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Sessions 3：Life Sciences
Bernhard Schmid
Character introduction
Teaching and research, positions
2010-2018 Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Full professor. Biodiversity research, Population and Conservation biology, Environmental science; building up the new institute by joining previous Institute of Environmental Sciences with zoology institutes; teaching, supervisor of Diploma and PhD theses; curricula development and coordination.
2012-2014 Directorate of Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies.
2013-2014 Visiting Professor, Institute of Botany, Beijing, Chinese Academy of Sciences Visiting Professorship for Senior International Scientists.
2013- Co-director of University Research Priority Program “Global Change and Biodiversity”
2014-2016 Dean of the Faculty of Science, University of Zurich
2018- Department of Geography and University Research Program Global Change and Biodiversity, University of Zurich.
Awards and prizes
1999-2005 Twelfth-best European plant scientist according to publication analysis in Lab Times.
2007 ISI highly cited researcher.
2009- Guest professorship Peking University.
1996-2007 Sixth-best European ecologist according to publication analysis in Lab Times.
2005-2011 13-th-best European plant scientist according to publication analysis in Lab Times.
2013-2014 Chinese Academy of Sciences Visiting Professorship for Senior International Scientists.
2016, 2017 ISI highly cited researcher.
2010-2018 Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Full professor. Biodiversity research, Population and Conservation biology, Environmental science; building up the new institute by joining previous Institute of Environmental Sciences with zoology institutes; teaching, supervisor of Diploma and PhD theses; curricula development and coordination.
2012-2014 Directorate of Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies.
2013-2014 Visiting Professor, Institute of Botany, Beijing, Chinese Academy of Sciences Visiting Professorship for Senior International Scientists.
2013- Co-director of University Research Priority Program “Global Change and Biodiversity”
2014-2016 Dean of the Faculty of Science, University of Zurich
2018- Department of Geography and University Research Program Global Change and Biodiversity, University of Zurich.
Awards and prizes
1999-2005 Twelfth-best European plant scientist according to publication analysis in Lab Times.
2007 ISI highly cited researcher.
2009- Guest professorship Peking University.
1996-2007 Sixth-best European ecologist according to publication analysis in Lab Times.
2005-2011 13-th-best European plant scientist according to publication analysis in Lab Times.
2013-2014 Chinese Academy of Sciences Visiting Professorship for Senior International Scientists.
2016, 2017 ISI highly cited researcher.
Topic: The Value of Biodiversity in Forest Restoration for Climate Mitigation and Ecological Intensification of Agriculture
Abstract In natural ecosystems different plant species coexist and contribute to biomass production and other services. However, for almost 200 years forest scientists and agronomists believed in the advantage of monocultures over mixtures. Still today there is a belief that one can either maximize productivity or biodiversity, and that intensive forestry and agriculture cannot be combined with sustainability and conservation. I will show with case studies that this belief is wrong and that huge gains could be made for carbon storage and climate mitigation if afforestation practices would be changed from monoculture to mixture plantings and similarly that biodiversity strategies would allow ecological intensification of agriculture, increasing yields and sustainability at the same time. To achieve these benefits, and scale them to relevant coverage, large research efforts are required in experimental plant ecology and breeding for increased mixture yields.
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