Peter Antkowiak
Peter Antkowiak Research Associate Chair of Forestry Economics and Forest Planning Phone: +49 761 203-3685 |
Research Interests
- Project "Determining the Insurance Value of Ecosystems (DIVES)" in Cooperation with WSL in Birmensdorf and SLF in Davos. Dynamically modeling the development of alpine protection forests under the influence of biotic and abiotic disturbances. Focus on gravitational mass movements such as avalanches and rockfall. Quantifying protection, risks and other ecosystem services. Developing management concepts for more resilient, climate-adapted protection forests.
- Other research interests:
- Image analysis for early detection of plant diseases.
- Monitoring of animal populations with camera traps.
- Ecology of arctic breeding birds and endangerment by climate change.
Education
Since 2018: Doktorand an der Professur für Forstökonomie und Forstplanung, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
2014 - 2017: M.Sc. in Environmental Sciences at the University of Freiburg. Focus on GIS, statistics and environmental modeling.
2010 - 2014: B.Sc. in Environmental Sciences at the University of Freiburg and SLU in Umeå, Sweden. Focus on conservation and wildlife ecology.
Professional Career
2017: Research Associate at the Federal Forest Research Institute (FVA) Freiburg. Literature Research on invasive tree species in Europe.
2017: Intern at the SLU in Alnarp, Sweden. Work in a research project on the early detection of plant diseases by means of UAVs and image analysis.
2014 - 2017: Research assistant at the chair of Biometry and Environmental System Analysis University of Freiburg. Processing and analysis of big ecological and spatial data sets (telemetry, GIS).
Publications
Ciuti, S., Tripke, H., Antkowiak, P., Gonzalez, R. S., Dormann, C. F., & Heurich, M. (2017). An efficient method to exploit Li DAR data in animal ecology. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 9(4), 893-904.