Prof. Dr. Ralf B. Schäfer

Head
(Quantitative Landscape Ecology)
Visiting hours:
By arrangement
Research Interests
- Community and food web eco(toxico)logy
- Computational ecotoxicology
- Stress ecology, focusing on traits and ecosystem functioning
- Ecological and spatial modelling of stress responses and stressors
- Environmental data analysis
Teaching
- Data analysis (Univariate and Multivariate)
- Aquatic Ecotoxicology
- Advanced tools for data analysis
- GIS, Environmental and Ecological Modeling
- Environmental Philosophy
- Excursions and field courses
Academic History
- Professor for Quantitative Landscape Ecology (since 2016)
- Habilitation in Environmental Sciences and Landscape Ecology, University Koblenz-Landau, Germany (2013)
- Juniorprofessor for Quantitative Landscape Ecology (2010-2016)
- Postdoctoral Researcher at the RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia (2008-2010)
- PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) in Environmental Sciences, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany (2005-2008)
- PhD student at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany (2005-2008)
- Studies in Statistics, Philosophy and Sociology, University Kassel, Germany (2003-2004)
- MSc in Environmental Sciences at the Leuphana University, Lüneburg, Germany (1997-2003)
Awards
- Research Award for Early Career Scientists of the Faculty for Natural and Environmental Sciences, University Koblenz-Landau (2013)
- Best Publication Award of the SETAC Europe (2008).
- 2nd Best Presentation Award of SETAC German Language Branch, Landau, Germany (2006).
Publications
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Functions
- Campusbeauftragter für Forschung, Nachhaltigkeit, Internationalisierung und Transfer, Universität Koblenz · Landau
- Head, Quantitative Landscape Ecology
- Leiter der Graduiertenakademie Bildung-Mensch-Umwelt, Universität Koblenz · Landau
- Betreuer des Teilprojekts Macroskopische Modellierung, Graduiertenakademie Bildung · Mensch · Umwelt
- Betreuer des Teilprojekts Space and Stress, Graduiertenakademie Bildung · Mensch · Umwelt