Externally Funded Research Projects

Current Projects

• Co-investigator: RTG 2300: Enrichment of European beech forests with conifers: impacts of functional traits on ecosystem functioning (EnriCo)
  PhD candidate: Maliha Jerin Propa
  Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG) (2023-2026)
  [read more about RTG 2300 - EnriCo]


• Co-investigator: Chances and hurdles for the establishment and performance of different agroforestry systems in Lower Saxony - ELAN.
  PhD candidate: N.N.
  Funding: Lower Saxony Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (2022-2025)
  [read more about the ELAN Project]


• Co-investigator: Establishment of attractive teaching modules in agroforestry for students of forestry and agricultural sciences.
  Postdoc: Dr. Franziska Gaede
  Funding: Eva Mayr-Stihl Foundation (2023-2026)


• Principal Investigator: Sub-project 1.1 'Nutrient response and nutrient retention efficiencies, leaching losses, soil greenhouse gas fluxes in agroforestry and conventional systems' and sub-project 1.3 'Experimental set-up and coordination' in SIGNAL - Sustainable intensification of agriculture through agroforestry.
  PhD candidate: Sarah Choe
  Postdoc: Dr. Raphael Manu
  Funding: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) (2021-2025)