since July 2018 PhD student at the University of Hamburg (project location: Thuenen Institute of Wood Research) Topic: Identification of wood species from charcoal/ briquettes as related to illegal logging (PhD scholarship of the German Federal Environmental Foundation / DBU)
Nov. 2016 - June 2018 Research assistant at the University of Hamburg at the Institute of Wood Sciences, Wood Biology
Apr. 2014 - Nov. 2016 Master of Wood Science at the University of Hamburg
Oct. 2010 - Apr. 2014 Bachelor of Prehistoric and Early Archeology and Wood Science at the University of Hamburg
Fields of activity
Macroscopic and microscopic determination of internationally traded charcoal and charcoal briquettes
Establish references for the determination of tropical and subtropical wood species in charcoal
Research Projects
Identification of wood species from charcoal/ briquettes as related to illegal logging
Publications
Haag V, Kirsch S, Koch G, Zemke V, Richter H-G, Kaschuro S (2018) Non-destructive investigation of historical instruments based on 3D-reflected-light microscopy and high resolution μ-X-ray CT – Wooden Musical Instruments - Different Forms of Knowledge, Book of End of WoodMusICK COST Action FP1302 – page 143 – 156
Haag V, Kirsch S, Zemke V, Kaschuro S, Koch G (2018) Auf den Spuren von Torres und Stradivari : Hamburger Thünen-Institut untersucht historische Musikinstrumente mit neuen zerstörungsfreien Prüfmethoden. Holz Zentralbl 144(19):454-455
Haag V, Koch G, Zemke V, Kirsch S, Kaschuro S (2017) 3D-reflected-light microscopy as a tool for wood identification in historical instruments. In: Preservation of wooden musical instruments : ethics, practice and assessment ; proceedings ; Musical Instruments Museum, Brussels ; October 5-7, 2017. Brussels: Musical Instruments Museum, pp 105-108
Zemke V (2016) Herkunft von Bauholz im dänschen Lübeck (1201-1227). Hamburg: Univ Hamburg, Fachber Biologie, 73 p, Hamburg, Univ, MIN-Fakultät, Masterarbeit, 2016.
Zemke V (2014) Die Holzkohle des Michelsberger Fundplatzes Maintal-Hochstadt - Eine Bestimmung der Holzarten. Hamburg: Univ Hamburg, Fachber Kulturwissenschaften, 76 p, Hamburg, Univ, Fakultät für Geisteswissenschaften, Bachelorarbeit, 2014.