Prof. Dr. Holger Kreft

Education

2007: Doctoral degree in biology (Dr. rer. nat.), summa cum laude, University of Bonn

2002: Diploma in Biology (Dipl. Biol.), major in botany, minors in zoology and geography

1996–2002: Studies in biology and geography, University of Bonn, Boston University

Professional Experience

Since 2017: Full professor (W3), Head of the Department Biodiversity, Macroecology & Biogeography, University of Göttingen

2015–2017: Associate professor (W2), Head of the Department Biodiversity, Macroecology & Biogeography, University of Göttingen

2009–2015: Junior Research Group Leader, Biodiversity, Macroecology & Conservation Biogeography, University of Göttingen

2009: Postdoctoral fellow, University of Bonn

2008–2009: Postdoctoral fellow, University of California, San Diego

2007: Postdoctoral researcher, research project “Biodiversity under Change”, Academy of Sciences and Literature, Mainz

Awards & Fellowships

2024: Member of the Academia Europaea

2015: Wissenschaftspreis Niedersachsen

2009: Wilhelm-Pfeffer-Prize for Best Paper, German Botanical Society

2008–2009: Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

2008: Postdoctoral Fellowship, German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (declined)

2006: Merian Award, German Society for Tropical Ecology

2004–2006: PhD Scholarship, Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes

2003: Alwyn Gentry Award, Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation

1998–2002: Scholarship, Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst e.V.

Professional Activities

Associate Editor: Journal of Biogeography

Reviews for journals: American Naturalist, Annals Missouri Botanical Garden, Biogeosciences, Biological Conservation, Biotropica, Conservation Biology, Diversity & Distributions, Ecography, Ecology, Écoscience, Global Ecology & Biogeography, Journal of Botany, Journal of Biogeography, Journal of Tropical Ecology, Journal of Vegetation Science, Oikos, Perspectives Plant Ecology, Evolution & Systematics, Plant Ecology, Plant Ecology & Diversity, Plant Ecology & Evolution, PNAS, Selbyana

Reviews for proposals: German Research Foundation (DFG), National Science Foundation (USA), Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF), Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), Research Council of Norway

Professional affiliations: Ecological Society of America (ESA), International Biogeography Society (IBS), Gesellschaft für Ökologie (GfÖ), Gesellschaft für Tropenökologie (GTÖ)