assessment. Frontiers in Plant Science 8 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00990

Meyer F., Wagner M., Lewandowski I. (2017): Optimizing GHG emission and energy-saving performance of miscanthus-based value chains. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery 7 S. 139 - 152. DOI: 10.1007/s13399-016-0219-5

Kiesel A., Nunn C., Iqbal Y., Van der Weijde T., Wagner M., Özgüven M., Tarakanov I., Kalinina O., Trindade L.M., Clifton-Brown J., Lewandowski I. (2017): Site-Specific Management of Miscanthus Genotypes for Combustion and Anaerobic Digestion: A Comparison of Energy Yields. Frontiers in Plant Science 8 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00347

Clifton-Brown, J., Hastings, A., Mos, M., McCalmont, J.P., Ashman, C., Awty-Carroll, D., Cerazy, J., Chiang, Y.-C., Cosentino, S., Cracroft-Eley, W., Scurlock, J., Donnison, I.S., Glover, C., Gołąb, I., Greef, J.M., Gwyn, J., Harding, G., Hayes, C., Helios, W., Hsu, T.-W., Huang, L.S., Jeżowski, S., Kim, D.-S., Kiesel, A., Kotecki, A., Krzyzak, J., Lewandowski, I., Lim, S.H., Liu, J., Loosely, M., Meyer, H., Murphy-Bokern, D., Nelson, W., Pogrzeba, M., Robinson, G., Robson, P., Rogers, C., Scalici, G., Schuele, H., Shafiei, R., Shevchuk, O., Schwarz, K.-U., Squance, M., Swaller, T., Thornton, J., Truckses, T., Botnari, V., Vizir, I., Wagner, M., Warren, R., Webster, R., Yamada, T., Youell, S., Xi, Q., Zong, J. and Flavell, R. (2016): Progress in upscaling Miscanthus biomass production for the European bio- economy with seed based hybrids. Global change biology. Bioenergy (9) S. 6 - 17.

Lewandowski I., Clifton-Brown J., Trindade L.M., van der Linden G.C., Schwarz K.U., Müller-Sämann K., Anisimov A., Chen C.L., Dolstra O., Donnison I.S., Farrar K., Fonteyne S., Harding G., Hastings A., Huxley L.M., Iqbal Y., Khokhlov N., Kiesel A., Lootens P., Meyer H., Mos M., Muylle H., Nunn C., Özgüven M., Roldán-Ruiz I., Schüle H., Tarakanov I., van der Weijde T., Wagner M., Xi Q., Kalinina O. (2016): Progress on Optimizing Miscanthus Biomass Production for the European Bioeconomy: Results of the EU FP7 Project OPTIMISC. Frontiers in Plant Science 7 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01620

Wagner M., Lewandowski, I. (2016): Relevance of environmental impact categories for perennial biomass production. Global change biology. Bioenergy 9 S. 215 - 228. DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12372

Preparing continued exponential growth of Pyrolysis Carbon Capture and Storage industries up to 2050 with increased carbon efficiency and effective MRV (Measuring, Reporting and Verification) (HGU)

Project start: 01.04.2026
Project end: 31.03.2029
Sponsor: Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Pyrogenic carbon capture and storage (PyCCS) is based on atmospheric carbon dioxide removal (CDR) by photosynthesis, biomass pyrolysis and on the non-oxidative use of the three products biochar (solid), bio-oil (liquid) and/or pyrogas. The pyrolysis industry grows exponentially due to the demand for (1) BC in agriculture/urban areas, (2) climate neutral energy and (3) sustainable recycling of biogenic wastes. Prerequisites for continued PyCCS scaling are that (i) technical/regulatory hurdles regarding feedstock supply and PyCCS product development are overcome, (ii) biomass C-conversion efficiency is increased via material use of bio-oil/pyrogas, (iii) sound MRV schemes are aligned with DE/EU regulations and (iv) biogeochemical co-benefits of BC soil use are understood sufficiently so that (i)–(iv) can feed into global assessment models. We will employ basic & technical R&D combined with LCA and MRV assessments to foster industrial CDR scaling via PyCCS, focusing on the near future (2050). We investigate options for sustainable industrial PyCCS upscaling and communicate results via fact sheets for policy makers and industry (WP1). We explore the condensation of bio-oil for the production of basic chemicals, the processing of pyrogas for the Haber-Bosch process or CDR based on mineral C-fixation using thermal energy and pyrogas-derived CO2 (WP2). To enable BC use at industrial scale, we research the variability of BC properties across different production sites, feedstocks, pyrolysis technologies to obtain reproducible material properties. BC fertiliser products ready for industrial scaling are tested for field applicability with agricultural machinery and investigated for co-benefits under future eCO2 concentrations (WP3). We assess the current state of MRV schemes towards their potential impacts on, and conformity with, SDG goals and their harmonisation with German and EU regulations and evaluate novel CDR pathways via LCA to ensure net CDR (WP4).