Prof. Dr. Aletta Bonn
Ecologist
languages
de, en
Contact
- Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Change
- Biodiversity and Health
- Citizen Science (strategy and conceptual development, several citizen science projects)
- Science-society-policy interface
- Head of Department Ecosystem Services at UFZ and the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv)
- Professor of Ecosystem Services at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- Lead author of IPBES and several ecosystem service assessments; Member of DFG German Committee for Sustainability Research (DKN/Future Earth); Member of Scientific Advisory Board Thünen Institute; Associate Editor of ‚People and Nature‘
Dr. Susanne Dunker
Biologist
languages
de, en
Contact
- Automated phytoplankton analysis as part of water quality assessment
- Automated bioaerosol (e.g. pollen, fungal spores) and particulate matter analysis as part of air quality assessment
- Pollen (Allergies and Pollination) as important part of plant-pollinator interactions
- o Connection between pollen, particulate matter and the appearance of allergies
- o Innovative, quick and exact methods to determine cell concentration
- Working group leader and scientist at the Department for Physiological Diversity at the UFZ Leipzig and the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv)
Elisabeth Kühn
Biologist
languages
de, en
Contact
- Butteflies: Species, developement, distribution, endangering
- Influence of landuse and climate change on butterflies
- Butterfly Monitoring Germany: Coordination of the citizen-science project
- Citizen Science: experience in setting up and running a Citizen Science project
- The value of Citizen Science data for science
- Scientist at the Department for Conversation Biology at the UFZ in Halle
Dr. Mark Frenzel
Animal ecologist
languages
de, en
Contact
- Long term ecosystem research and monitoring of insects and birds in agricultural dominated landscapes
- Pollinator monitoring
- Data management, FAIR Data
- Scientist at the Department Community Ecology at the UFZ Halle
Dr. Annegret Grimm-Seyfarth
Biologist
languages
de, en
Contact
- Population ecology of vertebrates
- Herpetology
- national and international nature and species conservation
- effects of climate change on vertebrates
- Statistics, programming, and modelling
- Detection dogs for species monitoring
- PostDoc Scientist at the department of conversation biology at the UFZ Leipzig
- Working Group head WG Conservation oriented Population Ecology (COPE)
Prof. Dr. William Stanley Harpole
Botanist
languages
de, eng
Contact
- Influence of the characteristics of different species on interdependences between the species
- Developing, testing and applying biodiversity theory to understand the effects of global change on plant communities
- Ecosystem, theoretical and community ecology
- Ecological stoichiometry, niche theory and mechanisms of coexistence
- Head of the Department of Physiological Diversity at the UFZ Leipzig and the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv)
- Professor for Physiological Diversity at the Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Prof. Dr. Hans-Jörg Vogel
Agricultural scientist
languages
de, en
- Impact of agricultural soil management on soil functions
- Water and solute transport in soil
- Soil structure/function relations
- Modelling soil processes
- Non-invasive imaging and quantification of soil structure including temporal dynamics
- Head of Department Soil System Science at the UFZ Halle
- Professor of „Soil Physics“ at Martin-Luther University Halle
- Leader of the BonaRes Centre for Soil Research
Dr. Stefan Klotz
Ecologist
languages
de, en, ru
Contact
- biological invasions, biogeography
- Effects of climate change and land-use on the biodiversity and the dynamics of ecosystems
- Anthropogenic vegetation changes
- Invasive species
- Concepts of nature conservation
- Until 7/2022 Head of Research Unit „Ecosystems of the Future“ and Head of Department of Community Ecology; now retired
- Board Member of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (GfÖ)
- Board member, International Association for Ecology (INTECOL)
Prof. Dr. Ingolf Kühn
Plant ecologist
languages
de, en
Contact
- Impacts of climate change and global change on the immigration and spread of alien plant species
- Plant invasions and their effects on biodiversity
- Analysis of land use patterns, environmental parameters on the distribution of plant species on a macro-ecological scale
- Biological and ecological characteristics of invasive plants
- Patterns and processes of plant diversity in urban areas
- Vegetation Development of Alpine glacier forefields
- Curator of the "Database of Biological and Ecological Traits of the Flora of Germany (BiolFlor)"
- Since 7/2022 Head of the Department of Community Ecology at the UFZ Halle
- Head of the Macroecology group at the UFZ Halle
- Professor for Macroecology at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Prof. Dr. Ralf Seppelt
Landscape Ecologist
languages
de, en
Contact
- Land Resource Management utilizing integrated simulation models
- Global analysis of biodiversity and landuse
- Effects of landuse on global agricultural markets
- Coordination of international research projects
- Since 7/2022 Head of the Research Unit "Ecosystems of the Future"
- Head of the Department of Computational Landscape Ecology at the UFZ Leipzig
- Professor for Applied Landscape Ecology at the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
