Dr. Fabian Fischer
| Research Scientist |
| Contact ☎ 0049 8161 71 4702, 📌 Room 1.3.1.5 ✉ f.j.fischer (at) tum.de |
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Forest structure and dynamics
- Remote sensing (Airborne Laser Scanning)
- Individual-based forest modeling
- Allometric models
- Tropical forest ecology
PUBLICATIONS
Fischer, F. J., Jackson, T., Vincent, G., & Jucker, T. (2024). Robust characterisation of forest structure from airborne laser scanning—A systematic assessment and sample workflow for ecologists. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 00, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14416
Fischer, F. J., & Jucker, T. (2024). No evidence for fractal scaling in canopy surfaces across a diverse range of forest types. Journal of Ecology, 112, 470–486. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.14244
Jucker, T., Fischer, F. J., Chave, J., Coomes, D. A., Caspersen, J., Ali, A., Loubota Panzou, G. J., Feldpausch, T. R., Falster, D., Usoltsev, V. A., Adu-Bredu, S., Alves, L. F., Aminpour, M., Angoboy, I. B., Anten, N. P. R., Antin, C., Askari, Y., Muñoz, R., Ayyappan, N. … Zavala, M. A. (2022). Tallo: A global tree allometry and crown architecture database. Global Change Biology, 28, 5254–5268. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16302
Fischer, F. J., Labrière, N., Vincent, G., Hérault, B., Alonso, A., Memiaghe, H., Bissiengou, P., Kenfack, D., Saatchi, S., & Chave, J. (2020). A simulation method to infer tree allometry and forest structure from airborne laser scanning and forest inventories. Remote Sensing of Environment, 251, 112056.
Fischer, F.J., Maréchaux, I. & Chave, J. (2019), Improving plant allometry by fusing forest models and remote sensing. New Phytologist, 223: 1159-1165. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15810
CV
| 2024- | Postdoctoral researcher, Ecosystem Dynamics & Forest Management Group, Technical University Munich |
| 2021-2024 | Research Associate / Senior Research Associate, Selva Lab, University of Bristol |
| 2020-2021 | Postdoctoral researcher, Tropical Forest Ecology, CNRS, Toulouse |
| 2016-2020 | PhD in Tropical Forest Ecology, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse |
| 2015-2016 | Intern / Clerk International Climate Protection Initiative, Berlin |
| 2011-2012 | Visiting Student Researcher, German Studies, University of Berkeley, California |
| 2010-2014 | Bachelor of Sciences in Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich |
| 2009-2014 | Master's degree in modern German literature, English and philosophy, Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich |