Raphael Nawrotzki has been involved in environmental studies since 2003. He graduated from the University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt (Germany) with a bachelors degree in Biotechnology with a concentration in Environmental-biotechnology. The capstone of his undergraduate work was his honor thesis titled “Development of a Method for Solid State Fermentation of Trichoderma harzianum and Improvement of Suitable Conidia Formulations” for which he conducted 5 months of full-time research at the German Federal Biological Research Center (BBA). Afterwards Raphael started graduate work at Andrews University (Michigan) and earned a ‘Master of Science in Administration’ degree in ‘Community and International Development’ with a specialization track in ‘Disaster Preparedness and Environmental Issues.’ For his masters degree he conducted research at the National Center of Atmospheric Research (Boulder, CO) resulting in his final research paper “Exploring the Influence of Seasonality and Demographic Characteristics on the Relation between Weather, Air Pollution and Mortality in Bogota, Colombia.” In 2009 Raphael became a graduate student in the Sociology PhD program at the University of Colorado at Boulder. His specialty area is Environmental Sociology with a particular research interest in the impact of climate change on developing countries and the related environmental refugee problematic.
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Climate Change: Impacts and Responses
Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
Global Studies
