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Professors
Active professors
![Profilbild von Ina Meier](https://assets.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/instance_assets/fakmin/29446744/ina-meier-180x240-0b483366d8b944676811460e8d8e19300746e6c1.jpg)
Photo: Thünen-Institut
Head of Research Unit
Institute of Wood Science
Functional Forest Ecology
Haidkrugsweg 1
22885 Barsbüttel-Willinghusen
Room: 2.17
Tel: +49 40 822459 203
Fax: +49 40 822459 199
Email: ina.meier"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Key aspects of activity
- Effects of global change (rising atmospheric CO2 and temperature, summer droughts, N deposition, and intensified management) on the biogeochemistry and biodiversity of temperate, boreal, Mediterranean, and global biomes
- Functional ecology of forest trees and grassland communities
- Root-mycorrhizal-soil feedbacks
- Ecophysiology
- Long-term changes in forest ecosystems
Research associates
![Profilbild von Maï Bergmann](https://assets.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/instance_assets/fakmin/32554268/mai-bergmann-180x240-ed1bdbc91c50046a91f07aad0114fd0a6786b391.jpg)
Photo: UHH/Bergmann
Doctoral student
Institute of Wood Science
Functional Forest Ecology
Haidkrugsweg 1
22885 Barsbüttel-Willinghusen
Tel: +49 40 822459-106
Key aspects of activity
- Interactions between tree roots, mycorrhiza and nutrient cycling in temperate forests
- Mycorrhizal fungal community composition and functional diversity
- Root functional traits
- Root decomposition and exudation
![Profilbild von Maxi Bergmann](https://assets.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/instance_assets/fakmin/36371223/maxi-bergmann-180x240-15c4ee202f6dc39e0e905842e7652ba593571710.jpg)
Photo: UHH/Bergmann
Doctoral student
Institute of Wood Science
Functional Forest Ecology
Haidkrugsweg 1
22885 Barsbüttel
Tel: +49 40 822459 105
Key aspects of activity
- Carbon cycling in riparian alluvial forests (tidal and non-tidal influenced)
- Surplus carbon hypotheses as driver for carbon allocation, root exudation and respiration
- alluvial tree species responses to global changes (e.g. flooding, rising temperature, drought)
- Plant-soil interaction
- Soil microbial community (diversity, composition, microbial activity)
- Member of the RTG2530: Biota-mediated effects on carbon cycling in estuaries
![Profilbild von Dr. Anis Khokon](https://assets.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/instance_assets/fakmin/27739441/anis-khokon-180x240-36b7f51741a6dd3cf8b618acb5266cb085ad0af3.jpg)
Photo: UHH/Khokon
Postdoc
Institute of Wood Science
Functional Forest Ecology
Haidkrugsweg 1
22885 Barsbüttel-Willinghusen
Room: 2.19
Tel: +49 40 822459 106
Fax: +49 40 822459 199
Key aspects of activity
- Ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity and taxon-specific influence on host nutrients uptake
- Mycorrhizal functions in forest floor and in mineral topsoil
- Tree diversity and tree identity influence in the root and soil-localized fungal community assemblages in temperate forests
- Eco-physiological response of ectomycorrhizal fungi under harsh environmental conditions such as drought and nutrient limitation
- Effect of the mycorrhizal association in the root economics spectrum of forest trees of different climate zones
- Root ecological modelling and data visualization
![Profilbild von Linda Kochniss](https://assets.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/instance_assets/fakmin/36011904/linda-kochniss-180x240-2dfe40ee208002c44ec6942d770d93363a0c57a6.jpg)
Photo: UHH/Kochniss
Doctoral student
Institute of Wood Science
Functional Forest Ecology
Haidkrugsweg 1
22885 Barsbüttel
Room: 2.23
Tel: +49 40 822459 105
Key aspects of activity
- Influence of mycorrhizal types on the relationship of tree diversity and carbon deposition in the soil
- effectiveness of forest soils as long-term carbon sinks
- experimental fieldsite at MyDiv facility, Bad Lauchstädt
- determining direct and carbon input with mini-rhizotrons, hyphal ingrowth bags and root exudate collection
- cooperation with Uni Bayreuth to determine stability of soil organic matter
![Profilbild von Carol Miron](https://assets.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/instance_assets/fakmin/31291701/carol-miron-180x240-a5fdfb2771916da4bff450cd08dc198e0b35f602.jpg)
Photo: UHH/Miron
Doctoral student
Institute of Wood Science
Functional Forest Ecology
Haidkrugsweg 1
22885 Barsbüttel-Willinghusen
Room: 2.23
Tel: +49 40 822459-106
Fax: +49 40 822459-199
Key aspects of activity
- Fine roots dynamics in tropical moist forests
- Seasonality of Carbon allocation among forest compartments
- Forest litter dynamics
- Interactions between fine roots, litterfall and mycorrhizae fungi
- Minirhizotron images analysis
- Effects of droughts and hurricanes disturbances on belowground dynamics
![bild-awaz-mohamed-180x240](https://assets.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/instance_assets/fakmin/28942096/bild-awaz-mohamed-180x240-506fcde78c02461113747e4e0f03ca853403b9a4.jpg)
Postdoc
Institute of Wood Science
Functional Forest Ecology
Haidkrugsweg 1
22885 Barsbüttel-Willinghusen
Room: 2.19
Tel: +49 40 822459 106
Fax: +49 40 822459 199
Key aspects of activity
- I am an agronomist and ecosystem ecologist. My research mainly focuses on plants functional responses (mainly the belowground) to environmental gradients using trait-based ecology approach and relate them to ecosystem services, mostly in temperate ecosystems (agroforest, forest and crop systems); Developing methods of image acquisition and phenotyping.Iam also image analysis software enthusiast.
