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Dr. Tamalika Chakraborty

  • Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
    Institut für Geographie und Geoökologie
    Kaiserstr. 12
    76131 Karlsruhe
    Germany

Tamalika Chakraborty

Topics

  • Drought driven tree mortality
  • Stress physiology and functional ecology
  • Dendrochronology and Stable isotope ecology
  • Eco-physiology and plant interactions

Curriculum vitae

Professional experience

Since 2024-     Postdoctoral Researcher in Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Since 2022-     Postdoctoral Researcher in Free University of Berlin, Department of Earth Sciences, Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics

2018-2019:      Postdoctoral Researcher, Forest Ecology and Biodiversity, Thünen Institute of Forest Ecosystems

2017-2018:      Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Working Group 'Plant Interactions Ecophysiology', Department of Biology, University of Konstanz

2008-2008:      Project Coordinator, Tagore Society for Rural Development, Kolkata, India

2007-2008:      Senior Project Associate, Regional Centre for Development Cooperation, Orissa, India

Education

2011-2017:      Doctor rerum naturalium (Dr. rer. nat.), University of Freiburg, Chair of Site Classification and Vegetation Science, Thesis: "Impact of drought on European beech (Fagus sylvatica) trees at the dry temperate forest"

2008-2010:      M.Sc. in Forest Ecology and Management, University of Freiburg, Thesis: "Effect of soil drought on vitality and growth on juvenile and understorey beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) trees. Case study from a rocky gneiss outcrop near Freiburg, Black Forest, Germany"

2005-2007:      M.Sc. in Medicinal Plants and Herbal Resource Management, Jiwaji University, India, Thesis: "Study on availability, utilization, and marketing of Non-Wood Forest Products (NWFPs) at the Western Arunachal Pradesh of the Eastern Himalayas, India"

2002-2005:      B.Sc. in Botany (Honours), Zoology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, English, and Bengali Literature, Victoria Institution (College), University of Calcutta, India

Award and scholarship/ fellowship

  • 2011: "Best master thesis award of 2011", Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (Gesellschaft für Ökologie) (https://www.waldbau.uni-freiburg.de/news_events/GFOE_preis_tamalika)
  • 2017: Postdoctoral scholarship, Bridge Fellowship, University of Konstanz
  • 2015-2016: Doctoral scholarship from the Landeckh-Stiftung and White-Stiftung through the Stiftungsverwaltung, University of Freiburg          
  • 2012-2015: Doctoral scholarship from the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung e.V.
  • 2012: Doctoral scholarship from Landesgraduiertenförderungsgesetz Baden-Württemberg (declined)
  • 2009-2010: Master’s scholarship from the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung e.V.

