Curriculum vitae
| since 2018 | Research professorship for "Climate change and ecosystems" |
| since 2015 | Head of the research Institute of Ecology and Landscape (IÖL) |
| 2014 | Nomination as member for the nature conservation advisory board at the Bavarian Ministry of Environment (Naturschutzbeiräte in Bayern - StMUV) |
| 2011-2013 | Coordinating lead author for IPCC: chapter 2 of the 2013 wetlands supplement. |
since 2011 | Full Professor: Chair of Vegetation Ecology, Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences |
2005-2011 | Senior scientist at the Chair of Vegetation Ecology, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany. Leader of the "Global Change Ecology" research group. |
2002-2005 | Post-Doc at the Chair of Plant Ecology, University of Bayreuth, Germany. |
2001 | Research stay at the Universidade Federal de Rio Grande do Sul, Departamento de Ecologia, Porto Alegre, Brazil. |
2001 | Secretary and Scientific Manager of the 44th IAVS-conference, Freising, Germany: Vegetation and Ecosystem Functions. |
1998-2001 | Scientist at the Chair of Vegetation Ecology, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany. PhD-project: "Trace gas exchange and climatic relevance of bog ecosystems, Southern Germany". |
1997 | Researcher at the GAF (Gesellschaft für angewandte Fernerkundung), Munich, Germany. Project: Remote sensing for the control of EU-subsidies for German farmers. |
1995-2000 | Leader of the Research and Planning Project "Ecological planning for the conservation of natural resources in the Municipio Guama, Sierra Maestra, Cuba". |
1994-1995 | Employee at the environmental planning agency "Haase & Söhmisch" in Freising, Germany. |
1993 | Graduation as Dipl.-Ing. Landespflege (Landscape Ecology) at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany: Thesis "Planning of protected areas in Costa Rica contribution from the Cordillera de Talamanca". |
Research topics
- Mitigation and adaptation in the landuse sector, specifically on peatlands – organic soils.
- Synthesis of peatland EFs over broader scales: Germany and EU. Development of methodologies for national reporting of GHG-exchange of organic soils for Germany.
- GHG-exchange measurements in peatlands/organic soils : Development of new chamber-techniques, application of Eddy-Covariance and Gas-Chromatography.
- GHG-exchange modelling: Development of databased and process-oriented modelling procedures.
- Scaling peatland GHG-Emissions for Landuse and Landuse Change: Modelling with landuse intensity, watertable and vegetation via a scaleable 3D model for the quantification of human induces changes in GHG-balances.
- Assessment of peatland rewetting and restoration practices in terms of GHG-exchange, water-balance and biodiversity.
Selection of running research projects
- Pelatlands of the alps (2019-2021): Identification of the state of knowledge for an assement of the ecological functions *climatic relevance* and *biodiversity*
- KlMoBay (2019-2022): Climate Mitigation and Adaptation-Potentials in Peatlands of Bavaria
- ICOS (2010-2030): Integrated Carbon Observation System: Responsability for a German ICOS-peatland-site (Mooseurach).
- MOORuse (2016-2021): Development and assessment of alternative landuse-practices (paludiculture) for mitigation in peatlands
- MOORadapt (2016-2020): Adaptation of fen-peatlands to climate change in Bavaria.
- more than 20 research projects since 2005; overall funding of 9 Mio Euro.
Selection of publications
see as well research Gate
https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/36500566_Matthias_Droesler
Tiemeyer, Bärbel & Freibauer, Annette & Borraz, Elisa & Augustin, Jürgen & Bechtold, Michel & Beetz, Sascha & Beyer, Colja & Ebli, Martin & Eickenscheidt, Tim & Fiedler, Sabine & Förster, Christoph & Gensior, Andreas & Giebels, Michael & Glatzel, Stephan & Heinichen, Jan & Hoffmann, Mathias & Höper, Heinrich & Jurasinski, Gerald & Laggner, Andreas & Drösler, Matthias. (2020). A new methodology for organic soils in national greenhouse gas inventories: Data synthesis, derivation and application. Ecological Indicators. 109. 10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.105838.
