Our group

Front row, from left to right: Stan, Kristin, Lee, Axel, Kerstin, Ryan
Back row: Fabian, Xiangke, Natalia, Susanne, Philipp P, Birgitta, Bjoern, Corina.
Missing: Andreas, Corinne, Gerhard, James, Philipp K, Steffen. (May 2009)

Susanne Arens, Ph. D. candidate, working on implementation of biotic enhancement of weathering in an earth system model of intermediate complexity.

Gerhard Boenisch(1), scientific data manager.

Kristin Bohn, Ph. D. candidate, working on implementation of historical and evolutionary processes in a global functional plant diversity model.

Corina Buendía, Ph. D. candidate, modelling the phosphorus cycle in the terrestrial biosphere.

James Dyke, Postdoc, Helmholtz Alliance "Planetary Evolution and Life".

Fabian Gans, Ph. D. candidate.

Axel Kleidon, Leader of the independent junior research group (SNWG) on biospheric theory and modelling.

Lee Miller, Ph. D. candidate (IMPRS-ESM,Uni. Hamburg);, thermodynamic evaluation of anthropogenic climate change.

Andreas Ostrowski, model parameterisation and data handling

Ryan Pavlick, Ph.D. candidate (IMPRS-ESM,Uni. Hamburg); working on modelling biodiversity and understanding its significance for Earth system functioning.

Philipp Porada, Ph.D. candidate, working on modelling lichen and microbial crusts.

Björn Reu, Ph. D. student (Univ. Bonn); working on global patterns of plant functional diversity.

Steffen Richter, programming.

Corinne Sacher(1), project management.

Stan Schymanski, Research scientist, interested in Vegetation Optimality and the formation of patterns

Kerstin Sickel(1), programming.

Natalia Ungelenk(1), librarian.

Birgitta Wiehl(1), departmental secretary.

Xiangke Xu, Ph. D. student (CAS, Beijing, China).

Former members:

Philipp Kynast, Hiwi student, visualization and user interfaces.

Pablo Paiewonsky, M. A. student (UMD); working on optimum vegetation albedo, 2004 - 2007. now in the PhD program in Atmospheric Science at State University of New York at Albany.

Jatin Narula, (IIT-Madras) Modelling effects of vegetation diversity on pattern formation; Summer 2007.

Hagen Schulte in den Bäumen, Ph. D. student; working on the role of boundary layer turbulence in atmosphere-biosphere interactions.

Sameer Patwardhan, (IIT-Bombay) Modelling of optimal stomatal functioning; Summer 2006.

Charles Low, (UMD) Multiple stable states of the climate-vegetation system; Fall 2004, Spring 2005.

Jamison Howard, (UMD) Role of rotation rate on the atmospheric circulation and states of Maximum Entropy Production; Spring 2004.

(1): shared with Markus Reichstein's and Christian Wirth's research group.