FNK News (2024)15 April 2024|Sustainability & Climate RisksWelcome Dr. Hao Xia at the FNKPhoto: Yu ShenDr. Hao Xia completed a PhD program at the University of Copenhagen. As an interdisciplinary conservation scientist, he will join the project “SQUEEZE...11 April 2024|Sustainability & Climate RisksNew publication on extreme rainfall eventsPhoto: wdr.deClimate change is expected to increase the intensity and frequency of extreme rainfall events. However, due to their rare nature by definition, it is...7 April 2024|Sustainability & Climate RisksVito Avakumović spends half the time of joint doctoral program in AustraliaPhoto: Benjamin BlanzThe PhD student Vito Avakumović spends a year in Melbourne, Australia, within a structured joint doctoral program between the Universität Hamburg and...4 April 2024|Sustainability & Climate RisksFormer FNK Guest Researcher Hermine Mitter Begins New Professorship in GrazPhoto: Hermine Mitter & Uni GrazThe FNK Research Unit Sustainability and Climate Risks at the University of Hamburg congratulates Hermine Mitter on starting her new professorship at...4 April 2024|Sustainability & Climate RisksEU-wide analysis of environmental cost of pesticides publishedPhoto: ElsevierLuisa Gensch published her first PhD paper titled "Pesticide risk assessment in European agriculture: Distribution patterns, ban-substitution effects...25 March 2024|Sustainability & Climate RisksLea Schröder successfully defends dissertationPhoto: Joachim MollCongratulations to Lea Schröder for her successful disputation on 25th of March! Lea Schröder works in the group Sustainability and Global Change...14 February 2024|Sustainability & Climate RisksFNK delegation attends 2024 Fruit Grower Days (Obstbautage) in JorkPhoto: Schneider/FNKOn Wednesday, February 14, Dr. Kerstin Jantke, Prof. Uwe Schneider, and doctoral students Lea Schröder and Luisa Gensch visited the North German Fruit...12 February 2024|Sustainability & Climate RisksVidur Mithal successfully presented his MSc ThesisPhoto: Vidur Mithal/FNKCongratulations to Vidur Mithal for successfully presenting his MSc Thesis! Vidur completed the Master's degree program in Integrated Climate System...9 February 2024|Sustainability & Climate RisksHanna Dunke receives MSc certificatePhoto: CEN PhotographyCongratulations to Hanna! On February 9, 2024, Hanna Dunke received her Master of Science diploma at the CEN Graduation Ceremony 2024 in Lecture Hall...1 February 2024|ForschungNicole Acosta conducts second field trip on Galapagos IslandsPhoto: Nicole AcostaInvasive plants are a threat to biodiversity on the Galapagos Islands. While native vegetation still covered around 94 % of the unprotected area of...26 January 2024|Sustainability & Climate RisksSchool internship of Lilia Herbold at FNKPhoto: Nick HerboldWe welcomed Lilia Herbold from 8th to 26th of January at the FNK. She was interested in sustainability and the climate crisis and wanted to carry out...Previous articles