Dr. Christoph Bachofen

Dr.  Christoph Bachofen

Dr. Christoph Bachofen

Staff of Lehre Umweltsystemwissenschaften

WSL

EPFL ENAC IIE PERL GR B2 417

EPFL Station 2

1015 Lausanne

Switzerland

Curriculum Vitae

Professional

  • 2016–2017 | Postdoctoral researcher, ETH Zurich, Institute of Agricultural Science, Grassland Sciences Group - Investigation of leaf traits within tree canopies and characterization environmental drivers
  • 2016 | Postdoctoral researcher, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Forest Dynamics - Planning, conducting and analysing experiments on forest regeneration
  • 2012 | Research Intern, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Forest Dynamics - Field and lab assistance: Drought limitations in the early growth of conifers
  • 2011–2012 | Substitute Teacher in Biology, Grammar School Zofingen (Aargau) and Enge (Zürich)
  • 2010 | Civilian Service Agroscope Changins, Institute for Plant Production Sciences - Development of methods for marker-based breeding of wheat resistance to Fusarium wilt
  • 2009 | Civilian Service, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Forest Dynamics - Dendrochronological analysis of competitive strength and site sensitivity of tree species

Education

  • 2013–2016 | Doctor of Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Forest Dynamics, Title: Pine regeneration under future climate conditions: effects of local adaptation and acclimation
  • 2013–2015 | Diploma of Advanced Studies in Applied Statistics, ETH Zurich
  • 2009–2012 | Teaching Education for Secondary Schools in Biology, ETH Zurich
  • 2007–2009 | MSc Biology, ETH Zurich, Major: Ecology and Evolution, Title of Master thesis: Trophic Interactions in an Arthropod Community on Green Alder
  • 2004–2007 | BSc Biology, ETH Zurich

Projects

Leaf2Canopy

Publications

  • Bachofen C, Wohlgemuth T, Moser B (2018) Biomass partitioning in a future dry and CO2 enriched climate: shading aggravates drought effects in Pinus sylvestris but not Pinus nigra seedlings. Journal of Applied Ecology (in press)
  • Bachofen C, Moser B, Hoch G, Ghazoul J, Wohlgemuth T (2018) No carbon “bet hedging” in pine seedlings under prolonged summer drought and elevated CO2. Journal of Ecology 106: 31-46 external pagedoi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12822
  • Liu Y, Ding Z, Bachofen C, Lou Y, Jiang M, Tang X, Lu X, Buchmann N (2018) The effect of saline-alkaline and water stresses on water use efficiency and standing biomass of Phragmites australis and Bolboschoenus planiculmis. Science to the Total Environment 644: 207-216 external pagehttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.05.321
  • Bachofen C, Moser B, Hoch G, Ghazoul J, Wohlgemuth T. 2017.  No carbon “bet hedging” in pine seedlings under prolonged summer drought and elevated CO2. Journal of Ecology DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12822
  • Moser B, Bachofen C, Müller J, Metslaid M, Wohlgemuth T. 2016. Root architecture might account for contrasting establishment success of Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii and Pinus sylvestris in Central Europe under dry conditions. Annals of Forest Science 73 (4): 959-970
  • Bachofen C, Wohlgemuth T, Ghazoul J, Moser B. 2016. Cold temperature extremes during spring do not limit the range shift of Mediterranean pines into regions with intermittent frost. Functional Ecology 30(6): 856-865
  • Uhlig M, Dorn S, Bachofen C, Vogel J, Mody K. 2011. Green alder as an important habitat of subalpine rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in the Urseren valley (canton Uri, Switzerland). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 84: 141–149
  • Zurbuchen A, Bachofen C, Müller A, Hein S, Dorn S. 2010. Are landscape structures insurmountable barriers for foraging bees? A mark-recapture study with two solitary pollen specialist species. Apidologie 41: 497–508
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