Research Department Life Science Systems

The Research Department Life Science Systems (LSS) investigates natural and used systems from an ecosystem perspective, including social and economic aspects - for example in the forestry and agricultural sectors.
Department Head
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wilhelm Weisser
Chair for Terrestrial Ecology
Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2
85354 Freising
Phone: +49.8161.71.3495
E-Mail: wolfgang.weisser[at]tum.de
Projects:
Dept. ÖkoMgmt (2010–2023)
- DFG FOR 1451 (2010–2018) Exploring Mechanisms underlying the Relationship between Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning [link]
- BMBF GeoArchives SPACES (2013–2018) Signals of Climate and Landscape Change preserved in Southern African Geoarchives [link]
- StMUV München (2014–2018) Bayerische Landschaften im Klimawandel – Kohlenstoff- und Stickstoffmobilität in Landschaften im Umbruch auf Basis kolluvialer und alluvialer Prozesse [link]
- DFG MAD Soil FOR 2179 (2015–2018) Microaggregates: Formation and turnover of the structural building blocks of soils [link]
- BMBF (2015–2021) BonaRes-Zentrum für Bodenforschung [link]
- BMBF (2015–2021) BonaRes: SUSALPS Sustainable use of alpine and pre-alpine grassland soils in a changing climate [link]
- BMBF (2015–2021) BonaRes: sustainable subsoil management - Soil3 Subsoil functions: Abiotic properties of subsoils [link]
- Waldklimafonds (2016–2019) Alpenhumus [link]
- Belmont Forum & BMBF CLIMAX (2016–2020) Climate services through knowledge co-production: A Euro-South American initiative for strengthening societal adaptation response to extreme events [linkg]
- DFG SPP 1991 (2017–2020) Taxon-OMICS - New approaches for discovering and naming biodiversity [link]
- FP7-ERA-Net & BLE FOREXCLIM (2017–2020) Forests and extreme weather events: Solutions for risk resilient management in a changing climate [link]
- StMBKWK (2018–2023) Blick in die Zukunft (BLIZ): Wechselwirkungen zwischen Gesellschaft, Landnutzung, Ökosystemleistungen und Biodiversität in Bayern bis 2100 [link]
News from the research projects – Scientists provide insight into their work
The valORTree project at the TUMmesa research infrastructure:
Find out about research on climate change and its effects on the forest ecosystem.
The Amazon FACE-Project:
Explore the impact of climate change on the rainforest.Professors
- Aquatic Systems Biology
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Geist - Atmospheric Environmental Research
Prof. Dr. Hans Peter Schmid - Ecoclimatology
Prof. Dr. Annette Menzel - Ecosystem Dynamics and Forest Management in Mountain Landscapes
Prof. Dr. Rupert Seidl - Forest and Agroforest Systems
Prof. Dr. Peter Annighöfer - Forest Growth and Yield Science
Prof. Dr. Hans Pretzsch - Forest Management
Prof. Dr. Thomas Knoke - Forest Nutrition and Water Resources
Prof. Dr. Axel Göttlein - Geomorphology and Soil Science
Prof. Dr. Jörg Völkel - Land Surface-Atmosphere Interactions
Prof. Dr. Anja Rammig - Organic Agriculture and Agronomy
Prof. Dr. Kurt-Jürgen Hülsbergen - Plant Biodiversity
Prof. Dr. Hanno Schäfer - Plant-Insect Interactions
Prof. Dr. Sara Leonhardt - Population Genetics
Prof. Dr. Aurélien Tellier - Restauration Ecology
Pof. Dr. Johannes Kollmann - Soil Science
Prof. Dr. Ingrid Kögel-Knabner - Strategic Landscape Planning and Management
Prof. Dr. Stephan Pauleit - Terrestrial Ecology
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Weisser - Urban Productive Ecosystems
Prof. Dr. Monika Egerer