- Current research project: I am supporting the Earth Commission’s Working Group on Biosphere Interactions (“biosphere defenders”) which aims to specify the extent and integrity of biomes and ecosystems to stay within a “safe and just corridor” for people and the planet.
![Foto der Mitarbeiterin Diana Richter](https://assets.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/instance_assets/fakmin/36964835/diana-richter-180x240-beafdccdaa57e1d5e1b12ba0e47af89a22d9926a.jpg)
Photo: UHH
Doctoral student
Institute of Wood Science
Functional Forest Ecology
Haidkrugsweg 1
22885 Barsbüttel-Willinghusen
Room: 2.14
Tel: +49 40 822459-108
Key aspects of activity
- carbon cycling in estuarine alluvial forests of the Elbe River
- rhizosphere biogeochemistry
- plant-soil interactions
- microbial ecology (community composition, activity, diversity)
- surplus carbon as a driver of allocation, exudation and alternative respiration
![Profilbild von Annalena Ritter](https://assets.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/instance_assets/fakmin/27739463/annalena-ritter-180x240-65721fa6b7c19f9b520a88ec9b6f7ef6ef7417b3.jpg)
Photo: UHH/Ritter
Doctoral student
Institute of Wood Science
Functional Forest Ecology
Haidkrugsweg 1
22885 Barsbüttel-Willinghusen
Room: 2.14
Tel: +49 40 822459 108
Fax: +49 40 822459 199
Key aspects of activity
- Biogeochemistry: interaction between tree roots, mycorrhizal fungi, and nutrient/carbon cycling in temperate forest soils on landscape scales
- Role of root exudation, root/leaf litter decomposition, soil depth, microbial activity in bulk soil/rhizosphere, and biodiversity for those cycles
- Focus on variations between stands with differed mycorrhiza types (ECM or AM)
![Profilbild von Phillip Stobinsky](https://assets.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/instance_assets/fakmin/27739568/phillip-stobinsky-180x240-443ea5c497f59d2c295ffc12130b5eef68a12c03.jpg)
Photo: UHH/Stobinsky
Doctoral student
Institute of Wood Science
Functional Forest Ecology
Haidkrugsweg 1
22885 Barsbüttel-Willinghusen
Room: 2.14
Tel: +49 40 822459 108
Fax: +49 40 822459 199
Key aspects of activity
- Functional forest tree ecology
- Tree biodiversity in forest ecosystems
- Root exudation and decomposition
- Interactions between tree roots, soil, and mycorrhizae
- The role of roots and mycorrhizae in forest C- and N-cycles
Technical, administrative and library staff
![Profilbild von Birte Buske](https://assets.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/instance_assets/fakmin/27739480/birte-buske-180x240-977304f02db372fe1224669d1e9e6626c00d9383.jpg)
Photo: UHH/Buske
Technical assistance
Institute of Wood Science
Functional Forest Ecology
Haidkrugsweg 1
22885 Barsbüttel-Willinghusen
Room: 2.10
Tel: +49 40 822459 204
Fax: +49 40 822459 199
![Profilbild von Ulrike Hake](https://assets.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/instance_assets/fakmin/27739600/ulrike-hake-180x240-fa5fd08de188fa0adcb519743288413fbdfdf51b.jpg)
Photo: UHH/Hake
Team assistance
Institute of Wood Science
Functional Forest Ecology
Haidkrugsweg 1
22885 Barsbüttel-Willinghusen
Tel: +49 40 822459 105
Fax: +49 40 822459 199
Other
![Foto von Milo Gollwitzer](https://assets.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/instance_assets/fakmin/38136362/milo-gollwitzer-180x240-cd7a2c953ad2c4ec6c2a2a9b9a6f9f6b29e7a6e4.jpg)
Photo: UHH/Gollwitzer
Bachelor student
Haidkrugsweg 1
22885 Barsbüttel-Willinghusen
![Profilbild von Deepa Gurung](https://assets.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/instance_assets/fakmin/38176840/deepa-gurung-180x240-285796b8d31e5f51909e97dc8e8bd82684650db1.jpg)
Photo: UHH/Gurung
Bachelor student
Haidkrugsweg 1
22885 Barsbüttel-Willinghusen
![Bild von Leslie Hümmelink](https://assets.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/instance_assets/fakmin/35228261/leslie-huemmelink-180x240-d39b46c1b3d6307b98347985070a55f0562936d5.jpg)
Photo: UHH/Hümmelink
Master student
Institute of Wood Science
Functional Forest Ecology
Haidkrugsweg 1
22885 Barsbüttel-Willinghusen
Tel: +49 40 822459-105
![Profilbild von Alexander Jenkins](https://assets.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/instance_assets/fakmin/37762025/alexander-jenkins-180x240-f9e71235a53a9ef6826381574bcc98b3969ac4ff.jpg)
Photo: UHH/Jenkins
Master student
Institute of Wood Science
Functional Forest Ecology
Haidkrugsweg 1
22885 Barsbüttel-Willinghusen
Tel: +49 40 822459 105
![Profilbild von Maria Luhmann](https://assets.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/instance_assets/fakmin/34930898/maria-luhmann-180x240-39cd7af8847ee1be534f553ef15725f10c056cc8.jpg)
Photo: UHH/Luhmann
Bachelor student
Institute of Wood Science
Functional Forest Ecology
Haidkrugsweg 1
22885 Barsbüttel-Willinghusen
Tel: +49 40 822459-105
![Profilbild von Malena TonThat](https://assets.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/instance_assets/fakmin/38050717/malena-tonthat-180x240-0e11f2a2ef269c0d52b2202b179db7d7b8d925f8.jpg)
Photo: UHH/TonThat
Bachelor student
Haidkrugsweg 1
22885 Barsbüttel-Willinghusen