Public Thesis Defenses


Kellie Sara Carlson, MSc

PhD thesis: 3D investigation of microarchitecture and microtaphonomy in archaeological bone
Location: virtual (Zoom)
Date: 2 June 2023

  • Chair: Gerhard Herndl (Department of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, University of Vienna)
  • Supervisors: Ron Pinhasi (Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna)
  • Examiners: Harald Wilfing (Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna), Timothy Bromage (Department of Molecular Pathobiology, New York University College of Dentistry), Katrin Schäfer (Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna)

Janine Oettel, MSc

PhD thesis: Evaluation of deadwood characteristics, its dynamics, and feeding traces of saproxylic insects in the context of forest management and conservation
Location: seminar room Rennweg, Rennweg 14 1030 Wien
Date: 26 June 2023, 09:30 CET

  • Chair: Gerhard Herndl (Department of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, University of Vienna)
  • Supervisors: Franz Essl (Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, Biodiversity Dynamics and Conservation), Martin Gossner (Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich)
  • Examiners: Stefan Dullinger (Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, Biodiversity Dynamics and Conservation), Bengt Gunnar Jonsson (Department of Natural Sciences, Design and Sustainable Development (NDH), Sweden), Matti Jussi Koivula (Natural Resources Institute, Finland)