!!Carl Beierkuhnlein - Curriculum Vitae
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__Qualifications and Career__ 
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*Full Professor, Department of Biogeography, University of Bayreuth, Germany\\
*Degree programme: Diploma in Geoecology, 1983-1989\\
*Doctorate in 1994, PhD (Dr, rer, nat.) in Geoecology, Bioindication of acidified catchments
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__Stages of academic and professional career__
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*2002 - present, Professor for Biogeography (Full Professor, W3), University of Bayreuth, Germany\\
*1999 - 2002, Professor for Landscape Ecology (Associate Professor), University of Rostock, Germany\\
*1999	Habilitation in Biogeography, University of Bayreuth \\
*1991 - 1995	Freelancer in Nature Conservation\\
*1989 - 1991	Research Scientist, NGO, Friends of the Earth, Germany  
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__Supplementary Career Information __
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Supervision of Researchers in Early Career Phases\\
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I was the supervisor of a series of PhD and habilitation candidates and Postdocs, that are now established in the scientific community such as. Prof. Sebastian Schmidtlein, Karlsruhe; PRofl Florian Wittmann, Karlsruhe; Prof. Vicky Temperton, Lüneburg; Prof. Manuel Steinbauer, Bayreuth; Prof. Jürgen Kreyling, Greifswald; Prof. Andreas Schweiger, Hohenheim; Prof. Severin Irl, Frankfurt; Prof. Gerald Jurasinski, Greifswald; Prof. Camilla Wellstein, Bolzano; Prof. Desalegn Wana, Addis Ababa; Prof. Belal Uddin, Sylhet.\\
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In total I supervised more than 20 PhD Theses and numerous Master and Bachelor Theses. Currently, there are four postdocs, seven PhD candidates, 11 MSc candidates, and three BSc candidates in my lab.\\
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I managed to publish in various fields related to biogeography with foci on plants and vegetation but also on vector-borne diseases.\\
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In WoS publication record is 247 peer-reviewed papers with 16,456 citations and a h-index of 61 (23. January 2025). However, this does not include the textbooks, book chapters and practice-oriented publications in German aiming for applied fields and the general public.\\
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__Textbooks__ \\
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Beierkuhnlein (2007) Biogeographie, Eugen Ulmer Verlag Stuttgart,  \\
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Nentwig W, Bacher S, Beierkuhnlein C, Brandl R, Grabherr G (2006) Ökologie, Spektrum, Hamburg, \\
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Zöller L, Beierkuhnlein C, Samimi C, Faust D (2017) Die Physische Geographie Deutschlands. WBG, Stuttgart.\\
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From 2015 to 2018 CB was leading the EU Horizon project ECOPOTENTIAL together with Antonello Provenzale. I was leading national research consortia such as FORKAST and biodiversa consortia such as DiMoC.\\
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__Study Programs and Teaching__\\
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CB designed the study program “Global Change Ecology M.Sc.” financed by the Elite Network of Bavaria over 10 years, incl. 6 staff positions. He initiated together with Eckhard Nagel the study program “Environment, Climate Change and Health M.Sc.”\\
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Since 2005, lead of the La Palma Science School for international students.\\ \\[{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW edit cbeierkuhnlein}][{ALLOW upload cbeierkuhnlein}][{ALLOW comment All}]