Wolf-Henning Kusber

Telefon 
+49 30 838 50177
Fax 
+49 30 838-4 50177
E-Mail 
w.h.kusber@bo.berlin
Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin
Freie Universität Berlin
Königin-Luise-Straße 6-8
14195
Berlin
Deutschland
Aufgaben 

Seit Juli 2019 Datenkuration

Juni 2019 GBOL2 (Diatomeen)

Mai 2016 - Mai 2019 Building a Global Registration and Index System for Scientific Names and Types of Algae

AlgaTerra information system

2015 - April 2016 AnnoSys - A generic annotation system for biodiversity data

2015 - Mai 2016 Europeana Digital Service Infrastructure; Open Up! coordination team

2010 - Mai 2014 GBIF-D: Plants, Algae and Protists

Forschungsinteressen 
  • Biodiversity informatics, particularly data processing and data evaluation
  • Extend the amount and increase the quality and availability of networked data resources
  • Intercalibration of taxonomic concepts in micro algae
  • Nomenclature of algae
  • Taxonomy of algae especially phytoflagellates, desmids and diatoms
  • Red Lists of  freshwater algae
  • Algal flora of Berlin (Germany)
  • Changes in the biodiversity of freshwater micro algae
Forschungsprojekte 
  • Typification of  Ehrenberg's taxa (Project AlgaTerra)
  • Data evaluation (Project AlgaTerra, SYNTHESYS)
  • German Red List of  Desmids (in cooperation with Antje Gutowski)
  • Types of African Surirellaceae (Andrew-Mellon-Foundation)
  • Red List of Algae in Berlin (in cooperation with Regine Jahn)
  • Medium-term changes in the biodiversity of micro algae in Berlin waters: a comparison of old and new data (in cooperation with Regine Jahn and Ursula Geissler).
Mandate in wissenschaftlichen Gremien und Komitees 
Mitglied, Editorial Committee, International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (seit 2017)
Mitglied, Nomenclature Committee for Algae (seit 2017)
Mitglied, Editional Board, Notulae Algarum (seit 2019)
Subject Editor, PhytoKeys (seit 2021)
Mitgliedschaft in wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaften 
International Association for Plant Taxonomy
International Society for Diatom Research
Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Limnologie
Botanischer Verein Berlin-Brandenburg
Central-European Diatomists / Deutschsprachige Diatomologen