Fields of work

Field ecology
Statistical data analysis
Ecosystem services
Microhabitats of urban forests / trees

Current projects

URBORETUM – Inter- and transdisciplinary measures to reduce tree mortality for preserving ecosystem services in cities in the face of increasing drought, heat stress, and urbanization
GrüneLunge 2.0 – Transformation towards resilient urban forests

On the internet

Scientific networks:
ResearchGate

Social networks:
LinkedIn

Professional background

since 2023	Scientific staff member at ITAS
2022 - 2023	Research assistant in the research group “Sylvanus – Increasing resilience and reducing trade-offs during forest transformations”
2021 - 2022	Semester abroad at Universitat Politècnica de Valènica, Spain
2019 - 2023	Master studies (M.Sc.) Geoecology at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
2015 - 2019	Bachelor studies (B.Sc.) Geoecology at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Publications

2024

Journal Articles

Lv, H.; Dermann, A.; Dermann, F.; Petridis, Z.; Köhler, M.; Saha, S.
Comparable diameter resulted in larger leaf area and denser foliage in the park trees than in street trees: A study on Norway maples of Karlsruhe city, Germany
2024. Heliyon, 10 (1), Art.-Nr.: e23647. doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e23647

Presentations

Betting, F.; Almeida Yakouchenkova, I.; Beckmann-Wübbelt, A.; Laux, M.; Petridis, Z.; Saha, S.
‘GrüneLunge’ (green lung) project in the city of Karlsruhe – map applications showing urban biodiversity
2024. 53rd Annual Conference of the German Ecological Society (GfÖ 2024), Freising, Germany, September 9–13, 2024

Petridis, Z.; Almeida, I.; Betting, F.; Saha, S.
Ökosystemleistungen und Vitalität von städtischen Bäumen und stadtnahen Wäldern
2024, February 19. Inter- und transdisziplinäre Entwicklung von Strategien zur Erhöhung der Resilienz von Bäumen in wachsenden Städten und urbanen Regionen (2024), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, February 19, 2024

Saha, S.; Petridis, Z.
Increasing social-ecological resilience in urban and peri-urban forests: lessons learned from the GrüneLunge project in Karlsruhe, Germany
2024, February 21. Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow, and Landscape Research WSL (2024), Birmensdorf, Switzerland, February 21, 2024

Strunk, L.; Petridis, Z.; Schmidtlein, S.; Saha, S.
The potential of tree-related microhabitats (TreMs) and other ecosystem services among cemetery trees in Karlsruhe city
2024. 53rd Annual Conference of the German Ecological Society (GfÖ 2024), Freising, Germany, September 9–13, 2024

2023

Presentations

Petridis, Z.; Saha, S.; Schmidtlein, S.; Köhler, M.
Microhabitat Abundance, Richness and Diversity in Park and Street Trees of Karlsruhe
2023. European Forum on Urban Forestry "Urban Forests as Nature-based Solutions" (EFUF 2023), Krakow, Poland, May 23–27, 2023