About the professorship
The professorship for forest technology researches, develops and teaches in the field of tension between people, nature and technology. She looks back on a long tradition at the oldest German forest faculty in Tharandt. Prof. Erler has held the professorship since 1992 and is building a bridge to the future with research on the systematic penetration of forest processes and their optimization as well as with the development of solutions for the ecologically compatible use of forest technology.