Present position

Assistant Professor (Privatdozent) 

Department of Ecology, Technical University Munich

Am Hochanger 13

85354 Freising, Germany

Phone: (+49) 8161 714743

Fax:     (+49) 8161 714753

Email: menzel@forst.tu-muenchen.de

Education and university degrees

Post doctoral lecture qualification (‘Habilitation’) and Teaching Certificate for the field of Bioclimatology, Technical University Munich, November 2002 

PhD, Forestry Sciences, July 1997,Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München 

State examination for the Higher Grade in Civil Service (Forestry) (‘Staatsexamen für den Höheren Forstdienst in Bayern’), Nov. 1992, Bavarian State Forestry Commission

Diploma degree, Forestry Sciences, November 1989, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Professional experience

Provisional head of the chair of Ecoclimatology, Department of Ecology, TU Munich, Jul 2003 - present

‘Privatdozentin’ at the chair of Ecoclimatology, Department of Ecology, TU Munich, 2003 - current

Co-ordinator of the international research project POSITIVE, European Commission's 5^th FP, 2000 - 2002

Assistant Professor at the chair of Bioclimatology and Air Pollution Research, Department of Ecology, Technical University Munich, November 1992 - current

Forest officer of the Bavarian State Forestry Commission, November 1992 - current

Candidate for the higher civil service at the Bavarian State Forestry Commission, June 1990 – November 1992

Researcher at the chair of silviculture, November 1989 – May 1990, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich

Work experience Instituto Forestal Concepcion, Chile, Spring 1989

Other functions and University administration

Lead author for the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Working Group II Fourth Assessment Report

Member of the Management Committee and Chair of a Working Group within the  COST action (European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research)  725 ‘Establishing a European Phenological Data Platform for Climatological Purposes’, since April 2004

Co-ordinator of the elective field “Watershed and Soil Management” within the International Master Studies “Sustainable Resource Management”, TU Munich, 2002 - current 

Public relation deputy of the TU Munich within the Centre “Wald, Forst, Holz, Weihenstephan”, 2002 – current 

Secretary of the Forest Faculty for Equal Opportunities, 1993-1995, (‘Frauenbeauftragte’)

Awards and fellowships

German Forestry Award 2002 (‘outstanding forest research’) 

Member of the German National Merit Foundation (‘Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes’), 1987 - current 

4 year scholarship through Bavarian law for sponsoring more talented students (‘Bayerisches Begabtenförderungsgesetz’), 1985-1989

Professional memberships

International Society of Biometeorology

Deutscher Forstverein (German Forest Society)

German Meteorological Society

Reviewer

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, American Journal of Botany, Climate Change, Climate Research, Global Change Biology, International Journal of Biometeorology, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmosphere, Meteorologische Zeitschrift, Tree physiology

NERC UK, Fulbright Program, German National Merit Foundation (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes)