Jan Kalusche

Jan Kalusche is a Researcher and PhD student at the Department of Global Change Ecology, School of Ecology, University of Würzburg, Germany, focusing on functional and phylogenetic diversity of birds on islands under Prof. Dr. Christian Hof since 2024.

His educational background includes:

• MSc in Landscape Ecology (2016–2020) from Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, investigating sea level rise impacts on waders.
• BEng in Landscape Development (2011–2015) from Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences.

His research integrates biodiversity, ornithology, and climate science to analyze anthropogenic impacts on island and coastal avian ecosystems using trait-based modeling. Key areas include spatio-temporal diversity patterns, glacial refugia effects, and sea level rise consequences for bird habitats.

Recent publications reveal global drivers of bird diversity on islands and quantitative assessments of Wadden Sea habitat loss, demonstrating methodological innovation in macroecology and conservation biology.

He actively disseminates findings through international conferences including iDiv 2024 and Island Biology 2023.

As part of the Hof Research Team, he contributes to the department's mission in global change ecology through collaborative field and modeling studies.