Dr. rer. nat. Denise Heike Böhnke Thomas Meinzer-Beyer

Dr. rer. nat. Denise Heike Böhnke

  • Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1
    76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen

Research focus

  • Urban ecosystem services: Ways of consideration in planning decisions
  • Urban climatology: adaptation strategies, measures and their local implementation
  • Measurement and evaluation of urban heat effects

Topics of interest

  • Urban Ecosystem Services
  • Urban ecology and urban greenery
  • Climate adaptation in urban development and planning
  • Heat stress and biometeorology
  • Microclimate near the ground

 

Projects
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Closed research projects

KomKlim: Umsetzung der kommunalen Klimaanpassung in die Bauleitplanung im Pilotprojekt der Entwicklung des Geländes der Spinelli Barracks / Grünzug Nordost in Mannheim (2017 – 2018)

 

Technical, economical, social and political consequences of decommissioning of nuclear facilities at regional and local level (FoRK) (2016) IfGG External Link


Analysis of the ecology of disease-transmitting ticks with regard to habitat, landscape, host animals and weather / climate (2012 – 2016) ZUP Baden-Württemberg External Link

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Career

Since 2017   Post Doc, Research assistant at the Institute of Regional Science, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
2012 – 2016   Research assistant at the Institute of Geography and Geoecology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
2011 – 2012   Project work in environmental and landscape planning

 

Academic career, research grants and qualifications

Juli 2016   Doctorate in natural sciences (Dr.rer.nat.), topic of the dissertation: „Habitat ecology and microclimatic influences on the distribution of Ixodes ricinus ticks in Baden-Württemberg” External Link, published in the KIT library
2014 – 2015   Full scholarship at the Helmholtz Graduate School for Climate and Environment (GRACE)
2012 – 2013   Mentoring program of KIT (X-Ment External Link)
2012 – 2016   Training in the field of project management and scientific writing (amongst others), financed by Karlsruhe House of Young Scientists (KHYS)
2012 – 2016   Certified training programme at the Helmholtz Graduate School for Climate and Environment (GRACE)
2003 – 2011   Studies in Geoecology at the KIT (until 2009: University of Karlsruhe), graduated with a diploma in Geoecology

 

Research visits abroad

2014 – 2015   Visiting scientist at the Institute of Veterinary Public Health, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Austria.
Nov. 2013   Visiting scientist at the Animal Pathology, University of Zaragoza, Spain.

 

Teaching / supervised theses (from 2019)

  • Lecture, internship and seminar: Urban Ecology (at ifgg)
  • Supervision of students degree theses
    • Structural and functional diversity of city squares - an assessment concept (2020). Bachelor thesis
    • Development of an urban climatological model for the analyses of cold air flows and the urban heat island using the Innenstadt-Ost in Karlsruhe as an example (2020). Master Thesis (in German).
    • Modeling of urban climate effects of building measures on the southern campus of the KIT on adjacent urban areas (2019). Master's Thesis (in German).
    • The heat stress and effects of the environmental parameters of the Lidellplatz in downtown Karlsruhe on the human bioclimate (2019). Master thesis (in German).
    • Inventory of ecosystem services in the eastern city centre of Karlsruhe (2020). Bachelor thesis (in German).

 

Publications

2019

Böhnke, Denise (2019)

Risiko einer FSME-Infektion infolge individueller Exposition und alimentärer Übertragung

In: Rubel, Franz; Schiffner-Rohe, Julia (2019): FSME in Deutschland. Stand der Wissenschaft. 1. Auflage. Baden-Baden: Deutscher Wissenschaftsverlag
 

Petney, Trevor; Littvin, Nina; Böhnke, Denise; Obiegala, Anna; Schaeffer, Monika; Muders, Senta; Pfäffle, Miriam; Pfeffer, Martin (2019)

Freilandstudien zu Kleinsäugern und Zecken

In: Rubel, Franz; Schiffner-Rohe, Julia (2019): FSME in Deutschland. Stand der Wissenschaft. 1. Auflage. Baden-Baden: Deutscher Wissenschaftsverlag

2017

Boehnke, Denise; Gebhardt, Reiner; Petney, Trevor; Norra, Stefan (2017)
On the complexity of measuring forests microclimate and interpreting its relevance in habitat ecology: the example of Ixodes ricinus ticks
In: Parasites and Vectors, in press. DOI 10.1186/s13071-017-2498-5

Open access

 External Link

 

2016
Böhnke, Denise (2016)
Habitat ecology and microclimatic influences on the distribution of Ixodes ricinus ticks in Baden-Württemberg
Dissertation, Karlsruhe
DOI(KIT): 10.5445/IR/1000061789
Open access External Link
 
Brugger, Katharina; Boehnke, Denise; Petney, Trevor; Dobler, Gerhard; Pfeffer, Martin; Silaghi, Cornelia; Schaub, Günter; Pinior, Beate; Dautel, Hans; Kahl, Olaf; Pfister, Kurt, Süss, Jochen; Rubel, Franz (2016)
A Density Map of the Tick-Borne Encephalitis and Lyme Borreliosis Vector Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) for Germany
In: Journal of Medical Entomology, vol.53, n°6, 2016, p. 1292-1302. DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjw116
Access External Link
 
2015
Boehnke D; Brugger K; Pfäffle M; Sebastian P; Norra S; Petney T; Oehme R; Littwin N; Lebl K; Raith J; Walter M; Gebhardt R; Rubel F (2015)
Estimating Ixodes ricinus densities on the landscape scale
International Journal of Health Geographics. DOI: 10.1186/s12942-015-0015-7
Open access External Link
 
Petney T; Pfäffle M.; Littwin N.; Norra S.; Böhnke D.; Hogewind F.; Gebhardt R.; Oehme R; Steidle J.; Kahl O.; Dautel H. (2015)
Untersuchung der Ökologie von Zecken als Überträger von Krankheitserregern in Baden - Württemberg in Bezug auf Habitat, Landnutzung, Wirtstiere und Klima
In: Fachdokumente zur Umweltforschung der LUBW. Gefördert durch Programm „Lebensgrundlage Umwelt und ihre Sicherung“ (LUBW), Land Baden-Württemberg.
Zwischenbericht 2015 External Link

Presentations and posters

Volk, Rebekka; Lützkendorf, Thomas; Schambelon, Sophia; Naber, Elias; Mörmann, Kai; Böhnke, Denise; Norra, Stefan; Schuhmann, Rainer; Ehrbecht, Anke; Baloutski, Maria, Schultmann, Frank (2020)
NaMaRes: Stakeholder-specific assessment of resource-efficiency measures in urban districts - first results
Poster at Beyond 2020 – World Sustainable Built Environment Conference. 9. – 11. Juni 2020
Boehnke, Denise (2020)
Implementation of climate adaptation in urban land use planning - Findings of a pilot study
Lecture at 5th Dortmund Conference „Rethinking spaces - Planning in a changing world“. Dortmund. 17. - 18. Februar 2020
Boehnke, Denise (2019)
): Possibilities and barriers of municipal climate change adaptation in RLP. Experts Café and panel discussion
Experts Café and panel discussion. Foundation for Ecology and Democracy e. V., Annweiler. 29.10.2019 (in German)
Boehnke, Denise (2019)
Environmental and Health Impacts in Cities
Lecture at GRACE Summer School, Clean Energy and Sustainability, Possidi, Greece. 2.-6. September 2019