Prof. Dr. Ralf Schulz

Research Interests

• Ecotoxicology (exposure, effects, risk mitigation)
• Ecosystem management
• Conservation genetics

Current Research Projects

• ArtWET: Mitigation of agricultural nonpoint-source pesticide pollution and phytoremediation in artificial wetland ecosystems
• Ecological scenarios in agricultural surface waters
• Application of a Probabilistic Risk Assessment into the legal practice of the German Plant Protection Law - Pilot Phase Permanent Crops
• Strategy MicroPoll: Use of in situ population studies and flow-through microcosms at the WTP Wüeri, Switzerland
• Securing Water Resources through Educational Change - (S.W.R.E.C.) Integrated Approaches to Assess Indicators of the Effectiveness of Pesticide Management Practices

Teaching

• Environmental Sciences
• Ecotoxicology
• Ecology

Academic and Professional History

• Head (C4) (since 2004):
  Institute of Environmental Science, University of Koblenz-Landau
• Team Leader (2002-2004)
  Aquatic Ecology, Syngenta Crop Protection AG, Bracknell , UK .
• Habilitation (2001)
  Faculty for Natural Science, Technical University Braunschweig
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow(2000–2001):
  Department of Zoology, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
• Group Leader Aquatic Ecotoxicology (2000-2002):
  Department of Zoology, Technical University Braunschweig
• PhD Natural Sciences (1993-1997):
  SFB 179 TP D5, Technical University Braunschweig
• Research Scientist (1993-2000)
  Department of Zoology, Technical University Braunschweig
• Diploma, Biology (1993)
• Studies in Zoology (1987-1993)
  Botany and Agro-Ecology at Technical University Braunschweig, Germany