Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig
Museumsmeile Bonn
Adenauerallee 160
53113 Bonn
Germany
 | o.jahn.zfmk@uni-bonn.de |
Education:
- B.Sc. in biochemistry, 22 Aug. 1988, Free University (FU) Berlin, Germany.
- M.Sc. in biochemistry, 6 Feb. 1992, Free University (FU) Berlin, Germany.
- Ph.D. in natural sciences (Dr. rer. nat.), 17 Jan. 2005, University of Bonn, Germany.
Biographical Sketch:
Dr. Olaf Jahn is a specialist in bird survey techniques, with a particular interest in Neotropical ecosystems. After he earned a M.Sc. degree in biochemistry in Germany, he moved to Ecuador to study tropical bird communities for his Ph.D. thesis. In Ecuador he worked for 15+ years as a field biologist, project manager, and scientific director for various national and international NGOs. Important aspects of his research were the development of audiovisual protocols for rapid assessment surveys and monitoring studies of birds, the use of avifaunal data and bio-indicators for the sustainable management of natural resources and protected areas, the ecology and conservation status of globally threatened species, and the recollection of animal sounds. Furthermore, he has coordinated the establishment of free online databases on Ecuadorian birds at "www.iabin.net" and "www.worldbirds.org". In 2010 he moved back to Germany, where he took position as the scientific coordinator of the EU Life+ project “Automatic Acoustic Monitoring and Inventorying of Biodiversity” (AmiBio; www.amibio-project.eu) for the Zoological Research Museum A. Koenig, Bonn, Germany. The project was carried out by a Greek-German research consortium in the Natura 2000 area “Hymettus” east of Athens, Greece. Since mid-2013 he is engaged in the Computational Bioacoustics Research Unit (CO.BRA) of the Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso (UFMT), Cuiabá, Brazil (INAU, CsF, and CNPq).
Research interests:
- Standardized bird monitoring and rapid assessment techniques
- Composition and structure of avian communities, with special emphasis on tropical ecosystems
- Impact of habitat structure, land-use practices, and climate change on bird communities
- Ecology, natural history, and conservation of birds
- Use of avifaunal data for environmental impact assessment studies and the management of natural resources
- Automated acoustic monitoring of sound-producing animal species
- Computational bioacoustics
- B.Sc. in biochemistry, 22 Aug. 1988, Free University (FU) Berlin, Germany.
- M.Sc. in biochemistry, 6 Feb. 1992, Free University (FU) Berlin, Germany.
- Ph.D. in natural sciences (Dr. rer. nat.), 17 Jan. 2005, University of Bonn, Germany.
Biographical Sketch:
Dr. Olaf Jahn is a specialist in bird survey techniques, with a particular interest in Neotropical ecosystems. After he earned a M.Sc. degree in biochemistry in Germany, he moved to Ecuador to study tropical bird communities for his Ph.D. thesis. In Ecuador he worked for 15+ years as a field biologist, project manager, and scientific director for various national and international NGOs. Important aspects of his research were the development of audiovisual protocols for rapid assessment surveys and monitoring studies of birds, the use of avifaunal data and bio-indicators for the sustainable management of natural resources and protected areas, the ecology and conservation status of globally threatened species, and the recollection of animal sounds. Furthermore, he has coordinated the establishment of free online databases on Ecuadorian birds at "www.iabin.net" and "www.worldbirds.org". In 2010 he moved back to Germany, where he took position as the scientific coordinator of the EU Life+ project “Automatic Acoustic Monitoring and Inventorying of Biodiversity” (AmiBio; www.amibio-project.eu) for the Zoological Research Museum A. Koenig, Bonn, Germany. The project was carried out by a Greek-German research consortium in the Natura 2000 area “Hymettus” east of Athens, Greece. Since mid-2013 he is engaged in the Computational Bioacoustics Research Unit (CO.BRA) of the Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso (UFMT), Cuiabá, Brazil (INAU, CsF, and CNPq).
Research interests:
- Standardized bird monitoring and rapid assessment techniques
- Composition and structure of avian communities, with special emphasis on tropical ecosystems
- Impact of habitat structure, land-use practices, and climate change on bird communities
- Ecology, natural history, and conservation of birds
- Use of avifaunal data for environmental impact assessment studies and the management of natural resources
- Automated acoustic monitoring of sound-producing animal species
- Computational bioacoustics
