Dr. Karin Ulbrich
Address
Dr. Karin Ulbrich
Senior scientist
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Department Community ecology
Theodor-Lieser-Strasse 4
D-06120 Halle
Germany
Phone: +49 345 558 5318
Fax: +49 345 558 5329
karin.ulbrich@ufz.de
Research areas
My current fields of work are Science Communication and Citizen Science. Using my experience as an ecological modeller, I develop simulation tools and educational software for biodiversity education in the context of Education for Sustainable Development. In the course of the projects I was lucky to meet engaged educators who have been building a powerful network for project development, evaluation and dissemination.
Projects
Software
Recent publications
Ulbrich, K., Körnig, S., Lodemann, T., Eschenhagen, W., Bindel, L., Settele, J. 2013. Klima und biologische Vielfalt - erforscht mit der Lernsoftware PRONAS. MNU, 66 (3), 165-172. 
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Ulbrich K, Schweiger O, Settele J 2012. Implementing Biodiversity Research in the Classroom. International Environmental Modelling and Software Society (iEMSs). 2012 International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software. Managing Resources of a Limited Planet, Sixth Biennial Meeting, Leipzig, Germany. R. Seppelt, A.A. Voinov, S. Lange, D. Bankamp (Eds.). http://www.iemss.org/society/index.php/iemss-2012-proceedings. Reprint
Ulbrich K, Lindau A-K, Hörning C, Settele J, (Hrsg) 2011. Lebensräume von Tieren und Pflanzen simulieren - Zukunftsszenarien zum Einfluss des Klimawandels. Handreichungen zur Lernsoftware PRONAS für Schule und Umweltbildung. Pensoft Publishers Sofia-Moskau. Reprint
Ulbrich K, Schweiger O, Settele J 2010. The internet software PRONAS - from ALARM to education. In: Ulbrich K, Settele J, Benedict FF (eds) 2010. Biodiversity in Education for Sustainable Development - Reflection on School-Research Cooperation. Pensoft Publishers Sofia-Moscow.
Ulbrich K, Settele J, Benedict FF (eds) 2010. Biodiversity in Education for Sustainable Development - Reflection on School-Research Cooperation. Pensoft Publishers Sofia-Moscow. Reprint
Seidelmann K, Ulbrich K, Mielenz N (2010). Conditional sex allocation in the Red Mason bee, Osmia rufa. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 64:337-347. Reprint
Ulbrich K., Settele J. (2009). Computersimulationen und Schutz der biologischen Vielfalt verbinden. In: Brickwedde F., Bittner A.(Hrsg.) Kindheit und Jugend im Wandel! Umweltbildung im Wandel? Erich Schmidt Verlag Berlin: 443 - 450
Ulbrich K, Drechsler M., Waetzold F, Johst K, Settele J (2008). A software tool for designing cost-effective compensation payments for conservation measures.
Environmental Modelling & Software 23 (1) 122-123. Reprint
Ulbrich K., Settele J (2006)
Filling „gaps“ with a simulation tool: Understand habitat needs and species richness with ecological models
Proceedings of the GfÖ, Vol. 36, 391
Ulbrich K, Henschel, JR (2006)
Modelling reproductive strategies in social spiders Stegodyphus dumicola Pocock (Araneae: Eresidae) Journal of the Namibian Scientific Society 54, 5 – 17
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Studies of Chemical engineering, Mendelejev Institute (Moscow, Russia)
1988
Phd in Chemical engineering, Academy of Science, GDR
1989 - 1991
Biocenter, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
1992 - 1996
Department for Ecological Modelling, UFZ
1997 - 2001
Institute for Zoology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
2003 - 2005
Biocenter, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
since 2005
Department for Community Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
