Eidg. Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft WSL
Funktion
Gastwissenschafter
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf
Standort
WSL Birmensdorf Bi MG D 34
My research interests are in (1) conservation biology of lichens and plants, (2) population genetics and landscape ecology, and (3) biodiversity assessment and evaluation at the landscape level.
| 2006- | Honorarprofessor at University of Berne |
| 2011- | Senior Scientist, WSL |
| 2006-2010 | Head a.i. Research Unit Biodiversity and Conservation, WSL |
| 2002-2006 | Head Research Section Ecological Genetics, WSL |
| 1999 - 2002 | Head Research Group Genetic Diversity, WSL |
| 1995 | Habilitation at University of Berne: “Structure and function of fungal symbiosis” |
| 1988 - 1999 | Head Research group Scanning Electron Microscopy at WSL |
| 1987 | PhD at University of Berne: “Taxonomic revision of the lichen genus Buellia” |
| 1982 | Diploma at University of Berne: “Systematische Studien zur Krustenflechten Anzina carneonivea” |
| 2004 - 2009 | Secretary General International Union of Biological Sciences, IUBS (http://www.iubs.org/) |
| 2004 - 2008 | Vice President International Association of Lichenology, IAL (http://www.lichenology.org/) |
| 2004- 2009 | Member SC DIVERSITAS (http://www.diversitas-international.org/) |
| 2000- | Chair Lichen Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission, SSC, IUCN (http://www.iucn.org/) |
| 2008 - | Lecturer ETHZ: River Management |
| 2006 - | Honorary Professor at University of Berne: Lichen Biology |
| 2003 | Guest Professor at University of Salzburg, Austria: Conservation Biology of Lichen forming fungi |
| 2000 - 2004 | Adjunct Professor at Memorial University, St.John’s, Newfoundland: Conservation Biology of Lichen forming fungi |
| 1995 - | Privatdozent at University of Berne: Lichen Biology and Conservation |
2010 - 2014 CH-SNF: Biodiversity and Livelihood development in Land-use gradients in an Era of Climate Change. CHF 468’329.-
2009 - 2012 CH-SNF: Phylogeography of Dictyochloropsis reticulata, the photobiont of the lichen forming fungus Lobaria pulmonaria, their co-evolutionary processes and the implications for a global conservation strategy of a threatened mutualistic symbiosis. CHF 230’000.-
2008 - 2012 CH-BAFU/EAWAG: Auswirkungen lateraler und longitudinaler Vernetzung von Flussläufen auf den Genfluss naturschutzrelevanter, flussbegleitender Arten. CHF 600’000.-
2005 Can-INCO: Population dynamics of the boreal felt lichen Erioderma pedicellatum in Lockyer’s Waters Area (Central Avalon, Newfoundland) WP3: Develop and test a molecular probe to detect the free living photobiont of Erioderma pedicellatum, Scytonema sp. CHF 30’000.-
2005 - 2008 CH-BUWAL/Weleda: Conservation by Management: Sustainable harvest of the vulnerable epiphytic lichen Lobaria pulmonaria CHF 31565.-
2004 - 2006 CH-SNF: Phylogeography of the lichen Lobaria pulmonaria and its gene flow and clonality in different European land-use types. CHF 227'000.-
2002 - 2006 CH-BUWAL: Monitoring Flankierende Massnahmen: Biodiversitätserhebungen. CHF 660'000.-
2002 - 2004 CH-SNF: Genetic diversity, Population biology and Conservation status of an endangered primeval-forest lichen, Lobaria pulmonaria, in an East-West transect through Eurasia; CHF 60’000.-
2001 - 2004 EU/BBW: LACOPE Landscape Development, Biodiversity and Co-operative Livestock Systems in Europe. CHF 420'000.-
2001 CH-EU/BBW: European Platform for Biodiversity research Strategies. CHF 9600.-
2000 - 2004 CH-SNF (NCCR-Plant Survival, HIP of PS6): Pattern and long-term changes in pasture-woodlands: Complex plant-herbivore interactions in a traditional type of agro-forestry: CHF 1'400'000.-
2000 - 2003 CH-SNF: Genetic diversity, population biology and conservation status of an endangered primeval-forest lichen, Lobaria pulmonaria, in an East-West transect through Eurasia: CHF 60'000.-
1999 - 2002 CH-SNF: Genetic diversity, ecotype differentiation and mating types of a primeval-forest lichen, Lobaria pulmonaria, in fragmented and extended habitats: CHF 187’574.-
1998 - 2002 EU/BBW, Biodiversity Assessment Tools, CHF 618’615.-
1994 - 1998 EU/INTAS, Bioindication in Sverdlovsk region, CHF 160'000.-
1994 - 2002 CH-BUWAL, National Red List of Epiphytic Lichens, CHF 1'700'000.-
1991 - 1994 CH-SNF: Diversity, pattern and dynamics in lichen dominated epiphytic communities, CHF 130’000.-
