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Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.nat.techn. Manfred Josef Lexer


Peter-Jordan-Straße 82, 1190 Wien
mj.lexer(at)boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-91316

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ORCID: 0000-0001-6399-3167

Curr. Vitae

2018 - 2022 Head of Institute of Silviculture
2018 - Professor for Multifunctional Forest Resource Planning at the Institute of Silviculture, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
2003 - 2007 Head of Institute of Silviculture
2001 - Habilitation in Silviculture and Vegetation Modelling
1996 - Scholarship of the European Communities for the School of Climatology and Natural Hazards, Volterra
1995 - Doctoral degree
1993 - Scholarship of the University of Agricultural Sciences, Vienna for a study stay at the University of Idaho
1992- - Assistant Professor, Institute of Silviculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, Vienna
1992 - Consultant for Austrian Development Cooperation within the Integrated Forest Management in Bhutan
1990 - Scholarship of the Federal Ministery of Science for a study stay at ETH Zürich

Statistik Austria, science classification

computer-aided simulation; silviculture; operations research;

Expertise

silvicultural planning and decision making; modelling and simulation; multicriteria decision making; Ecosystem management;

Awards

2009 Schweighofer Innovationspreis 2009 an das Projektteam ADAPT (Nachhaltige Strategien zur Waldbewirtschaftung im Klimawandel) bestehend aus Arbeitsgruppe Lexer (mit R. Seidl und W. Rammer) und ÖBf AG (Putzgruber, Wieshaider)
1999 Förderungspreis Anton Kurir Stiftung
1997 Förderungspreis der Stiftung 120 Jahre Universität für Bodenkultur

Appointments/Memberships in Professional Societies

2020 -2024 UNITE Flagship Programme
advisory board member
2018 -2023 European Forest Institute, Scientific Advisory Board
advisor
2018 - IUFRO Division 1 WG Mountain Forest Management
head
2018 - Forest & Hunting Dialogue, Working Group 2
chairman

Editorial board appointments for scientific journals

2020 - Forests:
Editorial Board Member
2019 - Frontiers in Forests and Global Change: Section Forest Management
1st level below top level (Associate Editor)
2009 - Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research:
Editorial Board Member
2005 -2005 Forest Ecology and Management: Decision Support in Multi-Purpose Forestry
Guest Editor (Special Issue)

Reviewer for scientific journals

2021 - Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions
2021 - PLoS One
2019 - Forests
2019 - Journal of Applied Ecology
2019 - Current Forestry Reports
2018 - Landscape and Urban Planning
2018 - Environmental Science & Policy
2017 - Sustainability
2016 - Ecological Indicators
2016 - Ecological Economics
2015 - Biomass & Bioenergy
2014 - Environmental Impact Assessment Review
2012 - Annals of Forest Science
2012 - Ecological Applications
2010 - Forest Science
2010 - Journal of Biogeography
2010 - Ecosystems
2010 - FORESTRY: IJFR
2008 - Forest Policy and Economics
2007 - Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen
2006 - Journal of Environmental Management
2006 - Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research
2006 - European Journal of Forest Research
2004 - Computers and Electronics in agriculture
2004 - Trees-Structure and Function
2003 - Climatic Change
2003 - Canadian Journal of Forest Research
2002 - New Forests
2002 - Ecological Modelling
2002 - Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research
2001 - Journal of Environmental Management
1998 - Forest Ecology and Management
1998 - Silva Fennica
1998 - Austrian Journal of Forest Sciences

Expert for external appointment/habilitation procedures

2022 Externe Berufung: Gutachter: University of Helsinki Professor of Silviculture

Reviewer/Expert funding organizations

2020 -2021 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft - Germany
2017 -2018 Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung - Germany
2002 - Norwegan Science Foundation - Norway
1999 - GARC - Tschechischer Forschungsförderungsfonds - Czech Republic
1999 - Schweizer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung - Switzerland
1998 - BM für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur - Austria

Organizer of scientific conferences, Chairs

2023 https://ecem23.eu/callforabstracts/#_Toc126572055
Organiser
2005 Ökologische Störung oder Ökonomische Katastrophe- Vom Umgang mit Kalamitäten im Wald
Organiser
2004 Regenerating Mountain Forests prerequisite for sustainable management
Scientific Member of the Advisory Board
2003 Decision support for multiple purpose forestry - A transdisciplinary conference on the development and application of decision support tools for forest management
Organiser
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