Prof. Klement TOCKNER

Director General, Senckenberg Society for Nature Research

Klement Tockner is Director General of the Senckenberg Society for Nature Research and professor for Ecosystem Sciences at Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main. He was President of the Austrian Science Fund and director of the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin. He received a PhD from the University of Vienna (1993) and a Titulary Professorship at ETH Zürich (2005). He is an internationally leading freshwater scientist, in particular in the research domains biodiversity and environmental management. He has published about 250 scientific papers, including 180 ISI papers and a comprehensive book on European Rivers. He has successfully managed large inter- and transdisciplinary projects and is member of several scientific advisory boards including the National Institute of Environmental Studies, Japan (NIES) and the Biology Centre (CZ). He is elected member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the German Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina.