Lena Chowdhury is particularly interested in the topics of biodiversity and ecosystem services in the area of soil. She is involved in the project "Soilguard" and supports the research team with research, interviews, surveys and the preparation of presentations and reports.

As part of her Master's degree in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation, Lena Chowdhury is currently preparing her Master's thesis.
 

Main focus

• Biodiversity
• Ecosystem Services
• Ecological Economics
   

Experience

• Since 04/2022: Student assistant at the Institute for Ecological Economic Research (IÖW) in the research field of Environmental Economics and Environmental Policy
• 06/2023 – 07/2023 Student assistant at Senckenberg Society for Nature Research 
• 07/2021 – 09/2021: Internship at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) in the Department of Environmental Policy, Leipzig
   

Education

• Since 10/2021: Master of Science in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation at the University of Potsdam 
• 2017 – 2021: Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science at the University of Hildesheim
   

Commitment and committees

• 2016 – 2017: Voluntary service (weltwärts) with the Bolivian Children's Aid Association at the "Musuq Sunqu" project in Sucre, Bolivia