Maria Langhammer

Dr. Maria Langhammer is a Researcher at the Department of Ecological Modelling, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) in Leipzig, Germany. Since April 2018, she has held a Research Associate position, and since July 2019, she has coordinated the Helmholtz Interdisciplinary Graduate School for Environmental Research (HIGRADE). Her work focuses on simulating biodiversity responses to land-use changes, particularly in agricultural landscapes, and evaluating policy instruments like the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). She holds a PhD in Ecological Modelling from Universität Potsdam (2019), where her thesis explored biodiversity responses to land-use mosaics.

Education: Biology studies (Diploma, 2009–2012) at University of Greifswald and Freie Universität Berlin. Her research integrates agent-based modelling, spatial analysis, and policy evaluation to address ecological and socio-economic challenges.

Research interests include agricultural landscape simulation, bioenergy impacts on biodiversity, and computational tools for ecological forecasting. She has contributed to projects such as the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) and the HIGRADE graduate school.