ZEU Members
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This is an overview of all ZEU Members organized by focus areas.
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Food and Energy Systems
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Researchers within the ZEU Focus Area 1 pursue a systems approach while analysing synergies and trade-offs in the transformation towards more sustainable food and energy systems. We investigate resource use and environmental impacts, as well as the role of actors and governance systems, in a holistic way. Hence, we expand the prevailing focus of attention from food and energy producers to include other actors such as food companies, retailers, energy suppliers and, ultimately, consumers. Such a broader approach improves our understanding of current food and energy systems and highlights pathways towards a more sustainable future by going beyond a restricted sectoral view.
- Overview of members, focus area "Food and Energy Systems"
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Dr. Aliya Assubayeva
Post Doc
Water security | Public Policy
Agricultural economics
Critical Thinking
Prof. Dr. Helmut Breitmeier
Member of the Board
International Environmental Regimes
Global Environmental Governance
Challenges of Climate Change
Global Food Governance
Dr. Bente Castro Campos
Member of ZEU
Post Doc
Society & Culture | Health & Food
Environment & Natural Resources
Agricultural Markets
Nadia Combariza
Doctoral Candidate
SDG NN ProjectJust transition
Renewable Energy
Decarbonisation
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Dr. Alicia Correa
Post Doc
Water - Energy - Food - NEXUS
SDGs
Water Security
Dr. Stephanie Domptail
Member of ZEU
Post Doc
Ecological Economics
Political Ecology
Land Use Systems | Farming Systems
Social Ecological Systems
Prof. Dr. Michael Düren
Member of ZEU
Renewable Energies
Prof. Dr. Andreas Gattinger
Member of ZEU
Organic Farming Systems
Soil Functions | Greenhouse Gases
Eco-Functional Intensification
Agro-Ecology
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Prof. Solomon G. Gebrehiwot
External ZEU Member
Qualitative Social Research
Environmental Science | Water Science |
Forestry | Hydrology | Geostatistics
María Gracia Glas de Temel
Member of ZEU
Doctoral Candidate
Food & Nutrition Security
Mother & Child Nutrition
Qualitative & Quantitative
Empirical Research
Dr. Jorge Esteban Gómez-Paredes
Guest Professor
SDGNN ProjectEcological Economics
Industrial Ecology
Political Ecology
Johannes Hampp
Doctoral Candidate
Energy Transition
Renewable Energies
Connected ("smart") Systems &
Emerging Technologies
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Najibullah Hassanzoy
Senior researcher
Food and Agricultural Policies
Agricultural Development
International Trade
Agricultural Economics
Prof. i.R. Roland Herrmann
External ZEU Member
Agricultural & Food Market Analysis
Irina Hopp
Doctoral Candidate
Institutional Economics
Long-term economic growth
Development and transition economics
Dr. Irmgard Jordan
External ZEU Member
Nutrition Security
Food, Culture & Nutrition
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Nadja Kasperczyk
Researcher
Greening of Agriculture,
Sustainability assessments
Urban biological gardening
Biodiversity in value food chains
Nature education
Prof. Dr. Andreas Klinke
External ZEU Member
Governance Research | Public Policy
Analysis | International Environmental
Politics | International Relations & Global
Governance | Social Science Risk Research |
Risk Governance | Political Theory &
Philosophy of Risk & Uncertainty |
Democracy Theories
Prof. i. R. Ingrid-Ute Leonhäuser
External ZEU Member
Nutrition & Consumer Behaviour
Food & Nutrition Security &
Evaluation Research
Prof. Dr. Martin Petrick
Member of ZEU
Agriculture Policy
Structural & Organisational Change in Agriculture
Agriculture & Water Reforms in
Central Asia
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Prof. Alexander Prishchepov
External ZEU Member
Causes of land system change
remote sensing of land system change
sustainable land use
patterns, drivers and implications of agricultural development
underuse | farmland abandonment
multifunctional use of landscapesDr. Marie Reusch
Member of ZEU
Senior researcher
Feminist Political Science | Gender &
Right-Wing Extremism | Local Food Policy &
Movement | Social Inequality | Discources on
& Regulations of Motherhood
Dr. Sarah Robinson
External member of ZEU
Senior researcher
SDGNN ProjectPastoral Land Tenure
Livestock production systems
Rangeland ecology and management
Central Asia and the Caucuses
Prof. Dr. Archana Raghavan Sathyan
External ZEU Member
Climate Change Vulnerability &
Adaption Studies
Participatory Approaches
in Agricultural Extension & Rural DevelopmentAgricultural knowledge & Information System
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Prof. em. Dr. Peter Schmidt
External ZEU Member
Structural Equation |
Theory of Planned Behavior |
Values
Dr. Sandra Schwindenhammer
Member of ZEU
Senior researcher
Sustainability Transformation
(Urban) Agricultural Systems of the Future
Theories and Conflicts of Global Norms & Regimes
Governance in International Organizations
Agency & Political Authority of Private Organizations
Governance through Standards
Global Sustainability, Food and Agricultural
Governance
Dr. Irina Solovyeva
Post Doc
Ecological-Economic Interactions
Environmental Efficiency
Land Governance
Data Envelopment Analysis
Structural Equation Modelling
Katrin Strobehn
Doctoral Candidate
Water-energy-food nexus
Environmental governance
Global governance
Critical norm research
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Prof. Dr. Ramona Teuber
Member of the Board
Agricultural Economics
Food Economics
Consumer Research
Applied Econometrics
Dr. Elena Xoplaki
Member of ZEU
Climate variability and change
Extreme weather & climate events past,
present & futureAtmospherics circulation dynamics process
Understanding climate-society interactions
Climate servicesMore... More...
