Steering Committee
The Steering Committee consists of four faculty members and four student representatives. They support the director in administrative and management tasks as well as in strategic decisions.
Please note: The Steering Committee also serves as the Studienkonferenz of DSPL55.
Hanna Schneeweiss
Hanna Schneeweiss
Head of VDSEE
Steering Committee Member
Professor for Plant Cytogenetics
Group Leader Plant Evolutionary Cytogenetics
Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research
Research Areas: Plant genome evolution
Christian Griebler
Vice Head
Steering Committee Member
Professor of Liminology
Deputy Head of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology
Research Areas: Groundwater Ecology
Silvia Bulgheresi
Stefanie Wienkoop
Martin Kuhlwilm
Martin Kuhlwilm
Steering Committee Member
Research area: Genomics, admixture, primates incl. humans
Daniel Martinovic Saavedra
Daniel Martinovic Saavedra
Steering committee member
(student representative)
Research interests: microbial oceanography, phosphorus cycle, enzyme promiscuity, alkaline phosphatase
Marilena Heitger
Marilena Heitger
Steering committee member
(student representative)
Research Interests: microbial degradation of particles in the deep sea and how this influences the global carbon cycle
Constanze Schattke
Constanze Schattke
Steering committee member
(student representative)
Research interests: ancient DNA, paleopathologies, the history of physical anthropology and bioarchaeology
Emily Pigott
Emily Pigott
Steering committee member
(student representative)
Research interests: Radiocarbon dating and paleo-proteomics analyzing late Neanderthals within Eurasia
Former Members
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StuRep
Oliver Link
Research interests: Origin and evolution of striated muscle cellsMaximilian Dreer
Research interests: Ammonia Oxidizing Archaea, nitrogen cycle, soil Archaea, biofilm formationCarlos De Gracia
Research interests: Paleobiology, Paleoecology, Systematics and EvolutionJohannes Herpell
Research interests: Microbial Ecology, Plant-Bacteria-Interactions, Genetics in Ecology and Plant/Bacteria GenomicsMichael Glaser
Research interests: Macroecology, biological invasions, agricultural weeds -
PIs
Verena Ibl
Research Areas: Plant ESCRT machinery and endomembrane systemAndreas Wanninger
Research Areas: Animal morphology, Development and EvolutionJürgen Kriwet
Research Areas: Vertebrate Evolution, Morphology and Diversity PatternsWolfram Weckwerth
Research Areas: Molecular Systems Biology -
Directorate
Gerhard J. Herndl (Former Head)
Research Areas: Biological Oceanography, Marine Biogeochemistry and Marine Environmental ChangeMihaela Pavlicev (Former Vice-Head)
Research Areas: Developmental evolution, reproductive biology, evolvability, evolutionary medicine