Prof. Dr. Florian Jeltsch

Campus Neues Palais
University of Potsdam
Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation
Zeppelinstraße 48 A, Room 1.12
14471 Potsdam

Education and Professional Activities

1989 MSc. (German Diplom) Physics (Theoretical Ecology), Philipps-University Marburg
1992 PhD in Physics/Theoretical Ecology, Philipps-University Marburg
1992-2000 Scientist at the Department of Ecological Modelling, Centre for Environmental Research UFZ-Leipzig/Halle (Germany)
1999 German ‚Habilitation’ in Theoretical Ecology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
2000-2005 C3-Professor for Plant Ecology and Conservation Biology, University Potsdam
2002-2004 Head of Botanical Garden, University Potsdam
2006- .. W3-Professor for Plant Ecology and Conservation Biology, University Potsdam
2008-2010 Head of Institute for Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam
2009-2019 Dean of the Potsdam Graduate School (PoGS)
2013- ..Co-Director ‚Berlin Brandenburg Institute for Advanced Biodiversity Research - BBIB’
2015- .. Speaker DFG Research Training Group BioMove ‘Integrating Biodiversity Research with Movement Ecology in Dynamic Agricultural Landscapes’

Head of Department of Plant Ecology and Conservation Biology

2008-2014 Vice-President of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (GFÖ)
2012-2016 Member of the DFG review board 207 (responsible member for ecology of agricultural landscapes)
Editorial Board: editor-in charge (until 2021) Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics; Movement Ecology

Biodiversity research: linking individuals, populations, communities and landscapes
Movement ecology
Dryland ecology
Ecological theory and modelling
Impact of land use and environmental change on biodiversity dynamics
Individual-based ecology

Concepts, theoretical ecology and ecological modelling (focus: spatially-explicit simulation models)
Linking empirical/experimental and modelling approaches in ecology