Leitung
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PD Dr. Raffael Ernst
Sektionsleiter
Herpetologist by passion and tropical ecologist by training (or vice versa) I have been heading the herpetology section at the Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden since 2010. As animal ecologist I am interested in how phylogeny and ecology drive patterns of functional diversity in biological communities and how elucidating underlying processes can guide conservation management decisions. I have been engaged in tropical research, particularly in the Neo- and Afrotropics, for over two decades.
1992/93 Onalaska High-School, WI, USA
Scholarship of the Parlamentarische Patenschafts-Programm (PPP) German Bundestag – US Congress
1997 – 2001 Universities of Mainz, Marburg and Würzburg,
Dipl. Biol. Univ., Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg (chair: Prof. Dr. K.E. Linsenmair)
2002 – 2006 University Würzburg
Dr. rer. nat., Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology (supervision: Prof. K.E. Linsenmair, PD M.-O. Rödel University Würzburg & Prof. W. Hödl, University Vienna) – DAAD-Promotionsstipendium
2005 – 2007 Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart,
Scientific intern, Department of Zoology Forschungsmuseum Schloss Rosenstein
2007 – 2010 Technische Universität Berlin
Scientific assistant – Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Biodiversity Dynamics, (chair: Prof. Dr. F. Dziock)
2010 –Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden
Curator – Museum of Zoology, Section Herpetology
2014 Technische Universität Berlin
Habilitation – Fakultät VI, Institute of Ecology, Prof. I. Kowarik
Facultas docendi: Biodiversity Dynamics & Ecosystem Science
2022 Technische Universität Dresden
Privatdozent – School of Science – Faculty of Biology
Honorary positions
Board member Society for Tropical Ecology
International Herpetological Committee (2012 -2016)
Associate Editor Amphibia Reptilia
Associate Editor Ecotropica
Associate Editor Vertebrate Zoology
Mitarbeiter*innen
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Dipl. Ing. Markus Auer
Technischer Assistent
Picasa
M.Sc. Franziska Leonhardt
Doktorandin
Paula Ribeiro Anunciação
Humboldt postdoctoral research fellow
Dr. Karl-Heinz Jungfer
Ehrenamtlicher wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
Prof. Dr. Yehudah L. Werner
Ehrenamtlicher wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
M.Sc. Mapendo Mindje
Gastwissenschaftler - University of Rwanda/JRS Biodiversity Foundation grant
Alumni
Adria Rae Abigail R. Eda
Alumni, Department of Zoology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Maike Guschal
Alumni, Biologische Station Städte Region Aachen e.V.
Nora Hartig
Alumni, TU Dresden, Zell- und Molekularbiologie der Pflanzen
Felisa Henrikus
Alumni, Natur & Text GmbH
Monique Hölting
Alumni, Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig - Leibniz-Institut für Biodiversität der Tiere
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Nathalie Kaffenberger
Alumni, Senckenberg Fließgewässerökologie & Naturschutzforschung
Konrad Kürbis
Alumni, Naturkundemuseum Erfurt
Gwendolyn A. Landburg
Alumni, Anton de Kom University · National Zoological Collection of Suriname
Sabine Nürnberg
Alumni, Freie Universität Berlin
