Teaching and Education
Field
Teaching Assignments (University)
2003- 2005
China: Beijing University (Institute of Environmental Engineering) and Chinese Academy of Science
Environmental Impacts of Development, Sustainable Regional Planning, Capacity Building in Sustainable Development and Institution Building, Watershed Management and Landscape Ecology. (Adjunct Professor and lecturer: 3 to 5 times a year – block teaching)
1985- 1996
Germany and Spain: Lecturer at various Universities (Erlangen-Nürnberg, Berlin, Bayreuth, Freiburg, Bilbao
"Multivariate Methods in Ecology", "Sampling Design", “Methods in Plant Sociology”
2 weeks hands-on course, each semester
1992
Spain: University of the Basque Country Bilbao
Workshop: "Multivariate Methods in Ecology" in the "Universidad del Pais Vasco – Bilbao" within the context of the "International School for Vegetation Sciences"
1986- 1988
University of Tübingen and Ministry of Education and Science
"Ecology and its Biological Background" Distant learning courses with certification for adults. The themes prepared ranged from biological basics to technical environmental protection and pollution control. A total of 4 semester courses were prepared for a total of 200 persons. (Organiser and lecturer of the training programme)
Field
Excursions and Field trips
1984- 1996
University of Erlangen/Nuremberg
Preparation and realisation of various field trips and courses: Sampling
1986 - 1990
Germany, Poland and Galicia (NW of Spain): University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Management and leader of geobotanical field trips and excursions for the Institute of Botany and Pharmaceutical Biology to various sites in Germany and Spain.