Dr Oliver Arranz-Becker | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences | Social sciences, Biodiversity on health, Quantitative methods in the social sciences | website |
Dr Harald Auge | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Community Ecology | Vegetation ecology, Ecological genetics, Food-web interactions | website |
Dr Ana Bastos | Leipzig University, Land-Atmosphere Interactions | Climate variability & extremes, Carbon cycle, Disturbances, Data-modelling integration | website |
Prof Peter Bayer | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Department of Applied Geology | Groundwater, Geoenergy, Industrial ecology | website |
apl. Prof Markus Bernhardt-Römermann | Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Vegetation Ecology | Vegetation Ecology and ecosystem changes, Forest ecosystems | website |
Prof Aletta Bonn | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Biodiversity and People German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Biodiversity and People Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Biodiversity | Biodiversity and People, Participatory conservation | website |
Prof Ulrich Brose | German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Theory in Biodiversity Science Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Biodiversity | Theory in biodiversity science | website |
Prof Helge Bruelheide | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Biology | BD-EF, Vegetation ecology | website |
Dr Jan Bumberger | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Monitoring and Exploration Technologies | Biodiversity monitoring, Sensor network, Data management | website |
Dr Simone Cesarz | German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Experimental Interaction Ecology Leipzig University | Biodiversity-ecosystem functioning, Experimental soil ecology, Soil functioning, Soil microbial biomass, Soil microbial respiration, Free-living soil nematodes | website |
Prof Jonathan Chase | German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Biodiversity Synthesis; Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Biology | Biodiversity synthesis | website |
Prof Antonis Chatzinotas | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Environmental Microbiology | Experimental microbial ecology, Bacteria-protists-virus interactions, Metagenomics, BD-EF, Coevolution | website |
Prof Christopher Conrad | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Geoecology | Land use systems and Remote sensing | website |
Prof Holger Deising | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences | Phytopathology | website |
Prof Joachim Denzler | Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Informatics | Computer vision, Machine learning, Automatic monitoring for biodiversity research | website |
Prof Peter Dietrich | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Monitoring and Exploration Technologies | System analysis and Geotechnics | website |
Dr Daniel Doktor | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Remote Sensing of Ecosystems (ROSE) | Vegetation dynamics and land-use / land-cover | website |
Dr Susanne Dunker | German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Physiological Diversity; UFZ | Image-based cytometry, Plant physiology | website |
Dr Walter Durka | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Community Ecology | Plant population genetics | website |
Dr Anne Ebeling | Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena Experiment | Grassland ecosystems | website |
Prof Nico Eisenhauer | German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Experimental Interaction Ecology Leipzig University, Biology | Aboveground–belowground interactions, Biodiversity–ecosystem functioning, Soil ecology | website |
Prof Hannes Feilhauer | Leipzig University, Fernerkundung in der Geo- und Ökosystemforschung | Remote sensing, Spatio-temporal analyses of patterns in species distributions, Functional ecosystem properties, Biodiversity and People and biodiversity | website |
Dr Néstor Fernández | German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Biodiversity Conservation Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg | Social sciences and ecology, Science policy | website |
Prof Karin Frank | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Ecological Modelling | Ecological modelling | website |
PD Dr Martin Freiberg | Leipzig University, Biology | Taxonomy (The Leipzig Catalogue of Vascular Plants) | website |
Prof Claudia Fricke | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Animal Ecology | Animal Ecology | website |
Prof Immo Fritsche | Leipzig University, Sozialpsychologie | Psychology, Social-psychology, Environmental psychology | website |
Prof Susanne Fritz | German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Biodiversity in the Anthropocene Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Biodiversity | Evolutionary biology, Macroevolution, Macroecology, Biodiversity, Conservation | website |
Prof Christine Fürst | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Sustainable Landscape Development | Adaptive management in social-ecological systems, Transdisciplinary research, Sustainable regional development, Modeling social ecological systems | website |