- Spokesperson of the Helmholtz Research School ESCALATE (Ecosystem Services Under Changing Land-Use and Climate)
Dr. Martin Schädler
Ecologist
languages
de, en
Contact
- Above-belowground interactions, Rhizosphere interactions
- Litter decomposition
- Soil microflora
- Interactions in the rhizosphere
- Scientist at the Department Community Ecology at the UFZ Halle
- Scientific coordinator oft he UFZ research station Bad Lauchstädt
- Scientific coordinator oft he „Global Change Experimental Facility“ (GCEF) in Bad Lauchstädt
Prof. Dr. Josef Settele
Agricultural Biologist
languages
de, en
Contact
- Ecology of Insects in Cultural Landscapes
- Biodiversity, Land Use and Social-Ecological Systems
- Inter- and Transdisciplinary Cooperation and Projects
- Science-Society-Policy Interface
- Impacts of climate and land-use change on biodiversity
- Effects of reduced biodiversity on the resilience of ecosystems and humans (e.g. pest outbreaks, pandemics)
- Head of the Department of Conversation Biology & Social-Ecological Systems at the UFZ Halle and Leipzig
- Professor of Ecology at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
- Coordinating Lead Author in the 5th Assessment Report of the IPCC
- Coordinating Lead Author in the IPBES pollination Assessment
- Review Board of DFG (German Research Foundation) for the field of Agriculture, forest science and animal medicine: Ecology of agricultural landscapes
- Member of the environmental expert panel of the German government
Dr. Yves Zinngrebe
Political scientist
languages
de, en, es
Contact
- Influence of the European agricultural policy on biodiversity
- Analyzation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and its national implementation
- Development of the german biodiversity strategy
- Incentive systems for transformation of social-ecological systems
- International and economic contexts and cooperation in the field of sustainable land use
- Policy and governance of sustainable land use and biodiversity conservation in Latin America with focus on the Amazon and Peru
- Knowledge transfer and scientific advice through the World Biodiversity Council IPBES and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC
- Deputy head of the Department for Conversation Biology and Social-Ecological Systems at the UFZ Leipzig
- Lead of the working group for the Governance of Biodiversity and Nature conservation
- Lead of the Horizon Europe-Project “Reinforcing Science-Policy Interfaces for integrated biodiversity and climate knowledge and policies (RESPIN)”
- Expert in the Intergovernmental Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
- Co-Lead of the Task-Force for the Governance of Nature and Biodiversity in the “Earth System Governance” network
Prof. Dr. Dietrich Borchardt
Hydrobiologist
languages
de, en
Contact
- - Structures of aquatic ecosystems
- - Chains of effects of hydrological extremes (Drought, flood)
- - Modeling of aquatic ecosystems
- - Analysis of environmental systems
- - Integrated management of water resources
- - Local, national and global perspective
- - Interface Science-Politics
- - Head of Research Unit „Water resources and environment“
- - Head of Department of aquatic ecosystems and management at the UFZ Magdeburg
- - Professor of aquatic ecosystems and -management at the University of Dresden
- - Scientific advisor of the World Water Quality Alliance (WWQA)
Dr. Mario Brauns
Hydrobiologist
languages
de, en
Contact
- Effects of human stressors and hydrological extremes on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
- Response of freshwater food webs to stressors across geographical scales
- Scientist at the Department River Ecology at the UFZ Magdeburg
- Head of the research ‘Food web ecology’ at the UFZ
Prof. Dr. Jan Fleckenstein
Hydrologist
languages
de, en
Contact
- Groundwater-surface water interactions
- The dynamics of water and matter fluxes in catchments
- Simulation and prediction of matter and solute exports from the landscape
- Interplay between hydrologic dynamics and biogeochemical processes
- Landscape water balance
- Head of the Department of Hydrogeology at the UFZ Leipzig
- Professor of Hydrological Modeling at the University of Bayreuth
- Speaker of the integration platform “Freshwater Resources” at UFZ
- Member of the „Groundwater Technical Committee“ of the American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Prof. Dr. Ralf Merz
Hydrologist
languages
de, en
Contact
- Analysis and modelling of changes tot he regional water cycle
- Extreme hydrological events such as floods and drough
- Better models to predict future water availability in regions of water scarcity on the basis of less data
- Regional monitoring and process analysis
- Hydrology of (semi) arid regions
- Head of the Department of Catchment Hydrology at the UFZ Halle
- Professor for Catchment Hydrology at the Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
- Spokesperson fort he „Water Scarcity“ integrated Project in the Helmholtz „Terrestrial Environment“ programme
Dr. Andreas Musolff
Hydrogeologist
languages
de, en
Contact
- data-driven analysis and modelling approaches to water quality and quantity on catchment scale
- Variability of nutrient and pollutant concentration in surface waters
- Travel time of water in catchments
- Water balance and groundwater recharge
- urban groundwater
- Scientist at the Department Hydrogeology at the UFZ Leipzig
Dr. Katrin Wendt-Potthoff
Biologist
languages
de, en
Contact
- Influence of microorganisms on geochemical processes in lakes
- Interaction between bacteria and plastic
- Microplastic in lakes
- Scientist at the Department Lake Research at the UFZ Magdeburg
- Group Leader Lake Microbiology
Dr. Karsten Rinke
Aquatic Biologist
languages
de, en
- Ecology of lake ecosystems
- Monitoring and modelling tools for water managers
- Developing management strategies for water resources management, particularly for reservoirs and lakes
- Threats to Lakes and resevoirs: eutrophication, algal blooms, oxygen depletion, pollution
- Climate change impacts on surface waters and aquatic ecosystems
- Head of the Department of Lake Research at the UFZ Magdeburg
Dr. Christian Siebert
Hydrogeologist
languages
de, en
Contact
- The effects of climate change on (ground)water resources
- interactions of ground- and surface water bodies (lakes, rivers and oceans)
- Localizing and characterizing of groundwater movement and reactions
- Conceptual and numerical modelling
- Expertise concerning quantity and quality of groundwater in (semi-)arid regions (Middle East) and Germany
- Scientist at the Department Catchment Hydrology at the UFZ Leipzig
Prof. Dr. Markus Weitere
Aquatic Ecologist
languages
de, en
- Ecological status and protection of aquatic ecosystems, esp. running waters and their riparian zones
- Effects of stressors (e.g., climate change, morphological alterations, nutrients, toxicants) on inland waters
- Restoration of running water ecosystems
- Contribution of inland waters to biodiversity
- The functioning of running water ecosystems
- Head of the Department of River Ecology at the UFZ Magdeburg
- Professor for Applied Ecology of Running Waters at the Dresden University of Technology
- President of the German Limnological Society (DGL)
Prof. Dr. Werner Brack
Environmental Chemist
languages
de, en
Contact
- Chemical analysis for the purposes of identifying and quantifying organic compounds in water, sediments and biota
- Fractionation techniques for the separation of complex mixtures and their integration in biotesting methods in order to determine impact
- Understanding exposure in natural systems and ecotoxicological test systems
- Since 7/2022 Head of the Research Unit "Chemicals in the Environment"
- Head of the Department of Effect-Directed Analysis at the UFZ Leipzig
- Professor for Biological Sciences at the Goethe University in Frankfurt/Main
Dr. Dana Kühnel
Toxicologist
languages
de, en
Contact
- Evaluation of potential (eco)toxicological effects of engineered nanomaterials
- Scientist at the Department for Bioanalytical Ecotoxicology at the UFZ Leipzig
Prof. Dr. Beate Escher
Environmental Chemist
languages
de, en
Contact
- Identification of Chemicals which cause environmental risks
- Methods for initial hazard screening and risk assessment of pharmaceuticals, pesticides, disinfection by-products and persistent organic pollutants with an emphasis on mixtures
- Closing the gap between exposure and impact assessment through a better understanding and modeling of the toxicokinetic and toxicodynamic processes
- Development of tools for passive sampling as well as dosing and high throughput bioanalytical tools for environmental monitoring
- Head of the Department of Cell Toxicology
- Professor of Environmental Toxicology at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen
- Lecturer at ETH Zürich
- Honorary Professor at the University of Queensland and adjunct professor at Griffith University
- Member of the German Science Council
- Member of the Board of Reviewing Editors (BORE) at Science
Prof. Dr. Kai Uwe Goss
environmental chemist
languages
de, en
Contact
- physical and chemical properties of modern organic chemicals (pesticides, pharmaceuticals)
- understanding and modelling chemicals in organisms (especially uptake, distribution and elimination)
- Ionisable Chemicals
- Performance of sniffer dogs and their importance in court hearings
- Head of the Department of Analytical Environmental Chemistry
- Professor for Analytical Environmental Chemistry at the Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
- Member of the Advisory Board for the „Environmental Science and Technology“ journal
Prof. Dr. Jörg Hackermüller
Chemist
languages
de, en
Contact
- Elucidating the effects caused by pollutants which enter the environment and disrupt ecosystems and affect human health using bioinformatics
- Development of new bioinformatics, systems biology, and data science procedures and integration into the methodological approaches of environmental health research
- Development of predictive methods using artificial intelligence
- Head of the Department of Computational Biology at the UFZ Leipzig
- Professor for Computational Biology at the University of Leipzig
Dr. Gunda Herberth
Biologist
languages
de, en
Contact
- Influence of environmental exposures on the modulation of immune responses and the development of allergic diseases in prospective birth cohort studies
- Regulation of immune cell activity by environmental contaminants with focus on mucosal-associated invariant T cells
- Impact of disturbed T cell function on the development of health outcomes
- Scientist and group leader at the Department Environmental immunology at the UFZ Leipzig
- PI of the LINA (Lifestyle and environmental factors and their Influence on Newborns Allergy risk) study
Prof. Dr. Annika Jahnke
Environmental Chemist
languages
de, en
- Mixtures of chemicals in the environment
- Environmental weathering and fate of plastics
- Tools to assess environmental and human health
- Head of the Department Exposure Science at the UFZ Leipzig
- Professor for Exposome Analytics at the RWTH Aachen
Prof. Dr. Matthias Liess
Ecologist
languages
