Kathrin Kiehl
Professor of Vegetation Ecology and Botany at Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences
Main research areas: Restoration ecology, influence of land use on vegetation, success monitoring in nature conservation
Prof. Dr. Kathrin Kiehl has been a professor at Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences since 2007 and teaches (among other things) in the joint Master's degree program "Soil, Water, Contaminated Sites" at Osnabrück University and Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences. After completing her Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel (1997) and habilitation (vegetation ecology) at the TU Munich (2006), she completed her habilitation in geography at Osnabrück University in 2016.
Kathrin Kiehl is a member of the editorial boards of the journals Restoration Ecology and Tuexenia.
From 2006 to 2012 she was Secretary and until 2014 Board Member of SER Europe, the European section of the Society for Ecological Restoration.
Development of a biodiversity strategy for the city of Osnabrück and implementation of exemplary measures (StadtnaturOS)
Duration: 02/2024 - 01/2030
Funded by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) with funds from the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)
DaLLî - extensive green roofs in urban landscapes as a habitat for insects
Duration: 2020 - 31.05.2024
funded by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) with funds from the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)
Pilot project to assess the climate and nature conservation potential of ecological peatland restoration for the introduction of MoorFutures® in Lower Saxony - scientific support
Duration: 1.6.2022 - 28.02.2024
funded by the Niedersächsische Landesforsten A.ö.R., Forest and Environment Department, Development and Innovation School
Completed research projects
Sustainable. Productive. Vibrant. Green fingers for a climate-resilient city
Duration: 2018 - 2021
Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (funding priority: sustainable land management)
Roobi - Development of innovative processes for the creation of multifunctional extensive green roofs
Duration: 2017 - 2020
Funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
Optimization of methods for the establishment of perennial flower strips with native wild plants
Duration: 2015 - 2020
Funded by the state of Lower Saxony (Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection)
Zukunft Lebensraum Stadt - Urban agriculture as a contribution to the sustainable development of the city
Duration: 2014 - 2019
Funded by the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences
Vegetation monitoring in the nature reserve "Silberberg"
Duration: 2011 - 2021
Funded by the district of Osnabrück
UrbanRest - urban restoration with native plant material
Importance of near-natural revegetation methods for the restoration of urban-industrial habitats
Duration: 2014 - 2018
Funded by the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture (MWK), Research Professorship FH program (!)
Urban interventions - impulses for livable urban spaces in Osnabrück
Duration: 2014 - 2017
Funded by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety as a pilot project of the National Urban Development Policy
SASCHA: Sustainable land management and adaptation strategies to climate change in the West Siberian grain belt
Duration: 2011 - 2016
Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (funding priority: sustainable land management)
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ProSaum - Ecological and economic optimization of methods for the enhancement of fringe communities in productive agricultural landscapes
Duration: 2010 - 2014
Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (funding line: FHprofUnt)
Investigation of permanent vegetation areas to improve soil conditions and avoid vegetation damage at major events on agricultural land using the example of the Wacken Open Air
Duration: 2011 - 2014
Funded by the German Federal Environmental Foundation
Vegetation studies in large lysimeters at the central landfill Piesberg (Osnabrück)
Duration: 2013 - 2014
Funded by the Osnabrücker ServiceBetrieb
Dynamization of the Danube floodplains between Neuburg and Ingolstadt - Influence of hydrological and geomorphological changes on aquatic and riparian vegetation
Duration: 2009 - 2013
Funded by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation with funds from the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
Influence of environmental factors and population characteristics on the survival of the endangered subendemic species Gentianella bohemica
Duration: 2007 -2012
Funded by the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes (doctoral scholarship) and the research pool of Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences (funding of genetic studies in 2009)
Studies on the population ecology of Legousia speculum-veneris (common lady's smock) in the district of Osnabrück
Duration: 2012
Funded by the nature conservation foundation of the district of Osnabrück
- Born in 1964
- One-year internship in an Osnabrück horticultural company (ornamental plant cultivation)
- Studied biology (diploma) at Osnabrück University and the Christian-Albrechts-University (C.A.U.) Kiel.
- Research assistant at the Botanical Institute of the C.A.U. Kiel in the BMU project "Ecosystem Research Wadden Sea Schleswig-Holstein". Development of recommendations for salt marsh utilization and salt marsh protection in the national park.
- Research assistant in the "Laboratory of Plant Ecology" at the University of Groningen (Netherlands), investigating interactions between plants and animals in salt marshes.
- 1997: Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences of the C.A.U. Kiel. Dissertation topic: "Vegetation patterns in foreland salt marshes as a function of grazing and abiotic site factors".
- Vegetation ecology and soil science studies within the EU project "Wetlands Ecology and Technology" (WET) at the Danish "National Institute of Environmental Research" (NERI) in Silkeborg and at the Department of Limnology at Lund University, Sweden.
- Research assistant at the Chair of Vegetation Ecology at the Technical University of Munich. Research in the field of restoration ecology, population ecology and conservation biology in cooperation with nature conservation authorities and associations.
- 2006: Habilitation (Vegetation Ecology) at the Weihenstephan Science Center for Nutrition, Land Use and Environment at the Technical University of Munich.
- Since 2007: Professor of Vegetation Ecology and Botany at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Landscape Architecture at Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences.
- 2014 - 2018: Research professorship as part of the Lower Saxony Research Professorship Program (FH!).
- 2016: Rehabilitation at the Institute of Geography at Osnabrück University.
- 2016: Awarded the Lower Saxony Science Prize