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Dr.
Andreas Lang
andreas.lang@unibas.ch
Umweltgeowissenschaften
Departement Umweltwissenschaften
Universität Basel
Bernoullistrasse 30
4056 Basel
Research Interests
Environmental Risk Assessment: effects of transgenic crops on non-target organisms
Conservation Ecology: biodiversity and land use in managed ecosystems
Monitoring: methods and strategies to record and survey animal populations
Animals: spiders, ground beetles, butterflies, locusts, dragonflies, amphibians, birds
Expert Positions
- Member of the Swiss Expert Commission for Biological Safety EFBS (Eidgenössische Fachkommission für biologische Sicherheit)
- Member of the advisory board “Monitoring the effects of genetically modified organisms” of the German Society of Engineers VDI (Verein Deutscher Ingenieure)
- Chair of the expert commission “Standardised monitoring of butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera) – Monitoring the effects of genetically modified organisms” of the Society of Engineers VDI (Verein Deutscher Ingenieure)
- Member in the expert commission „GMO Monitoring of Amphibians“ of the Society of Engineers VDI (Verein Deutscher Ingenieure)
- Ad-hoc expert in the environmental group of the gmo panel of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) (2003 - 2008)
Professional Positions
- Since 08/2004 Environmental Consultant, and Lecturer at the University of Basel, Institute of Environmental Geoscience, Basel, Switzerland
- 2000 - 2004 Senior Scientist, Bavarian State Research Centre for Agriculture, Institute of Plant Protection, Freising, Germany
- 1999 - 2000 Managing Director and Project Leader, Bund Naturschutz in Bayern e.V., Landkreis Mühldorf, Waldkraiburg, Germany
- 1998/99 Lecturer (winter term), Institute of Zoology, Technical University Munich, Germany
- 1998 Associated Researcher, Institute of Zoology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, München, Germany
- 1997 Research Biologist, Institute of Soil Ecology, GSF-Research Centre for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
- 1993 - 1996 Graduate Research Assistant, Institute of Soil Ecology, GSF-Research Centre for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
- 1991 - 1993 Environmental consultant and project leader, ÖKON GmbH for Landscape Ecology, Limnology and Environmental Planning, Lohhof, Germany
- 1991 Research/Teaching Assistant, Institute of Zoology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
Education
- 1998 Dr. rer. nat., Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
- 1993 - 1997 Postgraduate Study "Invertebrate epigeal predators in arable land: population densities, biomass and predator-prey interactions with special reference to ground beetles and wolf spiders"
- 1991 Diplom-Biologe, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
- 1984 - 1991 Undergraduate study of Biology at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU). Majors: Zooecology and Evolution; Minors: Botany (Systematics), and Forestry (Wildlife Management)