The integrated research training group WETSKILLS guides doctoral researchers and early career postdocs to become experts for the functional understanding, restoration and maintenance of healthy wetscapes.
Society's demand for professionals capable of managing the conversion of peatlands and wetscapes towards sustainable systems has dramatically increased with new nationally and globally set climate, water, and biodiversity protection goals. WETSKILLS trains such professionals.
The WETSKILLS Program highlights include:
- Research camps and summer schools abroad
- Financial support for doctoral researchers in another lab or working group
- Workshops headed by experts in several disciplines
- Paludiculture stakeholder classes
- Internal overnight retreats to discuss ongoing research
Upcoming Events
- 3. – 4. November 2026: WETSKILLS Retreat in Neustrelitz
- 6. November 2026: First-aid outdoor course in Greifswald
- 19. November 2026: R course – time series analysis in Greifswald
- 23. November 2026: R course – random forest in Greifswald
- September 2027: International summer school in Poland
… with more to come, be on the lookout!
Coordinator:
Dr. Andreas Bauwe
Project leaders:
Prof. Dr. Bernd Lennartz
Prof. Dr. Martin Wilmking
WETSKILLS will also provide the platform for early career postdocs to foster their career in academia and beyond.
All doctoral researchers and postdocs employed in WETSCAPES2.0 are members of WETSKILLS. Doctoral researchers from participating universities outside WETSCAPES2.0 may become associated members upon request. The same applies to outstanding MSc students upon nomination by participating Principal Investigators (PIs).
WETSKILLS offers 6 to 12 months scholarships to both national and international doctoral researchers to further enhance international collaboration, scientific exchange and ideas on doctoral educational programs and travel funds for outstanding MSc students to present their research at national and international conferences.
Who is WETSKILLS?
WETSKILLS are 16 doctoral researchers, based in Greifswald, Rostock, Munich, and Potsdam.
- Greifswald: Anna Burns, Janina Deininger, Pascal Ertzinger, Helene Felsmann, Tim Kaufmann, Wibke Richter, Cody Watzig, Hauke Winter, Dipendra Yadav
- Rostock: Nele Bettels, Beatrice Menezes, Jospeh Muhumure, Luc Pienkoß, Anna Sánchez i de Mingo
- Potsdam: Shivani Nundoo
- Munich: Katharina Raberg
WETSKILLS is jointly headed by two spokespersons, Martin Wilmking from the University of Greifswald and Bernd Lennartz from the University of Rostock, and is coordinated by Andreas Bauwe from the University of Rostock.
The WETSKILLS Steering Committee consists of the two spokespersons, the coordinator, two representatives of the doctoral researchers (Beatrice Menezes and Wibke Richter) and two PostDocs (Mia Bengtsson and Anke Günther).
