Martin Jung | Curriculum Vitae

BNR Programm, IIASA, Laxenburg, A-2361, Austria

Ó +43 2236 807 316 • Q [email protected]

Œ www.martinjung.eu • ° jungmartin • ‡ Martin-Jung

Environmental scientist with broad interests in (Macro-)Ecology, Conservation Biology and Sustain-
ability Science with regards to global change. Specialises on biodiversity indicators, scenarios and
biodiversity nexus topics, remote sensing and applied conservation biology. Many years of experience
in project management and providing quantitative solutions to environmental problems.

Career history
Paid employment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Laxenburg, Austria
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Research scholar March 2021–present
Research on the nexus of land-use, climate and biodiversity. Project management, funding acquisition
and technical development using optimisation, machine learning and simulation based approaches.

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Laxenburg, Austria

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Postdoctoral Research scholar April 2019–February 2021
Developing new global integrated biodiversity, carbon and ecosystem services maps and models
using global data aggregation and optimisation routines

University of Sussex Brighton, UK

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Associate doctoral tutor January 2017–March 2019
Assisted in the teaching and marking of biology and geography courses for BSc and MSc students.
Led one day intensive workshops in GIS & data analysis for graduate students.

Lund university - Centre for Sustainability studies Lund, Sweden

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Research assistant February 2015–September 2015
Worked for the AGROMES project (funded by the Swedish research council) mapping the environmen-
tal, economic,and social tradeoffs of European farming systems across scales. Involved the acquisition,
manipulation, analysis and visualisation of economic and environmental data. Collaboration with
the University of British Columbia and Sussex University

Imperial College London London, UK

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External database contractor October 2014–August 2015
Developed, implemented and administrated a spatially explicit relational database (PostgreSQL &
PostGIS) for the BIOFRAG project. Wrote parsing scripts and SQL queries for database maintenance.

University of Copenhagen Copenhagen, Denmark

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Laboratory assistant May 2013–April 2015
Laboratory and field work as well as statistical analyses in biological pest control (Fruitgrowth,
Softpest, INBIOsoil) projects.

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 gaiac - research institute Aachen, Germany
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Research assistant September 2012–October 2012
GIS and statistical analyses around the Virtual Forest project and urban ecology. Conducted plant
vegetation surveys on windfall calamity areas.

Solarenergie-Förderverein Deutschland e.V. Aachen, Germany

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Part-time database maintainer July 2006–May 2013
Database maintenance and user support of the largest database for solar panel owners in Germany.

Internships & Volunteer activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ Leipzig, Germany
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Internship September 2011–October 2011
GIS analyses for habitat connectivity and restoration.

SAVE wildlife conservation fund Wülfrath, Germany

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Volunteer project leader May 2011–September 2012
Responsible for coordinating social media and stake holder interactions in Cameroon and the USA.

University of Marburg Bialowieza Forest, Poland

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Volunteer Spring 2011 & Summer 2012
Assistance in ornithological field surveys in temperate forests.

NLWKN Langeoog, Germany

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Assistant national park ranger July 2008–June 2009
Ornithological surveys & public relation including giving public tours and seminars.

Education
PhD in Environmental Sciences University of Sussex, UK
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Pass without corrections September 2015– March 2019
Specialising in big data, remote sensing & statistical analyses

MSc in Biology University of Copenhagen, Denmark

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12 (A) 2013–2015
Specialisation in Macroecology & African land systems. Four months of self-organised fieldwork in
Tanzania and Kenya

BSc in Biology University of Marburg, Germany

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1.9 (A) 2009–2012
Specialising in Conservation ecology. Six months of fieldwork in east Poland.

Professional skills
Languages: Fluent in German & English, basic literacy in Danish.

General: Very good project- and time-management skills. Experienced in giving presentations,
working well solo or in teams.

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 Statistics: Univariate and multivariate statistics. Time series analyses. Linear optimizations. Good
knowledge about applying Bayesian and modern machine learning techniques.

Coding: Proficient in: R, Python, Bash, Javascript, SQL, HTML, CSS, TeX, Learning Julia

Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, PostGIS, SQLite, Microsoft Access.

General computer skills: Broad Linux & Microsoft Windows knowledge. Most existing GIS
software. Comfortable with big data. Cloud computing knowledge (Google Cloud, Google Earth
Engine, AWS). Excellent command of Microsoft Office.

