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Steffen Wolters

Dr. rer. nat., Dipl.-Biologe, M. Sc.

Senior researcher
Unit Vegetation history

Tel.: +49 4421 915-147

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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)

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