Jan 7, 2014 ... Co-organisation of a symposium “Beyond patterns - Niche dynamics in space
and time” during the 40th annual meeting of the Ecological.
Curriculum vitae Dr. Christian Hof Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F) & Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung Senckenberganlage 25 60325 Frankfurt Germany
phone: +49 69 7542 1804 e-mail: christian.hof [at] senckenberg.de www.bik-f.de, www.vogelwart.de
last update: 7 January 2014 [Google Scholar Profile] [researchgate.net]
Current position Since 2011
Postdoctoral Researcher, Project Area B: Biodiversity Dynamics and Climate, Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), Frankfurt (Germany)
Education, professional experience 2010-2011
Postdoctoral Researcher, Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, University of Copenhagen (Denmark)
April 2010
Graduation as PhD with the dissertation “Species distributions and climate change: current patterns and future scenarios for biodiversity”
2007 – 2010
PhD student, Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, University of Copenhagen (Denmark) and Biodiversity and Global Change Lab, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, Madrid (Spain)
2006
Scientific assistant (3 months), Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ
2006
Graduation as “Diplom-Biologe” (= M.Sc. in Biology)
1999 – 2006
Studies of Biology, University of Marburg (Germany), majors: Animal Ecology, Nature Conservation, Zoology
1989 – 1998
Abitur (university-entrance qualification) at the WesterwaldGymnasium Altenkirchen/Ww (Germany)
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Scientific experience, internships 2013
Co-organisation of a symposium “Macroecology – linking species diversity with traits and phylogenies” during the 43rd annual meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (GfÖ) in Potsdam/Germany
2013
Organisation of the conference “Die Zukunft des Lebens – Szenarien für die Biosphäre” [The future of life – scenarios for the biosphere] of the Cusanuswerk Specialist Group Chemistry/Biology in Ellwangen/Germany
2012
Co-organisation of the 6th Annual meeting of the specialist group for Macroecology of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (GfÖ) in Frankfurt/Germany
2011
Co-organisation of a symposium “Biodiversity patterns at different scales – from theory to application” during the 41st annual meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (GfÖ) in Oldenburg/Germany
2010
Co-organisation of a symposium “Beyond patterns - Niche dynamics in space and time” during the 40th annual meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (GfÖ) in Gießen/Germany
2008
Co-organisation of a symposium „Macroecology and Climate Change” during the joint meeting of the European Ecological Federation (EURECO) and the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (GfÖ) in Leipzig/Germany
2004
Internship (6 weeks) at the German Federal Agency of Nature Conservation, Department for Protected Areas
2003
Studies and research internship (4 months) at the Department of Geography, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), USA
1998 – 1999
Civilian Service (13 months) with the Verein Jordsand e.V. (Jordsand Society for the Protection of Seabirds and the Conservation of Nature), working as a nature reserve ranger at the lower Elbe River
Since 1997
Continuous participation in local nature conservation projects and scientific field work for the Society for Nature Conservation and Ornithology of Rheinland-Pfalz
Peer reviewing experience Biodiversity & Conservation, Conservation Letters, Diversity & Distributions, Ecography, Ecology Letters, Ecosystems, Global Change Biology, Global Ecology and Biogeography, Journal of Biogeography, Journal of Ornithology, Oecologia, Oikos, PLoS One, Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Regional Environmental Change
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Teaching experience 2013
B.Sc. course “Diversität der Organismen und Lebensräume Zoology” [Diversity of organisms and habitats – zoology], Institute for Ecology and Evolution, University of Frankfurt
2011-2013
B.Sc. course “Ökologie der Tiere” [Animal Ecology], Institute for Ecology and Evolution, University of Frankfurt
2011-2013
M.Sc. course “Community Ecology and Macroecology”, Institute for Ecology and Evolution, University of Frankfurt
2010
M.Sc. course “International Nature Conservation”, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen
2010
M.Sc. course “Macroecology”, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen
2009, 2010
M.Sc. course “Invasion Biology”, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen (guest lecture)
2009
M.Sc. course “Population Dynamics”, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen (Denmark)
2007
M.Sc. course “Numerical Analyses in Biodiversity studies”, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen
2007
B.Sc. course “Macroecology”, Faculty of Biology, University of Marburg
2006
Seminar und excursion „Namibia“, Faculty of Biology, University of Marburg
2001 – 2006
Teaching assistant, Faculty of Biology, University of Marburg, (Germany) - various courses in Zoology, Botany and Ecology
Supervision experience 2013 – 2016
(ongoing) PhD thesis “Biodiversity of African large mammals, ecosystem services and climate change.” by Ugo Arbieu (cosupervisor, with Prof. Dr. Katrin Böhning-Gaese), Institute for Ecology and Evolution, University of Frankfurt
2011 – 2014
(ongoing) PhD thesis “The heartbeat of species ranges: the relationship of physiological capacity and climatic tolerance in birds” by Imran Khaliq (main supervisor, with Prof. Dr. Markus Pfenninger & Prof. Dr. Katrin Böhning-Gaese), Institute for Ecology and Evolution, University of Frankfurt
2011 – 2014
(ongoing) PhD thesis “Climate change impacts on bird distribution and abundance along the elevational gradient of Mount Kilimanjaro” by Hamadi Iddi Dulle (co-supervisor, with Prof. Dr. Katrin BöhningGaese), Institute for Ecology and Evolution, University of Frankfurt
2012 – 2013
B.Sc. thesis “Climatic niches and distributions of European songbird species” by Karin Altendorfer (main supervisor, with Prof. Dr. Katrin Böhning-Gaese), Institute for Ecology and Evolution, University of Frankfurt
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2012
M.Sc. thesis “Niche dynamics of and climate change impacts on Wheatears” by Josephine Sonnenberg (main supervisor, with Prof. Dr. Katrin Böhning-Gaese), Institute for Ecology and Evolution, University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt (Germany)
2010 – 2011
M.Sc. Student research project “Potential impacts of climate change on the distribution of a European dragonfly and its interactions with an aquatic macrophyte” by Signe Carlsson (main supervisor) Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen
2010
M.Sc. thesis “Biodiversity of African amphibians and the potential impacts of climate change” by Paulina Jarosinska (co-supervisor, with Prof. Dr. Neil Burgess), Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen
2009
B.Sc. thesis “Predicting susceptibility to infection with the fungal disease Chytridiomycosis among Danish Anurans” by Signe Carlsson (main supervisor, with Prof. Dr. Carsten Rahbek), Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen
Grants and awards received 2009
Poster award of the International Biogeography Society during the 4th biennial meeting in Merida (Mexico)
2006
PhD stipend granted by the Cusanuswerk – the German Catholic scholarship foundation for the project “Diversity, Biogeography and Macroecology of the European freshwater fauna” (declined)
2006
Travelling grant by the DFG (German Research Foundation), to attend the 91st annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America in Memphis, Tennessee (USA), 6-11 August 2006
2004 – 2010
Scholarship granted by e-fellows.net
2001 – 2006
Student scholarship granted by the Cusanuswerk – the German Catholic scholarship foundation
Selected memberships Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (GfÖ), The International Biogeography Society (IBS), German Society for the Protection of Nature (NABU), Society for Nature Conservation and Ornithology of Rheinland-Pfalz (GNOR), Jordsand Society for the Protection of Seabirds and the Conservation of Nature (Verein Jordsand)
Languages German mother tongue; fluent in English; basic in Spanish and French; advanced Latin
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