Heintze, G., Eickenscheidt, T., Schmidhalter, U., Drösler, M. (2017): Influence of soil organic C content on the greenhouse gas emission potential after application of biogas residues or cattle slurry, Pedosphere 27(5): 807–821, 2017
Drösler M. (2016): Klimawandel und Landschaftsplanung, In: Riedel, W., Lange, H., Jedicke, E., Reinke, M. (Hg.): Landschaftsplanung, 3. Auflage / Berlin / Springer Berlin / Springer Spektrum , S.429-441. ISBN 978-3-642-39854-4
Tiemeyer, B., Albiac Borraz, E., Augustin, J., Bechtold, M., Beetz, S., Beyer, C., Drösler, M., Ebli, M., Eickenscheidt, T., Fiedler, S., Förster, C., Freibauer, A., Giebels, M., Glatzel, S., Heinichen, J., Hoffmann, M., Höper, H., Jurasinski, G., Leiber-Sauheitl, K., Peichl-Brak, M., Roßkopf, N., Sommer, M. and Zeitz, J. (2016): High emissions of greenhouse gases from grasslands on peat and other organic soils. Glob Change Biol, 22: 4134–4149. doi:10.1111/gcb.13303
Metzger, C., Heinichen, J., Eickenscheidt, T., and Drösler, M.: Impact of land use intensity on the relationships between vegetation indices (NDVI, LAI), photosynthesis and biomass of intensively and extensively managed temperate grassland fens, Grass and Forage Science, 1–14, doi: 10.1111/gfs.12223, 2016.
Eickenscheidt, T., Heinichen, J. & Drösler, M.: The greenhouse gas balance of a drained fen peatland is mainly controlled by land-use rather than soil organic carbon content. Biogeosciences, 12, 5161-5184, doi:10.5194/bg-12-5161-2015, 2015.
Metzger, C., Jansson, P.-E., Lohila, A., Aurela, M., Eickenscheidt, T., Belelli-Marchesini, L., Dinsmore, K. J., Drewer, J., van Huissteden, J., and Drösler, M.: CO2 fluxes and ecosystem dynamics at five European treeless peatlands – merging data and process oriented modeling, Biogeosciences, 12, 125-146, doi:10.5194/bg-12-125-2015, 2015.
Hommeltenberg, J., Mauder, M., Drösler, M., Heidbach, K., Werle, P., & Schmid, H. P. (2014). Ecosystem scale methane fluxes in a natural temperate bog-pine forest in southern Germany. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 198, 273-284, DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2014.08.017, 2014.
M. Abdalla, A. Hastings, M.J. Bell, J.U. Smith, M. Richards, M.B. Nilsson, M. Peichl, M.O. Löfvenius, M. Lund, C. Helfter, E. Nemitz, M.A. Sutton, M. Aurela, A. Lohila, T. Laurila, A.J. Dolman, L. Belelli-Marchesini, M. Pogson, E. Jones, J. Drewer, M. Drösler and P. Smith (2014): Simulation of CO2 and attribution analysis at six European peatland sites using the ECOSSE model. Water, Air and Soil Pollution Vol. 225, No. 11, 2182, 2014.
Hoffmann, M., Jurisch, N., Borraz, E. A., Hagemann, U., Drösler, M., Sommer, M., & Augustin, J. (2014): Automated modeling of ecosystem CO2 fluxes based on periodic closed chamber measurements: a standardized conceptual and practical approach, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 200, 30-45, DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2014.09.005, 2014.
Hommeltenberg, J., Schmid, H. P., Drösler, M., and Werle, P.: Can a bog drained for forestry be a stronger carbon sink than a natural bog forest?, Biogeosciences, 11, 3477-3493, doi:10.5194/bg-11-3477-2014, 2014. Homepage
Leppelt, T., Dechow, R., Gebbert, S., Freibauer, A., Lohila, A., Augustin, J., Drösler, M., Fiedler, S., Glatzel, S., Höper, H., Järveoja, J., L\ae rke, P. E., Maljanen, M., Mander, Ü., Mäkiranta, P., Minkkinen, K., Ojanen, P., Regina, K., and Strömgren, M.: Nitrous oxide emission hotspots from organic soils in Europe, Biogeosciences Discuss., 11, 9135-9182, DOI:10.5194/bgd-11-9135-2014, 2014.
