Nina Buchmann
{{short description|Plant ecologist}}
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Nina Buchmann is a German ecologist known for her research on the ecophysiology of plants and on the biosphere-atmosphere greenhouse gas exchange of terrestrial ecosystems. She is a member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and an elected fellow of the American Geophysical Union. She was elected a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2025.https://www.nasonline.org/news/2025-nas-election/
Education and career
Buchmann has an undergraduate degree in geoecology from the University of Bayreuth (1989). In 1993 she finished her Ph.D. there working with {{ill|Ernst-Detlief Schulze|de}}{{Cite web|last1=Grasl|first1=Address ETH Zürich Dep of Environmental Systems Science Prof Dr Nina Buchmann Professur|last2=Switzerl|first2=wissenschaften LFW C. 56 Universitätstrasse 2 8092 Zürich|title=Buchmann, Nina, Prof. Dr. {{!}} ETH Zurich|url=https://usys.ethz.ch/en/people/profile.nina-buchmann.html|access-date=2021-09-14|website=usys.ethz.ch|language=en}} with a research project tracking the incorporation of inorganic nitrogen into trees.{{Cite thesis|title=Wege und Umsetzungen von 15N-Ammonium und 15N-Nitrat in einem Fichtenjungbestand (Picea abies (L.) Karst.)|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/722079436|date=1993|language=German|first=Nina|last=Buchmann|oclc = 722079436}} Following this, she spent three years at the University of Utah working with James Ehleringer. In 1996 she returned to the University of Bayreuth and finished her habilitation working on the exchange of carbon dioxide between soils and the atmosphere.{{Cite thesis|title=Die 13C-Signatur des CO2-Austausches zwischen Boden, Vegetation und Atmosphäre|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/604133058|publisher=[Verlag nicht ermittelbar]|date=1999|place=Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar|language=German|first=Nina|last=Buchmann|oclc = 604133058}} Starting in 1993, she worked at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry until she moved to ETH Zurich in 2003 where she is a full professor. From 2011 to 2017, she was Founding Chair of the World Food System Centre{{Cite web |title=Homepage |url=https://worldfoodsystem.ethz.ch/ |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=World Food System Center |language=en}} at ETH Zurich, from August 2012 to July 2017 Vice Head of Department and from August 2017 to July 2021 Head of the Department of Environmental Systems Science at ETH Zurich Department of Environmental Systems Science{{Cite web |date=2025-05-17 |title=Department of Environmental Systems Sciences (D-USYS): Homepage |url=https://usys.ethz.ch/en/ |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=Department of Environmental Systems Science |language=en}} at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. In the ranking of the “best female scientists in the world” 2024, Nina Buchmann is among the top 6 in Switzerland.{{Cite web |title=Best Female Scientists in Switzerland 2024 Ranking |url=https://research.com/scientists-rankings/best-female-scientists/ch |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=Research.com |language=en}}
In 2007, she was elected into the National Academy of Sciences of Germany (Leopoldina).{{Cite web |title=List of Members |url=https://www.leopoldina.org/en/members/list-of-members/list-of-members/member/Member/show/nina-buchmann/ |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=National Academy of Sciences of Germany (Leopoldina) |language=DE}} In 2018, she was elected a fellow of the American Geophysical Union who cited "her pioneering work to understand ecophysiological mechanisms regulating ecosystem carbon dynamics locally, regionally and across diverse ecosystems".{{Cite web |last=AGU |date=2018-11-14 |title=Celebrating the 2018 Class of Fellows |url=https://eos.org/agu-news/celebrating-the-2018-class-of-fellows |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=Eos |language=en-US}} In 2018 and 2019, she was recognized as a "Highly Cited Researcher".{{Cite web |date=2024-11-13 |title=Highly Cited Researchers {{!}} Clarivate |url=https://clarivate.com/highly-cited-researchers/ |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=clarivate.com |language=en-US}}
Research
The main research topics of Nina Buchmann include plant and ecosystem physiology,{{Cite journal|last1=Kahmen|first1=Ansgar|last2=Renker|first2=Carsten|last3=Unsicker|first3=Sybille B.|last4=Buchmann|first4=Nina|date=2006|title=Niche Complementarity for Nitrogen: An Explanation for the Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning Relationship?|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1890/0012-9658%282006%2987%5B1244%3ANCFNAE%5D2.0.CO%3B2|journal=Ecology|language=en|volume=87|issue=5|pages=1244–1255|doi=10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[1244:NCFNAE]2.0.CO;2|pmid=16761603|issn=1939-9170|url-access=subscription}} biogeochemistry of terrestrial ecosystems, particularly the response of soil and ecosystem carbon,{{Cite journal|last1=Buchmann|first1=Nina|last2=Schulze|first2=Ernst-Detlef|date=1999|title=Net CO 2 and H 2 O fluxes of terrestrial ecosystems|journal=Global Biogeochemical Cycles|language=en|volume=13|issue=3|pages=751–760|doi=10.1029/1999GB900016|bibcode=1999GBioC..13..751B|doi-access=}} nitrogen and water dynamics to climatic conditions and management regimes and interactions among biodiversity, ecosystem functions/services, and sustainable resource use.{{Cite web |last=Switzerland |first=ETH Zürich Professur Graslandwissenschaften LFW C. 56 Universitätstrasse 2 8092 Zürich |title=Prof. Dr. Nina Buchmann {{!}} ETH Zurich |url=https://gl.ethz.ch/people/person-detail.nina.html |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=gl.ethz.ch |language=en}} She published more than 400 refereed original journal papers{{Cite web |title=ORCID |url=https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0826-2980 |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=orcid.org}} and 40 books and book chapters (as of 2024), and is member of several Scientific Steering Committees and Advisory Boards.