Publications
Peer reviewed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[1] Fritz, S., [...], Jung, M., et al. (2022) "A Continental Assessment of the Drivers of Tropical Defor-
estation with a Focus on Protected Areas" Frontiers in Conservation Science doi:10.3389/fcosc.2022.830248

[2] Henry, R.C., Arneth, A., Jung, M., Rabin, S. S., Rounsevell M.D., Warren, F. and Alexander, P.
(2022) "Global and regional health and food security in a Half Earth world." Nature Sustainability
doi:10.1038/s41893-021-00844-x

[3] Jung, M., [...], Visconti, P., (2021). "Areas of global importance for terrestrial biodiversity, carbon,
and water." Nature Ecology & Evolution, 5:11, 1499-1509 doi:10.1101/2020.04.16.021444

[4] Santini, L., Antao, L., Jung, M., Benítez-López, A.,Rapacciuolo, G., Di Marco, M., Jones, F.,
Haghkerdar, J.M., and González-Suárez M. (2021). "Macroecology and Conservation Biology:
links, challenges, and opportunities" Frontiers in Biogeography doi:10.21425/F5FBG53025

[5] Marques, A., Robuchon, M., Hellweg, S., [...], Jung, M., et al. (2021) "A research perspective
towards a more complete biodiversity footprint: a report from the World Biodiversity Forum."
Int J Life Cycle Assess. doi:10.1007/s11367-020-01846-1

[6] Jung, M., Scharlemann, J. P. W. and Rowhani, P. (2020). "Landscape-wide changes in land use
and land cover correlate with, but rarely explain local biodiversity change" Landscape Ecology
2, doi:10.1007/s10980-020-01109-2

[7] Leclère, D., [...] Jung, M., et al. (2020) "Bending the curve of terrestrial biodiversity needs an
integrated strategy." Nature. 585, 551-556 doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2705-y

[8] Jung, M., Raj Dahal, P., Butchart, S. H. M., Donald, P.F., De Lamo, X., Lesiv, M., Kapos, V.,
Rondinini, C. and Visconti, P. (2020). "A global map of terrestrial habitat types" Nature -
Scientific data 7(1),256 doi:10.1038/s41597-020-00599-8

[9] Jung, M., Rowhani, P., and Scharlemann, J. P. W. (2019). "Impacts of past abrupt land change
on local biodiversity globally." Nature Communications, 10(1), 5474. doi:10.1038/s41467-019-
13452-3

[10] Jung, M., Rowhani, P., Newbold, T., Bentley, L., Purvis, A. and Scharlemann, J. P.W. (2019) "Local
species assemblages are influenced more by past than current dissimilarities in photosynthetic
activity" Ecography, 42(4), 670–682. doi:10.1111/ecog.04031

[11] Kehoe, L., [...], Jung, M., et al. (2019) "Make EU trade with Brazil sustainable" Science, 364(6438):341
doi:10.1126/science.aaw8276

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[12] Norfolk, O., Jung, M., Platts, P. J., Malaki, P., Odeny, D., and Marchant, R. (2017) "Birds in the
matrix: the role of agriculture in avian conservation in the Taita Hills, Kenya." African Journal
of Ecology, doi:10.1111/aje.12383

[13] Jung, M., Hill, S. L. L., Platts, P. J., Marchant, R., Siebert, S., Fournier, A., Munyekenye, F. B.,
Purvis, A., Burgess, N. D. and Newbold, T. (2017) "Local factors mediate the response of bio-
diversity to land use on two African mountains." Animal Conservation, doi:10.1111/acv.12327

[14] Hudson, L., [...], Jung, M. et al. (2017) "The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses
of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project." Ecology and Evolution, 7(1),
145-188. doi:10.1002/ece3.2579

[15] Newbold, T., [...], Jung, M. et al. (2016) "Has land use pushed terrestrial biodiversity beyond the
planetary boundary? A global assessment." Science, 353(6296):288-291 doi:10.1126/science.aaf2201

[16] Martin,P.A., Jung, M., Brearley, F.Q., Ribbons, R.R., Lines, E.R. and Jacob, A.L. (2016) "Can we
set a global threshold age to define mature forests?" PeerJ, e1595 doi:10.7717/peerj.1595

[17] Jung, M. (2015) "LecoS - A python plugin for automated landscape ecology analysis." Ecological
Informatics 31: 18-21 doi:10.1016/j.ecoinf.2015.11.006

[18] Hudson, L., [...], Jung, M. et al. (2014) "The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local
terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts" Ecology and Evolution; 4(24):4701-4735
doi:10.1002/ece3.1303
Submitted or in review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[19] Chrysafi, A. [...], Jung, M. et al. (in review) Quantifying Earth system interactions for sustainable
food production: an expert elicitation Nature Sustainability

[20] Jung, M (in review) Predictability and transferability of local biodiversity environment relation-
ships Ecological Indicators

[21] Miles, L.J., Guth, M.K., Mark, J., Bachman, S., Jung, M., Aravind, N.A., Narayanan, S., Perez, K.
(in review). Citizen Science Data for Red Listing: Guidance on the use of iNaturalist data in
Red List Assessments. UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge.

