Dr. Franziska Tanneberger

Dr Franziska Tanneberger is a landscape ecologist, co-director of the Greifswald Mire Centre (GMC), and member of the Scientific Advisory Board for Nature-based Climate Action (WBNK). Her research interests are habitat selection and ecology of fen mire species in Central and Eastern Europe and in Siberia, site-adapted land use on near-natural and rewetted fens and utilisation options for fen biomass, assessment of ecosystem services of rewetted fens, and the distribution and condition of mires and peatlands in Europe. She heads the nationwide projects ‘PaludiZentrale’ and ‘PaludiAllianz’ at the University of Greifswald and works closely with land users and political decision-makers. In 2024, she received the German Environmental Award for her commitment to the revitalisation of peatlands and as a bridge builder between science, politics and agriculture.