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Climate and Environmental Change
- Focus area "Climate and Environmental Change" 2023
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Dr. Aliya Assubayeva
Post Doc
Water security | Public Policy
Critical Thinking
Dr. Muralidhar Adakudlu
Post Doc
Climate Modelling | Climate Change
Programming | Data analysis
Lorine Behr
Doctoral Candidate
Eastern Mediterranean
Marine Heatwaves ProjectCompound Extremes
Mediterranean Ocean &
Overflow WaterClimate Modelling | Climate Change
Prof. Dr. Lutz Breuer
Spokesman of the Board
Landscape, Water &
Biogeochemical Cycles
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Jazmin Campos Zeballos
Scientific Assistant
Energy Transition | Land Use Scenarios
Climate Projections
Integrated Water Resources Management.
Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change
Dr. Bente Castro Campos
Member of ZEU
Post Doc
Society & Culture | Health & Food
Environment & Natural Resources
Agricultural Markets
Nadia Combariza
Doctoral Candidate
Just transition
Renewable Energy
Decarbonisation
Dr. Alicia Correa
Post Doc
Water - Energy - Food | NEXUS |
SDGs | Water Security
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Prof. Dr. Andreas Dittmann
Member of ZEU
Human Geography | Development
Geography | Cultural Geography
Population & Urban Geography
Human-Environment-Relations
Geographic Conflict Research
Prof. Dr. Michael Düren
Member of ZEU
Renewable Energies
Prof. (apl) Dr. Rolf-Alexander Düring
Member of ZEU
Environmental Chemistry,
Fate and Analysis of Pollutants in
Soil-Water Systems | Ecotoxicology
Dr. Edgar Espitia
Post Doc
Applied hydrometeorology
Water quality monitoring
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Yanet Díaz Esteban
Post Doc
Projection of risks for
extreme eventsAssessment of the impact of
extreme eventsStrengthening resilience
Adaptation and mitigation of
climate change impactsKalina Fonseca
Doctoral Candidate
Water Quality
Nature-based solutions for water treatment
Water pollution
Water alternative treatments
in key ecosystemsDr. Christoph Funk
Post Doc
Climate Change Vulnerability
Adaption Strategies
Energy Economics
Econometric Modelling
Prof. Dr. Andreas Gattinger
Member of ZEU
Organic Farming Systems
Soil Functions
Greenhouse Gases
Eco-Functional Intensification
Agro-Ecology
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Dr. Jorge Esteban Gómez-Paredes
Member of ZEU
Guest Professor
SDGNN ProjectEcological Economics
Industrial Ecology
Political Ecology
Dr. André Große-Stoltenberg
Member of ZEU
Post Doc
Remote Sensing | GIS | Landscape
Ecology | Ecophysiology |
Biological Invasions
Dr. Fatemeh Heidari
Senior Scientist
Developing Machine
Learning ModelsBig Data Processing
Deep Learning Techniques
Programming Languages
Dr. Michael Hübler
Member of ZEU
Senior Scientist
Climate & Energy Policy
Renewable Energies
Sustainable Resource Use
Technology Diffusion
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Dr. Suzanne Jacobs
Post Doc
Environment
Water Quality Monitoring
Water Sampling
Nadja Kasperczyk
Research assistant
Sustainability assessments of Agrosystems
greening of agriculture, urban biological gardening
biodiversity in food value chains
nature education
Prof. Dr. Till Kleinebecker
Member of ZEU
Biodiversity - Ecosystem Functioning
Ecology of South Patagonian Bogs
Ecological Application of Near Infrared
Spectroscopy | Nature Conversation,
Restoration, Monitoring | Land use &
Climate Change in West Siberia
Dr. Birgit Kleinschmidt
Post Doc
Ecology of Waterbirds
Migration Patterns | Movement Ecology
Nutrition Ecology of Waterbirds
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Prof. Dr. Andreas Klinke
External ZEU Member
(Memorial University of Newfoundland)
Governance Research
Public Policy Analysis
International Environmental Politics
International Relations & Global Governance
Social Science Risk