[22] Jung, M., Lewis, M., Lesiv, M., Arnell, A., Fritz, S. & Visconti, P. (in review) "The conservation
value of disturbed and managed forests" Conservation Biology

[23] Lesiv, M., [...], Jung, M.,[...], Fritz, S. (in review) "Global forest management data for 2015 at a
100 m resolution" Nature - Scientific Data

[24] Monjeau, A., [...], Jung, M. et al. (in review) "Joint prioritisation of biodiversity conservation,
ecosystem services supply and food production in Argentina" Science Advances

[25] Fastre, C., Mogg, S., Jung, M., and Visconti, P. (in review). "Targeted expansion of Protected
Areas to maximise the persistence of terrestrial mammals." doi:10.1101/608992v2
Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bossio D., Obersteiner M., Wironen M., Jung M., Wood S., Folberth C., Boucher T., Alleway H.,
Simons R., Bucien K., Dowell L., Cleary D., Jones., R. (2021) Foodscapes: Toward Food System
Transition, The Nature Conservancy, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis,
and SYTEMIQ, ISBN: 978-0-578-31122-7

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 De Lamo, X., Jung, M, Visconti, P., Schmidt-Traub, G., Miles, L. and Kapos, V. (2020) "Strength-
ening synergies: how action to achieve post-2020 global biodiversity conservation targets can
contribute to mitigating climate change" UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, UK

Waldron, A., [...], Jung, M., et al. (2020) Protecting 30% of the planet for nature: costs, benefits and
economic implications Working paper for the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework Protecting
30% of the planet for nature: costs, benefits and economic implications

Jung, M., Visconti, P., De Lamo, X., Tallowin, O. and Mark, J. (2020) How we save the World -
Protection Priorities National Geographic Magazine, Issue 4 - Earth Day 50th Anniversary special
issue - Online

Tomislav, H., Jung, M. and Visconti, P. (2020) Potential distribution of land cover classes (Potential
Natural Vegetation) at 250 m spatial resolution (Version v0.1) Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.3631254

Jung, M. (2014) "QSDM Species distribution modelling support for the QGIS Processing toolbox",
Download link

Jung, M. (2012) "The U.S.-Investors and African palm oil, Report for the SAVE Wildlife Conser-
vation Fund

Presentations
Talks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[1] Jung, M.. "Integration as guiding principle in conservation planning and ecological modelling",
(2022) Invited research seminar at the University of Vienna - CVL

[2] Jung, M. "Areas of Global Importance for Biodiversity, Carbon and Water", (2022) Invited speaker
to IIASA CDAT seminar series

[3] Jung, M. "Biodiversitäts und Naturschutz forschung am IIASA" Keynote speaker at the Laxenburg
Klimatag. News announcement

[4] Jung, M. and Visconti P. (2020) "Global Areas Of Importance For Species Conservation And
Carbon Storage", World Biodiversity Forum, February 23-28, Davos, Switzerland.

[5] Jung, M. and Visconti P. (2019) "Identifying global terrestrial areas of biodiversity significance",
UNEP-WCMC – Gaining consensus on biodiversity assessments workshop, May 20-24, Cambridge,
UK.

[6] Jung, M., Rowhani, P. and Scharlemann, J. (2018) "Using remote sensing to assess biotic lag
in species assemblages globally", British Ecological Society Annual Meeting, December 17-19,
Birmingham, UK.

[7] Jung, M. (2018) "Linking local biodiversity change and landscape-wide land changes", Macroe-
cology SIG: Annual Meeting 2018 - British Ecological Society, July 10-11, St.Andrews, UK.

[8] Jung, M. (2017) "The lasting impact of past major disturbances on biodiversity", Macroecology
SIG: Annual Meeting 2017 - British Ecological Society, July 5-7, London, UK.

[9] Jung, M. (2016) "The local and African-wide distinctiveness of agroforestry for biodiversity",
Evolution, behaviour and environment seminar series, October 27, Sussex, UK.

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[10] Jung, M. (2016) "Influence of land dynamics on biodiversity", Evolution, behaviour and environment
seminar series, April 30, Sussex, UK.

