Ph.D. Student
Subject: A sub-continental assessment of responses to climate extremes in ancient beech forests (Fagus sylvatica L.) from the cell to the ecosystem
Building 1272 Room 00-126
Phone: +49 6131 39-26149
E-mail: a.koelzer@uni-mainz.de
Biographical data:
- Since 09/2023 -- Research Assistant, Climatology Group, Department of Geography, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
- 10/20 – 08/23 -- Studies in Climate and Environmental Change (M.Sc.), Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Thesis: „Wood Anatomical Responses of Platanus x hispanica to Site Conditions and Climate Variability in the Urban Environment of Mainz, Germany“
- 10/16 – 06/20 -- Studies in Geography and Economics (B.A.), University of Osnabrück, Thesis: „Comparative time series analysis of selected climate elements in different climate regions of Central Europe since 1961 as a contribution to the understanding of regional climatic changes in the last decades“
Publications
2026
Nahtz, T., Reinig, F., Torbenson, M.C.A., Homfeld, I.K., Römer, P., Kuhl, E.S., Kunz, M., Kölzer, A., Aryal, S., Bräuning, A., Gaire, N.P., Büntgen, U., Esper, J., 2026. Central Himalayan tree-ring density network reveals warm-season temperature variability back to 1775 CE. J. For. Res. 37, 164. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11676-026-02104-0
Röder, S., Martinez Del Castillo, E., Torbenson, M., Zimmer‐Zachmann, H., Reinig, F., Kölzer, A., Büntgen, U., Esper, J., Ziaco, E., 2026. Pre‐drought Conservative Xylem Hydraulic Architecture Is Associated With Enhanced Recovery From the 1976 Drought in European Beech ( Fagus sylvatica L.). Plant Cell & Environment 49, 7215–7218. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.70691
Yue, W., Torbenson, M.C.A., Chen, F., Reinig, F., Esper, J., Martinez Del Castillo, E., Ziaco, E., Nahtz, T., Wang, S., Homfeld, I.K., Kunz, M., Zhao, X., Kölzer, A., Hu, M., Xu, Y., Hou, T., Cao, H., Wang, H., Zhang, H., Niu, J., Chen, Y., 2026. Geographical and aridity gradients along with species variation shape tree growth sensitivity in the northern and southern transitional zone of China. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 388, 111286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2026.111286
Kölzer, A., Frigo, D., Del Castillo, E.M., Reinig, F., Esper, J., Heinrich, I., Neuwirth, B., Baliva, M., Piovesan, G., Ziaco, E., 2026. Impact of canopy disturbances on climate sensitivity of old-growth beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) forests. Dendrochronologia 97, 126537. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2026.126537
Conferences
05/2026 “Wood anatomical responses to forest disturbances in old-growth beech stands (Fagus sylvatica L.) ”, TRACE 2026 Rom
06/2024 “Assessing European beech responses to climate variability and ecological disturbances using Quantitative Wood Anatomy”, TRACE 2024 Brasov
Research Interest
- Dendroclimatology
- Quantitative Wood Anatomy
- Dendroecology
- Paleoclimatology
- Old-growth forests