Prof. Dr. Katrin Böhning-Gaese
Biologist
languages
de, en
- Macroecology, modelling, community ecology and social-ecological system
- Influence of global change on biodiversity and ecosystem functions
- Relationship between biodiversity, nature's contributions to people and human well-being
- Ornithology
- since 09/24 Scientific Director of the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)
- since 2010 W3 professor Goethe University Frankfurt/Main
- since 2023 Member of the “German Council for Sustainable Development“
- since 2023 Member of the Hochschulrat of the University of Kassel
- since 2022 Member of the Advisory Committee of the UN-Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
- since 2022 Speaker of “Fokusgruppe Biodiversität, Klima und Landnutzung” of Leopoldina
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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 "Biodiversity and People" 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
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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
- Deputy head of 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
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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)"
- Head of the Research Unit Ecosystems of the Future and the Department of Community Ecology at the UFZ Halle
- Professor for Macroecology at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
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’ until 2024
- 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
- Lead of the UFZ-working group ’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
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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
Prof. 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
- Professor of Management and modeling of lakes at the University of Cottbus-Senftenberg
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. Rolf Altenburger
Biologist
languages
de, en
Contact
- Mixture toxicity assessment for complex environmental exposure
- Bioassays for toxicant identification at multiple contaminated sites
- Mode-of-action analysis for toxicants
- Pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic (PKPD) models to mechanistically describe concentration and time dependent toxicity
- Until 9/2024 Head of Evaluation
- 7/2022 - 9/2024 Scientific Director of the UFZ
- Until 7/2022 Head of the UFZ-Research Unit „Chemicals in the Environment“ and Head of the Department Bioanalytical Ecotoxicology at the UFZ Leipzig
- Professor at the Institute for Environmental Research at the RWTH Aachen University
- Member of the scientific board „Nationaler Aktionsplan zur nachhaltigen Anwendung von Pflanzenschutzmitteln“
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
- Head of the Research Unit "Chemicals in the Environment"
- Co-Head of the Department "Exposure Science" 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 from 2017-2024.
- 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
- Lead of the working group ’Toxicokinetic Modeling’ at the UFZ-Leipzig
- 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 ’Computational Biology & Chemistry’ 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
- Co-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