2024 – dato 

Research associate in the project GreenMoor, Peatland Science Group, University of Greifswald     

2024 – dato 

Research associate in the project PeatSens, Landscape Ecology Group, University of Rostock

2024 – 2024 

Commissioner of peatland conservation and grant-related matters, Federal office for environmental protection and geology - Güstrow

2021 – 2023 

Teacher of Geography and Biology in state schools in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

2017 – 2021 

Research associate in the project Wetscapes, Landscape Ecology Group, University of Rostock

2014 – 2017 

Master’s studies in Environmental Sciences, Technical University of Braunschweig

2011 – 2014 

Bachelor’s studies in Physical Geography, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg

current projects

• GreenMoor II - Adaptation of permanent grassland under grazing and mowing management on Bremen lowland peat sites through climate-protection-oriented, future-proof management practices in cattle farming (Freie Hansestadt Bremen – die Senatorin für Umwelt, Klima und Wissenschaft Bremen, 01.10.2024 – 30.09.2028
• GreenMoor I – Sustainable future management of dairy production on organic soils for climate protection (Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz, 01.04.2024 – 31.03.2028)
• PeatSens – Process understanding of methane exchange in temperate fens with in-situ measurements and remote sensing (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, 01.02.2024 – 310.1.2027)

previous projects

• WETSCAPES - Biogeochemical Transformation Processes in Peatland and Coastal Sites as a Basis for Land Use, Climate Impact, and Water Protection (Excellence Research Program of the State of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania within the Framework of the European Social Fund 2014–2020, 01.01.2017 – 31.12.2020)

Journal articles (peer-reviewed)

• Köhn, D., Günther, A., Smiljanic, M. et al. A Topographic Gradient Drives Spatial Variability of Stem CH₄ Fluxes in a Temperate Alder Stand. Ecosystems 28, 44 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-025-00989-2
• Köhn, D, Welpelo, C, Günther, A, Jurasinski,G: Drainage Ditches Contribute Considerably to the CH₄ Budget of a Drained and a Rewetted Temperate Fen. Wetlands 41, 71 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-021-01465-y
• Köhn D, Günther A, Schwabe I, Jurasinski G.: Short-lived peaks of stem methane emissions from mature black alder (Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn.) – Irrelevant for ecosystem methane budgets?. Plant-Environment Interactions. 2021; 2: 16–27. https://doi.org/10.1002/pei3.10037
• Wang H, Jurasinski G, Täumer J, Kuß A, Groß V, Köhn D, Günther A, Urich T: Linking Transcriptional Dynamics of Peat Microbiomes to Methane Fluxes during a Summer Drought in Two Rewetted Fens. Environmental Science & Technology 2023 57 (12), 5089-5101 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.2c07461
• Schwieger, S, Kreyling, J, Peters, B, Gillert, A, Freiherr von Lukas, U, Jurasinski, G, Köhn, D, & Blume-Werry, G (2022). Rewetting prolongs root growing season in minerotrophic peatlands and mitigates negative drought effects. Journal of Applied Ecology, 59, 2106–2116. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14222
• Jurasinski G, Ahmad S, Anadon-Rosell A, Berendt J, Beyer F, Bill R, Blume-Werry G, Couwenberg J, Günther A, Joosten H, Koebsch F, Köhn D, Koldrack N, Kreyling J, Leinweber P, Lennartz B, Liu H, Michaelis D, Mrotzek A, … Wrage-Mönnig N (2020) From understanding to sustainable use of peatlands: The WETSCAPES approach. Soil Systems, 4(14). https://doi.org/10.3390/soilsystems4010014
• Weil M, Wang H, Bengtsson M, Köhn D, Günther A, Jurasinski G, Couwenberg J, Negassa W, Zak D, Urich T. Long-Term Rewetting of Three Formerly Drained Peatlands Drives Congruent Compositional Changes in Pro- and Eukaryotic Soil Microbiomes through Environmental Filtering. Microorganisms. 2020; 8(4):550. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8040550