Vincent Wilkens
Research associate
Room 109, GEO II
7.0.01.05, NW I
Email: vincent.wilkens@uni-bayreuth.de
Phone: +49-921 / 55 2242
Research interests
- Machine learning
- Quantitative ecology
- Paleoecology
- Island biogeography
- Forest ecology
Selected Publications
Wilkens, V., Walentowitz, A., Teichert, S., Hülsmann, L., Nürk, N., Vetaas, O. R., & Beierkuhnlein, C. (2026). Cenozoic losses of tree diversity constrain climatic adaptation of Western and Central European forests. Nature Communications, 17(1), 9879. doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-77806-4.
Wilkens, V., Shatto, C., Walentowitz, A., Weiser, F., Otto, R., Guerrero-Campos, M., ... & Beierkuhnlein, C. (2025). Volcanic eruption and wildfires as compounding drivers of first-year seedling establishment in Canary pine. Forest Ecology and Management, 578, 122468. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2024.122468
CV
Since 2026 Research Associate, Ecosystem Analysis and Simulation, University of Bayreuth
Since 2026 Lecturer, Elite Network of Bavaria (ENB), Master of Science in Ecological Forecasting, University of Bayreuth
2024 – 2026 PhD Student, Department of Biogeography, University of Bayreuth
2024 – 2025 Research Assistant, Disturbance Ecology & Vegetation Dynamics, University of Bayreuth
2021 – 2023 Master of Science in Global Change Ecology, University of Bayreuth