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Biology / Ecology working group
Dr Roland Achtziger
(Diplom-Biologe/Graduate biologist)
Scientific assistant
Office container Gustav-Zeuner-Straße 3a, Room 1.08
+49 3731 39-3397
roland [dot] achtziger [at] ioez [dot] tu-freiberg [dot] de
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TUBAF
Research interests
- Nature conservation biology
- Biodiversity research: Assessment, indicators, impact factors
- Post-mining landscapes: Biodiversity, succession and colonisation, renaturation
- Concepts: Procedures for nature conservation assessment and success monitoring
- Nature conservation indicators: Indicator for species diversity and landscape quality in Germany
- Species protection: Red List of Cicadas of Germany, Red List of Bugs of Germany
- Population ecology and community ecology of insects and Plant-insect systems
- Insect groups: Hemiptera - cicadas (Auchenorrhyncha), bugs (Heteroptera)
- Habitats: Post-mining landscapes as well as grassland, hedges, forest edges, orchards, vineyards
- Aspects: Diversity patterns, structure and dynamics, bioindication
- Quantitative, statistical analysis and visual representation of ecological data
- Bachelor's degree in biology (specialising in organismic biology/zoology and ecology)
- Bachelor's and Master's degree in geoecology, applied natural science:
- Biodiversity/animal ecology/populations and species communities
- Ecological field and evaluation methods/data analysis/statistics
- Nature conservation biology/bioindication/landscape analysis
| Time period | Project | Client/third-party funder |
|---|---|---|
| 02/2019-04/2021 | BIODIVina: Educational modules on the role of biodiversity in adaptations of viticulture to climate change (project management) | Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) |
| 2009-2011 | Evaluation of structural parameters in orchards as a basis for the development of biodiversity indicators to monitor the success of nature conservation programmes (processing) | BIONIG - Büro für Biologie und Ökologie |
| 10/2008-11/2010 | Development of a concept for species protection as a contribution to biodiversity in Saxony (collaboration) | Sächsisches Landesamt für Umwelt, Agriculture and Geology, Department 63 (Species Protection) in co-operation with the Freiberg Nature Conservation Institute |
| 01/2007-06/2010 | GehVege: The mining ponds of the Revierwasserlaufanstalt Freiberg as a habitat of unique pond bottom vegetation - area history and vegetation ecology as a basis for sustainable nature conservation (collaboration) | Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt in co-operation with Naturschutzinstitut Freiberg u.a. |
| 2006-2007 | Findlingspark Nochten - Concept for biological-ecological investigations (collaboration) | Vattenfall Europe Mining and Generation AG in cooperation with Findlingspark Nochten and Prof. Dr. Carsten Drebenstedt, Institute of Mining and Specialised Civil Engineering |
| 08/2006-11/2006 | Workshop "Effects of land use change on the biodiversity of Hemiptera in grasslands: a pan-European perspective" (collaboration) | Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG |
| 09/2004-10/2006 | NHI 2: R+D project: Sustainability Indicator for Nature Conservation - Phase 2 (Project Management) (Indicator for Species Diversity and Landscape Quality in Germany) | Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn |
| 05/2002-12/2004 | GAT: R+D-Project: Analysis of the causes of endangerment of planning-relevant animal groups in Germany to supplement the Red Lists of endangered animals (collaboration) | Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn |
| 03/2002-01/2004 | NHI 1: R+D project: Sustainability Indicator for Nature Conservation - Phase 1 (project management) | Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn |
| 12/2001-11/2004 | R+D project "Metal(oid)transfer in potential plant biomonitors" (collaboration) | Research Centre Jülich, Inst. für Phytosphäre (Jülich) in cooperation with AG Geoökologie |
| 12/2001-05/2002 | Biological-ecological characterisation of plant protection products (collaboration) | BIONIG - Büro für Biologie und Ökologie |
| 09/1999-10/2001 09/1997-03/1998 | TAM: R+D project: Model for an overall concept for federal animal species population monitoring using the example of bird fauna (project management) | Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn |
- Cicadina - Journal of the AK Zikaden Mitteleuropas e.V.
- Since 2013 Co-Editor-in-Chief Cicadina (open access journal)
- Since 2009 Member of the editorial team
- Online journal Freiberg Ecology online (FECO)
- Since 2016 Subject Editor
- Ecological Indicators
- 09/2011 to 12/2019 Associate Editor (biodiversity indicators, terrestrial ecology, community ecology)
- since 14 October.2021: Representative of TU Bergakademie Freiberg on the Board of Trustees of the Central Saxon Theatre Foundation
- 2015 - 2019: Member of the Extended Senate of TU Bergakademie Freiberg as representative of the academic staff of Faculty 2
- 2003 - 2006: Member of the Board of the Interdisciplinary Ecological Centre (IÖZ) as a representative of the scientific staff
- 2000 - 2002: Graduate Commission of the TU Bergakademie Freiberg
- 1997 - 2002: Study Commission of the Geoecology degree programme (Diploma)
| Since Nov. 1996 | Scientific assistant at the Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg, Institute of Biosciences, Working Group Biology / Ecology |
| 1995-1996 | Professional activity as a biologist: Conception and realisation of ecological and nature conservation studies |
| March, 1995 | PhD at the Chair of Animal Ecology (University of Bayreuth): "The structure of insect communities on woody plants: The hemipteran fauna as an example for the biodiversity of hedgerow and forest edge ecosystems" |
| 1990-1995 | Scientific assistant at the Chair of Animal Ecology I in the testing and development project "Aufbau reichgegliederter Waldränder" (on behalf of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn) |
| 1983-1990 | Study of biology (University of Bayreuth), major subject zoology (specialising in animal ecology), minor subjects botany (plant physiology) and ecological chemistry/geochemistry |