Dr. Katharina Tiebel
Core research areas
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Regeneration ecology of tree species
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Pioneer tree species
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Adaptation of forests to climate change
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Reforestation strategies of disturbed areas in climate change
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Development of silvicultural management strategies
Curriculum
| 2024-2025 | Research Associate at the Chair of Forest Botany and Forest Zoology, Institute of Forest Zoology at TU Dresden |
| since 2024 | Head of the Hetzdorf experimental and teaching site (VLO) |
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since 2020 |
Research Associate at the Chair of Silviculture and Forest Protection, Institute of Silviculture and Forest Protection at TU Dresden |
| 2014-2020 | Doctorate in the Department of Forest Sciences at TU Dresden, degree: Doctor rerum silvaticarum (Dr. rer. silv.) Dissertation topic: "The ability of pioneer tree species to mitigate the ef-fects of site disturbance by fast and effective natural regeneration" |
| 2017-2019 | Research Assistant at the Chair of Silviculture, TU Dresden, in the research project: "Investigations on regeneration dynamics and disturbance regime in deciduous forests of Northeast Germany" (Agency for Renewable Resources - FNR) |
| 2011-2014 | Master's degree in Forest Science at the TU Dresden, degree: Master of Science in Forestry (M. Sc.) Topic of the master's thesis: "Investigation of the quality of selected beech(Fagus sylvatica L.) pre-cultivation areas under spruce canopy(Picea abies (L.) Karst.)" |
| 2013 | Student Assistant at the Chair of Forest Biometrics and Systems Analysis, TU Dresden, in the field of statistical analyses |
| 2013 | Tutor at the Chair of Forest Zoology, TU Dresden, in the Bachelor and Master program |
| 2008-2011 | Bachelor's degree in Forestry at the TU Dresden, degree: Bachelor of Science in Forestry (B. Sc.) Topic of the bachelor thesis: "Investigation of the effect of different seed pretreatment methods on the germination and seedling development of Phellodendron sachalinense (Fr. Schmidt) Sarg." |
Projects
| 2025-2027 | Dead pure spruce stands of medium age - potentials of deadwood management (Agency for Renewable Resources - FNR) |
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2021-2024 |
Investigations on the natural reforestation potential of storm-damaged areas using pioneer tree species with regard to changing site conditions in climate change (Fachagentur für nachwachsende Rohrstoffe - FNR) |
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2020-2021 |
Synopsis of the adaptations of large state enterprises to climate change (Fachagentur für nachwachsende Rohrstoffe - FNR) |
| 2016 |
Study on the seed dispersal of selected, isolated willow mother trees in the Thuringian Forest (ThüringenForst AöR) |
| 2015 |
Study on the seed dispersal of willow species on selected calamity areas in the Thuringian Forest (ThüringenForst AöR) |
Research stay
| 2017 |
Research stay at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Forest Sciences in Umeå and at Svartberget Field station in Vindeln (Unit for Field-based Forest Research) |
Prizes and scholarships
| 2019 |
GfÖ Poster Award 2019 of the Society for Ecology (Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland) |
| 2019 |
Graduation scholarship of the Graduate Academy of the TU Dresden |
| 2017 | Short research fellowship of the Graduate Academy of the TU Dresden |
| 2014-2017 |
Doctoral scholarship from the German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU) |
Invited talks
| 25.11.2025 |
WISTUPIO - Investigations on the natural reforestation potential of storm-thrown areas using pioneer tree species with regard to changing site conditions in climate change. FNR seminar series forest theme afternoons "Dealing with calamity areas and calamity wood", online |
| 13.06.2024 | Basics of natural succession after damaging events. ANW excursion on the targeted, near-natural reforestation of damaged areas with the inclusion of natural succession, Lüdenscheid |
| 29.02.2024 |
Potentials and limits of natural regeneration of pioneer tree species on open spaces. 19th Eberswalde Forest Colloquium on 29.02.2024, Eberswalde |
| 20.09.2023 | Investigations on the natural reforestation potential of storm-thrown areas using pioneer tree species with regard to changing site conditions in climate change. Federal Congress of Forestry Associations. How can reforestation succeed?, Berlin |
| 25.07. 2023 | Succession - Potential and contribution to the reforestation of damaged areas. Conference on "Ecological reforestation", Marienstatt |
| 29.04.2023 |
Natural forest development after large-scale damage. |
| 09.07.2022 | Natural forest development under current climatic changes. Forest Change Days Harz, Braunlage |
| 05.11.2020 | Pioneer tree species management on calamity areas - role of pioneer tree species and their natural regeneration potential in climate change. 11th Arnsberg Forest Forum, Arnsberg |