Projects
Current main projects
BioDiverCities: Social-ecological drivers of urban biodiversity and nature's contributions to people: new approaches to understand and manage urban ecosystems
This project focuses on understanding how social-ecological drivers impact biodiversity patterns, ecological processes, and nature's contributions to people in urban environments. Access
Role: PI
Funder: Swiss National Science Foundation Postdoc Mobility Program.
Funding: 104'000 CHF
Projects I Participate in
PAPPUS: Plants and People in Urban Systems - How human and biophysical factors jointly shape biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people in cities
This project aims to understand plant-people interactions in urban green spaces. Access
Role: Postdoc / research staff
Funder: Swiss National Science Foundation Synergia Program
CityBees
This project researches bee diversity and nutrition under urban heat stress. Access
Role: Postdoc / research staff
Funder: DFG
StreuWiKlim
This project investigates traditional orchard meadows under climate change. Access
Funder: Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Ernährung, Landwirschaft und Forsten
Other projects
BumbleDiets
In this project, we investigate how different are diet breadth and nutrient intake between urban and rural bumblebees
BumbleGenes
In this project, we investigate genetic structure and adaptation in urban and rural bumblebees
MUTAAN
In this project, we study the spatial distribution of multifacet diversity of five arthropod groups and their spatial missmatch with protected areas in Switzerland
Past projects
BIOVEINS. Connectivity of green and blue infrastructures: living veins for biodiverse and healthy cities
Urban biodiversity across European cities. Access
Duration: 2017-2021
Role: PhD/ research staff
Funder: H2020 Biodiversa+.
Funding: 136,522 CHF
City4Bees
Protecting wild bees in urban ecosystems and Switzerland.
Duration: 2019-2023
Role: co-PI with Marco Moretti
Funder: Federal Office for the Enviroment (BAFU), Ernst Göhner Stiftung.
Funding: 160'000 CHF
CitStadtbaume der Zukunft
Evaluation of the research possibilities of the future urban forest in Zürich.
Duration: 2020
Role: Research staff
Funder: Stadt Zürich / Grün Stadt Zürich .
Funding: 10'000 CHF