= Selected publications =
- {{cite book |last1=Schulze |first1=Ernst-Detlef |last2=Beck |first2=Erwin |last3=Buchmann |first3=Nina |last4=Clemens |first4=Stephan |last5=Müller-Hohenstein |first5=Klaus |last6=Scherer-Lorenzen |first6=Michael |title=Plant Ecology |date=2019 |publisher=Springer-Verlag |location=Berlin, Germany |isbn=978-3-662-56231-4 |edition=2 |url=https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783662562314 |language=en}}
- Scientific Publicationen at Web of Science
- Overview of publications at researchgate
Awards (selection)
- 2025: International member in the National Academy of Sciences{{Cite web |date=2025-05-06 |title=Prof. Nina Buchmann has been elected as an international member of the National Academy of Sciences |url=https://www.ias.ethz.ch/the-institute/ias-news-kanal/2025/05/prof-nina-buchmann-has-been-elected-as-an-international-member-of-the-national-academy-of-sciences.html |access-date=2025-06-04 |website=Institute of Agricultural Sciences |language=en}}
- 2024: Best Scholars in the field of Ecology and Evolution in the World 2023, 2024
- 2024: Best Female Scientists in the World 2022, 2023, 2024 Ranking
- 2022: Honorary Medal of Gesellschaft für Ökologie
- 2022: Distinguished Alumna der University of Utah, School of Biological Sciences
- 2018, 2019: Highly Cited Researcher{{Cite web |date=2019-01-09 |title=Four ETH Women Professors on the list of Highly Cited Researchers 2018 |url=https://eth-wpf.ch/four-eth-women-professors-on-the-list-of-highly-cited-researchers-2018/ |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=Women Professors Forum |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2019-11-20 |title=Six «Highly Cited Researchers 2019» from D-USYS |url=https://usys.ethz.ch/en/news-events/news/archive/2019/11/highly-cited-researchers-2019.html |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=Department of Environmental Systems Science |language=en}}
- 2018: Fellow der American Geophysical Union
- 2014–2017: Member of Agroscope-Scientific Advisory Board{{Cite news |last=Agroscope |title=Agroscope-Wissenschaftsrat |url=https://www.agroscope.admin.ch/agroscope/de/home/ueber-uns/organisation/wissenschaftsrat.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514002559/https://www.agroscope.admin.ch/agroscope/de/home/ueber-uns/organisation/wissenschaftsrat.html |archive-date=2021-05-14 |access-date=2025-05-27 |language=de}}
- 2012: Norbert Gerbier-MUMM International Award of the World Meteorological Organization
- 2011: Founding Chair of the World Food System Centre{{Cite web |date=2018-11-10 |title=Ein Energiebündel für eine bessere Welt |url=https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/ein-energiebuendel-fuer-eine-bessere-welt-910239422232 |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=Tages-Anzeiger |language=de}}
- 2007: Member of the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina{{Cite web |title=List of Members |url=https://www.leopoldina.org/en/members/list-of-members/list-of-members/member/Member/show/nina-buchmann/ |access-date=2021-09-13 |website=Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina |language=en}}
- 2007: Award "Das Goldene Dreirad / Golden Tricycle" for the most family and staff friendly leader at ETH Zürich
- 2000: Founding member of Junge Akademie (Young Academy of Sciences) (2000–2005){{Cite web|title=Nina Buchmann - Members - Die Junge Akademie|url=https://www.diejungeakademie.de/en/members/detail/jamembers/show/member/4/|access-date=2021-09-13|website=www.diejungeakademie.de}}
References
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External links
{{Commonscat|Nina Buchmann (geo-ecologist)|Nina Buchmann}}
- [https://usys.ethz.ch/personen/profil.nina-buchmann.html Official website]
- {{DNB-Portal|1089335504}}
- Nina Buchmann: [https://video.ethz.ch/speakers/lecture/68f9ba7d-3188-407c-b500-5c8c23e859f6.html Blackbox Grasland: Prozesse, Dienste, Perspektiven. Inaugural lecture.] Video Portal of ETH Zurich, 2. February 2004.
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