Shirin Mahmoodi

Dr. Shirin Mahmoodi is a HIDA scholar at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) in the Department of Community Ecology, located in Halle (Saale), Germany. She works within the Ecosystems of the Future research program under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Ingolf Kühn and Dr. Sonja Knapp, who serve as co-heads of the department.

Her research focuses on community ecology, with particular emphasis on biodiversity, ecosystem dynamics, and environmental change. The department's work spans multiple research working groups including Macroecology of Animal Communities, Macroecology & Vegetation Science, Molecular Ecology, and Global Change Experimental Research. Dr. Mahmoodi's position as a HIDA scholar indicates her involvement in data-intensive research within environmental sciences.

The Department of Community Ecology at UFZ is part of the broader research structure investigating human impacts on ecosystems and developing solutions for sustainable environmental management. The department collaborates extensively with iDiv (German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research) and participates in multiple interdisciplinary research initiatives focused on understanding ecological communities and their responses to global change.