Diplom-Landschaftsökologin (eq. M.S. in landscape ecology)
Dr. Christine Schmitt

Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg
Institute for Landscape Management
D - 79085 Freiburg
Tel.: +49 761 203-3630
christin.schmitt landespflege.uni-freiburg.de

Professional work experience

since 2009	Assistant professor, Institute for Landscape Management, University of Freiburg
2006 - 2009	Research associate, Institute of Forest and Environmental Policy, University of Freiburg Project: “Conservation of forest biodiversity under the CBD: Options for a global network of forest protected areas"
2002 - 2006	Junior researcher / PhD student, Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn Project: " Conservation and use of wild populations of Coffea arabica in the montane rainforests of Ethiopia” (CoCE) PhD thesis: “Montane rainforest with wild Coffea arabica in the Bonga region (SW Ethiopia): Plant diversity, wild coffee management and implications for conservation”
2003 - 2005	Research stay in Ethiopia
2001 - 2002	Campaigner, Pesticide Action Network Germany (PAN), Hamburg Area of work: Agricultural pesticides, pesticide residues in food, organic farming

Educational background

1994 - 2001	Study of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster Thesis (Diplom): “Mycorrhizal specificity of three timber tree species and its importance for sustainable forest management in the tropical rain forest in South Cameroon”
1999	Research stay in Kribi, Cameroon with Tropenbos International Cameroon Programme
1996 - 1998	Exchange student, University of Wales, Bangor, UK. MSc Programme: Environmental Science