People
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Professors
Junior professors
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Head of Research Unit
Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology
Ecological Modeling
Ohnhorststraße 18
22609 Hamburg
Room: 2.029, Otto-Warburg-Haus
Tel: +49 40 42816-577
Key aspects of activity
- Non-vascular vegetation
- Global biogeochemical cycles
- Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
- Palaeoclimate dynamics
Research associates
![Manfred Finckh](https://assets.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/instance_assets/fakmin/36306652/finckhmanfred-f2e9b917cbf60b5cef847411034dce1f556397f8.jpg)
Research associate
Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology
Ecological Modeling
Ohnhorststr. 18
22609 Hamburg
Room: 2.526, Carl von Linné Haus
Tel: +49 40 42816- 549
Key aspects of activity
- Land use change in the Miombo region
- Biodiversity monitoring (Morocco, Angola)
- Vegetation mapping
- Frost and fire in the Angolan highlands
- Ecology and evolution of weird life forms
![shalder180x240](https://assets.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/instance_assets/fakmin/22030265/shalder180x240-ea90a6681e7481cad33c336ea3b8ac5077486fdb.jpg)
Doctoral candidate
Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology
Ecological Modeling
Ohnhorststraße 18
22609 Hamburg
Room: 2.087, Otto-Warburg-Haus
Tel: +49 40 42816-579
Key aspects of activity
- Climate science
- Evolution of land plants
- Lycophytes in the Earth System
- Weathering and climate
![yunyao-image-180x240](https://assets.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/instance_assets/fakmin/22162898/yunyao-image-180x240-bd333d15c80d6d349431b1d9ac767f2437ccc691.jpg)
Doctoral candidate
Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology
Ecological Modeling
Ohnhorststr. 18
22609 Hamburg
Email: yunyao.ma"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Key aspects of activity
- Process-based modeling of non-vascular vegetation
- Global biodiversity patterns
- Response of non-vascular vegetation to climate change
![imke180x240](https://assets.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/instance_assets/fakmin/22158999/imke180x240-06d1fe4bea782876fb3a32b85322d21642352c18.jpg)
Doctoral candidate
Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology
Ecological Modeling
Ohnhorststr. 18
22609 Hamburg
Key aspects of activity
- Physiology of non-vascular vegetation
- Nutrient cycles
- Feedback mechanisms between climate change and non-vascular vegetation
![youssef180x240](https://assets.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/instance_assets/fakmin/26834109/youssef180x240-7049a28dd9aec100d6fbdb3ef23165a206e9b7a4.jpg)
Doctoral Candidate
Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology
Ecological Modeling
Ohnhorststraße 18
22609 Hamburg
Key aspects of activity
- Process-based modeling of estuaries ecosystems
- Nutrient cycles
- Response of estuarine ecosystems to climate change
Technical, administrative and library staff
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Technical Assistent
Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology
Ecological Modeling
Ohnhorststraße 18
22609 Hamburg
Room: U.155, Otto-Warburg-Haus