Eickenscheidt, T., Heinichen, J., Augustin, J., Freibauer, A., and Drösler, M.: Nitrogen mineralization and gaseous nitrogen losses from waterlogged and drained organic soils in a black alder (Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn.) forest, Biogeosciences, 11, 1–16, DOI:10.5194/bg-11-1-2014, 2014.
Eickenscheidt, T., Freibauer, A., Heinichen, J., Augustin, J., and Drösler, M.: Short-term effects of biogas digestate and cattle slurry application on greenhouse gas emissions affected by N availability from grasslands on drained fen peatlands and associated organic soils, Biogeosciences, 11, 6187-6207, doi:10.5194/bg-11-6187-2014, 2014.
Matthias Drösler, Louis V. Verchot, Annette Freibauer, Genxing Pan, Christopher David Evans, Richard A. Bourbonniere, Jukka P. Alm, Susan Page, Fahmuddin Agus, Kristell Hergoualc'h, John Couwenberg, Jyrki Jauhiainen, Supiandi Sabiham, Changke Wang, Nalin Srivastava, Laura Borgeau-Chavez, Aljosja Hooijer, Kari Minkkinen, Nancy French, Tara Strand, Andrey Sirin, Robert Mickler, Kevin Tansey and Narasimhan Larkin (2013): DRAINED INLAND ORGANIC SOILS (chapter 2). In: 2013 SUPPLEMENT TO THE 2006 IPCC GUIDELINES FOR NATIONAL GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORIES: WETLANDS; Methodological Guidance on Lands with Wet and Drained Soils, and Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment. 339 pp. IPCC 2013, pages 2.1-2.76, Homepage Full-Report
Matthias Drösler, Lena Schaller, Jochen Kantelhardt, Manuel Schweiger, Daniel Fuchs, Bärbel Tiemeyer, Jürgen Augustin, Marc Wehrhan, Christoph Förster, Lindsey Bergmann, Alois Kapfer und Gerd-Michael Krüger (2012): Beitrag von Moorschutz- und -revitalisierungsmaßnahmen zum Klimaschutz am Beispiel von Naturschutzgroßprojekten. Natur und Landschaft, 87, Heft 02, pp 70-76, OP-978-3-00-153144-5
Chojnicki, B.H., Michalak, M., Acosta, M., Juszczak, R., Augustin, J., Droesler, M. & Olejnik, J. (2010) Measurements of carbon dioxide fluxes by chamber method at Rzecin wetland ecosystem in Poland. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies,19, 283-291.
Fest, B.J., Livesley, S.J., Drösler, M., von Gorsel, E. & Arndt, S.K. (2009) Soil-atmosphere greenhouse gas exchange in a cool, temperate Eucalyptus delegatensis forest in south-eastern Australia. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 149, 393-406.
Drösler, M., Freibauer, A., Christensen, T. & Friborg, T. (2008) Observation and status of peatland greenhouse gas emission in Europe. In: Dolman, H., Valentini, R. & Freibauer, A. (eds) The Continental-Scale Greenhouse Gas Balance of Europe. Ecological Studies, 203, 237-255.
Broad expertise in international cooperation
- 1991-1993: Planning of protected areas - Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica.
- 1995-2000: Ecological planning for the conservation of the natural resources in Sierra Maestra, Cuba.
- 2001 - Grasland-management-cooperation with UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brasil.
- 2006-2010: EU-Project GREENFLUX. 2010-2013: EU-Project GHG-Europe – Task 2.1 Peatland synthesis.
- 2011-2013 IPCC coordinating lead author.
- 2019-2021 Peatlands in the alps