Research interests
Flora and vegetation of Cameroon:
- Secondary vegetation in the Cameroonian rain forests
- Flora of Cameroonian mountain rain forests
Research projects (participation)
- Ecological and cultural change in West and Central Africa (2007-2009)
Academic career
since 2007
Doctoral candidate at the department of biological science. Subject: Secondary successions after shifting cultivation in a dense tropical rainforest in Southern Cameroon
since 2005
Different expeditions in Cameroon and Guinea, many with scientists of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Participation in some publications of Kew Botanical Gardens
2004
Doctorat at University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon, subject: Etude écologique et floristique de la végétation d'un massif de la ligne du Cameroun: le mont Koupé
since 2002
Scientist at the National Herbarium of Cameroon
1988-1992
Study of biology, major subject botany, at University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon
1967
Born on August 11th in Penja, Cameroon
Publications
Neumann, K.; Bostoen, K., Höhn, A.; Kahlheber, S.; Ngomanda, A. & B. Tchiengué (under review): First farmers in the Central African rainforest: A view from southern Cameroon. In: Barton, H.; Arroyo-Kalin, M.; Denham, T.; Neumann, K.; Kennedy, J. (eds.): Long term perspectives on human occupation of tropical rainforests: from agriculture to agroforestry. Quaternary International. Special Issue.