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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Mailing list
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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
2026
Pankratov, D., Hiralal, A., Martinez, S. H., Geelhoed, J. S., & Meysman, F. J. R. (2026). Highly efficient bio-catalytic oxygen reduction coupled to long-range electron transport in cable bacteria. Bioelectrochemistry, 170, Article 109252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioelechem.2026.109252
Cebrián-Piqueras, M. A., Gray, K., Kuhn, L., Loos, J., Pătru-Dușe, I. A., Riechers, M., Temperton, V., & Martín-López, B. (2026). Navigating across individual and deliberative values: A dual Q-method approach to elicit diverse values in grassland restoration. People and Nature, 8(8), 2541-2558. https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.70187
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
Kropik, M., & Zechmeister, H. G. (2026). Shifting urban baselines limit the abundance-based resolution of a classical lichen indicator. Ecological Indicators, 189, Article 115071. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2026.115071
Vergilov, V., Herrel, A., & Lemell, P. (2026). The Impact of Substrate Properties on the Kinematics of Locomotion in a Limb-Reduced Skink, Ablepharus kitaibelii (Squamata: Scincidae). Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, 345(7), 719-726. https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.70104
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