M. Karl Wantzen

Mail

karl.wantzen@univ-tours.fr

 Holding MSc, PhD and Habilitation in biology with specialisation on ecology of aquatic ecosystems and wetlands. Actual position of a Professor in Aquatic Ecology, Universit‚ Fran‡ois Rabelais, Tours, France and visiting professor in the MSc. and PhD course in Ecology and Conservation of Biodiversity, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Over 20 years working experiences in the tropics, especially in South America (Brazil, Argentina, Colombia). Co-responsible for the Mastercourse IMACOF GEMAC (Ecological River Management) and the establishment of the Master Course Engineering Sciences for Sustainable Aquatic Ecosystem Management, planning and co-ordination of research activities, build-up of laboratories. Co-ordinator of several integrated international research projects. Specialist in running water ecology, aquatic biodiversity, conservation, organic matter processing and foodwebs in the aquatic-terrestrial interface, and sustainable management and restoration of rivers and wetlands. Author of a significant number of scientific publications. Editor and co-editor of international scientific journals and books, including the series Aquatic Biodiversity in Latin America. Academic teaching experiences on the field of aquatic ecology and restoration. Supervision of a large number of  MSc and PhD studentsthis

Employment record
since 2010 Professor in Aquatic Ecology, Universit‚ Fran‡ois Rabelais, Tours, France.
2009   Co-ordinator for Ecohydrological Research within the organizing team for the Excellence Cluster Hydrosphere,  Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
2002 Scientific assistant and Assistant professor, University of Konstanz, Germany (fellowships by the German Science foundation DFG)
1993 Research fellow, Max Planck Institute of Limnology, Ploen, Germany and Executive coordinator, Pantanal Ecology Project at the Federal University of Mato Grosso, Brazil (funded by the German Ministry of Research, BMBF)

Education and academic titles
2007 Habilitation thesis, on "Aquatic-terrestrial interactions in tropical riverscapes"
1997 Doctorate thesis on "Influence of man-made siltation on habitat structure and invertebrate communities of Cerrado Streams" (summa cum laude)
1992 Diploma thesis on "The hyporheic zone of the Rhine River, applying the freeze coring technique in diving chambers"
1987-1992 Study of Biology at the universities of Mainz and Konstanz, Germany