Curriculum Vitae
 Roswitha Alice Schweichel, M.A.  
Date and place of birth 15 March 1950, Neubrunn, Germany
Nationality German
Marital status married from 1975 until 1999 with Dr. med. Jörn Uwe Schweichel
one daughter, born 1978
widowed since 1999
Education 1956 - 1964:
1964 - 1966:
1966 - 1968:
1972 - 1974:
1990 - 1991:
1992 - 1998:

since 01/2009:		 Basic School
Vocational College, Kassel, Germany
Vocational School, Kassel, Germany
Educational establishment for midwifes, Braunschweig, Germany
Night School (High School Diploma, A-level), Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Study of Geography, History & Political Science at Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany (M.A. Degree in 1998)
Study of Prehistory & Ethnology at University of Zurich, Switzerland
Languages and degree of proficiency
Language speaking reading writing
German mother tongue
English good good average
Spanish good good average
Portuguese average average average
Employment Record 2004 - present Dendrochronologist, DendroNet, private Laboratory for Wood-Analysis, Joseph Belli Weg 27, D-78464 Konstanz, Germany
  6/03 - 11/03 Appointee at Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Baden-Württemberg, outpost Hemmenhofen, Germany
Job description Dendrochronologial Analysis
  10/99 - 3/02 Associate Lecturer, Dept. of Geography, University of Oldenburg, Germany
  4/99 - 12/99 Member of Remote Sensing Working Group, Dept. of Geography, University of Oldenburg, Germany
Job description Development of a Draft plan for the Project "Vegetation mapping with hyperspectral data", especially: Elaboration of the scientific concept (including time table and plan of financing); testing a Computer-Program (ENVI) for project purposes; investigation of the special literature and building up a project orientated library; contacts with administrative bodies and potential project partners; production of a digital thematic map of the investigation area using land register data and at present known types of biotopes; planning and realization of first field measurements.
  10/98 - 4/99 Associate Lecturer, Dept. of Geography, University of Oldenburg, Germany
Job description To lecture the Basics of Remote Sensing
  3/98 - 8/98 Student assistant, Dept. of Geography, University of Oldenburg, Germany
Job description Support of teaching and research.
  11/95 - 6/96 Student assistant, ICBM (Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Sea), University of Oldenburg, Germany
Job description Support of research on Hazard Management of Sea Level Rising with GIS (mosaicing coastal maps of different projections and scales, creating digital elevation models)
  5/95 - 10/95 Student assistant, Dept. of Geography, University of Oldenburg, Germany
Job description Evaluation and display of geostatistical data (digitizing, building a database, creating thematic maps)
  1972 - 1992 Midwife (in different hospitals as well as self-employed)
  1969 - 1972 Clerk in charge of data processing at Hanomag-Henschel GmbH, Kassel, Germany
  1966 - 1968 Vocational training as salesclerk
Published work

SCHWEICHEL, R., 1999. Die Vegetation der Kanareninsel El Hierro, Anwendung von Fernerkundungsdaten (SPOT -2), (Online Publication), also available as CD-Rom, BIS-Verlag at Carl von Ossietzky Universität, Oldenburg, Germany.
The publication describes the achievement of a vegetation map of El Hierro, Canary Islands, Spain, based on digital data from SPOT 2. The first section presents physical features of the island applying well established methodology. In the second part dealing with digital data, various problems of image enhancement, georeferencing, building a digital elevation model, and merging topographic data are being discussed, followed by different ways of classifying digital imagery for land use / land cover classification using a raster based Geographic Information System. The results are compared to a conventionally designed vegetation map created only a few years earlier.
SCHWEICHEL, R., 1998. Von Sperlingen und Krammetsvögeln. Vogelschutz im Großherzogtum Oldenburg, in: Oldenburger Jahrbuch 1997, Oldenburg, Germany.
(An investigation on the history of natural protection in Germany.)

SCHWEICHEL, R., 1998. Kaufmännische Kontakte und Warenaustausch zwischen Köln und Brügge. Die Handelsgesellschaft von Hildebrand Veckinchusen, Werner Scherer und Reinhard Noiltgin (1416-1417.
(A historical research about a Hanse Trade Company in the Middle Ages.)
in: Dick E. H. de Boer; G. Gleba; R. Holbach [Hrsg.]: '... in guete freuntlichen nachbarlichen verwantnus und hantierung ...' - Wanderung von Personen, Verbreitung von Ideen, Austausch von Waren in den niederländischen und deutschen Küstenregionen vom 13. - 18. Jahrhundert. Bibliotheks- und Informationssystem der Univ., Oldenburg, 2001. (Oldenburger Schriften zur Geschichtswissenschaft 6.
(Online Publication)
HAGEN, D. & SCHWEICHEL, R., 1999. Esterweger Dose: Biotoptypen. Karte im Maßstab 1:20000.
(Developed within a Project-Study for Bezirksregierung Weser-Ems, Dezernat Naturschutz, Oldenburg.)
Complementary information
  01/08 - 12/08 Latin course at University of Zurich, Switzerland
  June 2006 Dendroecological feld-week in Ulan Baatar, Mongolia
7 thInternational Confrence on Dendrochronology in Beijing, China
  12/05 - 02/06 Travelling in Central- and South America
  02/03 - 04/03 Midwife on a MSF-Misson in a Province-Hospital in Mavinga, Cuando Cubango, Angola
  2001 - present Member of ATTAC
  December 01 Training in programming HTML
  April 99 Training in Exploring ENVI 3.1 and Programming ENVI
  02/96 - 03/96 Practical stage at Jatun Sacha Biological Station, a centre for scientific research, education and tropical conservation projects in the Amazonian rainforest of Ecuador
  02/92 - 03/92 Spanish course at the University of Havana, Cuba
  1986 - 1990 Member of the township parliament of Bockhorn, the community where I lived
  1978 - present Member of Amnesty International, in 1980 one of the German delegates at the International Council in Vienna
  1975 - 1977 Member of Delegate of employees at Urban-Hospital, Berlin, Germany
  1968 - 1969 Voluntary social year in a hospital in Hamburg, Germany