Dr. Katja Skibbe
Core research areas
- Rejuvenation ecology (flowering, fructification, germination, establishment)
- Establishment and maintenance of ecologically valuable forest edges
- Silviculture in climate change
- Vitality of old beech trees
- Development of adaptive plant cultivation methods in climate change
Curriculum
| since 10/2015 |
Research Associate at the Chair of Silviculture, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, TU Dresden |
| 1/2010 - 8/2013 | Research Associate at the Chair of Forest Growth at the Faculty of Environmental Sciences, TU Dresden Dissertation: "Development of a yield estimator for short rotation willow stands", defense in February 2016 |
| 4/2009 - 12/2009 | Research assistant at the Competence Center for Forest and Forestry in Graupa |
| 09/2001 - 12/2008 | Studied forestry at the TU Dresden in Tharandt Degree: Diplom-Forstwirt Thesis topic: Effect of transplanting and root pruning on mortality, vitality, sprouting and growth of European beech(Fagus sylvatica L.) |
Projects
| 11/2022 -10/2027 | Silviculture in climate change: Methods for the conversion of existing stands to climate change-friendly forests (WAIKLIM) |
| Development of an estimation method for the rapid and practical determination of yield performance in short rotation willow stands | |
| Development of an estimation method for the rapid and practical determination of yield performance in short-rotation poplar stands | |
| 4/2009 - 12/2009 | Characterization and conservation of Lusatian lowland spruce in the run-up to the Nochten opencast mine |
Lectures
| 01.10.2024 | New ways in forest plant propagation (Conference of the Silviculture Section, 30.9.-2.10.2024 Ludwigslust) |
| 21.06.2024 | Alternative breeding methods for the cultivation of climate change and site-adapted tree species (Working Group of German Palace Administrations AGDS, annual conference 20-22.06.2024 in Bad Muskau) |