Martin Wilmking
Martin Wilmking (born April 18, 1972 in Bonn ) is a German geoecologist and professor of landscape ecology at the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald .
Life
After graduating from high school and doing military service, Martin Wilmking studied geoecology at the University of Potsdam until 1998 . During this time he worked as a student assistant at the Alfred Wegener Institute in Potsdam and at the Institute for Soil Science at the University of Potsdam. During his studies he was at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks ( USA ). He wrote his diploma thesis on the topic From the Tundra to the Salt Lake - Landscape Ecological Differentiation in the western Uvs-Nuur Basin, Mongolia , which he completed with "distinction".
From 1999 to 2003 he did his PhD in Landscape Ecology and Earth System Science at the University of Alaska Fairbanks with a thesis entitled The Treeline Ecotone in Interior Alaska - From theoretical concept to planning application and the science in between . He then worked as a postdoc at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University , New York (USA) and became Research Professor for Forest Science in Fairbanks in 2004. In 2005, the University of Greifswald appointed him head of the newly founded Junior Research Group in landscape ecology. Since October 2010 he has been a professor ( W3 ) for landscape ecology in Greifswald.
Scientific work
Martin Wilmking and his working group deal with processes of ecosystem dynamics and forest ecology , as well as “global change research”. In landscape ecology, the group is researching concepts for sustainable land use in Eurasia. This is followed by research on landscape history and work with vegetation databases.
Wilmking and his working group are involved in the essential components of the landscape ecology and nature conservation courses (Diplom, B.Sc., in future M.Sc.) as well as landscape and vegetation ecology training in biology courses. In addition, it offers individual modules for geographic courses.
Awards
Wilmking has received a number of awards and research prizes for his work in landscape ecology. In 2004 he received a grant from the DFG (Emmy Noether Fellowship) and in the same year the Science Prize of the BMBF and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation , the Sofja Kovalevskaja Prize . In 2008 he was accepted into the Junge Akademie .
The endowed prizes, such as the Sofja Kovalevskaja Award, helped him implement his projects. With the Sofja Kovalevskaja Award for the Eurasian Peatlands in a Changing Climate Role project, he was able to finance his project with 1,000,000 euros from 2005 to 2008. For 2020 he was awarded the Ars legendi Faculty Prize.
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.botanik.uni-greifswald.de/index.php?id=1057 accessed on July 30, 2011
Web links
- Martin Wilmking's curriculum vitae on the website of the University of Greifswald
- Martin Wilmking at Google Scholar
- Martin Wilmking at ResearchGate
- Martin Wilmking at Academia.edu
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wilmking, Martin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German biologist and professor of landscape ecology |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 18, 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bonn |