de, en
Contact
- Long-term effects of multiple stress from toxicants and other stressors in ecosystems
- Development of bioindicators fort he display of pollution and ecological effects in rivers
- Development of models for risk assessment
- Head of the Department System-Ecotoxicology at the UFZ Leipzig
- Professor for System-Ecotoxicology at the Technical University Aachen
Dr. Nicole Meyer
Biologist
languages
de, en
Contact
- Influence of environmental chemicals on the function of cells of the innate immune system, especially mast cells
- Influence of chemical pollutants / mast cells on relevant pregnancy-associated processes, with focus on physiological transformation of spiral arteries
- Role of environmental chemicals as risk factors in the development of mast cell-associated diseases such as allergies or vascular diseases
- Knowledge transfer: systematic and target group specific
- Scientist at the Department Environmental Immunology at the UFZ Leipzig
Dr. Tobias Polte
Pharmacologist
languages
de, en
Contact
- - The role of environmental pollutants as risk factors for immune diseases (for example asthma or arthritis), overweight or behavioural problems with a particular focus on the impact of maternal exposure to environmental pollutants and the disease development in the offspring
- Scientist and Deputy Head of Department at the Department for Environmental Immunology at the UFZ Leipzig
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Reemtsma
Chemist
languages
de, en
Contact
- Development of analytical techniques for trace contaminants in water, soils and biota
- Tracking trace substances in natural and technical systems (incl. water cycle)
- Understanding transformation processes in the environmental and in biota
- Head of the Department of Analytical Chemistry at the UFZ Leipzig
- Professor of Analytical Chemistry at the University of Leipzig
- Member of the Board of the German Water Chemistry Society
Dr. Anne Schumacher
Biologist
languages
de, en
Contact
- Effects of pre- and perinatal exposure to environmental chemicals on pregnancy/birth and the health development of the offspring
- Disruption of the immunological and endocrine balance by environmental chemicals
- Use of in-vitro and in-vivo models to identify and characterize environmental risk factors in disease development
- Senior Scientist and Deputy Head of Department of Environmental Immunology at the UFZ Leipzig
- Head of the Laboratories of the Environmental Immunology in the Saxonian Incubator for Clinical Translation (SIKT)
Dr. Stefan Scholz
Biologist
languages
de, en
Contact
- Alternative testing systems in Toxicology
- Use of zebrafish embryo model for an integrative mechanism-linked assessment of chemical effects and bioanalytical assessment of environmental samples
- Adverse outcome pathways (AOP)
- Data analysis automation workflow, particularly for zebrafish embryo assays
- Scientist at and acting head of the Department for Bioanalytical Ecotoxicology at the UFZ Leipzig
Dr. Violeta Stojanovska
Physician
languages
en
Contact
- Influence of environmental factors (long-lasting chemicals and viruses) on placenta functionality and development of pregnancy-associated disorders
- Understanding the role of placenta in developmental programming of chronic disorders
- Establishment of 3D cell culture models of placenta as a an alternative method to assess chemical safety in pregnancy
- Scientist at the Department Environmental Immunology at the UFZ Leipzig
Dr. Till Luckenbach
Biologist
languages
de, en
Contact
- Adaptations of aquatic organisms to environmental stress
- Cellular mechanisms that control the uptake of chemicals and their interactions with environmental contaminants
- Establishing experimental tests to investigate the interactions of environmental chemicals with cellular defensive mechanisms
- Scientist at the Department for Bioanalytical Ecotoxology at the UFZ Leipzig
Prof. Dr. Martin von Bergen
Biologist
languages
de, en
Contact
- Cellular response mechanisms towards environmental pollutants with a focus on molecular pathways
- Systems Biology based approaches using proteomic and metabolomic techniques in cells, tissue and on the systemic level
- Characterisation of environmental exposure scenarios
- Analysis of structure and functions of microbial communities by proteomic and metabolomic techniques
- Development of mass spectrometry based methods for quantitative and qualitative meta-proteomics of bacteria
- Head of the Department of Molecular System Biology at the UFZ in Leipzig
- Professor for Functional Proteome Analytics at the University of Leipzig
Prof. Ana Claudia Zenclussen
Immunolgist
languages
de, en, es
Contact
- Reproductive immunology
- Hormone caused changes of Immune cells
- Effects of Environmental chemicals on the health of mother and fetus
- Head of the Department of Environmental Immunulogy at the UFZ Leipzig
- Professor for paediatric environmental epidemiology/immunology at the University of Leipzig
Prof. Dr. Lorenz Adrian
Biochemist
languages
de, en
Contact
- anaerobic microbial processes to develop biotechnological applications from basic understanding to pilot scale
- Molecular aspects
- Co-Head of the Department of Environmental Biotechnology at the UFZ Leipzig
- Professor for Geobiotechnolgy at the Institute for Biotechnology of the TU Berlin
Prof. Dr. Katja Bühler
Microbiologist
languages
de, en
Contact
- Application of surface adhered microbes
- Use of microbial photosynthesis for the production of value added compounds and energy carriers using CO2, sunlight and water
