Current research project
Centre for Alpine Forest Management (external link, opens in a new window)
Dr. Janika Kerner
- E-mail address: janika.kerner(at)ur.de (opens your email program)
- Location: WN E4._2.317
Main research interests:
- Effects of climate and land use change on insect abundance and diversity and specifically on life history traits of butterflies
- Altitudinal gradients as a predictive model for the impact of climate warming on insects, plants and ecosystem functions
- Effects of forest management in the Alps on insect communities
History:
| Period | Activity |
|---|---|
| since 04/2026 | Postdoc at the Chair of Conservation Biology at the University of Regensburg |
| since 02/2026 | Coordinator of the Centre for Alpine Forest Management and assistant professor at the Department of Ecoclimatology, Technical University of Munich |
| 08/2025 | Member of the teaching staff for the module "Alpine Ecology" at the Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology (Zoo III), University of Würzburg |
| 05/2025-08/2025 | Freelance consultant for butterfly mapping in the Bavarian Alps and Prealps |
| 10/2023-03/2025 | Postdoc at the Chair of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology (Zoo III), University of Würzburg |
| 01/2019-11/2023 | Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) at the University of Würzburg - Thesis: "The impact of climate change on alpine insects, examining butterflies as indicator group" |
| 10/2016-01/2019 | M.Sc. Environmental Planning and Engineering Ecology, Technical University of Munich - Thesis: "Determining factors for local fragmentation patterns of the South American tropical rainforest using the example of Sumaco Biosphere Reserve, Ecuador" |
| 10/2011-09/2016 | B.Sc. Landscape Architecture and Planning, Technical University of Munich - Thesis: "Succession of near-natural calcareous grasslands in the regulated floodplain of the Upper Isar and review of grazing as a maintenance measure" |