Doctoral Researcher, University of Tuebingen, Germany

The impact of building or not building a dam: integrating River conservation and renewable electricity generation in Africa (supervision: Prof. Dr. Christiane Zarfl, Prof. Dr. Klement Tockner)

Peters, R., Berlekamp, J., Tockner, K., & Zarfl, C. (2024). Electricity mix from renewable energies can avoid further fragmentation of African rivers. Sustainable Energy Research, 11(1), 1-16. Read

Peters, R., Berlekamp, J., Kabiri, C., Kaplin, B. A., Tockner, K., Zarfl, C. (2024). Sustainable pathways towards universal renewable electricity access in Africa. Nat Rev Earth Environ. Read

Peters, R., Berlekamp, J., Tockner, K., Zarfl, C. (2023). RePP Africa – a georeferenced and curated database on existing and proposed wind, solar, and hydropower plants. Sci Data 10(16). Read

Sustainability Award for Theses (University of Tuebingen)

M. Sc. Geoecology, University of Tuebingen, Germany

Key Themes: Ecosystem research, ecology of the tropics (Latin America); Sustainable development and ecosystem management; Climate change adaptation, biodiversity and nature conservation; Environmental law; Thesis: Supporting sustainable hydropower plant site and size selection in the Vjosa Catchment (Balkan Region) – Evaluation of planned hydropower projects under selected socioeconomic, ecological, and political indicators for improving sustainable decision-making processes (Environmental Systems Analysis Research group)

B. Sc. Geoecology, University of Tuebingen, Germany

Key Themes: Ecological interactions between soil-vegetation-water-climate and their effects on humans; Human impacts on ecosystems; Climate change and adaptation, biodiversity; Thesis: Herbivorous Damage along a Climate Gradient in Chile (Earth Shape, Plant Ecology research group)

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Exchange Semester, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia

Key Themes: Regional impacts on global climate change; Biodiversity, nature conservation and development in Colombia