- Efficient and sustainable production of white hydrogen as a technology complementing green hydrogen production via renewable energy driven electrolysis
- Head of the research group ’Catalytic Biofilms’ at the Department Environmental Microbiology, UFZ Leipzig
- Professor for Technology of productive Biofilms at the Technical University Dresden
- Chairwoman of the Scientific- technical Council of the UFZ
Prof. Dr. Hauke Harms
Microbiologist
languages
de, en
Contact
- - Ecology and ecophysiology of microbial communities involved in ecosystem services such as the conversion of pollutants and biomass in soil, water and technical systems
- - Microbiological diversity in both technical and natural environments
- - design of biotechnological procedures which are based on complex microbiale communities and exploit ecological principles
- - SARS-CoV-2 waste water monitoring
- - Head of the UFZ Research Unit „Environmental Engineering and Biotechnology“
- - Head of the Department „Environmental Microbiology“ at UFZ Leipzig
- - Professor for Environmental Microbiology at the University of Leipzig
- - Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Max-Planck-Institute for Marine Microbiology
Prof. Dr. Falk Harnisch
Biochemist
languages
de, en
- Combination of electrochemistry and microbiological methods
- Energy from waste water
- Developement of new electrobiotechnological processes
- Power-to-chemicals and power-to-fuels
- Electroactive microorganisms
- Sustainable electroorganic synthesis
- Group leader at the Department for Environmental Microbiology at the UFZ Leipzig
- Professor for Electrobiotechnology at Leipzig University
- President of the International Society for Microbial Electrochemistry and Technology
Dr. Hermann-Josef Heipieper
Microbiologist
languages
de, en, nl
Contact
- Elucidation and application of fundamental mechanisms of bacterial stress tolerance and establishment of novel Pseudomonads as a biocatalytic platform
- Degradation of xenobiotic compounds such as herbicides in the presence of naturally occuring environmental conditions
- Adaptation of bacteria to toxic organic solvents to allow the performance of two-liquid-phase biotransformations for the econimically sound production of fine chemicals
- Development of lipids as biomarkers
- Application of isotope techniques to investigate the interactions of plants with microbes in contaminated soils
- Investigation of bacterial adaptation to cellular stress on the level of membranes, surface properties, and energetics. Bioengineering of contaminated sites to accelerate bioremediation
- Scientist at the Department for Environmental Microbiology at the UFZ Leipzig
- Head of the group “Microbial Processes”
Prof. Dr. Matthias Kästner
Microbiologist
languages
de, en
Contact
- Analysis of microbial compound turnover in complex environments
- Microbial degradation potentials and in situ activity
- Metabolic flow in environmental systems
- Chemical and microbial ecology in soils, sediments, and groundwater
- Co-head of the Department of Environmental Biology at the UFZ Leipzig
- Professor of Microbiology at the University Leipzig
Dr. Rene Kallies
Virologist
languages
de, en
Contact
- Diversity, Evolution, taxonomy and functions of viruses in environmental systems
- SARS-CoV2 Monitoring in Sewage
- Scientist at the Department for Microbiology at the UFZ Leipzig
Dr. Katrin Mackenzie
Chemist
languages
de, en
Contact
- Developement of new processes and materials for the removal of pollutants from water, with an emphasis on in situ
- Combination of sorptive enrichment and chemical pollutant degradation
- Environmental catalysis
- Development of new and optimization of existing technological methods for removal of halogenated pollutants from water (from chlorinated solvents to per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances - PFAS)
- Acting Head of the Department of Environmental Engineering at the UFZ Leipzig
Dr. Hans Hermann Richnow
Biogeochemist
languages
de, en
Contact
- The role of biogeochemical processes in the functionality of sustainably managed ecosystems
- Environmental monitoring (claims, historical contamination, remedial work on historical contamination)
- Use of high-resolution imaging techniques (SIMS) in combination with stable isotope and chemical analytics as indicators of biogeochemical processes
- Biogeochemistry of Heat and Energy storage in the subsurface
- Head of the Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry at the UFZ Leipzig
- Head of the technology platform “ProVIS - Centre for Chemical Microscopy“ at the UFZ” for the visualisation of biochemical processes at cellular level
Prof. Dr. Roland Arno Müller
Biotechnologist
languages
de, en
Contact
- Development of resource-efficient urban city districts in the context of climate-resilient urban planning
- Development and implementation of multifunctional BlueGreen water infrastructures
- Decentral wastewater treatment and management
- Implementation research to optimize the water sector in developing and emerging countries in water-scarce regions
- Integrated (waste) water resource management
- Head of the Centre for Environmental Biotechnology at the UFZ Leipzig
- Honorary Professor for Integrated Water Resources Management at Leipzig University of Applied Sciences
- Appointed member of the federal advisory board of DWA, speaker of the working group “Decentralized Wastewater Systems for Emerging and Developing Countries”
- Vice Chairman oft The Board at the Training and Demonstration Centre for Decentralized Sewage Treatment (BDZ e.V.)
