Winfried Schröder completed his studies at the University of Kiel. After conducting field research at the Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, he published his doctoral thesis in 1989 on chemical and statistical investigations of forest diseases in Germany. After completing his habilitation thesis on the development of an interdisciplinary methodology for scientific research and teaching in the field of environmental sciences and environmental law at the University of Kiel, he was appointed to the Chair of Landscape Ecology at the University of Vechta in 1998. During his academic career, he has led numerous research projects funded by the German Environment Agency and the German Research Foundation (DFG), among others. He is (co-editor) of several scientific journals and scientific books. His research interests include: - Environmental monitoring, modelling and mapping, - Statistical Analysis of Environmental Data, - Estimation of atmospheric deposition using mosses, - Modelling and mapping of climate change using plant phenological data - Modelling and mapping of the spread of genetically modified organisms in landscapes. A current overview of his scientific publications is available on the website of the University of Vechta (http://www.uni-vechta.de/landschaftsoekologie).