Curriculum Vitae
- 2002 – 2009 Studies in forest sciences at the University of Dresden.
- 2004 Canadian Forest Service (CFS) Newfoundland, Canada. Carbon cycling on clearcuts. Scientific internship. 6 months.
- 2005 DFG Research Station San Francisco, Ecuador, Institute of Soil Science and Site Ecology, TU Dresden. Carbon cycle in tropical mountain rainforests. Research assistant. 6 months.
- 2007 Abisko Research Station, Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Research, Lund University, Sweden. Volatile trace gas emissions from peatlands with permafrost. Research assistant and diploma thesis.
- 2009 Forest organisation at www.waldkonzepte.de in Brandenburg.
- 2009 – 2014 Professor of Silviculture, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Freiburg. Carbon and nutrient cycles in preforests.
- 2015 – 2018 Chair of Site and Vegetation Science, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Freiburg. Naturalness of tree species composition in Germany.
- Since 2019 Freelance work www.hendrikstark.de: Contemplative educational offers to promote health and sustainability, including as a lecturer for the Centre for Key Qualifications (Sustainability Certificate) at the University of Freiburg.
- 2020 to 2023 Department of Biometry and Informatics, Forest Research Centre Baden-Württemberg. Extension of WEHAM with climate-sensitive growth functions.
- Since 2020 Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Section for Systemic Health Research, University Hospital Freiburg. PostDoc: Contemplative perspectives on the role of the self in the context of sustainability.
- 2024 – 2027 Professorship for Forest Growth and Dendroecology. Further development of WEHAM for future application in the Federal Forest Inventory
Research
Main areas of research
- Project development, coordination and moderation
- Carbon and nutrient cycles of forest ecosystems and forest growth simulation in climate change
- Contemplative psychology, research and practice in the context of sustainability
Projekte
Ongoing projects
- 2024 -2025 WEHAM 20 (Forest Development and Timber Resource Modelling) Feasibility study on the expansion possibilities and limitations of WEHAM for robust projections under climate change, climate-induced mortality and forest conversion. MLR Baden-Württemberg.
- 2020 – 2025: The role of self and existential awareness in the sustainability context. Klinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, Sektion für Systemische Gesundheitsforschung, Uniklinik Freiburg.
Completed Projects
- 2020 – 2023: KNOW Carbon and wood stocks of the German forest – Improving projections of current and future CO2 stocks using eco-physiological and empirical forest growth models. Funded by FNR. FVA BW.
- 2015 – 2019: Assessment of the naturalness of tree species composition in forests in Germany: Consideration of the influence of assessment methods, climate change and increased biomass utilisation. Funded by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation. University of Freiburg.
- 2017 – 2018: Nature awareness in Germany: reflection and discussion of the foundations and potential of awareness-raising in nature conservation and environmental protection for conceptual work in science, education, communication and implementation in practice. Funded by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation. University of Freiburg.
- 2016 – 2018: Seminar project “Linking Mind and Environmental Sustainability”, funded by the Graduate School Environment, Society and Global Change. University of Freiburg.
- 2009 – 2014: Ecological effects of extensive old-growth forests in south-west Germany. PhD project funded by LGFG. University of Freiburg.
- 2007 – 2009: Isoprene emission dynamics of a sub-arctic palsa mire. Lund University.