About myself - Dr. Thomas Spiegelberger

Professional career

since 2012 Research Scientist (CR), Irstea, Grenoble, France
2006 - 2011 Research Scientist (CR), Cemagref , Grenoble, France
2009 - 2011 Scientific collaborator at EPFL, Laboratory ECOS, Lausanne, Switzerland
2006 Post-Doc at CABI Europe Switzerland, Delémont, Switzerland
2002 - 2006 Research Scientist, CABI Bioscience, Delémont, Switzerland
2005 Visiting scientist at Lund University (training in soil microbial analyse; PLFAs)
2001 Scientific collaborator, KWATA, Cayenne, French Guiana
1999 - 2001 Research assistant, TU München, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany

2006	PhD thesis in biology “Land use, soil nutrient availability and conservation of biodiversity on mountain grasslands” at University of Fribourg,Switzerland
1996 - 2002	Graduate engineer (equiv. MSc.) at Technical University Munich, department of landscape architecture and ecology, Weihenstephan, Germany
1998 - 1999	ENITHP, Angers, France (Erasmus exchange semester)

Impact of climate change, long-term observations and land-use changes, plant-soil interactions, invasive species, conservation ecology