About us

Kontakt / Contact

Dr. Patrick Kuss
Paula-Modersohn-Platz 9
79100 Freiburg i. Brsg.
Deutschland / Germany

patrick.kuss@feldbotanik.de

 Ausbildung & Arbeitstätigkeit / Education & Work experience

2012-2014 Sibbald Trust Fellow, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Scotland
Since 2012 Research Associate, Institute of Systematic Botany, Zürich, Switzerland
2007-2011 Hochschulassistent, Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Switzerland
2010 CAS in Higher Education (Zertifikat Hochschullehre), University of Bern
Since 2007 Associated Researcher, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA
2007 Adjunct Faculty, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks
2006 Postdoctoral Fellow, Alaska Geobotany Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks
2003-2006 PhD in Botany, Institute of Botany, University of Basel, Switzerland
2003 M.Sc. in Biology, University of Freiburg i. Brsg., Germany

Lehrerfahrung / Teaching experience

University of Zürich
  • Habitat Mapping (BIO 240)
  • Vascular Plant Anatomy and Morphology (BIO224)
  • Ethnobotany in the Mediterranean (CAS)
  • Island Biogeographical Field Course (BIO238)
Natural History Museum Graubünden, Chur
  • Field Botany Course (beginners, 1.5 years)
  • Field Botany (advanced, 6 weekends per year)
  • Expert courses on difficult taxonomic groups
  • Habitat mapping (advanced, 3 days)
University of Bern
  • Plant Ecology I (BSc-level lectures & labs)
  • Plant Biology II (BSc-level lectures)
  • Plant Ecological Excursion to the Alps (BSc-& MSc-level field course)
  • Plant Ecological Field Course –Camargue, France (MSc-& PhD-level field course)
  • Biodiversity in the Alps (BSc-level seminar)
  • Plant Ecological Excursions and Taxonomy (BSc-level field trips).
University of Alaska Fairbanks
  • Vegetation Description & Analysis (MSc- & PhD-level lectures & labs)
  • Microbiology I (BSc-level lectures & labs).
University of Basel
  • Plant Ecological Field Course – Tenerife, Canary Islands (BSc-, MSc- & PhD-level)
  • Geobotanical Excursions (BSc-level).