Prof. Dr. Florian Wittmann
- Forschung, Lehre, Leitung
- Gruppe: Auen-Institut
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Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Institut für Geographie und Geoökologie
Abteilung Aueninstitut
Josefstr.1
D-76437 Rastatt
Florian Wittmann
Professor für Auenökologie und Leiter des WWF-Auen-Institutes
Themen
- Auenökologie
- Pflanzengeographie
- Biomasse/Primärproduktion
Lebenslauf
| 2016- | Professor for Floodplain Ecology and Head of the Institute for Floodplain Ecology at the Dep. of Gegraphy and Geoecology, Karlsruhe-Institute of Technology – KIT, Germany. |
| 2007-2016 | Employee of the Biogeochemistry Dep. of the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany. Administration of the bilateral INPA/Max-Planck Project, in cooperation with the Research Group “Ecology, Monitoring and Sustainable Management of Amazonian Wetlands” (MAUA), Manaus, Brazil. |
| 2006-2010 | Lecturer Qualification (Habilitation) at the Department of Chemistry, Biology, and Geosciences of the University of Bayreuth, Germany: Phytogeography, use and management options of Amazonian floodplain forests (University of Bayreuth, 2010). |
| 2005-2009 | Scientific head of the UNESCO Demonstration Site in Ecohydrology (UNESCO International Ecohydrology Program-IHP VII): Sustainable timber production and management of Central Amazonian white-water floodplains |
| 2002-2007 | Post-doctorate grant holder (2002-2004) and employee (2004-2007) of the Max Planck Institute for Limnology, Plön, Germany. Research priorities: Sustainable Use and Management of Amazonian wetlands, Forest Ecology, Tree Ecophysiology, Stress Ecology, Biomass and Primary Production, Remote Sensing. |
| 1998-2001 | Ph.D.-Thesis with fieldwork in the Brazilian Amazonian (two years): Tree species distribution and forest structure of Amazonian white-water floodplain forests by remote sensing techniques (University of Mannheim, 2001, in cooperation with the Max Planck Institute for Limnology, Plön, Germany) |
| 1997-1999 | Free-lancer on soil- and water-pollutants in industrial sites at Clayton GbR Schadstoffanalytik, Ludwigshafen, Germany |
| 1996-1997 | Diploma-Thesis: Phenology of six tree species from Central Amazonian floodplains (University of Mannheim, 1997) |
| 1994/1995 | Student internships at the Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit-GTZ, Project Patecore, Dedougou - Burkina Faso, and National Institute for Amazon Research – INPA, Manaus - Brazil |
| 1992-1997 | Study of Geography, Geology and Botany at the Universities of Mannheim and Heidelberg, degree in Physical Geography, University of Mannheim, Germany |
Lehre
- Fluss- und Auenökologie (VL)
- Geoökologie neotropischer Feuchtgebiete (VL)
- Ressourcenschutz (VL)
- Ökosystemmanagement (Seminar)
- Kartierpraktika