Katrin Böhning-Gaese

Katrin Böhning-Gaese (born 22 December 1964) is a German biologist who specialises in ornithology. She is currently a professor at Goethe University Frankfurt, director of the Senckenberg Nature Research Society and Vice-President of the Leibniz Association.

Biography Katrin Böhning-Gaese was born on 22 December 1964 in Oberkochen, Germany. She initially studied biology as an undergraduate at the University of Tübingen. She gained her PhD in 1993 from the same University on following research into of white stork food ecology in Upper Swabia and causes of long-term stock development in European and North American songbirds.

Her main research interests include the influence of global climate change and human land use change on animal populations in tropical and temperate areas of the world and evolution of bird communities and bird migration. Leibniz Association, Vice-President (since 2017) Senckenberg Nature Museum, Member of the Governing Board

Awards 2021 German Environmental Prize

Selected publications