- Appointed member of the National Implementation Committee for Effective Decentralized Wastewater Management of Jordan
Prof. Dr. Andreas Schmid
Biotechnologist
languages
de, en
Contact
- Development and use of microorganisms as living biocatalysts
- Catalytic biofilms
- Solar materials
- Systems biotechnology
- Integrated bioprocess development
- Head of the Department of Solar Materials at the UFZ Leipzig
- Professor for Biotechnology at the University of Leipzig
Dr. Lukas Wick Gessler
Environmental microbiologist and chemist
languages
de, en, fr, es
Contact
- Ecology and bioavailability of contaminant biotransformation
- Subsurface transport of microorganisms
- Mycosphere ecology and mycoremediation
- fungal bacterial interactions
- Prediction of soil microbial pesticide degradation potential at field scale:
- Electrokinetics and electrobioremediation
- Head of group and deputy head of department at the Department for Environmental Microbiology at the UFZ Leipzig
- Chair of the UFZ Integration Platform 'Tapping nature's potential for sustainable production and a healthy environment'
Dr. Friedrich Bohn
System scientist
languages
de, en
Contact
- Forest structure and its implications for carbon ballance, diversity and sensitivity against climate change of forest systems.
- Forest models
- Remote sensing: linking remote sensing and ecological modelling
- Agent-based models
- Scientist at the Department Ecological Modelling at the UFZ Leipzig
Prof. Dr. Sabine Attinger
Theoretical Physicist
languages
de, en
Contact
- Design and generation of spatially distributed multiscale forecasting models, their parametrisation and the evaluation of model and parameter uncertainties on model forecasts
- Multi Scale Terrestrial Systems
- Modelling Flow and Transport in Surface- and Subsurface Hydrology
- Multiscale Modelling, Stochastic Modelling and Geostatistics
- Head of the UFZ Research Unit „Smart Models and Monitoring“
- Head of the Department of Computational Hydrosystems at the UFZ Leipzig
- Professor for Mathematical Hydrology at the University of Potsdam
- Member of the steering group of the "Center for Advanced System Understanding CASUS"
Prof. Dr. Birgit Müller
Business mathematician
languages
de, en, fr
- Exploring dynamics of socio-environmental resource systems under uncertainty
- Effects of agri-environmental policy instruments and for coping with climate risk on socio-environmental systems
- Adequate representation of human behaviour in land-use models
- Scientist at the Department Ecological Modelling at the UFZ Leipzig
- Professorship for Modelling of Human-Environment Systems at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg
- Head of working group POLISES (POLicy Instruments and Socio-Environmental Systems under global change)
Dr. Daniel Doktor
Geographer
languages
de, en
Contact
- Effects of global change and climate change on vegetation using remotely sensed information via land-use classification / land-use change, deriving vegetation dynamics (phenology) and land-use intensity in grasslands
- Monitoring forest condition at the national level
- Scientist at the Department Remote Sensing at the UFZ Leipzig
- Head of working group Land-Cover & Dynamics (LACY) at the UFZ
Dr. Hans-Hermann Thulke
Epidemiologist
languages
de, en
Contact
- Ecological models to spread harmful organisms in animal populations
- Scientist at the Department Ecological Modelling at the UFZ Leipzig
- Head of the working Project group Ecological epidemiology Epidemiology (EcoEpi) at the UFZ
- Member of the Plant Health Panel Commission Animal welfare of t he European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
Prof. Dr. Andreas Huth
Environmental Physicist
languages
de, en
Contact
- Reactions of the forests of the future on climate change
- Predictions on the future developement of forests
- Scientist at the Department Ecological Modelling at the UFZ Leipzig
Prof. Dr. Holger Weiß
Geologist
languages
de, en, pt
Contact
- Environmental impacts of resource exploitation activities of conventional and unconventional hydrocarbons, solid energy and mineral resources.
