Prof. Dr. Teja Tscharntke

Curriculum Vitae

• 1973-1981
  Studies in sociology and biology at the universities in Marburg and Gießen
  
  
• 1978
  Diploma (MSc) in Sociology, University of Marburg
  
  
• 1981
  Diploma (MSc) in Biology, University of Marburg
  
  
• 1986
  PhD in Biology, University of Hamburg
  
  
• 1992
  Habilitation (venia legendi) in Zoology, University of Karlsruhe
  

Academic appointments

• 1985-1992
  Postdoc and Assistant Professor, Dept. of Zoology, University of Karlsruhe


• 1992
  Offer of three tenure professor positions: C4 ecology (Hamburg), C3 zoology (Gießen), C4 agroecology (Göttingen)


• since 1993
  Head of the Agroecology Research Group at the University of Göttingen, Faculty member in Agriculture and Biology

Professional/academic positions

• 1996-2022
  Member of the Editorial Boards of Oecologia (1996-2002), Journal of Applied Ecology (2000-2006), Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata (since 2002), Agriculture (2014-2019), Biology (2014-2019) and Current Opinion in Insect Science (2016-2022)
  
  
• 2000-2023
  Editor-in-Chief of Basic and Applied Ecology (the official journal of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, GfOe)


• 2000-2020
  Speaker and coordinator of the study branch “Resource Management” of the Faculty of Agriculture (Göttingen)


• 2000-2011
  Member of the Management Board (“Strukturkommission”) of the Faculty of Agriculture (Göttingen)


• 2002-2010
  Member of the federal scientific board for biodiversity and genetic resources (Federal Ministry of Agriculture, BMELV)


• 2005-2009
  Speaker of the Collaborative Research Centre STORMA (“Stability of Rainforest Margins in Indonesia”) of the German Science Foundation (DFG SFB 552; www.storma.uni-goettingen.de)


• 2007-2009
  Member of the Managing Board of the Göttingen Centre for Biodiversity and Ecology


• 2008-2020
  Member of the Science Committee of the agroBIODIVERSITY network of DIVERSITAS
  
  
• 2010-2020
  Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the SAFE (Stability of Altered Forest Ecosystem) project in Malaysia
  
  
• since 2012
  Advisory Board of the Dorothea-Schlözer Mentoring Program (female scientific career counseling at Göttingen University)


• since 2020
  Member of the Scientific Board of the WWF (World Wide Fund For Nature) Germany
  


• since 2024
  Member of the scientific board of the national action plan plant protection at the federal Ministriy of Agriculture and nutrition
  https://www.bmel.de/DE/ministerium/organisation/beiraete/nap-organisation.html


• since 2025
  Member of the Scientific Forum on the implementation of the National Biodiversity Strategy 2030 (NBS-Wissenschaftsforum 2030)
  
  

Awards

• 2008
  Internationally most cited ecologist from Germany, Austria & Switzerland (according to the ranking in Laborjournal 10/2008: 55-57)


• 2009
  One-year sabbatical (Excellency program of Göttingen University)


• 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
  
  Highly Cited Researcher, ranking among the top 1% most cited scientists for the fields "Environment/Ecology" and "Plant&Animal Science"
  (according to the Web of Science, ISI Thomson Reuters/Clarivate Analytics)
  
  
• 2017
  Internationally most cited ecologist from Germany, Austria & Switzerland (according to the ranking in Laborjournal 01/2017: 36-39)


• 2018
  The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) President’s International Fellowship for Distinguished Scientists


• 2020
  Award for Insect Conservation 2020 by the Royal Entomological Society in recognition of "outstanding and exemplary lifetime contribution in Insect Conservation"


• 2020
  Marsh Award for Ecology of the British Ecological Society. The prize is awarded for an outstanding current research record which is having a significant impact on the development of the science of ecology or its application.


• 2021
  Award of the Honorary Medal of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (Gesellschaft für Ökologie, GfÖ) "to honour an active senior ecologist for an outstanding contribution to ecological sciences", including life-long free GfÖ membership.


• 2022, 2023
  
  Ranking of the top scientists in "Ecology and Evolution" by Research.com: Ranked #7 in the world and #1 in Germany, based on a D-index of 149.
  


• 2025
  Member of the Academia Europaea (www.ae-info.org)

Key research expertise

• Landscape perspectives on biodiversity patterns and associated ecosystem services in managed and natural systems of temperate and tropical regions


• Biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships, in particular herbivory, predation, parasitism and pollination, as well as multitrophic interactions and quantitative food webs


• Multidisciplinary studies linking socioeconomic with ecological approaches

Publications: see PUBLICATIONS


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