Andrew Fairbairn

Chair for Terrestrial Ecology

Department for Life Science Systems
TUM School of Life Sciences
Technische Universität München
Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2
D-85350 Freising-Weihenstephan

Room:  1.2.2.4
Phone: +49.8161.71.4149
Fax:     +49.8161.71.4427
E-mail: andrew.fairbairn[at]tum.de

Curriculum vitae

07/2021- present PhD student at Chair for Terrestrial Ecology, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Technische Universität München, Germany
04/2021- present Research Assistent - Animal Aided Design - Chair for Terrestrial Ecology, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Technische Universität München, Germany
09/2019- 10/2020 B.Sc. Information Technology - American Military University
09/2015- 09/2016 M.Sc. Conservation and Biodiversity - University of Exeter
12/2011- 05/2015 B.Sc. Environmental Science - American Military University

Research interest

  • Ornithology
  • Urban ecology
  • Conservation technology
  • Biodiversity monitoring

Projects

Current: Urban Green Spaces as Hotspots for Biodiversity (https://www.gs.tum.de/en/grk/urban-green-infrastructure/cluster-and-subprojects/cluster-1/subproject-1-biodiversity/)

Current: PROTOHAB - Prototyping an Integrated Facade System for Spontaneous Multi-Species Habitation (https://www.igsse.gs.tum.de/en/igsse/projects-and-teams/international-project-teams/cohort-2021/)

2021 – 2023: Animal Aided Design III - Monitoring and Evaluation (https://www.zsk.tum.de/en/the-zsk-subprojects/current-projects/animal-aided-design-iii-monitoring-and-evaluation/)

Publications

2023

  • Hauck, Thomas (1); Weisser, Wolfgang W. (2); Mühlbauer, Maximilian (2); Bischer, Robert (3); Meyer, Sebastian T. (2); Fairbairn, Andrew (2); Schalk, Gunther (4); Winter, Samuel (2); Weber, Sylvia (5): Animal – Aided Design in der Brantstraße. Detaillierte und technische Beschreibung der Maßnahmen für Tiere. Konferenzversion, 2023 more…

2022

  • Andrew Fairbairn; Ian Thornhill; Thomas Edward Martin; Robin Hayward; Rebecca Ive; Josh Hammond; Sacha Newman; Priya Pollard; Charlotte Anne Palmer: The short-term impacts of Hurricane Maria on the forest birds of Dominica. Journal of Caribbean Ornithology 35, 2022, 70-82 more…
  • Martin, T. E.; Bennett, G. C.; Fairbairn, A.; Mooers, A. O.: ‘Lost’ taxa and their conservation implications. Animal Conservation, 2022 more…