Ph.D Student
Subject: Assessing non-stationary growth responses
Johann-Joachim-Becher Weg 32
Building 1272 Room 00-126
Phone: +49 6131 39-28082
E-Mail: mkunz01@uni-mainz.de
Biographical data:
- Since 10/2021 -- Research Assistant, Climatology Group, Department of Geography, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
- 10/18 – 09/21 -- Studies in Climate and Environmental Change (M.Sc.), Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Thesis: Site-specific variations of larch budmoth outbreaks in the Matter valley, Switzerland
- 10/15 – 03/19 -- Studies in Geography (B.Sc.), Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Thesis: The price development of Madagascan vanilla as a result of climatic, political and economic factors
Publications:
Awards
"ATR-AWARD - BEST ORAL PRESENTATION AT THE CONFERENCE TRACE 2026",
TRACE conference 25.–30.05.2026, Rome, Italy
Publications
2026
Kunz, M., Torbenson, M. C. A., Reinig, F., Martinez del Castillo, E., Büntgen, U., Wilson, R., et al. (2026). Exorcizing divergence in tree-ring density along the Rocky Mountains. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 131, e2026JG009783. https://doi.org/10.1029/2026JG009783
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., Büntgen U., Esper J. (2026) Central Himalayan tree-ring density network reveals warm-season temperature variability back to 1775 CE. Journal of Forestry Research. 10.1007/s11676-026-02104-0
Yue, W., Torbenson, M. C. A., Chen, F., Reinig, F., Esper, J., Martinez del Castillo, E., et al. (2026). Runoff reconstructions and future projections indicate highly variable water supply from Pacific Rim water towers. AGU Advances, 7, e2025AV002053. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025AV002053
2025
Esper, J., Reinig, F., Torbenson, M., del Castillo, E. M., Kunz, M., Arzac, A., et al. (2025). Pan-alpine summer temperatures since 742 CE. Dendrochronologia, 94, 126432. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2025.126432
Kunz, M., Wilson, R., Reid, E., Kuhl, E., & Esper, J. (2025). Exploring potential drivers of divergence in tree-ring based temperature reconstructions of NW North America. Dendrochronologia, 94, 126399. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2025.126399
Reid, E., Luckman, B., Kunz, M., Esper, J., D’Arrigo, R., Leland, C., & Wilson, R. (2025). Expanding the Yukon tree ring Blue Intensity network to assess divergence effects and enhance climate reconstructions. The Holocene. https://doi.org/10.1177/09596836251378010
Spelsberg S., Büntgen U., Homfeld I. K., Kunz M., Martinez del Castillo E., Tejedor E., Torbenson M. C. A., Ziaco E., Esper J. (2025) Climate signal age effects in Pinus uncinata tree-ring density data from the Spanish Pyrenees. Trees 39, 23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00468-024-02598-3
2024
Kuhl E, Esper J, Schneider L, Trouet V, Kunz M, Klippel L, Büntgen U, Hartl C (2024) Revising Alpine summer temperature history since 881 CE. Climate Dynamics, doi: 10.1007/s00382-024-07195-1.
Büntgen U, et al. (2024) Recent summer warming over the western Mediterranean region is unprecedented since medieval times. Global and Planetary Change 232, 104336.
2023
Kunz, M.; Esper, J.; Kuhl, E.; Schneider, L.; Büntgen, U.; Hartl, C. Combining Tree-Ring Width and Density to Separate the Effects of Climate Variation and Insect Defoliation. Forests 14(7):1478;
https://doi.org/10.3390/f14071478