Advisory board

Uli Gräbener (Dipl. Biol.; MBA)

  • Since August 2019 managing director of Innovation and Career Center PROBIOLAB/ Biosphere Center, Eberswalde
  • Formerly, CEO of Michael Succow Foundation (2015-2019); performance control & evaluation with WWF Germany (2005-2015)

Sascha Mueller-Kraenner (Biology, Public Law, Philosophy)

 

Secretariat

Josiane Lowe (B.Sc. International Forest Ecosystem Management)

(Tel. +49-3334-657 287; josiane.lowe@hnee.de)

 

Team meeting in July 2019

Researchers (staff and consultants)

According to Topic Areas

 

FOREST and EFFECTIVENESS

 

Jeanette Blumröder 

(B.Sc. Biology; M.Sc. Global Change Management)

 

eMail:  j.blumroeder@hnee.de

Tel:      03334 - 657 229

 

 

MARISCO application and development

 

Axel Schick 

(Dipl. Biol.)

  • Peru representative of the Centre for Econics and Ecosystem Management
  • Ecosystem-based and participative conservation planning and management as basis for sustainable development in a VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex & Ambiguous) world
  • GIZ-Biodiv

 

eMail:  axel.schick@hnee.de

 

 

SUSTAINABLE LAND USE

 

Michael Spies 

Dr. rer. nat. (Geography)

(M.Sc. Geography)

 

Current

Previous

 

see also HNEE staff page

 

eMail:  michael.spies@hnee.de

Tel:      03334 - 657 198

 

 

Staff

 

Judith Kloiber

(M.A. Sustainable Tourism Management;

Dipl. Nutrition and domestic science)

 

Project implementation and advisory services

 

  • UNESCO Biosphere Reserves – planning and application writing, communication, civic participation, sustainable development and tourism management

Current

  • DAAD East-West-Dialogue project ‘The potential of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves for transboundary Ecosystem Management and Conflict Prevention in the Bjeshket e Nemuna / Prokletije Region’

Previous

 

eMail:   Judith.Kloiber@hnee.de

 

 

Kevin Mack

(M.Sc. Global Change Management)

 

Project Assistant

 

Current

 

eMail:   Kevin.Mack@hnee.de

Tel.:      03334 - 657 126

 

 

Maren Michaelsen

(M.Sc. Environmental Management)

 

Project Assistant

 

  • Public Participation, community-led initiatives, transformative sciences

Current

 

eMail:   Maren.michaelsen@hnee.de

Tel.:      03334 - 657 367

 

 

Marcus Waldherr 

(B.Sc. International Forest Ecosystem Management;

M.Sc. Global Change Management)

 

Current

  • BEECH POWER

(World Heritage BEECH Forests - emPOWERing and catalyzing an ecosystem-based Sustainable Development)

  • World Heritage Beech Forests

(Entwicklung eines integrierten Managements für die Weltnaturerbegebiete National Park Kalkalpen und Wildnisgebiet Dürrenstein, als Teile des UNESCO-Weltnaturerbes "Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe")

Previous

 

eMail:  Marcus.Waldherr@hnee.de

Tel:       033334 - 657 284

 

 

PhD and doctoral candidates

Katharina Lüdicke (M.Sc. Global Change Management)

  • Topic: Thermodynamics of forest ecosystems
  • Supervisors: Professor P L Ibisch and Dr Peter Hobson
  • Start: 2015

 

Axel Schick (Dipl. Biol.)

  • Topic: Ecosystem-based and participative conservation planning and management as basis for sustainable development in a VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex & Ambiguous) world
  • Supervisors: Professor P L Ibisch and Professor S Porembski (Rostock University)
  • Start: 2013

 

Jeanette Blumröder (B.Sc. Biology; M.Sc. Global Change Management)

  • Topic: Assessment of forest functionality and the effectiveness of forest management and certification systems
  • Supervisors: Professor P L Ibisch and Professor Werner Härdtle (Leuphana University Lüneburg)
  • Start: 2020

 

Monika Hoffmann (B.Sc. International Forest Ecosystem Management; M.Sc. Forest Information Technology)

  • Topic: Roadless areas and their ecological importance and functionality
  • Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Nuria Selva (Polish Academy of Sciences); Prof. Dr. Pierre L. Ibisch
  • Start: 2018

 

Affiliated professionals

Dr. Lisa Biber-Freudenberger (B.Sc. Biology; M.Sc. International Nature Conservation)

  • Senior researcher, ZEF - Centre for Development Research, University of Bonn

 

Dr. rer. nat. Stefan Kreft (Dipl. Biol.)

  • Lecturer and researcher in conservation, Faculty of Forest and Environment, HNEE
  • Further information here

 

 

 

 

 

Christoph Nowicki (Dipl. Biol.)

  • Lecturer in conservation, Coordination & development, Faculty of Forest and Environment

 

Anja Krause (Dipl. Landscape Architecture; M.Sc. Global Change Management)

 

Lars Schmidt (B.Sc. International Forest Ecosystem Management; M.Sc. Global Change Management)

  • Lecturer in conservation, Faculty of Forest and Environment
  • Freelance consultant - Independent advisory services in: Forest Mitigation (REDD+), Sustainable Forest Management, Adaptive Conservation Management, Project Development and Coordination

 

Sara Silva de Oliveira (Economy; MSc. Global Change Management)

  • MARISCO-related activities with GIZ in Brazil)

Former member of advisory board

Ilke Tilders (M.Sc. in Environmental Management, BBA in Hotel Management)

 

Former doctoral students

Dr. Verónica Chavez

  • Topic: Adaptive conservation planning for protected areas in Bolivia
  • Supervisors: Professor P L Ibisch and Professor G Gerold (Göttingen University)
  • Start: 2009-2014

 

Dr. Juliane Geyer (B.Sc. International Forest Ecosystem Management; M.Sc. International Nature Conservation)

 

Dr. Lisa Biber-Freudenberger (B.Sc. Biology; M.Sc. International Nature Conservation)

 

Now with: ZEF, Bonn: Department of Ecology and Natural Resources Management

 

 

Dr. Catherine Norris (BSc Geography; MSc Conservation Management)

 

  • Topic: Indicators of thermodynamic efficiency of ecosystems (with case studies in UK, Germany and Ukraine)
  • Writtle College PhD scholarship
  • Supervisors: Dr P R Hobson and Professor P L Ibisch
  • 2009-2013

 

 

Gideon Spanjar, PhD (MA in Landscape Architecture)

  • Topic: Ecosystem services of green spaces in urban landscapes (case study in Netherlands)
  • Writtle College PhD programme
  • Supervisors: Dr P R Hobson and Dr S Mosler
  • 2011-2014