Chunling Dai
| Personal details | |
| Sex: | Female |
| Date and place of birth: | 23 March 1964, Wuhan, China |
| Nationality: | Chinese |
| Marital status: | Married, one child |
| Academic career | |
| 2008 - 2013 | PhD Student, Chair of Vegetation Science, University of Freiburg, Germany Thesis: Forest vegetation and site - Fundamentals for a site-adapted selection of tree species in montane semi-natural forests in the Western Qinling Mountains, Gansu Province, China
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| 2004 | PhD Student, Institute for Forest Growth, at the Faculty of Forest and Environmental Sciences of the Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Germany Major subjects: Sustainable forest management; the potential of close-to-nature forestry in China and Europe |
| 2000 - 2003 | M.Sc. Forestry, Grade 1.8, Faculty of Forest and Environmental Sciences of the Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Germany Thesis: The question of conversion to close to nature forestry – a comparison between Germany and China |
| 1985 - 1988 | B.Sc. Biology, Beijing Normal University, in Beijing/China |
| 1981 - 1984 | Study of forest and pomiculture, Beijing Agriculture School, in Beijing/China |
| Work experience | |
since 12.2013 | Research assistant, Chair of Vegetation Science, University of Freiburg, Germany |
| 04.2005 - 12.2007 | Research assistant at the Institute of Silviculture, University of Freiburg, Germany |
| 01.2004 – 03. 2004 | Internship with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH working on the 'Protection and management of the watershed area of the Miyun Reservoir' in Beijing/China |
| 10.2003 – 12. 2003 | Scientific assistant at the Institute for Forest Growth (University of Freiburg), to design and plan the EU research project, FP6, on the topic of 'Global change and ecosystems' |
| 10.2002 – 11.2002 | Interpreter for afforestation projects (Yunan and Shanxi) implemented by the KfW in a German/Chinese co-operation |
| 07.2002 | Internship at the Bad Säckingenforestry office , Germany |
| 06.2002 | Internship at the Triberg forest office, Germany, on the subject of forest-pedagogy |
| 04.2002 – 05. 2002 | Scientific assistant with the EU research project 'NATSCANN' at the Department Remote Sensing and Landscape Information Systems (University of Freiburg) |
| 02.1995 – 12.1999 | Accountant-general and consultant at the Department of Forest Produce of the Chinese Traffic Import & Export Corporation, in Zhuhai, China |
| 02.1992 – 01.1995 | Consultant at the Department of Forest Produce and Accountant, the Chinese Overseas Trading Company in Zhuhai, Chinese Qualification Exam: Chinese National Accountant Exam, in Zhuhei/ China |
| 01.1984 – 01. 1992 | Assistant at the Department of arbor-gene-technical research, Beijing Forestry University, in Beijing/China |
| Commendation | |
| 11. 2003 | DAAD-Prize 2003 for outstanding foreign students at German Universities, in Freiburg |
| Languages and other skills | |
| Chinese: | mother tongue |
| German: | excellent |
| English: | good |
| PC skills: | Project Management, EXCEL, WORD and other MS Office applications; GIS, GPS, digital image processing, and accountancy |