Katherina Pietsch
PhD student
phone (0049) 3641 - 57-6219
fax (0049) 3641 - 57200
email kpietsch (at) bgc-jena.mpg.de
room: C2.012
Interests
- Plant ecology
- Ecophysiology
- Functional biodiversity research
- Bayesian model-data integration
Projects
- Identifying determinants of woody tissue respiration
- FET: Functional Ecology of Trees database project
Curriculum Vitae
| since 2009 | PhD student at the MPI for Biogeochemistry,group Organismic Biogeochemistry |
| 2005-2008 | Instructor for environmental education at the Heinz-Sielmann center for environmental education, Duderstadt |
| 2006-2007 | Diplomathesis - Relationship between biodiversity and productivity in two semi natural grassland sites Supervised by Prof. Dr. Ch. Leuschner and Dr. H. Buschmann |
| 2003-2006 | Student assistant at the University of Goettingen for zoological and botanical courses |
| 2001-2006 | Biology studies at the Universuty of Goettingen with emphasis on plant ecophysiology and animal ecology, minor: educational science |
Conference contributions
Pietsch, K.; Kattge, J.; Ogle, K.; Wirth, C.: A new meta analysis approach to identify determinants of woody tissue respiration; Talk presented at the Botanikertagung 2009, Leipzig
Pietsch, K.; Leuschner, Ch.; Buschmann, H.: Significance of plant diversity and environmental parameters for productivity in a semi natural grassland; Poster presented at the annual meeting of the German society of Ecology (GFOE), 2007, in Marburg, Germany
