Lukas Baumbach
Lukas Baumbach Chair of Forestry Economics and Forest Planning Phone: +49 761 203-3800 |
Research interests
- Environmental suitability modelling for tree species, climate change projections, forest growth modelling, economic valuation of ecosystem goods and services
Education
since 2018: PhD candidate at the Chair of Forestry Economics and Forest Planning, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
2014 - 2017: M.Sc. in Environmental Science at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
2011 - 2014: B.Sc. in Geography at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Professional career
since 2016: Research associate at the Chair of Forestry Economics and Forest Planning, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
2016: Intern at Öko-Institut e.V. Energy and Climate Division, Freiburg
2016: Intern and guest researcher at Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
2013: Intern at German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ)
Current projects
- "Economic implications of climate change induced tree species distribution shifts on the provisioning of forest ecosystem goods and services in Central America" (funded by DFG)
- workshop organisation "Young Modellers in Ecology"
Publications
Baumbach, L., Niamir, A., Hickler, T. & R. Yousefpour (2019) Regional adaptation of European beech (Fagus sylvatica) to drought in Central European conditions considering environmental suitability and economic implications. Regional Environmental Change (2019): 1-16. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-019-01472-0
Baumbach, L., Siegmund, J.F., Mittermeier, M. & R. Donner (2017) Impacts of temperature extremes on European vegetation during the growing season. Biogeosciences 14(21): 4891-4903. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-4891-2017