Publications


Zeitschriftenaufsätze
2026
A cross-continental analysis of tree-related microhabitats, stress symptoms, and biodiversity assessed through eDNA in Acer platanoides L. and Quercus rubra L. trees located in urban parks and on streets
Rubio, A.; Pardal, S.; Pinto-Neves, D.; Betting, F.; Petridis, Z.; Chakraborty, T.; Köhler, M.; Peter, A.; Saha, S.
2026. Basic and Applied Ecology. doi:10.1016/j.baae.2026.06.001
2022
Carbon and oxygen dual-isotopes indicate alternative physiological mechanisms opted by European beech trees to survive drought stress
Chakraborty, T.; Reif, A.; Matzarakis, A.; Helle, G.; Faßnacht, F.; Saha, S.
2022. Scandinavian journal of forest research, 37 (5-8), 295–313. doi:10.1080/02827581.2022.2155236
2020
Assessing Restoration Potential of Fragmented and Degraded Fagaceae Forests in Meghalaya, North-East India
Singh, P. P.; Chakraborty, T.; Dermann, A.; Dermann, F.; Adhikari, D.; Gurung, P. B.; Barik, S. K.; Bauhus, J.; Fassnacht, F. E.; Dey, D. C.; Rösch, C.; Saha, S.
2020. Forests, 11 (9), Art.-Nr.: 1008. doi:10.3390/F11091008
2017
Generalized biomass and leaf area allometric equations for European tree species incorporating stand structure, tree age and climate
Forrester, D. I.; Tachauer, I. H. H.; Annighoefer, P.; Barbeito, I.; Pretzsch, H.; Ruiz-Peinado, R.; Stark, H.; Vacchiano, G.; Zlatanov, T.; Chakraborty, T.; Saha, S.; Sileshi, G. W.
2017. Forest ecology and management, 396, 160–175. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2017.04.011
First Report on the Ethnopharmacological Uses of Medicinal Plants by Monpa Tribe from the Zemithang Region of Arunachal Pradesh, Eastern Himalayas, India
Chakraborty, T.; Saha, S.; Bisht, N.
2017. Plants, 6 (1), 13. doi:10.3390/plants6010013
Influence of multiple biotic and abiotic factors on the crown die-back of European beech trees at their drought limit
Chakraborty, T.; Saha, S.; Matzarakis, A.; Reif, A.
2017. Flora, 229, 58–70. doi:10.1016/j.flora.2017.02.012
Proceedingsbeiträge
2025
Summarizing Speech: A Comprehensive Survey
Retkowski, F.; Züfle, M.; Sudmann, A.; Pfau, D.; Watanabe, S.; Niehues, J.; Waibel, A.
2025. C. Christodoulopoulos, T. Chakraborty, C. Rose & V. Peng (Hrsg.), Proceedings of the 2025 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing. Hrsg.: Christodoulopoulos, Christos; Chakraborty, Tanmoy; Rose, Carolyn; Peng, Violet, 27263–27294, Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL). doi:10.18653/v1/2025.emnlp-main.1388
Vorträge
2024
Carbon and oxygen dual-isotopes in tree rings indicate alternative physiological responses opted by European beech trees to survive drought stress
Chakraborty, T.; Reif, A.; Matzarakis, A.; Helle, G.; Fassnacht, F.; Saha, S.
2024, Juni 24. International Union of Forest Research Organizations / World Congress (IUFRO 2024), Stockholm, Schweden, 23.–29. Juni 2024
2018
Assessing restoration potential of fragmented and degraded fagaceae forests in Meghalaya, North-East India
Singh, P. P.; Dermann, A.; Dermann, F.; Adhikari, D.; Chakraborty, T.; Gurung, P. B.; Barik, S. K.; Bauhus, J.; Saha, S.
2018. 4th International Congress of Planted Forests (2018), Peking, China, 23.–27. Oktober 2018
Biomass, annual growth, C and O isotope signatures in tree rings revealed high ecological plasticity in European beech (fagus silvatica l.) trees under multiple drought events
Chakraborty, T.; Saha, S.; Matzarakis, A.; Reif, A.
2018. 11th International Beech Symposium (2018), Viterbo, Italien, 18.–21. September 2018
2017
Role of multiple stressors on crown dieback and growth sensitivity of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) trees under recurrent droughts
Chakraborty, T.; Saha, S.; Reif, A.
2017. IUFRO 125th Anniversary Congress, Freiburg, September 18-22, 2017
Poster
2025
Long-term ecological monitoring of city trees as tool in urban transformation towards Blue Greeninfrastructure
Fröhlich, K.; Friesen, J.; Roy, S. D.; Benz, S.; Chakraborty, T.; Totzki, J.; Saha, S.
2025. European Forum on Urban Forestry (EFUF 2025), Zürich, Schweiz, 3.–7. Juni 2025
Tree monitoring as tool in urban transformation towards Blue-Green infrastructure
Fröhlich, K.; Friesen, J.; Dev Roy, S.; Benz, S.; Chakraborty, T.; Totzki, J.; Saha, S.
2025. European Geosciences Union General Assembly (EGU 2025), Wien, Österreich, 27. April–2. Mai 2025. doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu25-10826