Helge Dzierzon

Database Manager, Plant & Food Research
Leader - Informatics, Nutrigenomics New Zealand

Research specialty: Bioinformatics

Academic qualifications

PhD, Goettingen, Germany, Eco-Informatics

Employment History

Researcher, Institute of Biometry and Applied Computer Science, University of Goettingen
PostDoc, NZ School of Forestry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch
Software Developer, ComputerCare Ltd.

Key Publications

• Armin L. Oppelt, Winfried Kurth, Helge Dzierzon, Georg Jentschke & Douglas L. Godbold, Structure and fractal dimensions of root systems of four co-occurring fruit tree species from Botswana. Ann. For. Sci., 57 (2000), 463-475.
• H. Dzierzon and W. Kurth. LIGNUM: A Finnish tree growth model and its interface to the French AMAPmod database. In F. Hoelker, editor, Scales, hierarchies and emergent properties in ecological models, volume 6 of Theorie in der Oekologie, pages 95–104, Frankfurt a. M, 2002. Peter Lang Verlag.
• H. Dzierzon, J. Perttunen, W. Kurth, R. Sievaenen, and B. Sloboda. Enhanced possibilities for analyzing tree structure as provided by an interface between different modelling systems. Silva Fennica, 37(1):31–44, 2003.
• Mason, E.G., and Dzierzon, H., Applications of modeling to vegetation management, Canadian Journal of Forest Research: 36, 2505-2514, 2006
• Dzierzon, H. and Mason, E.G., Towards a nationwide growth and yield model for Radiata pine plantations in New Zealand, Canadian Journal of Forest Research: 36 2533-2543, 2006