ZEU February 2026


Climate & Environment	Land Use	One Health

The research activities of the ZEU are based on thematic/methodological priorities. These represent the research interests of the members of the ZEU and are defined by them. Each research focus involves two graduate members of the ZEU from different disciplines. As a rule, a graduate member may be involved in more than one focus area. For more information click on the images.



Prof. Christian Albrecht Department of Animal Ecology & Systematics (JLU)	Dr. Aliya Assubayeva Assistant Professor at Nazarbayaev University, Astana (Kazhakstan)	Julio Alvarez Doctoral Candidate Scholarship holder SDG Nexus Network Project	Prof. Helmut Breitmeier Department of Political Science (JLU) Member of the Board PI SDG Nexus Network Project


Prof. Lutz Breuer Chair of Landscape, Water and Biogeochemical Cycles (JLU) Spokesman of the ZEU Board PI SDG Nexus Network Project	Dr. Alicia Correa ZEU Research Associate SDG Nexus Network Project	Gayathry Damarla Doctoral Candidate Scholarship holder SDG Nexus Network Project	Dr. Sadeq Darrab ZEU Research Associate MedEWSA Project


Dr. Stéphanie Domptail Professorship of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Policy (JLU)	Prof. i. R. Michael Düren Retired professor	Prof. Rolf-Alexander Düring Professorship of Soil Recources (JLU)	Gulnara Djunushalieva Kyrgyz Scientists' Community, Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan)


Yanet Díaz, PhD ZEU Research Associate (currently on parental leave)	Begaiym Emileva Project Research Associate SDG Nexus Network Project	Kalina Fonseca Associate professor Universidad Técnica de Cotopaxi (Ecuador)	Prof. Andreas Gattinger Head of the Professorship of Organic Farming (JLU)


Solomon Gebrehiwot, PhD Water and Land Resource Centre, Adis Abeba (Ethiopia)	María Gracia Glas de Temel Doctoral Candidate, Professorship of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Policy (JLU)	Jorge Gómez-Paredes, PhD Novia University of Applied Sciences, Finland	Dr. André Große-Stoltenberg Division of Landscape Ecology and Landscape Planning (JLU) SDG Nexus Network Project


Prof. i.R. Roland Herrmann Retired professor	Prof. Christian Herzig Chair of Business Administration in the Food Economy and Agribusiness	Dr. Michael Hübler Professorship of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Policy (JLU)	Prof. Suzanne Jacobs Chair of Land Use Systems with Focus on Agroforestry (JLU) PI SDG Nexus Network Project


Prof. Till Kleinebecker Division of Landscape Ecology and Landscape Planning (JLU)	Prof. Andreas Klinke Memorial University of Newfoundland (Canada)	Prof. Ingrid-Ute Leonhäuser Retired professor	Prof. Iván Lizarazo Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá SDG Nexus Network Project


Prof. Min Liu Guest Professor SDG Nexus Network Project	Jalal Mansouri Doctoral Candidate Scholarship holder SDG Nexus Network Project	Dr. Janne Mende Researcher at Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law	Dr. Pavlina Miteva-Bölter ZEU Academic Manager


Dr. Muhammad Muzammil Assistant Executive Engineer (University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan)	Prof. Martin Petrick Head of the Professorship of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Policy (JLU) PI SDG Nexus Network Project PI Trans-Livestock	Prof. Stefan Peters Chair of Peace Studies (JLU) SDG Nexus Network Project	Prof. Alexander Prishchepov Aarhus University (Denmark) SDG Nexus Network Project


Prof. Petra Quillfeldt Behavioral Ecology and Ecophysiology (JLU)	Dr. Sarah Robinson Freelancer	Marcellin Rwibutso Department of Animal Ecology & Systematics (JLU)	Rahat Sabyrbekov, PhD OSCE Academy in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan)


Dr. Archana R. Sathyan Kerala Agricultural University, India	Prof. em. Peter Schmidt Retired professor	Prof. Lea Schneider Climate-environment-human relationships (JLU)	Prof. Sandra Schwindenhammer Professorship in Social Science Sustainability Research with a focus on Sustainable Food Systems (JLU)


Nagima Shukurbekova Doctoral Candidate SDG Nexus Network Project	Palwinder Singh Student assistant SDG Nexus Network Project	Katrin Strobehn ZEU Doctoral Candidate	Adriana Sumba Naula Doctoral Candidate Scholarship holder SDG Nexus Network Project


Prof. Ramona Teuber Head of the Professorship of Agricultural and Food Market Analysis (JLU) Member of the Board PI SDG Nexus Network Project	Munguntuul Ulziibaatar Doctoral Candidate Scholarship holder SDG Nexus Network Project	Prof. Rainer Waldhardt Division of Landscape Ecology and Landscape Planning (JLU)	Dr. Eli Wortmann-Kolundzija Freelancer


Dr. Björn Weeser ZEU Academic Manager SDG Nexus Network Project PI HydroCrowd Project	Dr. Tabo Zadoki Chair of Landscape, Water and Biogeochemical Cycles (JLU)