Stefanie Burger
Doctoral researcher / PhD Candidate
Project: Urban oases in climate change
Topics: health co-benefits of nature-based solutions; mixed method approaches; participatory methods; science-policy interfaces
Theresia Endriß
Research Associate
Environmental Planning and Engineering Ecology (TUM)
Topics: Conservation Ecology & Biodiversity Sciences; Education for Sustainable Development; Social-Ecological Transformation
Niclas Hoegel
Doctoral researcher / PhD Candidate
Project: StreuWiKlim
Topics: Agroforestry systems and orchards under climate change
Julian Maindok
Research associate
julian.maindok@tum.de
Projects: CityBees, BioDivHubs
Topics: Vegetation surveys and plant identification
Astrid Neumann
Doctoral researcher / PhD Candidate
Project: Forschen für Wildbienen
Topics: Urban Ecology; Conservation; Ornithology; Pollinators; Citizen Science
Lauren Porter
Doctoral researcher / PhD Candidate
Project: DFG RTG UGI
Topics: Urban soils for sustainable drainage systems; horticulture
David Schoo
Research Associate
Project: ‘BioDivHubs’
Topics: geography, market gardening, biodiversity, spatial tools and interdisciplinary research
Leonie Schulz
Research Associate
Projects: ‘CitySoundscapes’, ‘Conceptualizing and evalutaing education outside the classroom in Germany’
Topics: Solution-oriented science, interdisciplinary research, science communication
Samantha Spinoso-Sosa
Doctoral researcher / PhD Candidate
samantha.spinoso-sosa(at)tum.de
Project: Research Training Group - Urban Green Infrastructure (DFG RTG–UGI)
Topics: urban soils, soil management, soil-plant interactions
Alexandra (Alex) Zink
Doctoral researcher / PhD Candidate
alex.zink@tum.de
Project: CityBees
Co-supervision: Professorship for Plant-Insect-Interactions
Topics: Pollinator ecology; plant-insect interactions; urban ecology
Dr. Joan Casanelles Abella
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Project: BioDiverCities; SNF Postdoc Fellow
Topics: Urban ecology, biodiversity, interactions between species, biogeography and conservation biology
UPE Alumni
Graduated Masters students:
Carolina Achilles, Annika Arndt, Tobias Bahlmann, Jorge Alberto Benitez, Claudio Caci, Yannik Hecher, Michael Hemauer, Ying Huang, Christian Lanfranchi, Julia Felderhoff, Hien Nguyen, Janine Opitz, Alejandra Orenday Valderrama, Veronica Sebald
Graduated Bachelors students:
Bigna Lu Abderhalden, Anne Behrens, Phoebe Koppendorfer, Denis Mandic, Ilja Schoenheinz, Vanessa Zahl
Researchers:
Dr. Elie Hanna, Dr. Julia Schmack, Dr. Aaron Sexton
Research assistants:
Felix Conitz, Michael Hemauer, Christian Lanfranchi, Christian Leib, Hien Nguyen, Nina Schäle, Veronica Sebald, Sebastian Speth