Falk Huettmann

Falk Huettmann is an Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology at the Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks. His work spans Alaska, Russian Far East, and Tropical Ecology, focusing on conservation of biodiversity, predictive GIS modeling, and spatial aspects of population viability analysis.

• Education: PhD in Forestry from the University of New Brunswick (2001); M.Sc. in Forest Science from the University of Munich (1992-1993); Thesis work at University of Freiburg (1991-1992)
• Research Themes: Wildlife Ecology, Seabirds, GIS Modeling, Conservation Biology, Machine Learning, Climate Change Impacts
• Key Achievements: Over 350 publications, 9 books, and extensive open-access data sharing. Pioneered digital workflows for species distribution modeling using big data and cloud computing.

Huettmann’s scientific awards include the Killam Scholarship and the Robert Schuman Scholarship. His teaching includes courses in Wildlife Habitat and Landscape Ecology, Biogeography, and Environmental Modeling. He founded email listservers for Corel Draw and Pacific Marbled Murrelets, emphasizing collaborative digital tools.