Martin Drechsler

Contact

Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ

Department of Ecological Modelling

Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig
Germany

Tel.: +49 341 235 1713
Fax: +49 341 235 1743
martin.drechsler@ufz.de    

Research

My research interests include the mathematical modelling of populations in fragmented and dynamic landscapes, the model-based ecological-economic analysis of instruments and strategies for the conservation of biodiversity, the model-based analysis of renewable energy deployment as well as mathematical optimisation and decision theory.

Currently I am involved in the following third-party funded projects:

• Ecoclimb
• BTU Research Cluster “Multifunctional Landscapes under Climate Change” (MultiLand)

Publications

Latest publications:

• Gerling, C., Wätzold, F., Theesfeld, I., Drechsler, M., Nixdorf, B., Isselstein, J., Pirscher, F., Rücker, J., Sturm, A., (2019):
  Modeling the co-evolution of natural, economic and governance subsystems in integrated agri-ecological systems: Perspectives and challenges
  Ecol. Complex. 40, Part A , art. 100792
  full text (doi)
• Drechsler, M., Surun, C., (2018):
  Land-use and species tipping points in a coupled ecological-economic model
  Ecol. Complex. 36 , 86 - 91
  full text (doi)
• Sturm, A., Drechsler, M., Johst, K., Mewes, M., Wätzold, F., (2018):
  DSS-Ecopay – A decision support software for designing ecologically effective and cost-effective agri-environment schemes to conserve endangered grassland biodiversity
  Agric. Syst. 161 , 113 - 116
  full text (doi)
• Surun, C., Drechsler, M., (2018):
  Effectiveness of tradable permits for the conservation of metacommunities with two competing species
  Ecol. Econ. 147 , 189 - 196
  full text (doi)

Complete list of publications

CV

I am a physicist by training and obtained my degree in 1991 with a thesis on superconductivity. After that I turned to ecological modelling and obtained my PhD with a thesis on stochastic metapopulation models. During a post-doc at the University of Melbourne I became familiar with population viability analysis and decision theory which eventually brought me to my current main field of research, which is ecological-economic modelling. In 2012 I obtained a doctorate degree in economics. Since 2019 I am honorary professor of ecological-economic modelling at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg.

Detailed CV

Collaboration with BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg

Much of my research is in collaboration with Frank Wätzold, Chair of Economics in particular Environmental Economics at Bradenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, where I also teach regularly.