Former Team Members

Dr. Katja Rath

Division of Social Sciences
Department of Environmental and Planning Law
Working Group Energy
Working Group Governance and Institutions


Helmholtz Centre
for Environmental Research − UFZ
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig, Germany


Curriculum Vitae

2013 - 2014

Research fellow at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department of Environmental and Planning Law

2011 – 2013

Instructor at TERRA Environmental Research Institute, Miami

2008 – 2009

Visiting Scholar at University of Miami, School of Law

2007 – 2010

Ph.D. Student at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department of Environmental and Planning Law (Topic of Dissertation: The Protection of Biodiversity in Gene Technology Law)

2006 – 2007

Tutor at Juristisches Repetitorium Hemmer, Leipzig, Halle, Dresden

2005 – 2007

Second Legal State Examination; Completion of the Legal Clerkship at County Court in Leipzig with rotation at the Regional Council Leipzig (pollution control), Maslaton Associates (Environmental Law), German Consulate General Miami / USA 

2005

First Legal State Examination at University of Leipzig


Publications

Rath, Katja (2012), Der Schutz der Biodiversität im Gentechnikrecht unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Risikokontrolle gentechnisch veränderter Pflanzen, Dissertationsreihe des Helmholtz Zentrums für Umweltforschung, 2012-2

Rath, Katja; Köck, Wolfgang (2009): The Invasiv Potential of Genetically Modified Plants and the Control of Biodiversity Risks through Genetic Engeneering Law. In: Bleeker/Hurka (Ed.): Biological Invasions and Phytobiodiversity. Impacts and Options, Staperfeld 2009, p. 32 et sqq. (only in German language)

Rath, Katja (2009): The location of release within the meaning of the first indent of Article 25(4) of Directive 2001/18/EC. Comment on Case C-552/07, Journal for European Environmental and Planning Law (JEEPL) 2/2009, S. 271-275.

Köck, W.; Bovet, J.; Gawron, T.; Hofmann, E.; Möckel , S.; unter Mitarbeit von Katja Rath (2007): Effektivierung des raumbezogenen Planungsrechts zur Reduzierung der Flächeninanspruchnahme. Forschungsvorhaben FKZ 203 16 123/01 im Auftrag des Umweltbundesamtes. UBA-Texte 1/07, Berlin.