Dr. Holger Fischer
Curriculum vitae
Professional internship:
October 1987 to March 1988:
State Forestry Administration of Lower Saxony
Studies:
April 1988 to May 1993:
Studied forest sciences at the Georg-August University in Göttingen
Main focus of studies: "Biology and forest ecology"
Diploma thesis at the Institute of Silviculture (Head: Prof. Dr. B. von Lüpke): "Development of ground vegetation on femel areas in Solling"
Professional activity:
June 1993 to April 1998:
Research Associate at the Institute of Temperate Silviculture and Forest Ecology of the Faculty of Forestry in Göttingen (Head: Prof. Dr. B. von Lüpke).
EU project "Production of Quality Wood from Broadleaves" (Coordination: Prof. Dr. A. Dohrenbusch)
Responsible for the sub-project "Nutrient Dynamics, Stand Component and Growth on Former Agricultural Land"
Dissertation:
"First afforestation of arable land - stand establishment, growth and ecology in case studies"
Rigorosum in April 1998 with subject combination forest ecology, ecological soil science, forest pathology
June 1998 to May 2000:
Trainee in the forestry administration of Saxony-Anhalt,
Term of office in the Eastern Harz (Wippra forestry office)
Site and biotope mapping and forest management in the Altmark (Flechtingen Forestry Office)
Regional Council Halle/Saale
Ministry Magdeburg
State examination: May 2000
May 2000 to October 2000:
Independent biotope mapper in the project "Spatiotemporal dynamics of vegetation change in the course of changing environmental conditions" (University of Göttingen, Prof. Dr. W. Schmidt)
October 2000 to November 2002:
Research Associate at the Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Process Engineering at the Brandenburg University of Technology in Cottbus (Chair of Soil Protection and Recultivation, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. R. Hüttl).
Scientific and administrative coordination of the "Application-oriented research project for the optimization of recultivation measures in Lower Lusatia" (ANFOREK) supported by Vattenfall Europe Mining AG (formerly LAUBAG) in Senftenberg/Cottbus
Responsible for the BMBF project = "Comparative humus-ecological studies on the conversion of coniferous stands into near-natural pure and mixed deciduous forest stands in the north-east German lowlands" in the BMBF funding priority "Future-oriented forest management".
Since December 2002:
Senior Academic Associate at the Chair of Silviculture of the Faculty of Forest, Geo and Hydrosciences of the TUD Dresden University of Technology in Tharandt.
List positions:
2002: 1st place on the list for the Junior Professorship "Forest Ecology" at the Institute of Silviculture at Georg-August University in Göttingen
2008: 2nd place on the list for the W3 Chair of Silviculture at the University of Applied Forest Sciences in Rottenburg
2009: 2nd place on the list for the W2 Chair of "Dendrology + Arboriculture" at Erfurt University of Applied Sciences
2015: 2nd place on the list for the W2 Chair "Vegetation and Soil Science and Nature Conservation" at the HAWK Göttingen
Publications