Research Risk GovernancePolitical Theory & Philosophy of Risk & Uncertainty
Democracy Theories
Prof. i. R. Ingrid-Ute Leonhäuser
External ZEU Member
Nutrition & Consumer Behaviour
Food & Nutrition Security &
Evaluation Research
Dr. Qing Lin
Post Doc
Machine Learning Models
Flood Forecasting
Climate Modelling
Prof. Dr. Iván Lizarazo
External ZEU Member
(Universidad Nacional de Colombia)
Earth Observation | Land Change
Remote Sensing | GIS
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Prof. Dr. Jürg Luterbacher, PhD
External ZEU Member
(WMO Chief-Scientist)
Climatology, Climate Dynamics
Climate Change
Niklas Luther
Doctoral Candidate
Compound Events | Concurrent Extremes |
Extreme Value Theory |Artificial Intelligence
& Machine Learning | Time Series Analysis
Long Memory | Structural Change
Climate Change | Climate Variability
Prof. Dr. Thilo Marauhn
Member of ZEU
Public Law
International Law
Dr. Janne Mende
External ZEU Member
Human Rights
Global Governance &
Transnationalization
International Institutions
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Pavlina Miteva-Bölter
Doctoral Candidate
Environmental Governance | Regional
Environmental Organisations |
Ecosystem Approach to Marina
an Coastral Governance
Fabian Mitze
Doctoral Candidate
GIS
Hydrology
Remote Sensing
Dr. Vladimir Otrachshenko
Post Doc
Environmental & Resource
Economics | Climate Change |Health & Population Economics
Quality of Life | Non-Market Valuation
Field Experiments | Tourism Economics
Applied Micro-Econometrics
Prof. Dr. Stefan Peters
Member of ZEU
Latin America | Peace & Conflict
Research | Natural Resource
Based Development Models |
Social Inequalities
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Viviana Quezada
Member of ZEU
Scientific assistant
Fluid Mechanics
Quality and Treatment and Environmental Engineering
Data analysis, Hydrology
Prof. Alexander Prishchepov
External ZEU Member
Causes of land system change
remote sensing of land system change
sustainable land use
patterns, drivers and implications of agricultural development
underuse | farmland abandonment
multifunctional use of landscapesProf. Petra Quillfeldt
Member of ZEU
Wild Populations of long-lived
Birds & their Responses to Changes
in Marine & Terrestrial Ecosystems
Prof. Dr. Archana Raghavan Sathyan
External ZEU member
(Kerala Agricultural University)Climate Change Vulnerability &
Adaption Studies | Participatory Approaches in
Agricultural Extension & RuRal Development |
Agricultural Knowlegde & Information System
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Dr. Sarah Robinson
External ZEU member
Pastoral Land Tenure
Livestock production systems
Rangeland ecology and management
Central Asia and the Caucuses
Prof. em. Dr. Peter Schmidt
External ZEU Member
Structural Equation
Theory of Planned Behavior
Values
Prof. Dr. Lea Schneider
Member of ZEU
Paleoclimatology Climate
Reconstruction
Dendrochronology
Volcanism & Climate
Julia Schwab
Member of ZEU
Extractivism
Energy transition
Post-fossil futures research
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Dr. Irina Solovieva
Post Doc
Ecological-Economic Interactions
Environmental Efficiency
Land Governance
Data Envelopment Analysis
Structural
Equation ModellingKatrin Strobehn
Member of ZEU
Doctoral Candidate
Water-energy-food nexus
Environmental governance
Global governance
Critical norm research
Myriam Elizabeth Vargas-Morales
External ZEU member
Doctoral Candidate
Environmental Economics
Natural &
Resources EconomicDr. Odysseas Vlachopoulos
Post Doc
Computer Engineering |
Remote Sensing and
Earth Observation |Precision agriculture
and food security |Machine Learning algorithms |
Data processing pipelines
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Prof. (apl) Dr. Rainer Waldhardt
Member of ZEU
Spatio-Temporal Scales in
Vegetation and Landscape Ecology |
Sustainable Land Use &
Rural Development
Dr. Björn Weeser