- NORM substances; radiochemistry and radiation protection
- Procedures for indoor radon protection
- Heat storage and remediation of urban groundwater bodies
- Water resource management of subtropical areas
- Scientist at the Department Environmental Informatics at the UFZ Leipzig
- Honorary Professor at the University of Tübingen
- Member of the scientific-technical board “Water management” at LMBV and a member of the German Academy of Geosciences and Geotechnologies
- Member of the Expert commission „Fracking“
Prof. Dr. Karin Frank
Mathematician
languages
de, en
Contact
- Development of mathematical and simulation models
- Modelling of ecological and social-ecological systems
- Assessment of impacts of climate and land use change on the structure, dynamics, functions, and stability properties of terrestrial, aquatic and microbial systems
- Assessment of impacts of social and institutional change on human-nature-systems
- Head of the Department of Ecological Modelling at the UFZ Leipzig
- Professor for Ecological Modelling at the University of Osnabrück and Member of the Management Board of the Institute for Environmental Systems Research at UOS
- Co-Chair of the Integration Platform ‘Robust Pictures of the Future’ at the UFZ within the POFIV Helmholtz Program ‘Changing Earth – Sustaining our Future’
- Full Member of the iDiv – German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research Halle-Jena-Leipzig
- Co-Chair of the sDiv Board and Member of the Science Strategy Board of iDiv
- Member of the Selection Panel of the PhD Fellowship Program of the DBU (Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt)
- Member of the Executive Committee of the Open Modeling Foundation (OMF of Future Earth)
Prof. Dr. Luis Samaniego-Eguiguren
Hydrologist
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de, en, es
- Regional to global Hydrological modeling
- Monitoring and forecasting of droughts and floods (HS2S, ULYSSES)
- Lead developer of the mHM model
- Co-developer of the UFZ Drought Monitor (Germany)
- Climate predictions of hydro-meteorological extremes
- Deputy head of the Department of Computational Hydrosystems (CHS) at the UFZ Leipzig
- Group leader of the Stochastic and Land Surface Hydrology Group at CHS
- Professor for Data Science and Hydrology at the University of Potsdam
Dr. Andreas Marx
Climate scientist
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de, en
Contact
- Drought monitoring
- Regional climate change, impact analysis and adaption
- Hydrological modelling
- Dialogue with decision makers
- Scientist at the Department „Computational Hydrosystems“ at UFZ Leipzig
- Head of Climate Office for Central Germany
- Head of German Drought Monitor
Prof. Dr. Jian Peng
Earth systems scientist
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de, en
Contact
- Estimation of high-resolution land surface water and energy fluxes from satellite observations
- Investigation of hydrological and climatic extremes as well as their impacts on ecosystems
- Assimilation of remote sensing data into climate and land surface process models
- Quantification of climate change impact on water resources
- Head of the Department of Remote Sensing at the UFZ in Leipzig
- Professor for Hydrology and Remote Sensing at the University of Leipzig
Prof. Dr. Peter Dietrich
Geophysicist
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de, en
Contact
- Development and evaluation of measurement and monitoring methods from geophysics, hydrogeology and geotechnology for the efficient, high-resolution investigation of the subsurface
- Remote sensing methods and sensor networks
- Head of the Department of Monitoring and Exploration Technology at the UFZ Leipzig
- Professor for Environmental and Engineering Geophysics at the University of Tübingen
Prof. Dr. Jakob Zscheischler
Earth system scientist
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de, en
Contact
- Understanding and modeling of compound climate and weather events
- Prediction of heat waves, storms, droughts and their effects
- Head of the Department Compound Environmental Risks (CER) at the UFZ Leipzig
- Professor (W3) for Data Analytics in Hydro Sciences, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, TU Dresden
Prof. Dr. Bartosz Bartkowski
Economist
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de, en
Contact
- Economic analysis of agri-environmental policy
- Economic nonmarket valuation of biodiversity and ecosystem services
- Agent-based modelling
- Scientist at the Department Economics at the UFZ Leipzig
- Head (jointly with UFZ-scientist Dr. Andrea Kaim) of junior research group AgriScape at the UFZ
Prof. Dr. Christian Kuhlicke
Social geograph
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de, en
- Perception of environmental risks, including socio-psychological as well as institutional, economic-political and cultural factors
- Assessment of environmental risks (e.g. flooding, droughts) with a focus on social vulnerability and community resilience
- Risk management
- Scientist at the Department Urban and Environmental Sociology at the UFZ Leipzig
- Professor for Environmental Risks and Sustainability at the University of Potsdam
- Working Group Leader "Environmental Risks and Extreme Events" at the UFZ
Dr. Johannes Förster
Geographer
languages
de, en
Contact
- Processes at the interface between science and policy at a national an international level in the fields of climate change, biodiversity, ecosystem services and sustainable development
- Climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies (nature-based solutions)
- Economics of biodiversity and ecosystem services
- Sustainability reporting by businesses and national level (related to accounting of biodiversity and ecosystem services)
- Nature-based options for mitigation of carbon emissions and carbon storage (negative emissions)
- Net-zero strategies
- Scientist at the Department for Environment and Society at the UFZ Leipzig
Prof. Dr. Erik Gawel
Environmental Economist
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de, en
Contact
