Dr. Francois Jost

Scientific researcher (Technische Universität Dresden)
Institute of International Forestry and Forest Products /  Chair of Tropical Forestry  (Germany)

Elaboration, coordination and implementation of a project for developing and introducing multimedia techniques and e-learning tools in the Master Program “Tropical Forestry”. The aim is to strengthen the teaching capacity through the integration of various digital teaching and learning forms, thereby enabling a more differentiated and individualized impartation and reception of learning contents (in English & German).

Scientific supervisor (Centre for International Postgraduate Studies of Environmental Management)
UNEP/UNESCO/BMUB Environmental Management Program / Technische Universität Dresden

Supervision of two short term researches in “Community based sustainable forest management” & “International and traditional practices for water resources management” (in English).

Guest lecturer (Centre for International Postgraduate Studies of Environmental Management)
UNEP/UNESCO/BMUB Environmental Management Program / Technische Universität Dresden

• Topic: Climate change adaptation, forestry and rural development (in English).

Scientific researcher (Technische Universität Dresden)
Institute of International Forestry and Forest Products /  Chair of Tropical Forestry  (Germany)

Coordination and supervision of a project for enhancing the institutional prestige and visibility of the Chair of Tropical Forestry under the internationalisation strategy including bridging courses, social media and blogging and E-learning material. Design and development of an E-learning (blended) module on Rehabilitation and restoration of degraded Landscapes for the Master course Tropical Forestry given (in English).

Parental leave

Scientific researcher / Voluntary work
Chico Mendes Institute of Biodiversity Conservation (Brazilian Ministry of Environment) (Brazil)

• Project management: Combating the spreading of invasive neophytes (in Portuguese).

Research assistant (Technische Universität Dresden)
Institute of International Forestry and Forest Products /  Chair of Tropical Forestry  (Germany)

• Support with teaching assignments and preparation of 10 courses - in BSc and MSc degrees (in English & German). Support in the supervision of 14 Master theses and 1 Bachelor thesis.  
• Supervisor for the joint European MSc programme in Sustainable Tropical Forestry (SUTROFOR) in the E-learning module “Preparing Field Work in the Tropics” and the field module “Joint Summer School” (in English & French).
• Elaboration of project proposals and participation in “International Network on Climate Change (INCA) – Understanding adaptation and mitigation strategies of Andean people” and  “Teaching module development on biodiversity management in Latin American universities based on socio-economic field laboratories” projects (in English & Spanish).

Research assistant (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen)
Departments of ‘Tropical Silviculture and Forest Ecology’ and ‘Forest Genetics and Forest Tree Breeding’ (Germany)

Forest management consultant
CANDES - (Associated consultants in nature and development) (Peru)

• Support in the elaboration of the management plan of the Tahuamanu forest concession (in Spanish).

Consultant / Scientific authority
CITES - UNALM (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna and Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina) (Peru)

• Verifying the condition of the Mahogany and the Cedar in the rainforest concessions of Ucayali and Madre de Dios (in Spanish).

Monitor and guide
Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina  (Peru)

• VIII Latinamerican Congress of Students of Forestry (in English & Spanish).

Teacher assistant ( National Agrarian University, La Molina) 
Forestry Sciences Faculty (Peru)

• Forest Harvesting course (in Spanish).

Manager Assistant
Wintergreen Resort (Virginia, USA)

• Virginia’s Premier Blue Ridge Mountain Resort (in English).

Research assistant / Voluntary work
Program of Sustainable Development of the Mountain Ecosystems in Peru  (Peru)

• Inventory of the cloud forest and diagnose of the conservation situation of the Mijal watershed (in Spanish).

Research assistant / Voluntary work
M.Sc. Andreas Schwyzer (Peru)

• Evaluation of the forest characteristics and design and application of an enrichment strip planting model / Private tropical mountain rainforest (in Spanish).

Research assistant / Voluntary work
Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina  (Peru)

• Evaluation of agroforestry and nursery fields as well as the evaluation of forest plantations and primary forests in a cloud forest ecosystem (in Spanish).

E-Teaching Certificate
Multimedia Center, Technische Universität Dresden (Germany)

• Successful participation in three E-teaching courses (Basic principles of E-teaching, E-teaching in the University, E-teaching: Theory-to-practice transfer)

Doctoral degree in Forestry Sciences (Dr. rer. silv.)
Trees in the Andes: Sustainable livelihood strategies for risk reduction
Institute of International Forestry and Forest Products, Technische Universität Dresden (Germany)

Master of Tropical and International Forestry
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen  (Germany)

Bachelor in  Forest Engineering
Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina   (Peru)

• Upper third of the Faculty of Forestry

Elementary and High School
Colegio Franco Peruano   (Peru)