Ralf Seppelt
Head of Department for Computational Landscape Ecology, Hemholtz-Centre for
Environmental Research (UFZ)
Professor at Martin-Luther Universität Halle Wittenberg
Permoserstraße 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
Tel.: +49 341 235 3940
FAX: +49 341 235 3939
e-mail: Ralf.Seppelt@ufz.de
Positions
 Full professor, faculty member for Landscape Ecology at Martin-Luther University HalleWittenberg (2004-)
 Head of Department for Computational Landscape Ecology at UFZ, Leipzig , (2004-)
 Research assistant and lecturer at Institute for Geoecology, University Braunschweig,
Germany. (-2004)
 Research associate at Institute for Ecological Economics, Centre for Environmental
Research, Univ. Maryland, USA (2000)
 Collaborative Research Center 179, (1997), Doctorate degree, TU Braunschweig, Germany
 Research fellow, Hahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin, Institute of Computer Science (1992)
 Diploma Applied Mathematics, TU Clausthal, Germany (1993)
Research interests
…are model developments and simulation of environmental systems focussing on processes of
human-environment interactions and the derivation of management strategies including
 analysis of drivers and scenarios of environmental change on a regional scale
 processes modelling, problem oriented focussing on specific questions like impacts of
human induced land use change, water- and matter-dynamics, species movement
 in regions, with strong anthropogenic impacts, such as urban-rural gradients, watersheds
Recent Publications
R. SEPPELT (2003): Computer-based Environmental Management, 304 pp. VCH-Wiley,
Weinheim, New York. 2003. ISBN: 352730732X.
Journal Publication (ISI indexed, peer reviewed, July 2006)
HOLZKÄMPER, A., R. SEPPELT (2007) Evaluating cost-effectiveness of conservation management
actions in an agricultural landscape on a regional scale. Biological Conservation. 136. 117127.
SCHRÖDER, B., R. SEPPELT (2006): Analysis of pattern-process-interactions based on landscape
models – overview, general concepts, and methodological issues. Ecological Modelling. 199
(4), 505-516
SCHULZ, K., R. SEPPELT, E. ZEHE, H. J. VOGEL, & S. ATTINGER (2006), Importance of spatial
structures in advancing hydrological sciences, Water Resour. Res., 42: W03S03,
DOI:10.1029/2005WR004301.
JENSEN, O. P., R. SEPPELT, T. J. MILLER, L.J. BAUER (2005). Winter distribution of blue crab
Callinectes sapidus in Chesapeake Bay: application and cross-validation of a two-stage
generalized additive model. Marine Ecology Series. 299: 239-255.
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KUHNERT, M., A.VOINOV, & R. SEPPELT (2005). Comparing Raster Map Comparison Algorithms
for Spatial Modeling and Analysis. Photogrametric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 71(8),
975–984.
LOOS, C., R. SEPPELT, S. MEIER-BETHKE, J. SCHIEMANN, O. RICHTER (2003): Spatially explicit
modelling of transgenic maize pollen dispersal and cross pollination. Journal for Theoretical
Biology. 225(2). 241-255
SEPPELT, R., A. VOINOV (2002): Optimization Methodology for Land Use Patterns Using Spatially
Explicit Landscape Models. Ecological Modelling. 151(2-3): 125-145
URLs
Centre http://www.ufz.de/
Department: http://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=1441
Personal: http://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=13905
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