- Economic key issues of climate change / environmental impacts of energy transition
- Instruments for environmental, climate & sustainability policies
- Water resources management, especially water-related prices and charges
- Head of the Department Economics at the UFZ Leipzig
- Professor for Economics at the University of Leipzig and director of the Institute for Infrastructure and Resources Management
- Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
- Publicly Certified Expert (Chamber of Commerce and Industry Frankfurt am Main) for Cost Accounting of Public Enterprises
Prof. Dr. Matthias Groß
Sociologist
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de, en
Contact
- Sociological analysis of the energy transition, especially wind and geothermal heat
- Ignorance, uncertainty, and risk
- Public awareness and perceptions of environmental innovation
- Head of the Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology
- Professor of Environmental Sociology at the Friedrich-Schiller University Jena
Prof. Dr. Bernd Hansjürgens
Environmental economist
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de, en
- Economic evaluation of ecosystem services
- Management of environmental resources with environmental policy instruments
- Head of the UFZ Research Unit „Environment & Society“
- Head of the Department of Economics at the UFZ Leipzig
- Professor for Economics, especially Environmental Economics at the Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
- Chairman of the Federal Environment Agency’s Soil Protection Commission (KBU) Chairman of the Academy for Regional Development in the Leibniz Association - ARL
- Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of ZALF
- Member oft he Commission for social and ecological issues oft he German’s Bishop Conference
Prof. Dr. Sigrun Kabisch
Urban sociologist
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de, en
Contact
- Interdependencies between natural, social and built environment
- Spatial consequences of demographic change
- Urban vulnerability and climate change
- Potentials and challenges of large housing estates
- International comparative case studies about urban development and socio-spatial differentiation
- Head of the Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology till 31.3.2022
- Honorary Professor for Social Science at the University of Leipzig
- Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Joint Programming Initiative (JPI) Urban Europe till 31.12.2021
- Chairwoman of the Leipzig Geographical Association
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Köck
Environmental lawyer
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de, en
Contact
- European and national environmental law focusing on the legislation governing water, nature conservation, industrial pollutions, hazardous substances
- Environmental constitutional law
- Renewable energy law
- Urban planning law; spatial planning law
- Head of the Department of Environmental an Planning Law at the UFZ Leipzig
- Professor for Environmental Law at the Faculty of law at the University of Leipzig
- Member of the Board at the Institute for Environmental and Planning Law
- Member of the German Advisory Council on the Environment (SRU)
Dr. Sina Leipold
Political scientist
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de, en
Contact
- Environmental discourse analysis
- Discursive agency, circular economy and bioeconomy
- Transnational business gouvernance
- Combining social and environmental science with expertise from policy, practice and the wider public
- Head of the Department of Environmental Politics at the UFZ in Leipzig
- Professor for Environmental Politics at the Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena
Dr. Paul Lehmann
Economist
languages
de, en
- Economic evaluation of instruments for environmental, climate and energy policy
- Renewable energies, focus on wind energy
- Conflicts in energy transition
- Political strategies to solve conflicts in energy transition
- Scientist at the Department Economics at the UFZ Leipzig
- Assistant Professor for Environmental and Energy Economics at the UFZ Leipzig
Prof. Dr. Dieter Rink
Cultural scientist
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de, en
Contact
- Sustainable developement of cities and urban transformation
- Social scientific research in urban ecology
- Concepts and theories for cities
- Urban Governence, social movements and protest
- Scientist at the Department Urban and Environmental Sociology at the UFZ Leipzig
- Honorary Professor at the UFZ Leipzig
Prof. Dr. Reimund Schwarze
Economist
languages
de, en
Contact
- Political advice in climate protection
- Economic aspects of climate adaptation
- Management of natural hazards
- Environmental liability and insurance
- Scientist at the Department Economics at the UFZ Leipzig
- Professor for international environmental economics at the Viadrina University Frankfurt (Oder)
Dr. Stefan Möckel
Legal Scientist
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de, en
Contact
- Nature conservation and agri-environmental law
- Law of soil conservation
- Law on water management
- Environmental planning law
- Tax legislation and financial law
- Scientist at the Department of Environmental and Planning Law
- Together with Julian Rode Head of IP-TB6 Projekt 6.1 „Governing transformations towards sustainable agrifood systems“
Prof. Dr. Daniela Thrän
Engineer, systems scientist
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de, en
Contact
- Concepts for a sustainable, decentralised energy supply system
- Interactions between sources of renewable energy, technical options for using them and understanding how these align with the environment and society
- Simulation
- Sustainable production and use of biomass
- Head of the Department of Bioenergy at the UFZ in Leipzig
- Head of the Bioenergy Systems Department at the German Biomass Research Centre (DBFZ) in Leipzig
- Professor for Bioenergy Systems at the University of Leipzig
- Member of the Bioeconomy Council (since 2012)
- Member of the Energy Council for Saxony