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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Join the DocSchool
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Research Areas
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Activities & Events
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Upcoming Defenses
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Giulia Manso Marchioro
PhD thesis: Diversity and distribution of coral fluorescent proteins from cells to reefs
Date: 20.08.2026, 13:00
Location: SR 1.5, UBB
Supervisor: Luise Kruckenhauser
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Constanze Englisch
PhD thesis: Life below the city - Environmental drivers, habitat suitability and biodiversity patterns in urban groundwater ecosystems
Date: 21.08.2026, 11:00
Location: Hörsaal I, UBB / online
Supervisor: Christian Griebler
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Paul Klostermann
PhD thesis: Adolescence in Early Medieval Austria - A Bioarchaeological Study of Pubertal Timing in Human Remains
Date: 24.08.2026, 09:00
Location: Hörsaal I, Rennweg 14
Supervisors: Sabine Eggers, Mary Lewis
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Manuel Andreas Staggl
PhD thesis: Patterns of Neoselachian Diversity and Distribution in Deep Time
Date: 24.08.2026, 14:00
Location: Hörsaal II, UZA II / online
Supervisor: Jürgen Kriwet
Newest Publications
1982
Speck, J., & Barth, F. (1982). Vibration sensitivity of pretarsal slit sensilla in the spider leg. Journal of Comparative Physiology A: sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology, 148(2), 187-194. http://www.springerlink.com/content/p3127718183l2382/?p=6cff2cc4ccf14b9e8bc297792293877c&pi=3
1981
Oesterle, D., & Barth, F. (1981). Dorsal giant fibre septum of earthworm. Fine structural details and further evidence for gap junctions. Tissue and Cell, 13(1), 9-18. http://www.scopus.com/scopus/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0019508005&partner=40&rel=R5.0.4
1980
Weidinger, M. (1980). The Inhibition of Systrophe by Cytochalasin B. Protoplasma: an international journal of cell biology, 102, 167-170.
Barth, F. (1980). Campaniform sensilla: Another vibration receptor in the crab leg. Naturwissenschaften, 67(4), 201-202. http://link.springer.com/static-content/0.5284/pdf/209/art%253A10.1007%252FBF01086310.pdf?token=1348130316677--f3ab7f5378a1017283ddd6da096a6a319a2aaec7a365f39a316423054872b01be6495e78f990f3b7440a368f3b590c77eb90eddb2f7139948d22068b412d0933&doi=10.1007/BF01086310&contentType=article
1976
Barth, F., & Stagl, J. (1976). The slit sense organs of arachnids - A comparative study of their topography on the walking legs (chelicerata, arachnids). Zoomorphology: an international journal of comparative and functional morphology, 86(1), 1-23. http://www.springerlink.com/content/p354508x337x1t37/?p=f3dcd3aec12742c795fdacaaa35ff2ea&pi=0
Did you know?
Our Doctoral School currently has
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159PhD candidates
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79Supervisors
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6Research areas