Niko Roßkopf
Niko Roßkopf, Geographer
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Project: AllWet RES: Alliance for Wetlands – Research and Restoration
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Dissertation: Soil functions of mires and peatlands and their relevance for the soil carbon household
Scientific focus: Soil science, landscape ecology
Personal Dates
Date and place of birth: June 6, 1979 in Berlin
Education
since 2010
PhD-Student at the Division of Soil Science and Site Science at the Faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture at the Humboldt-Universität of Berlin
Dissertation topic: Soil functions of mires and peatlands and their relevance for the soil carbon household
2001 - 2008
Studies in Physical Geography, Environmental Management and Agriculture Science at the Humboldt Universität of Berlin and Freie Universität Berlin.
Diploma thesis: Carbon release potential of percolation and paludification mires.
Work Experiences
since 2012
Research Assistant in the Project "Alliance for Wetlands – Research and Restoration" at the Division of Soil Science and Site Sciences at the Faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture at the Humboldt-Universität of Berlin
2012
Research Assistant in the Project "Moosgrün" at the Division of Soil Science and Site Sciences at the Faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture at the Humboldt-Universität of Berlin
2009 - 2012
Research Assistant in the Project "Organic Soils-Acquisition and development of methods, activity data and emission factors for the climate reporting under LULUCF/AFOLU”
1998 - 1999
Community service at „Deutsches-Herzzentrum“ in Berlin
Internships
10/2006 - 12/2006
Internship in Dano (Burkina Faso) in the field of agricultural and environmental research (funded by the DAAD)
07/2005 - 09/2005
Internship in Prishtina (Kosovo) in the Waste Management Section of the Kosovo Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning (funded by the DAAD)
Memberships