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Two international conferences on 'Changes in alpine and arctic flora under climate change' in September 2013 in Berguen, SE Switzerland:

17.-20. September 2013: International Tundra Experiment ITEX – More than 20 years of tundra vegetation change research

22.-25. September 2013: Faster, higher, more? Past, present and future dynamics of alpine and arctic flora under climate change

Info and registration at http://www.wsl.ch/alpine-arctic-flora

Dr. Sonja Wipf - Personal Homepage

Organisational unit:	Director Project Gipfelflora
Phone:	+41 81 4170 276
Fax:	+41 81 4170 110
Room:	Da C 1 60; Bi HP D 57
E-Mail:	,
Address:	Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL Zürcherstrasse 111 8903 Birmensdorf WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF Flüelastrasse 11 7260 Davos Dorf

Research interests

Due to the narrow climatic constraints, the strong environmental gradients and the relative naturalness, alpine and arctic ecosystems have been a major playground for generations of researchers. My research deals with the impacts of climate change, agriculture and tourism on alpine and arctic plants and soils, and the interaction between the two.

Curriculum

Since July 2010	Research associate at WSL/SLF Davos. Scientific coordinator of the project "Summit Flora"
2008-2010	PostDoc, Soil Biogeochemistry Group, WSL Birmensdorf
2007-2008	PostDoc, Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen, Scotland UK
Jan - Aug 2003	Visiting scientist with Prof. Christa PH Mulder at the Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska, Fairbanks USA
2003 - 2006	PhD thesis "Winter Climate Change in Tundra Ecosystems: The Importance of Snow Cover" at SLF Davos and the Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zürich, with Prof. Bernhard Schmid
2000 - 2002	Research associate at SLF Davos
1999 - today	Botanical and ornithological fieldwork for various monitoring projects
1994 - 1996	Student assistant at the Museum of Natural Science, Aarau
1993 - 2000	Studies and diploma in Botany and Environmental Sciences at the University of Zurich

Other professional and voluntary services

Associate editor of Plant Ecology & Diversity and Alpine Botany; 2007-2011 Co-Editor of Botanica Helvetica (Journal of the Swiss Botanical Society); Guest editor of special issues for Climatic Change and Plant Ecology & Diversity
Reviewer for Alpine Botany, AAAR, Arctic, Australian Journal of Botany, Basic and Applied Ecology, Botanica Helvetica, Botany, Ecography, Ecological Research, Environmental Engineering Sciences, Global Change Biology, Journal of Ecology, Int. Journal of Plant Sciences, Journal of Vegetation Science, Oecologia, Plant Ecology & Diversity, Plant Science, PPEES, various Science Foundations
Bird monitoring for the Swiss Ornithological Institute, the Swiss Breeding Bird Atlas and the Swiss Biodiversity Monitoring
Botanical surveys for Infoflora and the revision of the Swiss Red List of Ferns and Flowering Plants
Certified hiking, snow shoe, and bird excursion guide

I also like...


...powder snow	...rocks	...closer looks