Veronika Huber

My scientific background is in limnology and theoretical ecology. Most of my research so far has focused on the responses of freshwater systems to anthropogenic disturbances. In my PhD thesis I disentangled effects of nutrient enrichment and climatic change on freshwater algal blooms. I have also been interested in mechanisms that promote resilience in food webs.

My interests for issues of sustainability on the global scale and my political dedication (on the picture you can see me alias Angela Merkel in 2006, building a wall out of coal bricks in front of Brandenburger Tor in Berlin …) motivated me to get involved in the communication of findings of climate change science to policy makers and the broader public. This is the focus of my current undertakings at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), where I work as scientific assistant to the director.

Before joining PIK, I was a graduate student at the Institute for Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) in Berlin and at Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) of Michigan State University. During an internship at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Nairobi, I also gained experience in the field of climate policy. I studied biology and ecology at Ecole normale supérieure in Paris and the Universities of Konstanz and Potsdam.