Peter Biber
| Function |
| Academic Director, Senior Scientist at the Tree Growth and Wood Physiology Group |
| Contact |
| Email: p.biber(at)tum.de / Tel: +49 8161 71 4708 / Room: 1.3.2.03 |
| Links |
| Google Scholar / OrcId / R package care4cmodel on CRAN / R package viscomplexr on CRAN / European Journal of Forest Research |
Biography |
Peter Biber has studied forest science at the Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, where he also received his PhD (summa cum laude) for a study where he developed an empirical single tree based stand growth simulation model for mixed spruce beech stands in the Solling region. His ongoing habilitation “Contributions to a Multifunctional Sustainable Forest Management form a Forest Growth Perspective” has successfully passed the required interim evaluation in February 2024. From 1993-1996 he worked at the Northwest German Forest Station at Göttingen; after that he was appointed on a permanent post-doc position at the Chair of Forest Growth and Yield, Technical University of Munich He has been regularly involved in international research projects and teaching activities; at TUM he has been awarded the student prize for excellent teaching in 2018, 2019, and 2024. Since the mid 1990ies he is the executive editor of the European Journal of Forest Research. |
Research interests |
| Peter Biber’s main research interests are contributing to our knowledge of tree and stand dynamics based on empirical information (especially from long-term research plots) and modelling/simulation methods. In addition, he sees a worthwhile challenge in making scientific knowledge available to practice by way of method and software development. |
Key publications |
Peter Biber, Stefano Grigolato, Julia Schmucker, Hans Pretzsch, Enno Uhl, 2024, A generic simulation model for relating forest CO2 intake and CO2 emissions by forest operations – The R-package care4cmodel, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, Volume 222 Peter Biber, Hans Pretzsch, 2022, Tree growth at gap edges. Insights from long term research plots in mixed mountain forests, Forest Ecology and Management 520 Peter Biber, Adam Felton, Maarten Nieuwenhuis et al., 2020, Forest Biodiversity, Carbon Sequestration, and Wood Production: Modeling Synergies and Trade-Offs for Ten Forest Landscapes Across Europe, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8 Hans Pretzsch, Peter Biber, Gerhard Schütze, Enno Uhl, Thomas Rötzer, 2014, Forest stand growth dynamics in Central Europe have accelerated since 1870. Nature Communications 5, 4967 Hans Pretzsch, Peter Biber, Jan Dursky, 2002, The single tree-based stand simulator SILVA: construction, application and evaluation, Forest Ecology and Management 162 |
Education and professional experience |
| Since 2024 Senior Scientist at the Tree Growth and Wood Physiology Group, TUM |
| 1997-2024 Senior Scientist at the Chair for Forest Growth and Yield (Lehrstuhl für Waldwachstumskunde), TUM |
| 1997 PhD in Forest Science (Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich) |
| 1993-1996 Scientific employee at the Lower Saxony Forest Research Station, Göttingen |
| 1993 Diplom-Forstwirt, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich) |
| February/March 2006 DAAD Short time lecturer at Long Nam University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
| Spring 2000 Co-organizer of an international training course in forest growth and forest modelling for the German Foundation for International Development (DSE) in Chiang Mai, Thailand |
| Spring 1997 Lecturer for forest mensuration, forest growth and forest modelling at the Chiang Mai University, Thailand, for the German Foundation for International Development |