Prof. Dr. Florian Jeltsch

University of Potsdam

Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation
Zeppelinstraße 48 A, Room 1.12
14471 Potsdam

Phone: +49 331 977 1954

Education and Professional Activities

since 2006 W3-Professor for Plant Ecology and Conservation Biology, University Potsdam

2015 - 2024 Speaker DFG Research Training Group BioMove ‘Integrating Biodiversity Research with Movement Ecology in Dynamic Agricultural Landscapes’

2013 - 2022 Co-Director ‚Berlin Brandenburg Institute for Advanced Biodiversity Research - BBIB’

2009 - 2019 Dean of the Potsdam Graduate School (PoGS)

2008 - 2010 Head of Institute for Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam

2002 - 2004 Head of Botanical Garden, University Potsdam

2000 - 2005 C3-Professor for Plant Ecology and Conservation Biology, University Potsdam

1999 German ‚Habilitation’ in Theoretical Ecology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena

1992 - 2000 Scientist at the Department of Ecological Modelling, Centre for Environmental Research UFZ-Leipzig/Halle (Germany)

1992 PhD in Physics/Theoretical Ecology, Philipps-University Marburg

1989 MSc. (German Diplom) Physics (Theoretical Ecology), Philipps-University Marburg

Head of Department of working group Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation

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

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

BioMove Research Training Group