Dr. Jan Wunder - Personal Homepage

Organisational unit: Community Ecology Phone: +41 44 7392 840 Fax: +41 44 7392 215 Room: Bi HP D 57 E-Mail: Address: Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL Zürcherstrasse 111 8903 Birmensdorf

Research projects

Projects at WSL (since March 2013):

Fast growing neophytic trees in Southern Switzerland Assessing the competition dynamics of fast growing neophytic trees using a combined dendroecological and ecophysiological approach. A pilot study in Southern Switzerland. Available languages: English

Projects with ETH Zurich:

• Retro- and prospective analyses of Swiss tree species and typical Swiss forest stands
• Effects of increment coring on tree decay 

Projects with University of Auckland (New Zealand):

• Climate-growth relationship of New Zealand kauri (Agathis australis)
• Tree-ring based reconstruction of ENSO

Professional experience

• Research scientist, Community ecology, WSL Birmensdorf (since 03/2013)
• Scientific consultant/programmer, Wunder Consulting, Wald ZH (since 2010)
• Research associate (Oberassistent), Forest Ecology, ETH Zürich (2010-2013)
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, New York (2010)
• Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Auckland, New Zealand (2008-2009)
• Research assistant, Forest Ecology, ETH Zürich (2003-2007)

Education

• PhD at ETH Zürich, Forest Ecology (2007)
• Postgraduate course Applied Statistics, ETH Zürich (2005)
• Postgraduate course Spatial Information Systems, ETH Zürich (2003)
• Diploma thesis at Universität Bayreuth, outstanding graduation (2002)

Main professional interests and activities

• Forest ecology:

Analysis of long-term information archived by trees, particularly tree growth, vitality and mortality from sub-hourly to millennial time scales. Development of statistical models and routines to analyse data from tree rings, forest inventories and field experiments.

• Tomography:

Screening of trees for internal heart rot decay, assessments of tree stability.

• Statistics & Programming:

Teaching at ETH Zurich & University of Zurich. Statistical consultancy for several research groups in Switzerland and abroad.

• Wunder Consulting:

Foundation of an independent consultancy complementary to my part-time position at ETH/WSL. Focus on applied sciences and knowledge transfer.