Christian Schuth
Research topics
Research interest
Floodplain restoration
Floodplain ecology
Ecosystem services
Geoinformatics
Research area
Danube
Victoria-Nile (Uganda)
Tarim (China)
Río Elqi (Chile)
Academic career
since 10/2024 Research Associate at Professorship of Physical Geography/Landscape Ecology and Sustainable Ecosystem Development
since 05/2024 PhD student at Prof. Bernd Cyffka. Research topic: "River Ecosystem Service Index (RESI) around the world. A critical analysis of the feasibility of ecosystem service calculations in floodplains in an international context."
since 03/2023 Research Associate at Floodplain Institute Neuburg-Ingolstadt and at Professorship of Applied Physical Geography
05/2021 – 12/2022 StudentAssistant at the project "IDES - Improving water quality in the Danube river and its tributaries by integrative floodplain management based on Ecosystem Services"
10/2020 – 08/2023 MSc „Environmental processes and natural disasters“ at Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. Research topic: "The devil is in the detail: Habitat index and floodplain delineations. A comparative analysis of selected methods to calculate the floodplain habitat index for the rivers Danube, Altmühl and Günz."
10/2017 – 03/2021 BSc Geography with focus General Geography at Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. Research topic: "About livelihoods and equality in Buikwe district, Uganda. A qualitative analysisof female Ugandan farmers´ living conditions."
Research projects
Analysis and evaluation of the possibilities of a biotope network (open land) in floodplains on the Danube and the Günz.
Project lead: Prof. Dr. Bernd Cyffka, Prof. Dr. Barbara Stammel
Project duration: 12/2022 – 11/2023