Dr Michael Gerth | German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg; Symbiont Evolution | Arthropod symbiosis, Molecular ecology, Genomics, Experimental evolution | website |
Prof Bruno Glaser | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Soil Biogeochemistry | Soil biogeochemistry, Soil processes, palae-oecology, Global change, Stable isotopes | website |
Prof Gerd Gleixner | MPI BGC, Biogeochemical Processes | Molecular Biogeochemistry | website |
Prof Volker Grimm | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Ecological System Analysis | Strategies for model development and communication, Concepts in ecology (resilience, stability), Agent-based/individual-based modelling | website |
Prof Ivo Große | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Informatics | Bioinformatics | website |
Prof Bernd Hansjürgens | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Economics | Environmental and Resource Economics | website |
Prof Bill Hansson | Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology (MPI CE), Evolutionary Neuroethology | Insect olfactation | website |
Prof Hauke Harms | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Environmental Microbiology Leipzig University, Biochemistry | Environmental aquatic microbiology | website |
Prof Stan Harpole | German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Physiological Diversity Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Physiological Diversity Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Physiological Diversity | Community ecology, Biodiversity theory, Experimental ecology | website |
Prof Daniel Haun | Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (MPI EVA), Leipzig University, Comparative Cultural Psychology | Development psychology, Spatial and social cognition in apes and children | website |
Prof Andreas Hejnol | Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Zoology and Evolutionary Research; Phyletic Museum | Developmental biology, Animal developmental diversity | website |
Prof Frank Hellwig | Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Ecology and Evolution | Systematics and evolutionary biology of plants | website |
Prof Isabell Hensen | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Biology | Plant population genetics, Conservation of endangered grassland species, Garden/Greenhouse experiments, Biological invasions, (sub)tropical treelines, Restoration ecology | website |
Dr Martina Herrmann | Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Biodiversity | Microbial ecology of the nitrogen cycle, Groundwater microbiology, Aquatic geomicrobiology | website |
Prof Anke Hildebrandt | Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Geosciences Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Computational Hydrosystems | Vegetation dynamics in semiarid climates, Ecohydrology: root water uptake, Canopy water fluxes, Inverse modelling of soil water fluxes | website |
Dr Jes Hines | German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Experimental Interaction Ecology; UL | Food web dynamics, Ecosystem processes, Sustainability | website |
Prof Dr Andreas Huth | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Ecological Modelling | Vegetation ecology, Ecological modelling and theory, Dynamics of forests and grasslands, Carbon balances, Biodiversity, Disturbances, Remote sensing | website |
Dr Ute Jandt | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Biology | German Vegetation Reference Database (GVRD), Vegetation science | website |
Prof Martin Kaltenpoth | Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology (MPI CE), Insect Symbiosis | Insect symbiosis, Molecular interaction | website |
Dr Jens Kattge | MPI BGC, Biogeochemical Processes | Biogeochemistry, Plant traits | website |
Dr Sonja Knapp | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Community Ecology | Urban ecology, Functional ecology, Phylogenetic and macro-ecology | website |
Prof Tiffany Marie Knight | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Species Interaction Ecology German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Species Interaction Ecology Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Biology | Invasion biology | website |
Prof Birgitta König-Ries | Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Informatics | Data Management, Data integration, Linked data, Semantic web | website |
Prof Franziska Krajinski-Barth | Leipzig University, Biology | Molecular physiology of the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis, Plant mineral nutrition, Rhizosphere interactions | website |
Prof Ingolf Kühn | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Community Ecology Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Biology | Biological Invasions, Functional (trait based) ecology, Analyses of long-term data, Glacier forefield monitoring, Spatial statistics | website |
Prof Kirsten Küsel | Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Biodiversity | Aquatic geomicrobiology | website |
Prof Sascha Laubinger | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, General Genetics | Adaptation, Gene Regulation, Molecular Biology, Plant Genetics | website |
Dr Marcus Lehnert | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Herbarium | Geobotany, Systematics, Taxonomy, Botanical garden, Herbarium | website |
