Lotte Korell

Dr. Lotte Korell is a researcher at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) and the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), focusing on species interaction ecology. Her work emphasizes the impacts of climate change, land-use practices, and biodiversity dynamics in grassland ecosystems. She holds a Ph.D. (summa cum laude) from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, where she studied plant ecology and population dynamics in collaboration with UFZ. Her research integrates field experiments, functional trait analysis, and large-scale datasets to address challenges in ecosystem resilience and conservation.

Key research interests include plant population dynamics under climate change, the role of functional traits in ecological responses, and the effects of land management on biodiversity. She has contributed to global initiatives like the CoRRE Trait Data project, compiling extensive datasets on grassland species worldwide. Her work bridges experimental ecology, theoretical modeling, and applied conservation strategies.

• Education:
  • Ph.D. in Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (2015), summa cum laude
  • Master’s in Biology, University of Hamburg (2011), excellent
  • Bachelor’s in Biology, University of Hamburg (2008), good

Dr. Korell collaborates extensively with international teams, including the Spatial Interaction Ecology working group (led by Prof. T. Knight). Her studies often involve large-scale field experiments to assess how climate variability and land-use intensity influence grassland resistance and recovery. Recent work highlights thresholds of ecological change and strategies to close gaps between global biodiversity targets and national implementation efforts.

Her research group explores experimental approaches to understanding community assembly, plant-plant interactions, and the functional ecology of seedlings under changing environmental conditions. Despite no explicitly listed awards, her contributions to high-impact publications and collaborative projects underscore her significant scholarly influence.