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Professor Dr

Gerhard Gerold

Year of election: 2008
Section: Earth Sciences
City: Göttingen
Country: Germany

Research

Gerhard Gerold has contributed significantly to tropical ecology, mainly as head of the Department of Landscape Ecology of the Geographical Institute at University of Göttingen which he is leading since more than 18 years now. In that time, the department developed into a particularly in Latin America and SE-Asia well known small institution . He made major contributions in analysing and evaluating consequences of human impacts in tropical forest ecosystems. Sustainable soil use and problems associated with soil degradation and water use in tropical developing countries are being investigated in the light of global change.

One highlight of his recent research is the adaption of a deterministic water balance model and use for tropical catchments to calculate the consequences of climate change and land use change. Interdisciplinary research approach is characteristic of Gerhard Gerold based on complex landscape ecology theory and solutions for up- and downscaling at the landscape scale. A global network of research on tropical ecosystems was developed including projects in West Africa, Vietnam, Indonesia and Latin America within the Centre of Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture and Forestry (CeTSAF), for which the Dept. of Landscape Ecology is a main partner and Prof. Gerold a member of the steering committee.

Career

  • seit 1998 Leitung der Abteilung Landschaftsökologie an der Universität Göttingen
  • 1997 Professor (C4) für Physische Geographie an der Universität Kiel
  • 1991-1997 Leitung der Abteilung Landschaftsökologie an der Universität Göttingen
  • seit 1990 C4‐Professor für Physische Geographie an der Universität Göttingen
  • 1988 C3-Professor für Geographie und Geoökologie an der TU Karlsruhe
  • 1987 C2-Professor für angewandte physikalische Geografie an der Universität Göttingen
  • 1987 Habilitation (Geographie)
  • 1978 Promotion während seiner wissenschaftlichen Assistenztätigkeit am Geographischen Institut der Universität Hannover
  • 1973-1987 Assistenztätigkeit am Geographischen Institut der Universität Hannover
  • 1967-1972 Studium der Geographie und Mathematik an der Universität Hannover

Functions

  • seit 2006 Chefredakteur GEO-ÖKO
  • Mitglied im wissenschaftlichen Beirat des Online-Magazins Landscape Online
  • Mitglied des wissenschaftlichen Beirats der Gesellschaft für Tropenökologie (GTÖ, bis 2012)
  • Mitglied des wissenschaftlichen Beirats des Verbands der Geographen an Deutschen Hochschulen (VGDH)
  • Vorstandsmitglied im Tropenzentrum, Universität Göttingen (bis 2013)
  • Gutachtertätigkeit für DFG, BMZ, VW-Stiftung, Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, DAAD
  • Mitglied im Nationalen IPBES (Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Bonn)
  • Mitglied im National Institute on Climate Change and Sustainable Agriculture (Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Brazil)
  • Mitglied im Scientific Advisory Board, FiBL (CH) – Projekt Long-term farming systems comparisons in the tropics

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