Steffen Wolters
Dr. rer. nat., Dipl.-Biologe, M. Sc.
Senior researcher
Unit Vegetation history
Tel.: +49 4421 915-147
Publications
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3727-1982
Curriculum vitae
| since 12/2002 | Research associate at NIhK |
| 1996 - 2002 | Research associate at the chair of botany, Potsdam University |
| 2002 | PhD Graduate at Potsdam University. Thesis: Vegetationsgeschichtliche Untersuchungen zur spätglazialen und holozänen Landschaftsentwicklung in der Döberitzer Heide (Brandenburg) |
| 1997 | Master of Science, National University of Ireland, University College Galway |
| 1996 | Diploma, Potsdam University. Thesis: Palynological investigations into vegetation history of the Ferch Hills southwest of Potsdam (Mire Langes Fenn near Kemnitzerheide) |
| 1990 - 1996 | Study of Biology at Potsdam University, University College Galway (Ireland) and at Technical University Berlin |
Research priorities
| • | Vegetation history of Northwest Europe |
| • | Bog and lake development in north-western Germany |
| • | History of cultivated plants |
Current research topics
| • | Impact of prehistoric and pre-industrial land use on lake systems in northwestern Germany |
| • | Multy-proxy analyses towards the reconstruction of Late- and Post-Glacial development of the Fehmarn Belt/Baltic Sea |
| • | Palaeoecological investigations of submarine peat profiles towards the reconstruction of early Holocene sea level rise in the southern North Sea |
| • | Makroanalytical investigations on mesolithic find assemblages of the excavation Friesack (Brandenburg) with special emphasis on the history of Urtica kioviensis ROGOW. |
| • | Pollen analytical investigations on the vegetation- and settlement history of Bosnia-Herzegowina (Seoce Jezero in the Visoko basin, Bosnia, elevation 630 m) |
Memberships, honorary offices
| • | Speaker of the Taxonomy Support Group by European Pollen Database |