Researchers at TUMbiodivers and their field of expertise
 PD Dr. Harald AlbrechtAgroecology |
Biodiversity in agricultural and urban systems; nature conservation; Population and seedbank dynamics |
| Prof. Donna P. Ankerst Biostatistics |
Expertise in the statistical and epidemiological analysis of biodiversity data |
| Prof. Dr. Anton Fischer Geobotany |
Expertise in disturbance ecology, biodiversity management in forests and implementation of conservation politics |
| Prof. Dr. Jürgen Geist Aquatic Systems Biology |
Aquatic biodiversity and water research from the molecular to the ecological level |
| PD Dr. Jonathan Jeschke Theoretical Ecology |
Macroecological approaches, global change biodiversity, diversity-function modelling, and spatio-temporal patterns in biodiversity |
| Prof. Dr. Ingrid Kögel-Knabner Soil Science |
Geostatistical research to describe site- and soil-specific variability affecting biodiversity both above- and below-ground |
| Prof. Dr. Thomas H. Kolbe Geoinformatics |
Remote sensing and land management |
| Prof. Dr. Johannes Kollmann Restoration Ecology |
Restoration and conservation of biodiversity, plant and animal invasions |
| PD Dr. Ralph Kühn Molecular Zoology |
Animal evolutionary ecology research in the interface of ECO-EVO-DEVO, functional genomics, adaptive landscape genetics, community genetics |
| Prof. Dr. Rainer Matyssek Plant Ecophysiology |
Competitive interactions and facilitation as determinants of resource flux in ecosystems and ecosystem differentiation, genotype evolution and functional biodiversity |
| Dr. Harald Meimberg Plant Speciation |
Phylobiogeography, plant conservation genetics, molecular ecology |
| Prof. Dr. Annette Menzel Ecoclimatology |
Spatio-temporal patterns in biodiversity, climatic drivers and assessment of observed and projected trends under global chang |
| Prof. Dr. Reinhard Mosandl Silviculture |
Management and restoration of biodiversity in forest ecosystems |
| Prof. Dr. Jean Charles Munch Soil Ecology |
Microbial performance and response to adaptation of soil management, diversity of functions in terrestrial ecosystems and redundancies |
| Prof. Dr. Stephan Pauleit Landscape Planning |
Strategies for sustainable and multifunctional land use from rural to urban systems |
| Prof. Dr. Hans Pretzsch Forest Yield Science |
General rules of growth and dynamics of individual trees and forest modelling |
| Dr. Karin Pritsch Mycorrhiza Ecology |
Plant-mycorrhiza interactions and ecosystem functions |
| Prof. Dr. Hanno Schäfer Plant Biodiversity |
Speciation processes and community assembly, phylogenetic patterns of plant invasions |
| Prof. Dr. Michael Schloter Environmental Genomics |
Microbial communities in soil ecosystems with effects on plant health and carbon sequestration; soil microbial evolution under global change |
| Prof. Dr. Hans Schnyder Grassland Science |
Plant-plant and plant-herbivore interactions, with a focus on differences of grassland species in resource efficiency and allocation trade-offs between growth and defence |
| Prof. Dr. Boris Schröder Landscape Ecology |
Statistical and process-based modelling for the conservation and management of species, landscapes and related ecosystem functions and services |
| Prof. Dr. Michael Suda Forest and Environmental Policy |
Biodiversity policy, land use regulation, forest ownership, conflict mediation and natural hazards |
| Prof. Dr. Jörg Völkel Geomorphology |
Landform evolution, soil development and historical landscape analysis |
| Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Weisser Terrestrial Ecology |
Multi-species ecosystem interactions, biodiversity functions and services, functional insect ecology, community genetics |