Project Manager
SDG NN ProjectHydrology | Geoinformatic
Prof. Dr. Peter Winker
Member of ZEU
Statistics | Econometrics
Dr. Elena Xoplaki
Member of ZEU
Climate Variability & Change
Extreme Weather & Climate Events
Past, Present and FutureAtmospheric Circulation Dynamics,
Process understanding
Climate-Society InteractionsClimate Services
Interdisciplinary & International
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Alumni
- Overview of ZEU Alumni 1999 - 2022
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Name
Position
Employer
Ahmed, Nomman Mirza, Dr. Executive Director (Global Trend Research & Analytics) Kynetec Aslanov, Ilhom Assistant teacher Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers Behailu, Daniel, Dr. Senior Land Governance Policy Advisor International Institute for Environment and Development (iied) Bourquain, Knut, Dr. Judge at the District Court Landgericht Berlin Chkoidze, Nino, Dr. Scientific Officer Internationales Büro, Östliche Partnerschaft, Russland, Zentralasien Claasen, Nicole, Dr. Adivsor Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Bonn Dernedde, Yvonne GIS Analyst TNL Umweltplanung Demydas, Tetyana, Dr. Inside Sales EMEA Automotive, München Diehl, Isabell Quality Manager CSL Behring Dreschl- Bogale, Susanne, Dr. Project Manager CLIFOOD Universität Hohenheim Duishonakunov, Murataly, Dr. Assistant Professor Kyrgyz National University Ellsässer, Florian; Dr. Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), Department of Natural Resources (NRS) University of Twente Fedoseeva, Svetlana, Dr. Researcher Universität Bonn Forkutsa, Irina, Dr. Junior Researcher Center for Development Research, University of Bonn (ZEF) Gast, Michael, Dr. Policy Officer, European Semester European Commission Gemmer, Marco, Dr. Counsellor, Head of Cooperation European Union Delegation to Nepal Goibov, Manucher, Dr. Regional policy and Finance advisor The Palladium Group, Americas Partnership group, Central Asia Gojenko, Boris, Dr. Monitoring and Evaluation Manager USAID Uzbekistan Gönsch, Iris, Dr. Statistisches Bundesamt Günther, Martin Mitglied des Landesvorstandes Brandenburg Die Linke Hanauer, Thomas, Dr. Geschäftsführer Büro für Hydrogeologie und Umwelt GmbH Hasanov, Shavkat, Dr. Associate Professor Samarkand branch of Tashkent State University of economics Heiny, Jennifer, Dr. Referentin Strukturentwicklung, Forschung und Transfer Philipps Universität Marburg Hong, Zhong, Dr. Management Coach Self-employed Hüller, Sarah, Dr. Koordination Netzwerk TASSO-Haustierzentralregister für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland e.V. Jordan, Irmgard, Dr. CIM Kenjabaev, Shavkatjon, Dr. Deputy Director Scientific-Information Center of the Interstate Commission for Water Coordination of Central Asia (SIC ICWC) Khakimov, Parviz, Dr. Research Collaborator IFPRI Washington D.C. King, Eliso, Dr. Researcher Anthropogeographie und Geographische Entwicklungsforschung JLU Koch, Tina Junior Advisor „Knowledge for Nutrition“ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Kötschau, Kerstin, Dr. Project Manager Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Kramb, Marc Christopher, Dr. Senior Consultant Harmonic Drive SE, Limburg Kretzer, Michael, Dr. Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter Ruhr Universität Bochum (RUB) Kruse, Karl-Wilhelm Statistiker und Datenanalyst TNS Infratest Lemke, Stefanie, Dr. Professorin Institut für Entwicklungsforschung, Universität für Bodenkultur, Wien Lüdering, Jochen, Dr. Referent Kapazitätsmanagement DB Netz AG Magiera, Anja, Dr. Sachbearbeitung Regionalplanung Landkreis Lüchow-Dannenberg Mahoozi, Hosnieh, Dr. Lehrbeauftragte Macroeconomics International Economics Frankfurt University of Applied Science Mamniashvili, Giorgi, Dr. Assistant Professor Caucasus University Merhof, Katrin, Dr. Federal Chancellery Berlin Mönnich, Christina, Dr. RSU Rating