Vienna Doctoral School of Ecology and Evolution
Mission Statement
Our mission is to offer an internationally competitive doctoral training, combining excellent research and teaching. The Doctoral School of Ecology and Evolution provides PhD candidates an excellent research environment and infrastructure to carry out cutting edge research and to advance our knowledge on the organization and development of individual organisms to ecosystems.
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Doctoral programme
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Research Areas
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Upcoming Defenses
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Sadia Sabrina Alam
PhD thesis: Study of mutants and substrates in the Arabidopsis SUMOylation pathway involved in stress resilience
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Date: 06.05.2026
Supervisors: Andreas Bachmair, Markus Teige
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Tobias Herzog
PhD thesis: Genomic Insights on the Maniq: Population Genetics, Natural Selection and Immunogenetics
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Date: 08.05.2026
Supervisors: Martin Fieder, Helmut Schaschl
Newest Publications
2026
Suksa, W., Li, W. J., Luo, Z. H., Jiao, J. Y., Ponce, V., Nuñez-Montero, K., Arce-Johnson, P., Sharma, N. R., Thamchaipenet, A., & Narsing Rao, M. P. (2026). Metagenomic analysis revealed the presence of novel Actinomycetota “Candidatus Solincola uaceae” sp. nov., obtained from a hot spring. Scientific Reports, 16(1), Article 6922. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-37544-5
McGrath, K., Montes, T. A. K. D. S., Fossile, T., da Rocha Bandeira, D., Borba, F. M., Cremer, M. J., van der Sluis, L. G., Higham, T., Klahold Rosa, A. P., Saña, M., & Colonese, A. C. (2026). Molecular and zooarchaeological identification of 5000 year old whale-bone harpoons in coastal Brazil. Nature Communications, 17(1), Article 48. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-67530-w
Chaboteaux, E., Aycart-Lazo, P., Arias-Álvarez, G., Bejar-Hermoza, S., Duerr, N., Ortiz-Pacheco, J., Castro, R., Rivera-Groves, E. M., Lopera-Toro, A., & Forsyth, A. (2026). Seasonal monopolization of small carrion by a scarab beetle in terra firme Amazonian rainforests. Scientific Reports, 16(1), Article 2215. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-31811-7
Halbwidl, K., Seyfullah, L. J., & West, C. K. (2026). Permineralised Torreya (Taxaceae) leaves from the Upper Cretaceous of Southern Alberta, Canada. Cretaceous Research, 184, Article 106339. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2026.106339
Bainour, K., Pérez-Ara, J., Adelmann, L., Raible, F., Navarro, J. C., & Monroig, Ó. (2026). Impact of dietary iron on the LC-PUFA biosynthetic pathways in Platynereis dumerilii. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part - B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 284, Article 111224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpb.2026.111224
Did you know?
Our Doctoral School has currently
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172PhD students
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110Supervisors
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6Research areas