Dr. Thomas Raus

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phone 
+49 30 838 50128
fax 
+49 30 838-4 50128
email 
t.raus@bgbm.org
Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem
Freie Universität Berlin
Königin-Luise-Straße 6-8
14195
Berlin
Deutschland
Curriculum vitae 

Born 1949 in Soest, Germany. University studies in Münster and Göttingen. 1975-1978: Scientific Assistant, Botanical Institute, University of Münster/Germany. PhD ibidem (1977). 1978-1980: Scientific Assistant, Institute of Plant Systematics & Morphology, University of Kassel/Germany. 1980-1983: Curator, 1983 to present: Senior Curator, Botanical Garden & Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Free University of Berlin, Germany.

Research interests 
  • Taxonomy, biogeography and ecology of vascular plants in the Mediterranean, in particular Campanuleae (Campanulaceae), Cisteae (Cistaceae), Pedicularieae (Orobanchaceae), Verbasceae (Scrophulariaceae).
  • Plant biodiversity of Greece and the Aegean. Current: regional floras/annotated checklists of selected Aegean islands, the Central Peloponnese, Northwestern Epirus and Eastern Thessaly.
  • Med-Checklist: a critical inventory of vascular plants of the circum-mediterranean countries (edited by Prof. W. Greuter, Berlin, et al.): Regional adviser (Greece) and co-editing the series Med-Checklist notulae (with Prof. W. Greuter, Berlin).
  • Flora Hellenica (based at botanical institutions in Patras/Greece , Copenhagen/Denmark , Lund/Sweden and Berlin-Dahlem ). Allocated accounts of: Adoxaceae (Adoxa); Boraginaceae (Amsinckia, Asperugo, Borago, Cerinthe, Lappula, Rochelia); Cistaceae (Cistus, Fumana, Halimium, Helianthemum, Tuberaria);Lamiaceae (Galeopsis, Glechoma, Leonurus, Phlomis, Prunella); Linderniaceae (Lindernia); Menyanthaceae (Menyanthes, Nymphoides); Orobanchaceae (Bartsia, Lathraea, Lesquereuxia,Melampyrum, Parentucellia, Pedicularis, Rhynchocorys, Tozzia); Phrymaceae (Mimulus); Plantaginaceae (Bacopa, Digitalis, Gratiola, Sibthorpia); Scrophulariaceae (Limosella); Solanaceae (Atropa, Hyoscyamus, Physalis).
  • The lichen flora of selected Aegean islands (Greece) and their phytogeographical and historical significance, in collaboration with Dr. H. Sipman; inventories of Ikaria, Kalimnos, Kos, Nisiros, Telendos, Paros & Antiparos, SE Euboia and the Santorini island group, supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.
Mandates in scientific advisory boards and committees 
Editorial Board for Willdenowia
Gemeinsamer Wissenschaftlicher Beirat der Staatlichen Museen für Naturkunde Karlsruhe und Stuttgart
Memberships in scientific societies 
Akademie für Ökologische Landeserforschung Nordrhein-Westfalen
Botanischer Verein von Berlin und Brandenburg
Floristisch-soziologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft
Hellenic Botanical Society, Foreign Member
Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature
International Association for Plant Taxonomy
International Association for Vegetation Science
Organization for the Phyto-Taxonomic Investigation of the Mediterranean Area
Reinhold-Tüxen-Gesellschaft für Vegetationskunde
Westfälischer Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein