Dr. Ralf-Uwe Syrbe
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Leibniz Institute of Ecological and Regional Development Weberplatz1
01217 Dresden
Germany

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Tornaer Straße 72
01239 Dresden
Germany
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Editorial Board: LANDSCAPE ONLINE

Curriculum Vitae

• married, two children
• Diploma Physical Geographie
• Doctor of Geoecology

Professional life

• since 2009: Researcher at the IOER   -   Projects:
                  LÖBESTEIN
                  Landscape Saxony 2050
                  Landscapa management strategy Saxony und
                  Transnational Ecological Networks (TransEcoNet),
  
• since 2008: Lecturer at the Hochschule Anhalt (FH) Bernburg
                  bachelor degree course Nature protection and landscape planning
                  Subject: Landscape ecology
  
• 2008-2009 Researcher at the Landschaftsforschungszentrum Dresden
               
• 2008-2009 Teacher for geographiy and mathematics at the St. Benno-Gymnasium Dresden
  
• 1994-2007 Researcher at the Saxon Academy of Sciences
                  Working group "Natural balance and regional characteristics"
• 1993-1994 Researcher at the Environmental Research Center Leipzig-Halle,
                  Project: "Regeneration and sustainable land use
                  of high stressed ecosystems (Landscapes) - the agglomeration
                  Leipzig-Halle-Bitterfeld as model region"

Study

• 1990-1993 Doctoral study of Geoekologie at the University Potsdam,
                  Dissertation: "Landscape evaluation in the Oberspreewald"
  
• 1989-1990 School practice in Belzig
• 1985-1990 Study of geography and mathematics in Potsdam
                  Diploma thesis: "Investigations of soil nitrogen metabolics in the
                  Sewage farms of Güterfelde near Berlin"

School

• 1978-1982 Humboldt high school Leipzig, Abitur
• 1970-1978 Grammar school in Leipzig

Research interests and competencies

• Ecosystem services
• Analysis and scenarios of landscape change
• Landscape structure metrics
• Remote sensing andn G.I.S.
• Landscape structure analysis (Landscape metrics)
• Soil survey and mapping
• Artificial intelligece (esp. fuzzy logic)

Working groups

• IALE WG Landscape Structure
• Working group Soil Geography
• VGDH-working group Theory and Quantitative Methods in Geography
• VGDH-working group Geography and Nature Protection

Miscellaneous

• 1982-1985 Conscription in Sondershausen und Halle
• IT-knowledge: Windows, Unix, Administration, Office, HTML
• Languages: English, Russian, French
• Honorary office: International Association for Landscape Ecology (Treasurer)
• Honorary office: Landschaftsforschungszentrum Dresden (EC)
• Hobbys: music (Prohlis Gospel Singers)