PIK Biodiversity Expert Group

At PIK biodiversity scientists work together with climate scientists across all Research Departments and Future Labs. They have expertise in forest ecology, functional diversity, land-use change in agricultural landscapes, food system analysis, sustainable urban development as well as sustainable development goals, resilience of ecosystems under the conditions of climate change, on fire regimes, grassland ecosystems, and many more.

PIK's Biodiversity Expert Group is an open group for all PIK researchers who work at the interface of climate and biodiversity science and who want to jointly discuss biodiversity issues, organise cross-cutting seminars, and engage within PIK. Throughout the year its members interact through common projects and an online channel. It is coordinated by Dr Kirsten Thonicke and Eva Rahner. The members meet in a hybrid format at PIK biannually.

Thonicke, Kirsten

Deputy Head of Research Department

Plinke, Charlotte

Doctoral Researcher

von Jeetze, Patrick

Doctoral Researcher

Kilimann, Cecilia

Research Analyst

Lotze-Campen, Hermann

Head of Research Department

Feulner, Georg

Deputy Head of Research Department
Head Working Group "Past and Future Earth", Co-Lead POEM Development, Adjunct Professor University of Potsdam

Schuster, Toni

Personal Advisor

Zioga, Maria

Doctoral Researcher