Jacqueline Loos

Prof. Jacqueline Loos is a landscape sustainability scientist and Junior Professor leading the 'Sustainable Use of Natural Resources' group at Leuphana University's Institute of Ecology. She holds a Robert Bosch Junior Professorship (2018) and has held roles as Senior Lecturer at Georg-August University Göttingen and postdoctoral researcher at Leuphana. Her work focuses on interdisciplinary research in social-ecological systems, ecosystem services, and human-environment interactions.

Education:

• PhD in Natural Sciences (summa cum laude), 2015: Landscape Ecology at Leuphana
• MSc (Diplom) Environmental Sciences (1.3), 2010: Ecology/Nature Conservation/Chemistry at Leuphana

Research Interests: Integrating ecological and social dimensions to address sustainability challenges. Key areas include biodiversity responses to human activity, ecosystem service valuation, and agro-ecological systems. She advocates for practical applications of sustainability concepts through interdisciplinary collaboration.

Awards:

• Robert Bosch Junior Professorship 2018 (Research into Sustainable Use of Natural Resources)

Team & Affiliations: Leads a multidisciplinary team including researchers like Ines Alonso-Crespo, Thorsten Assmann, and Martin Theuerkauf. Collaborates across institutions within the School of Sustainability and beyond.