Jürgen Dengler: Curriculum Vitae
Professional experience
Since 04/2015 W3 Interim Professorship of Plant Ecology at the Department for Biology, University of Bayreuth
Since 04/2015 Guest Scientist at the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
06/2013–03/2015 Postdoc position as the coordinator for the DFG project “sPlot” (Plant trait-environment relationships across the world’s biomes; PI: Prof. Dr. Helge Bruelheide), Synthesis Centre, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Universität Leipzig (0.25 fte)
03/2013–02/2015 Postdoc position as the coordinator for the BiodivERsA project “SIGNAL” (European gradients of resilience in the face of climate extremes; PI: Prof. Dr. Anke Jentsch), University of Bayreuth (0.75 fte)
11/2011–02/2013 Guest Scientist at the Biocentre Klein Flottbek and Botanical Garden, University of Hamburg
10/2007–10/2011 Teaching substitute (Biodiversity of Plants) for Prof. Dr. Norbert Jürgens at the Biocentre Klein Flottbek and Botanical Garden, University of Hamburg
2007 Freelance consultant for the DFG Biodiversity Exploratories (via University of Potsdam)
1998–2006 Research Associate at the Professorship for Landscape Ecology of the Institute for Ecology and Environmental Chemistry, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Lüneburg
1998–2004 Co-Leadership of the database an book project Plant communities of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and their vulnerability of the Landesamt für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Geologie (LUNG), Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Since 1993 Freelance consultant in the fields of ecology and conservation
1986–1988 Civilian service in the Gardening Administration of Stuttgart and in the conservation NGO Deutscher Bund für Vogelschutz (nowadays: NABU – Naturschutzbund Deutschland)
Scientific education
15 Apr 2014 Habilitation for Ecology at the University of Bayreuth
8 May 2012 Venia legendi (Privatdozent) for Biodiversity and Ecology at the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences, University of Hamburg
24 Apr 2012 Habilitation for Vegetation Ecology and Macroecology at the Department of Biology of the University of Hamburg (Thesis: Scale depence of biodiversity – from theory to practice)
19 Feb 2003 PhD in Ecology at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences of the Christian-Albrechts University in Kiel (Thesis: Development and evaluation of new approaches in phytosociology with special consideration of vegetation classification; Advisors: Prof. Dr. K. Dierßen, Kiel, Prof. Dr. W. Härdtle, Lüneburg, Prof. Dr. E. Bergmeier, Göttingen)
17 Jun 1994 Diplom degree in Biology at the Christian-Albrechts University in Kiel (Thesis: Dry grasslands of the Biosphere Reserve Schorfheide-Chorin: Flora – vegetation – soils – conservation; Advisor: Prof. Dr. K. Dierßen)
1991–1994 Studies of Botany, Zoology, Limnology, Marine Sciences, Soil Science and Informatics at the Christian-Albrechts University in Kiel
1988–1991 Studies of Biology at the University of Bayreuth (Degree: Pre-Diplom)