Prof. Dr. Michael Scherer-Lorenzen

Prof. Dr. Michael Scherer-Lorenzen Institute of Biology II Group: Geobotany www.geobotanik.uni-freiburg.de Phone: +49 (0)761 203-5014 michael.scherer@biologie.uni-freiburg.de

Focus of research

• Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
• Global Change Ecology
• Soundscape Ecology / Ecoacoustics

CV

• 2016-2021 Dean of Studies, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Germany
• Since 10/2013 Professor for Geobotany (Head of Department), Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Germany
• 2009-2013 Professor for Geobotany/Experimental Vegetation Science, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Germany
• 2003-2009 Senior Scientist at the Grassland Science Group, Institute of Plant Sciences, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
• 2001-2003 Research Scientist at the Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
• 2000-2001 Executive Director of the Institute for Biodiversity – Science and Business Experts Network (ibn) e.V., Friedrichshafen, Germany
• 1998-1999 Research Assistant at the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU), Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
• 1995-1999 PhD at the Department of Plant Ecology, University of Bayreuth, Germany
• 1988-1995 Study of Biology, Bayreuth, Germany

Selected Publications

• Bourdin, A., Bord, S., Durand, J., Galon, C., Moutailler, S., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Jactel, H. (2022) Forest Diversity Reduces the Prevalence of Pathogens Transmitted by the Tick Ixodes ricinus. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10, 891908. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2022.891908
• Joly, F.-X., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Hättenschwiler, S. (2023) Resolving the intricate role of climate in litter decomposition. Nature Ecology & Evolution 7, 214-223. DOI: 10.1038/s41559-022-01948-z
• Scherer-Lorenzen M, Gessner MO, Beisner BE, Messier C, Paquette A, Petermann JS, Soininen J, Nock CA (2022) Pathways for cross-boundary effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2021.12.009.
• Schulze ED, Beck E, Buchmann N, Clemens S, Müller-Hohenstein K, Scherer-Lorenzen M (2019) Plant Ecology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-56233-8
• Zibold, M., Bässler, C., Hauck, M., Scherer-Lorenzen, M. (2024) Fungi and deadwood diversity: A test of the area-heterogeneity trade-off hypothesis. Journal of Ecology 112: 1701-1718.

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