en: Dr. Bernd Degen

Institute of

FG Forest Genetics

Dr. habil. Bernd Degen

Institute of Forest Genetics

Sieker Landstraße 2
22927 Großhansdorf

Mobile: +49 4102 696 101
Fax: +49 4102 696 200
Telephone: +49 4102 696 101
Email: bernd.degen@thuenen.de

Head of the Institute of Forest Genetics

1987-1993: Study of forestry at Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany

1993-1996: Doctorate at faculty of forestry at Georg-August-University Göttingen with doctoral thesis in forest genetics: ‘Modellgestützte Systemanalyse der Dynamik adaptiver Potentiale von Baumpopulationen’ (‘System analysis of the dynamics of adaptive potentials of tree populations by use of computer models’)

10/1998 – 05/2004: Scientist and head of the forest genetic lab at INRA (INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE) in Kourou, French Guyana

Since 06/2004: Director and Professor / Head of the Thuenen Institute of Forest Genetics, Germany

Since 2004: Editor-in-Chief of the international journal Silvae Genetica

12/2005: Habilitation at the Department of Biology at the University of Hamburg about the theme: “Studies on structure and dynamics of genetic variation of tree populations in temperate and tropical forests – contributions to a comparison”, Venia legendi for the area Applied Botany

Since 2004: National coordinator of Germany for the European Network of Forest Genetic Resources (EUFORGEN)

Focus of actual research:

Large scale genetic inventories of trees using SNP-arrays
Genome-wide-association studies and genetic selection
Optimizing breeding strategies

Development of computer programs in the fields of population genomics and quantitative genetics

Program for the analysis of spatial genetic structures (SGS)
Program to assign the geographic origin based on genetic and metric data (GeoAssign)
Program for population genetic data analysis (GDA_NT 2021)
Program to optimize sampling and breeding strategies using genomic data (SNPscan)