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Biography
Katharina is an agricultural geographer and geo-ecologist interested in multidisciplinary research to understand interactions between the atmosphere, biosphere and human societies of relevance for agricultural systems. She has been trained as a physical geographer and climate change impact scientist and earned MSc and PhD degrees from the universities of Leipzig and Potsdam in Germany and moved to Australia in 2014.
Katharina is a Senior Research Scientist in the Global Food and Nutrition Security group at CSIRO. Her two areas of interest are: climate change impacts on agriculture and adaptation, and the geography, structure and evolution of agricultural systems. Geographers are interested in anything affecting the spatial patterns of the Earth’s surface and for her, the most interesting drivers are global change and human development.
Core methods and tools that she develops and/or deploys are process-based cropping systems modelling, spatial analysis with GIS and R, scenario analysis, social science methods, uncertainty analysis, data integration and multi-scale analysis. Her recent research aims at contributing to a better understanding of the relationship between agricultural diversification and food security and the importance of multiple cropping for food production.
Selected recent publications
Multiple cropping systems of the world and the potential for increasing cropping intensity
Waha K, Dietrich JP, Portmann FT, Siebert S, Thornton PK, Bondeau A, Herrero A
Published: 2020 in Global Environmental Change
DOI: 10.1016/J.GLOENVCHA.2020.102131
Land tenure, climate and risk management
Kalkuhl M, Schwerhoff G, Waha K
Published: 2020 in Ecological Economics
DOI: 10.1016/J.ECOLECON.2019.106573
Two most cited publications
Adaptation to climate change through the choice of cropping system and sowing date in sub-Saharan Africa
Waha K, Müller C, Bondeau A, Dietrich JP, Kurukulasuriya P, Heinke J, Lotze-Campen H
Published: 2013 in Global Environmental Change
DOI: 10.1016/J.GLOENVCHA.2012.11.001
Climate-driven simulation of global crop sowing dates
Waha K & van Bussel LGJ (equal contribution), Müller C, Bondeau A
Published: 2012 in Global Ecology and Biogeography
DOI: 10.1111/J.1466-8238.2011.00678.X
Professional Areas
Fields of Research
Current Roles
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Senior Research Scientist
Leading research in the area of global change, agricultural systems analysis and risk analyses -
Lead for CSIRO's component
Evaluating zoonotic malaria transmission and agricultural and forestry land use in Indonesia (ZOOMAL)
Academic Qualifications
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2013
PhD
University of Potsdam / Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany -
2008
Master of Science
University of Leipzig, Institute of Geography, Germany
Professional Experiences
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Dec 2014-Aug 2017
Postdoctoral Fellow
CSIRO Agriculture & Food -
Mar 2013-Nov 2014
Postdoctoral Fellow
Potdam Institute for Climate Impact Research -
Jun 2012-Oct 2012
Visiting Scientist
CSIRO Sustainable Agriculture -
Nov 2008-Feb 2013
PhD student
Potdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
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Publications
ORCID 0000-0002-8631-8639
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