Möser, Anke, Dr. Research Director Genactis, Feldatal Müller, Steffen, Dr. Legal Advisor self-employed Niehoff, Katharina Referat Wirtschaft Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt Nugumanova, Lyazzat, Dr. Referentin ACQUIN Pawlowski, Ira, Dr. Research Officer Hochschule Offenburg Piquer-Rodriguez, Maria, Dr. Junior-Professorin FU Berlin Ponterlitschek, Lars, Dr. Chief Insurance Officer Schweizerische Exportrisikoversicherung SERV Sabitova, Saltanat, Dr. Innenministerium Kasakhstan Sahito, Jam Ghulam, Dr. Associate Professor Sindh Agriculture University, Department of Agricultural Economics Sattarov, Doniyor, Dr. Marketing und Vertrieb Salmet GmbH Schäfer, Michael High school teacher Goethe Schule Wetzlar Schmitz, Palina, Dr. Speaker, study advisor Universität Marburg Schneider, Katrin, Dr. PostDoc Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) Schoepffer, Chadidscha, Dr. Legal Requirement Engineer SINC GmbH Seeber, Christopher Project Leader Data Analysis NDT Global Sehring, Jenniver. Dr. Associate Professor IHE Delft Institute for Water Education Siehl, Achim Climate Protection Officer Stadt Marburg Staudigel, Matthias, Dr. Scientific Officer Technical University of Munich, Office for Research and Innovation Storfinger, Nina Contact person at the Bavarian location Forschungsdatenzentrum der Statistischen Ämter der Länder, Standort München/Fürth Sydygalieva, Zhamilia Owner Fat Cat Karakol Restaurant Theissen, Tim; Dr. Nature conservation authority Landkreis Lüchow-Danneberg Tilekeyev, Kanat, Dr. Research Fellow University of Central Asia Tedoradze, Giorgi, Dr. Researcher Institute of Botany at Ilia State University Umirzakov, Gulom, Dr. Post Doc Department of Hydrology, National University of Uzbekistan Wang, Run, Prof. Dr. Vice Director Institute of Urban Environment Educational Institution at Hubei University in China Werner, Laura, Dr. Post Doc FernUniversität in Hagen Wiesmair, Martin, Dr. Data Analyst parcIT GmbH, Köln Wortmann, Martin, Dr. Partner Anwaltskanzlei Jones Day in Frankfurt / Main Wortmann-Kolundzija, Eli, Dr. Former Senior Researcher ZEF, University of Bonn Zhunusova, Eliza, Dr. Scientist, Forestry Thünen Institut
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Zentrum für internationale Entwicklungs- und Umweltforschung (ZEU)
Center for international Development and Environmental Research (ZEU)Senckenbergstraße 3
D - 35390 Giessen
Originally, the elongated building in the style of the German Renaissance was a functional military building, which even to this day is called “Zeughaus”. The arsenal was erected at right angles to the Neue Schloss (New Castle) from 1586-90. The Neue Schloss itself had been built as a smaller but representative residence half a century before.
The ensemble surrounding the courtyard was completed by a stable and the revenue office. Senckenbergstraße, today’s address of the Neue Schloss, was only built around 1900, long after the ramparts had been demolished.
The symmetrical “Zeughaus” with its mighty saddleback roof and high gables with their typical scrollwork and pellets still impresses today. The little annexe next to the main portal hails from the university’s founding days in 1609: it used to be the detention room, in which rowdy and drunk students were incarcerated.
This monumental building also burned out after the bombing in December 1944. During reconstruction from 1960-1961, the state of Hesse preserved the old outline und reconstructed the facade. Windows and rooms were modernised according to their new use. Both the Neue Schloss and the Zeughaus were conveyed into the ownership of the JLU in 1957.Managing Director
Project Assistant
Project Assistant
Dr. Matthias Höher
Matthias.Hoeher@zeu.uni-giessen.de
Petra Spamer-Trapp
Petra.Spamer-Trapp@zeu.uni-giessen.de
Sabine Viehmann
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Location Plan
360° Zeugaus Building
