Ecoinformatics & Biodiversity, Department of Biological Sciences,
Ny Munkegade 114, DK-08000 Aarhus C, Denmark, Email: danielkissling
[@] web.de
I am an ecologist
with an interest in biodiversity research. Most of my work centers
on macroecology, biogeography, biodiversity conservation and global
change. I am interested in spatial, quantitative and geographic aspects
of ecology and conservation, especially in understanding biodiversity
patterns and species distributions across space and time. Currently,
I am a postdoctoral scientist with Prof.
Jens-Christian Svenning in the Ecoinformatics
& Biodiversity Research Group at Aarhus University, Denmark.
Before taking up this position, I have been working in the Ecology,
Behavior & Evolution Section at the University of California San
Diego (USA), the Community
& Macroecology Group at the University of Mainz (Germany),
and the Department of
Ecological Modelling at the UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental
Research in Leipzig (Germany).
Using an ecoinformatic
approach, I take advantage of recent gains in computing power, relational
databases, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and environmental
modelling techniques to (1) better understand the broad-scale distribution
of life on Earth, and (2) develop solutions to cross-scale environmental
problems in global change biology and conservation management. This
work requires a major interdisciplinary effort, so I address these
issues together with scientists from a variety of countries (see research
and collaborations).
I believe that a sound management of our biosphere requires a better
quantitative understanding of biological patterns and processes across
space and time, and a better transfer of ecological knowledge into
conservation management and political decision making.
