PD Dr. Valentin Klaus
PD Dr. Valentin Klaus
Privatdozent/in at the Department of Environmental Systems Science
Current Projects
- ServiceGrass (Effects of Organic Farming on Grassland Multifunctionality)
- InsuranceGrass (Ecosystem Services and Extreme Events)
- ReNatUrE (Restoration of urban ecosystems for biodiverse, liveable, and sustainable cities in Europe)
- SUPER-G (Developing Sustainable Permanent Grassland Systems and Policies)
- Co-Chair of the external external pageSpecialist Group Urban Ecology of the GfÖ
Former Projects
- RELOAD (Resilience of Organic and Conventional Production Systems to Drought)
- external pageBiodiversity Exploratories (Functional Biodiversity Research)
- Innofarm (Reconciling innovative farming practices)
- Aus der Forschung, in die Praxis (Knowledge Transfer Project)
Publications
Curriculum Vitae
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Professional
- Since 08.2017 | Postdoctoral Teaching and Research Fellow in Grassland Science group at ETH Zurich
- 12.2020 | Habilitation at the Department of Environmental Systems Science at ETH Zurich
- 2012–2017 | PostDoc at the Institute of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster, Germany
- 07.2012 | Ph.D. at University of Münster, Title of PhD thesis: "Relationships between productivity, land-use intensity and plant species richness in agricultural grasslands"
- 2009–2012 | Ph.D. student at the Institute of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster, Germany
- Since 2008 | University teaching of different ecological subjects in different course formats
- 2008–2009 Responsible for course guidance and coordination at the Department of Geosciences, University of Münster, Germany
- 05. 2008 | Diploma in Landscape Ecology at the Institute of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster, Germany
- 2002–2008 | Studies in Landscape Ecology, Institute of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster, Germany
Teaching Experience
- Supervision of MSc & BSc theses and of doctoral students (ETH and WWU)
- Lecture „Futterbau“ as part of „Pflanzenbau“ (ETH Zürich)
- Lecture „Biogeochemistry and Sustainable Management“ (ETH Zürich)
- Lab exercises for “Stable Isotope Ecology” (ETH Zürich)
- Field course and seminar „Landschaftsökologische Übung“ (WWU Münster)
- Lecture „Grünlandökologie und –management“ (WWU Münster)
- Field course and seminar „Grünlandökologie und -management“ (WWU Münster)
- Seminar “Gehölzbestimmung im Winter” (WWU Münster)
- Field course „Bodenkunde“ (WWU Münster)
- Several student excursions from one up to twelve days (ETH and WWU)