Dr. Thomas Bringhenti

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Current Project

NamTip - A Namibian Perspective on Desertification Tipping Points in the Face of Climate Change

In my role as project manager, I am responsible for the administrative coordination of the cooperative research project NamTip. In particular, I oversee annual and final reporting, budgeting and financial controlling, facilitate field activities in Namibia, supervise data management, and ensure internal and external communication, including public outreach. Additionally, I contribute to NamTip’s scientific output by assisting in the synthesis and integration of project results.

Research Interests

• Tree eco-physiology
• Irrigation and crop water use
• Sustainable agriculture in the tropics and subtropics

Education and Experience

Since 2023 Project Manager of NamTip, Biodiversity Research / Systematic Botany, University of Potsdam (UP)

2023 Advanced Training in International Project Management, Gesellschaft für Nachhaltige Entwicklung (GNE)

2021 - 2023 Administrative Project Coordinator of SALLnet, Georg-August University of Göttingen

2019 - 2025 PhD Student, Tropical Plant Production and Agricultural Systems Modelling (TROPAGS), Georg-August University of Göttingen

2017 - 2018 Research Assistant, Tropical Plant Production and Agricultural Systems Modelling (TROPAGS), Georg-August University of Göttingen

2015 - 2018 Master of Science, Sustainable International Agriculture (SIA), Georg-August University of Göttingen & University of Kassel

2011 - 2015 Bachelor of Science, Agricultural Science and Technology, Free University of Bolzano-Bozen (Italy)

Publications

Bringhenti, T., Moriondo, M., Abdulai, I., Joubert, E., Roetter, R.P., Taylor, P.J., Hoffmann, M.P. 2025. Adopting and evaluating a simple model for macadamia tree transpiration in periodically water-scarce subtropical regions. Scientia Horticulturae, 341, 113970. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2025.113970

Bringhenti, T., Joubert, E., Abdulai, I., Hoffmann, M.P., Moriondo, M., Taylor, P.J., Roetter, R.P. (2023): Effects of environmental drivers and irrigation on yields of macadamia orchards along an altitudinal gradient in South Africa. Scientia Horticulturae 321, 112326. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2023.112326

Weier, S., Bringhenti, T., Anders, M., Abdulai, I., Foord, S.H., Grass, I., Lam, Q.D., Linden, V., Rötter, R.P., Westphal, C., Taylor, P.J. (2024): “Management Options for Macadamia Orchards with Special Focus on Water Management and Ecosystem Services”. In: von Maltitz, G.P. et al. Sustainability of Southern African Ecosystems under Global Change. Ecological Studies, 248, Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10948-5_22

Nelson, W.C.D., Hoffmann, M.P., May, C., Mashao, F., Ayisi, K., Odhiambo, J., Bringhenti, T., Feil, J.H., Yazdan Bakhsh, S., Abdulai, I. & Rötter, R.P. (2022): Tackling climate risk to sustainably intensify smallholder maize farming systems in southern Africa. Environmental Research Letters 17, 75005. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac77a3

Rötter, R., Scheiter, S., Hoffmann, M., Pfeiffer, M., Nelson, W., Ayisi, K., Taylor, P., Feil, J.-H., Yazdan Bakhsh, S., Isselstein, J., Linstädter, A., Behn, K., Westphal, C., Odhiambo, J., Twine, W., Grass, I., Merante, P., Bracho-Mujica, G., Bringhenti, T., Lamega, S., Abdulai, I., Lam, Q., Anders, M., Linden, V., Weier, S., Foord, S., Erasmus, B.F. (2021): Letter-to-the-Editor: Modeling the multi-functionality of African savanna landscapes under global change. Land Degradation & Development 32, 2077-2081. https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.3925