Prof Katja Liebal | Leipzig University, Primate Cognition | Human biology, Primate cognition | website |
Prof Patrick Mäder | TU Ilmenau, Data-intensive Systems and Visualization | Machine learning, Computational Biology, Software engineering, Safety engineering | website |
Prof Miguel Mahecha | Leipzig University, Remote Sensing Center | Environmental data analysis, Ecological model-evaluation | website |
Prof Manja Marz | Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Informatics | Bioinformtics of RNA-Seq, ncRNAs, viruses | website |
Dr Martin Mascher | Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Domestication Genomics | Plant genomics, Domestication, Bioinformatics | website |
Prof Richard McElreath | Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (MPI EVA), Department of Human Behavior, Ecology, and Culture | Anthropology | website |
Dr Carsten Meyer | German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig Leipzig University, Macroecology and Society | Macroecology, Land change science, Global change biology, Biodiversity data | website |
Prof Beate Michalzik | Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Geography | Soil science, Terrestrial ecosystem research, Effects of ecosystem disturbances (e.g. droughts, fires) and Forest management on soil biogeochemistry | website |
Prof Maria Mittag | Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Molecular Botany | Photosynthetic protists (mainly microalgae) | website |
Prof Alexandra Muellner-Riehl | Leipzig University, Biology | Plant phylogenetics, Systematics, Taxonomy, Biogeography | website |
PD Dr Hendrik Müller | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Collections (ZNS) | Evolution of development in amphibians, Morphology, Amphibian taxonomy | website |
Prof Birgit Müller | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Ecological Modelling | Socio-environment systems, Agent-based modelling, Human behavior, Land use | website |
Dr Steffen Neumann | Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB), Synergy Research Groups | Metabolomics, Computational mass spectrometry | website |
Dr Omer Nevo | German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Evolutionary Ecology Group | Evolutionary ecology, Chemical communication between plants and animals | website |
Prof Manuela Nowotny | Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Zoology and Evolutionary Research | Animal physiology, Neuroethology, acoustic | website |
Prof Jörg Overmann | DSMZ, Microbial Ecology and Diversity Research | Microbiology | website |
Prof Christian Papilloud | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Sociology | Sociology, Sociological theory | website |
Prof Robert Paxton | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Zoology | Evolutionary ecology, Conservation genetics, Sociality, Bees, Pollination, Insect conservation | website |
Dr Guy Pe’er | German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Biodiversity and People, Economics | Animal movement, Population viability, Range-shifts, Biodiversity monitoring | website |
Prof Henrique Pereira | German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Biodiversity Conservation Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Biology | Ecological modeling and theory | website |
Prof Georg Pohnert | Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry | Chemical ecology | website |
Prof Anton Potapov | Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz (SMNG), Soil Zoology | Soil biodiversity, Food webs, Stable isotopes, Ecosystem ecology, Soil ecology | website |
Prof Johannes Quaas | Leipzig University, Theoretical Meteorology | Climate research, Climate change, Theoretical meteorology | website |
Prof Martin Quaas | German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Biodiversity Economics Leipzig University, Economics and Management Science | Ecological economics, Sustainable use of renewable natural resources | website |
Prof Marcel Quint | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Plant Sciences | Adaptation, Physiological adaptation of plants to climate change, Crop physiology, Molecular biology | website |
Prof Markus Reichstein | MPI BGC, Biogeochemical Integration | Ecosystem ecology, Carbon cycle, Ecohydrology, Climate extremes, Remote sensing, Machine learning | website |
Dr Thomas Reitz | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences | Microbial communities | website |
Prof Dieter Rink | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Urban and Environmental Sociology | Urban and environmental sociology, Urban and regional research | website |
PD Dr Christiane Ritz | Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz (SMNG), Botany | Plant evolutionary biology, Plant systematics, Population genetics, Reproductive mechanisms in plants, Natural History Collections | website |
Prof Christine Römermann | Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Ecology and Evolution | Plant ecology, Functional ecology, Vegetation ecology, Phenology | website |
PD Dr Christiane Roscher | German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Physiological Diversity | Plant ecology, Experimental ecology | website |
Dr Nadja Rüger | German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig Leipzig University, Biodiversity Economics | Forest ecology and modeling, Tree demography | website |