[11] Jung, M., Newbold, T. and Burgess N.D. (2014) "African species’ response to land-use change.
Assessing the match between an Africa-wide model and fine-scale field data", 7th Early Career
Research meeting of the Tropical Ecology Group - British Ecological Society, August 14- 15, York,
UK.
Posters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[12] Jung, M., Raj Daha, P., Butchart, Donald, P.F., Rondini, C. and Visconti, P. (2020) "A Global
Map Of Species Terrestrial Habitat Types", World Biodiversity Forum, February 23-28, Davos,
Switzerland Download link

[13] Jung, M., Rowhani, P. and Scharlemann, J. (2017) "Abrupt land change events alter biodiversity",
University of Sussex - Annual research symposium, December 14- 15, Sussex, UK. Best poster
prize

[14] Jung, M., Rowhani, P. and Scharlemann, J. (2016) "Lasting influences of past land-surface con-
ditions on species assemblages", British Ecological Society Annual Meeting, December 11- 14,
Liverpool, UK. Highly commended Download link

[15] Jung, M., Burgess, N.D. and Newbold, T. (2016) "A comparison of broad-scale model esti-
mates with independent bird data from East-Africa", Student Conference on Conservation Science,
March 22-24, Cambridge, UK. Download link

[16] Jung, M., Newbold, T. and Burgess, N.D. (2014) "African species’ response to land-use change.
Assessing the match between an Africa-wide model and fine-scale field data", 7th Early Career
Research meeting of the Tropical Ecology Group - British Ecological Society, August 14- 15, York,
UK. Download link

[17] Linder J.M., Gorschlüter L., Altherr, S., Waltert, M., Jung, M. (not on abstract), Chapple, A. and
Astaras C. (2012) "The anatomy of an oil palm plantation and why African primate diversity
is in trouble", 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, April
11- 14, Portland, Oregon.

Academic service
2022 - present IPBES Fellow contributing to the IPBES Nexus assessment.

2019 - present Associate Editor for Diversity and Distributions.

Scientific Reviewer for Ecology, Environmental Science and Remote Sensing journals, including
Science, Nature Communications, Global Change Biology, Conservation biology and many others.
See here for (incomplete) list.

Supervision and teaching experience

Supervision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2021 - Peta Brom, PhD student from University of Cape Town (UCT), Co-supervisor as part of
the YSSP 2021 cohort

2021 - Valentina Marconi, PhD student from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), Primary
supervisor as part of the YSSP 2021 cohort

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Teaching. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2018 - QGIS workshop for postgraduates - University of Sussex, UK

2018 - Introduction to Geographical Information systems - University of Sussex, UK

2017 - Tutor on R course for PhD, MSc and BSc students - R4ALL, UK

2016-19 - Introduction to Ecology and Conservation - University of Sussex, UK

2015 - Tutoring on Workshop "Landscape Ecology analysis in QGIS" - University of Lund, Sweden

2014 - Workshop "Vegetation from space and from the ground" - African Insect Science for Food
and Health (ICIPE), Kenya

2013 - Workshop "Landscape Ecology analysis in QGIS" - University of Lund, Sweden

Professional development
2017 - Two weeks summer school on synthesising and modelling biodiversity data - iDiv, Ger-
many

2016 - Multiple training courses on academic writing, teaching and entrepreneurial thinking
and policy impact - University of Sussex Doctoral school, UK

Successful raised funding

Totally raised funding for me or people working with me: 3.092.946 e
2022 - Co-applicant Horizon Europe tender for "Supporting the development of a coherent and
resilient Trans-European Nature Network" (NaturaConnect) Volume: 1 513 750 e (Total: 10
000 000 e)

2021 - Supervisory team member (Main recipient: Elie Gaget) of Kone Foundation grant for a
PhD scholarship in "Climate warming adaptation for bird conservation" (Total: 167 200 e)

2021 - Biodiversity modelling contributor to the "Streamlining participatory approaches and

agent-based models to explore ideas of fairness at the food-water-biodiversity (FWB) nexus
(Acronym: fairSTREAM)" Volume: 390 000 e

2020 - Co-applicant and thematic expert on Biodiversity modelling on EU-Tender “European

Union BIOdiversity and CLIMate strategies Assessment (Acronym: EU-BIOCLIMA)” 1 000
000 e

2018 - Doctoral festival - runner up research image prize in the category science. Volume: 120 £
(140 e)

2015 - University of Sussex Researcher led initiative fund for setting up a quantitative analysis
group - Volume: 1000 £ (1416 e)

2014 - DANIDA Travel Grant (No. A26811) in support of conducting fieldwork in Kenya and
Tanzania - Volume: 13000 DKK (1700 e)

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 2013-2014 - Monthly scholarship from the Danish ministry of Higher Education and Science -
Volume: 5753 DKK (770 e) monthly

2013 - Grant to extent the functionality of my QGIS plugin LecoS from the Universidade de
Évora, Departamento de Biologia, Unidade de Biologia da Conservaçäo - Volume: 250 e

Professional References
○␣ Available on request

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