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Biology / Ecology working group

Prof. Dr Hermann Heilmeier

Clemens-Winkler-Bau, Room 69
Leipziger Straße 29, 09599 Freiberg

+49 3731 39-3208
hermann [dot] heilmeier [at] ioez [dot] tu-freiberg [dot] de (hermann[dot]heilmeier[at]ioez[dot]tu-freiberg[dot]de)

Offene, vegetationsarme Sandfläche auf der Spülhalde Davidschacht
TUBAF

Research interests

  • Resource allocation in plants of different life forms
  • Nutrient balance of plants
  • Adaptations of plants to water shortage
  • Population ecology of plants of isolated sites
  • Biodiversity and (nitrogen) fluxes in ecosystems
  • Ecology of post-mining landscapes
  • Phytoremediation and phytomining

.)fluxes in ecosystems

  • Ecology of post-mining landscapes
  • Phytoremediation and phytomining

Editor-in-chief for FLORA

Co-Editor-in-Chief at Freiberg Ecology online (FECO)

Studies and professional career

Since Oct. 2023Scientific employee of the Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg, Institute of Biosciences, Working Group Biology / Ecology
1999-2023Head of the Working Group Biology / Ecology of the IÖZ now Institute of Biosciences (TU Bergakademie Freiberg)
1998-1999Priv.Lect. at the Chair of Plant Ecology (University of Bayreuth), Teaching assignment for the lecture "General Biology" for chemistry students (TU Chemnitz)
1996-1998Representation of the professorship for biology at the Interdisciplinary Ecological Centre (IÖZ) (TU Bergakademie Freiberg)
1995-1997Senior assistant at the Institute of Soil Science and Site Ecology of the Faculty of Forest, Geo and Hydrosciences (TU Bergakademie Freiberg)
1995-1997, Geo- and Hydrosciences (TU Dresden)
1995Completion of the habilitation procedure for the subject Botany (University of Bayreuth): "Gas exchange, growth and water utilisation of Prunus dulcis under arid conditions"
1989-1995Scientific assistant at the Chair of Plant Ecology (University of Bayreuth)
1988PhD at the Chair of Plant Ecology (University of Bayreuth): "Das Wachstum einer biennen Pflanze unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Bedeutung von Stickstoff am Beispiel von Arctium, Compositae"
1982/1983Diplomarbeit (University of Bayreuth): "The relationship between carbohydrate gain and carbohydrate distribution in Arctium tomentosum"
1976-1982Study of Biology (University of Munich and Bayreuth)