Carl Beierkuhnlein#
| Membership Number: | 7225 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION |
| Elected: | 2025 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.biogeo.uni-bayreuth.de/biogeo/?lang=en |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-6456-4628 |
| Linkedin: | https://linkedin.com/in/carl-beierkuhnlein-05a01723 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2002 - present Full Professor for Biogeography at the University of Bayreuth, Germany
- 1999 - 2002 Associate Professor for Landscape Ecology at the University of Rostock, Germany
- 1995 - 1999 Postdoc / Assistant Professor, Geomorphology an
- 1994 Postdoc, Geomorphology, University of Bayreuth, Germany
- 1991 - 1994 Freelancer, Assessments on Environmental Impacts and Conservation Perspectives German Reunification
- 1989 - 1991 Research Scientist, NGO Friends of the Earth, Germany
Fields of Scholarship
- Island biogeography
- Biodiversity research
- Conservation and protected areas
- Vector-borne diseases
- Impacts of climate change on ecosystems
- Small catchments
Honours and Awards
- 2025 - 2026 Elected as Visiting Scholar at the University of Granada, Spain
- 2019 Europe Medal Award, State of Bavaria Germany
- 2015 Elected Host of the World Conference of the International Biogeography Society
- 2014 Environmental Medal Award, Bavaria, Germany
- 2009 - present Appointed member in the Nature Conservation Council, Bavarian Ministry of the Environment
- 2009 to 2024 Member of the Biodiversity Council of the State of Bavaria
- 2007 to 2009 Elected University Council (Hochschulrat), University of Bayreuth
- 2005 until today, Speaker of the International Elite Study Program "Global Change Ecology", University of Bayreuth, Germany
- 2005 to 2007 Dean of the Faculty for Biology, Chemistry, and Geosciences, University of Bayreuth, Germany
- 1999 Habilitation in Biogeography, University of Bayreuth, Germany
