Prof. Dr. Alexandra-Maria Klein

Professor of Ecosystem Functions

Head of the Institute of Ecology
Member of the Incubator Sustainable Aviation Fuels

Vita

Academic positions

• since April 2010 full professorship in Ecosystem Functions at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany
• 2009-2010 Head of the Agroecology group in the Department of Crop Sciences, Georg-August University of Göttingen, Germany 
• 2007-2008 Visiting Researcher at UC Berkeley, Davis, Stanford, USA
• 2005-2009 Lecturer and Research Assistant, Institute of Agroecology, Georg-August University of Göttingen, Germany
• 2003-2005 Postdoc, Institute of Agroecology, project Bioteam "Evaluation of biological diversity of land-use systems in a mega-diverse region of Ecuador" financed by the BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research)
• 2000-2003 PhD and Research position at the Institute of Agroecology and IPB Bogor
• 1998-2000 Student assistant at Institute of Agroecology and Albrecht-von Haller Institute, Göttingen (taxonomy and ecology of plants and insects)

Education

• 2000-2003 Ph.D in Agroecology and Zoology at Institute of Agroecology, Germany and IPB Bogor, Indonesia (certificate Dr. sc. agr.)
• 1998-1999 Diploma in Biology with specialisation in tropical agriculture and pollination biology at University of Göttingen, Germany (certificate: diploma in biology)
• 1997 Professional courses, work experience: Practical course and work experience in tropical and subtropical agroecology at the ecological farm of José Lutzenberger in Brazil; Tropical study field course in Bolivia in botany and geography
• 1993-1999 Study of biology (final examines in botany, tropical and subtropical plant science, conservation science, microbiology) and working at the Institute of Tropical and Subtropical Sciences