Head of the Vienna Doctoral School of Ecology and Evolution

The Vienna Doctoral School Ecology and Evolution is governed by the Head and Vice Head of the School and a Steering Committee comprising representatives of all research fields involved in the school as well as four student representatives.

Hanna Schneeweiss

Head

Professor for Plant Cytogenetics
Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research
University of Vienna, Austria

Research Areas

Plant genome evolution: polyploidy, repetitive DNA evolution in plant genomes, chromosomal rearrangements and their contribution to speciation, genome size evolution

Stefanie Wienkoop

Vice-Head

Professor for Plant-Microbe interaction
Department of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology
University of Vienna, Austria

Research Areas

Plant-Microbe Interactions, metabolic communication, development and integration of -omics techniques