Ecology
Dr. Jürgen Fischer
Professor of Space Sciences
Department of Earth Sciences
Institute of Space Sciences
Carl-Heinrich-Becker-Weg 6-10, 12165 Berlin
Phone (Office)
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
Phone (Home)
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
Phone (Office)
Homepage
Areas of Expertise
- Anthropocene
- Coral reefs
- Sustainability transformation
- Research communication
- Museology
- Geology
Dr. Jasmin Mersmann
Professor of Art history
Department of History and Cultural Studies
Institute of Art History
Art History Europe and America
Koserstraße 20, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- Art history of the early modern period
- Historical anthropology (body norms, body modifications, gestures)
- Demonology
- Art and ecology (garden art, landscape painting, botany, human-animal relations)
- Relationship between the arts and sciences (astronomy and medicine)
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
Phone (Assistant)
Homepage
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
Phone (Office)
Areas of Expertise
- Evolution
- Experimental evolution
- Insects
- Antibiotic resistance
- Evolutionary immunology
Rebecca Rongstock
Department of Biology, Chemistry, and Pharmacy/ Staff unit NE
Biology
Ecology of plants/ biodiversity management
Altensteinstr. 6/ Schwendener Str. 7, 14195 Berlin
Phone (Office)
Areas of Expertise
- Influences of global change on plants and soil ecosystems
- Urban nature and biodiversity
- Measures to promote biodiversity
Dr. Achim Schulte
Professor of Physical Geography
Department of Earth Sciences
Institute of Geographical Sciences
Malteserstr. 74-100, Haus H, 12249 Berlin
Phone (Office)
Phone (Assistant)
Homepage
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