Anja Rammig

Prof. Anja Rammig is a Professor at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), holding the Chair of Land Surface-Atmosphere Interactions within the TUM School of Life Sciences. Her research focuses on understanding how terrestrial ecosystems respond to environmental changes such as climate and land-use shifts. She employs integrated model-based and observational approaches to study processes like plant responses to drought, aiming to inform climate change mitigation strategies.

• Education: B.Sc./M.Sc. in Biology (Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg) and Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences (ETH Zurich, 2006).
• Professional Journey: Postdoctoral roles at the SLF Davos, Lund University, and PIK, before joining TUM as Assistant Professor in 2015 and advancing to full Professor.

Her research emphasizes modeling ecosystem dynamics under climate extremes, with particular attention to the Amazon rainforest, European forests, and boreal landscapes. Key themes include CO2 fertilization effects, phosphorus cycling limitations, and the interplay between vegetation and atmospheric processes. She leads interdisciplinary projects like AmazonFACE, a large-scale CO2 enrichment experiment.

Publications span topics from drought impacts to model development, with a focus on global carbon cycle projections and ecosystem resilience. Her work bridges ecology, climatology, and policy, contributing to climate-smart forestry strategies and biodiversity conservation frameworks.