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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sonja Vospernik

Institute of Forest Growth
Peter-Jordan-Straße 82, 1190 Wien
sonja.vospernik(at)boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-91412

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ORCID: 0000-0002-4201-6444

Curr. Vitae

2017 - Head of Institute (6 month deputyship)
2016 - Associate professor of forest growth
2016 - Habilitation in "Forest growth" "Evaluation of individual tree growth models"
2011 - 2016 Assistent professor
2011 - 2022 Vice institute head
2007 - 2011 Senior researcher
2005 - Graduation Dr. nat. tech. "Models for wood quality and stem damage"
2001 - 2007 Researcher at the Institute of Forest Growth
2000 - Graduation Dipl. Ing "Site index in mixed species stands"

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Expertise

Forest Growth Modelling; Forest Growth; Dendroecology; Wood quality, tree damage; Forest mensuration;

Awards

2005 Thurn und Taxis Förderpreis für die Forstwissenschaft

Appointments/Memberships in Professional Societies

2013 - Division for growth and yield of Verband Deutscher Forstlicher Versuchs- und Forschungsanstalten (DVFFA)
member
2005 - Alumni-Association of University of Natural Resouces and Life Sciences Vienna
member
2005 - Association of Austrian Foresters
member

Editorial board appointments for scientific journals

2017 - Trees-Structure and Function:
1st level below top level (Associate Editor)

Reviewer for scientific journals

2018 - Forestry
2018 - Forest Science
2018 - Forest Ecosystems
2017 - Computers and Electronics in agriculture
2016 - IForest: biogeosciences and forestry
2016 - Canadian Journal of Forest Research
2015 - Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research
2015 - Baltic Forestry
2015 - Southern Journal of Applied Forestry
2013 - Forests
2012 - Annals of Forest Science
2011 - Annals of Forest Science
2011 - European Journal of Forest Research
2008 - Folia Zoologica
2007 - Silva Fennica
2007 - Forest Ecology and Management
2006 - Austrian Journal of Forest Sciences
2006 - Ecological Modelling

Reviewer/Expert funding organizations

2012 - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Germany

Organizer of scientific conferences, Chairs

2018 Forstwissenschaftliche Tagung 2018 Göttingen
Chair (Session)
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