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Ecology

Dr. Jürgen Fischer
Professor of Space Sciences

Department of Earth Sciences
Institute of Space Sciences

Carl-Heinrich-Becker-Weg 6-10, 12165 Berlin

Areas of Expertise

  • Remote sensing
  • Earth observation
  • Remote sensing in climate research

Dr. Heribert Hofer
Professor of Wildlife Research

Department of Veterinary Medicine
Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research
Director of the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW)

Alfred-Kowalke-Str. 17, 10315 Berlin

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Areas of Expertise

  • Life science
  • Biodiversity research
  • Conservation
  • Dialogue between stakeholders and all involved stakeholders, such as those working in conservation
  • Epidemiology of diseases and epidemics
  • Reproductive medicine and reproductive management
  • Behavioral biology
  • Partner selection in the animal kingdom
  • Social mammals
  • Alterations in animal behavior due to global warming
  • Bird migration
  • Hibernation
  • Predators
  • Wolves
  • Stress in wild animals

Dr. Jonathan Jeschke
Professor of Ecological Novelty

Department of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy
Institute of Biology
Ecological Novelty

Königin-Luise-Straße 1-3, 14195 Berlin

Areas of Expertise

  • Invasive species
  • Alien species
  • Neozoa
  • Ecological novelty
  • Anthropocene
  • Biodiversity
  • Conservaiton biology
  • Endangered species
  • Predators
  • Prey

Dr. Werner Kratz
Privatdozent

Department of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy
Institute of Biology
Zoology Group

Himbeersteig 18, 14129 Berlin

Areas of Expertise

  • Soil zoology
  • Soil ecology
  • Aquatic ecology
  • Environmental chemistry
  • Environmental chemicals
  • Ecotoxicology / Heavy metals
  • Pesticides
  • Admission procedure
  • Nitrogen fertilizer
  • Eutrophication of ecosystems
  • Land use
  • Conventional agriculture
  • Ecological agriculture
  • Forest ecology
  • Bogs
  • Ecological aspects of mining
  • Climate change
  • Sustainability
  • Environmental protection and conservation

Dr. Reinhold Leinfelder
Professor of Geology

Department of Earth Sciences
Institute of Geological Sciences

Malteserstraße 74-100, 12249 Berlin

Areas of Expertise

  • Anthropocene
  • Coral reefs
  • Sustainability transformation
  • Research communication
  • Museology
  • Geology

Louisa Prause
Political Scientist

Department of Political and Social Sciences
Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science
Junior Research Group: "Global Change - Local Conflcts?"

Boltzmannstraße 1, 14195 Berlin

Areas of Expertise

  • Conflicts over land, mining, and resources
  • Social movements in Africa
  • Land grabbing
  • Development cooperation
  • Western Africa

Dr. Katja Reichel

Department of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy
Institute of Biology
Systematic botany and plant geography

Altensteinstraße 6, 14195 Berlin

Areas of Expertise

  • Plants
  • Conservation Genetics
  • Species extinction
  • Evolution
  • Reproduction
  • Genome sequencing
  • Biomathematics

Dr. Frank Riedel
Professor of Paleontology

Department of Earth Sciences
Institute of Geological Sciences
Paleontology

Malteserstraße 74-100, 12249 Berlin

Areas of Expertise

  • Climate and environmental change (including in ancient civilizations)
  • Dynamics of ecosystems
  • Regional focus: southern Africa, Caspian region, central Asia, Tibet and the Himalayas, China, eastern Siberia (Lake Baikal)

Dr. Matthias Rillig
Professor of Plant Ecology

Department of Biology, Chemistry, and Pharmacy
Institute of Biology / Plant Ecology
Dahlem Center of Plant Sciences

Altensteinstraße 6, 14195 Berlin

Areas of Expertise

  • Soil ecology
  • Microbial ecology
  • Soil structure

Dr. Jens Rolff
Professor of Evolutionary Biology

Department of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy
Institute of Biology
Rolff Group - Evolutionary Biology

Königin-Luise-Straße 1-3, 14195 Berlin

Areas of Expertise

  • Evolution
  • Experimental evolution
  • Insects
  • Antibiotic resistance
  • Evolutionary immunology

Dr. Achim Schulte
Professor of Physical Geography

Department of Earth Sciences
Institute of Geographical Sciences

Malteserstr. 74-100, Haus H, 12249 Berlin

Areas of Expertise

  • Environmental hydrology and resource management
  • Drainage extremes (low and high water flow)
  • Watershed management

Dr. Brigitta Schütt
Professor of Physical Geography

Department of Earth Sciences
Institute of Geographical Sciences
Physical Geography

Malteserstraße 74-100, 12249 Berlin

Areas of Expertise

  • Landscape balance
  • Water
  • Soil
  • Land degradation / soil erosion / desertification
  • Geoarchaeology
  • Landscape evolution / landscape history

Dr. Elke Zippel

Central Facility Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum
Biological Collections, Dahlem Seed Bank

Königin-Luise-Straße 6-8, 14195 Berlin

Areas of Expertise

  • botanical species conservation
  • Seed bank for wild plants
  • Flora of Central Europe
  • Biodiversity