Selina Baldauf

Selina Baldauf is a Researcher and Scientific Programmer at the Tietjen Group (Theoretical Ecology) within the Biology Department at Freie Universität Berlin. Her work focuses on ecohydrological modeling and the ecological role of biological soil crusts in dryland ecosystems. She holds a PhD focused on 'Multiscale effects of biological soil crusts on dryland hydrology' as part of the Collaborative Research Centre 973 'Priming and Memory of Organismic Responses to Stress'.

Research Interests:

• Quantifying impacts of biological soil crusts on hydrological patterns
• Modeling community dynamics under climate change scenarios
• Evaluating landscape-scale ecological consequences of environmental shifts

Her technical contributions include developing computational workflows and IT infrastructure to support large-scale ecological modeling projects. She collaborates with institutions like Fernando T. Maestre's team and actively participates in interdisciplinary research initiatives addressing global change impacts in dryland ecosystems.