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Christian WirthHead of the Research GroupChristian Wirth is Max-Planck-Fellow and head of the research group. He is professor at the University of Leipzig and Director of the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig. His research is focussed on biodiversity and ecosystem function with emphasis on trees and forest ecosystems of the northern temperate and boreal regions. website |
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Jens KattgeGroup LeaderJens Kattge is interested in the diversity of plant characteristics, how this is related to ecosystem function at local to global scales and how this is represented in large-scale ecosystem models. He coordinates the TRY initiative. website |
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Susanne TautenhahnPostdoctoral researcherSusanne joined the group in the context of the project 'Mobilization of trait data from digital image files by deep learning approaches'. website |
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(Olee) Hoi Ying LamResearch scientistAfter graduating from MSc. Information Engineering and Computer Science, (Olee) Hoi Ying Lam joined the team to contribute in the development of an R package for the TRY database. website |
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Gerhard BönischScientific Data ManagerGerhard Bönisch is responsible for the development and management of the TRY database and website. In addition he is managing data for various scientific projects and laboratories. He is jointly affiliated to the Department of Biogeochemical Integration at the MPI-BGC. Gerhard holds a PhD in Physics. website |
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Angela GüntherDatabase AssistantAngela Günther works on the consolidation of categorical traits in the context of the TRY database. Angela holds a Diploma in Biology. website |
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Vamsi Krishna KommineniPhD studentVamsi studied Scientific Instrumentation at FH Jena and did his Master thesis in the group on evaluating global patterns of leaf size using machine learning approaches. Now he is continuing a PhD thesis on the same topic. website |
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Pramod BaddamResearcherPramod studied Scientific Instrumentation at FH Jena and did his Master thesis in the group on disentangling temporal and spatial environmental effects on leaf size. Now he contributes to the identification of original data references for the TRY database. website |