Wolfgang Ludwig Werner

Wolfgang Ludwig Werner (born January 21, 1953 ) is a German tropical researcher and adjunct professor of biogeography at the University of Heidelberg .

Life

From 1978 onwards, he worked at Heidelberg University, initially as an assistant and lecturer , then as an adjunct professor at the South Asia Institute (Geography Department). He worked at the University of Freiburg from 1990/1991, 1992 to 1994 and 1995/1996 at the University of Eichstätt . In between he taught in 1993 as a visiting scholar at Harvard University . In 1996 he taught at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna and in 1999 at the Institute of Technology in Bandung , and in 1999/2000 at the Technical University of Darmstadt . After working at the Center for Development Research in Bonn in 2003, the University of Heidelberg appointed him as a substitute professor for geography at the South Asia Institute in October 2004, which he remained until February 2006. From 2006 to 2016 he taught at a private school. In addition to his mountain forest research, he was increasingly concerned with natural disasters and climate change. Since the tsunami in the Indian Ocean in 2004, the regeneration of the tropical coastal forests as protection against tidal waves has been a particular concern of his.

Fonts

• The high and cloud forests on the island of Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Dissertation. University of Heidelberg. Steiner, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-515-03977-5 .
• Pinus in Thailand. Steiner, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-515-05906-7 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Wolfgang Ludwig Werner in the catalog of the German National Library
• Wolfgang L. Werner on the website of the University of Heidelberg