Prof Reinhold Sackmann | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Sociology | Sociology, Analyse of social structures | website |
Prof Severin Sasso | Leipzig University, Plant Physiology | Microalgae interactions, Photosynthesis, stress and ecophysiology | website |
PD Dr Martin Schädler | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Community Ecology | Trophic interactions, Plant-insect interactions, Soil ecology, Decomposition | website |
Prof Holger Schielzeth | Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Ecology and Evolution | Evolutionary and molecular ecology, Quantitative and population genetics, Local adaptation, Behavioral ecology | website |
Senior-Prof Martin Schlegel | Leipzig University, Biology | Biodiversity and Evolution | website |
Dr Marion Schrumpf | Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology (MPI CE), Soil Biogeochemistry | Biogeochemical cycles, Soil science, Ecosystem functions and services, Land use, Global change | website |
Dr Oliver Schweiger | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Community Ecology | Animal ecology and ecological systems across different scales | website |
Prof Josef Settele | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Community Ecology | Agro-ecology, Animal ecology, Insect monitoring, Global change, Land use and biodiversity, Social-ecological systems, International assessments | website |
Prof Ilkhom Soliev | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Environmental Sociology | Social sciences, Institutions and behavior, Governance, Societal transformations, Experiments | website |
Dr Emily F. Solly | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Computational Hydrosystems | Plant-soil interactions, Biogeochemistry | website |
Prof Peter F. Stadler | Leipzig University, Computer Science | Comparative genomics, Structural biology, Theory of evolution | website |
PD Dr Mika Tarkka | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Soil Ecology Leipzig University, Biology | Plant-microbe interactions | website |
Dr Franziska Taubert | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Ecological Modelling | Ecological modelling, Grassland landscapes | website |
Prof Andreas Thum | Leipzig University, Genetics | Anatomy and insect behaviour, Neuroscience | website |
Dr Yuko Ulrich | Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology (MPI CE), Social Behaviour | Behavioral diversity and plasticity, Social behavior, Disease spread, Traits, social environment, Epidemiology | website |
Prof Nicole van Dam | Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ), Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Plant Biotic Interactions | Chemical ecology, Molecular plant responses | website |
Prof Michael Vohland | Leipzig University, Geography | Geoinformatics, Remote sensing | website |
Prof Martin von Bergen | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Molecular Systems Biology | Metaproteomics in biodegradation and microbial ecology | website |
Prof Alexandra Weigelt | Leipzig University, Biology | Plant ecology, Plant-plant interactions | website |
Dr Erik Welk | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Biology | Chorology Database Halle (CDH), biogeography | website |
Prof Karsten Wesche | Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz (SMNG), Botany | Natural History Collections – especially herbaria, Flora of Central Europe, Steppe vegetation, Grazing ecology, Conservation biology | website |
Prof Ludger Wessjohann | Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB), Bioorganic Chemistry | Plant biochemistry | website |
Prof Anja Widdig | Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (MPI EVA), Primate Behavioural Ecology Leipzig University, Biology | Behavioural and genetic diversity, Chemical ecology, Primate ecology and conservation | website |
PD Dr Thorsten Wiegand | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Ecological Modelling | Spatially explicit individual-based models, Spatial point-pattern analysis, Inverse model parameterization and pattern-oriented modeling | website |
Dr Claudia Wiesner | Leipzig University, Analytical Chemistry | Mass spectrometry, Metabolomics, Metabolite identification, Secondary metabolites | website |
Senior-Prof Christian Wilhelm | Leipzig University, Biology | Algal physiology | website |
Dr Marten Winter | German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig University, sDiv | Macroecology, Biological Invasions, Mammal Ecology, Biodiversity Change, Functional/Phylogenetic diversity, Biodiversity conservation | website |
Prof Christian Wirth | Leipzig University, Biology | Forest ecology, Trait-based ecology, Biodiversity-ecosystem functioning, Carbon cycling, Fire ecology, Canopy research, Biodiversity informatics | website |
Dr Tesfaye Wubet | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Soil Ecology Leipzig University, Biology | Microbial ecology, Metagenomics, Bioinformatics | website |
Prof Jörg Zabel | Leipzig University, Biology | Biology education, Evolution teaching, Design and evaluation of learning environments | website |
Prof Sönke Zaehle | MPI BGC, Biogeochemical signals | Biogeochemical cycling, Biosphere-climate interactions, Nutrient dynamics, Terrestrial biosphere modelling | website |