Alexander Drexler

Research Associate

Email: alexander.drexleruni-greifswaldde

Phone: +49 3834 420 4226

Soldmannstraße 14a, Room 1.05

Activities

Within the PaludiZentrale project, I investigate the effects of rewetting and paludiculture on biodiversity. My main focus is the cross-project harmonisation of methods for zoological surveys in different model and demonstration projects. I also complement existing monitoring approaches with bioacoustic surveys and eDNA sampling.

Portrait of Alexander Drexler

Projects

PaludiZentrale – Central coordination of model and demonstration projects for peatland conservation, including the use of renewable raw materials from paludiculture (FPNR/BMEL, 2023–2032)

PRINCESS – Peatland Rewetting In Nitrogen-Contaminated Environments: Synergies and trade-offs between biodiversity, climate, water quality and society (ERA-Net/BMBF, 2021–2024)

Wilde Mulde – Revitalisation of a wild river landscape in Central Germany (BBV/BMBF, 2015–2020)

Since 2023: Research Associate at the University of Greifswald – Work Package 5, Biodiversity, PaludiZentrale

2021: Scientific internship conducting entomological surveys in the PRINCESS project (Zoological Museum Greifswald / Greifswald Mire Centre)

2019–2023: Master of Science in Biodiversity and Ecology, University of Greifswald

Master’s thesis: “Habitatpotentialanalyse von Typha-Paludikulturen auf wiedervernässten Niedermoorstandorten Mecklenburg-Vorpommerns und deren Bedeutung für die Libellenfauna (Odonata)”

2017–2019: Student assistant (parental leave cover) in the Wilde Mulde river restoration project, focusing on accompanying carabid research

2016–2017: Scientific internship at Bavarian Forest National Park

2014–2019: Bachelor of Science in Environmental Monitoring, HTW Dresden

Bachelor’s thesis: “Vergleich von Methoden zur Erfassung von Carabiden im Rahmen des Revitalisierungsprojekts ‚Wilde Mulde‘ (Sachsen-Anhalt)”

Martens HR, Laage K, Eickmanns M, Drexler A, Heinsohn V, Wegner N, Muster C, Diekmann M, Seeber E, Kreyling J, Michalik P, Tanneberger F (2023)
Paludiculture can support biodiversity conservation in rewetted fen peatlands.
Scientific Reports 13:18091.