Steffen Herrmann
Professional Experience
May-August 2005
University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, Canada: Research Assistant “Mass loss and nutrient dynamics of coarse woody debris after 21 years in three Rocky-Mountain coniferous forests”
Since August 2004
University of Freiburg, Insitute of Silviculture: Research Assistant
Feb-July 2004
CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products, Hobart, Australia – Forest Health Group: General lab and field work assistant
Oct 2001-April 2002
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich, Institute of Wood Sciences) Research Assistant: project development "Detection of decay in trees using wave propagation (sound, radar)"
Education
September 2001
Forestry Engineer (“Diplomforstwirt”), Technical University (TU) Dresden;
(reinforcement study “Forest Ecosystem Management” + diploma project: “Use of sound velocity and drilling resistance to evaluate simulated defects in Norway spruce“ ETH Zurich)
Internships:
1998
Nationalpark Hainich, Thuringia, Germany Public Relations + Wildcat-Project (BUND and University of Göttingen)
1997
University of Washington “Forest Field Ecology and Practical for International Students”