German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv)
Halle-Jena-Leipzig
 

    History of iDiv

    2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023

    Milestones in 2023

    • DFG approves grant proposal for the new Research Training Group ECO-N (Photo: Antje Gildemeister/Leipzig University)

    • 52nd Annual Meeting of The Ecological Society (GfÖ) in Leipzig with iDiv as local host (Photo: Kati Kietzmann/iDiv)

    • Seventh iDiv Summer School on Integrating Ecological and Economic Theory for Modelling Biodiversity Change in Leipzig (Photo: Nicole Sachmerda-Schulz/iDiv)

    • First Long Night of the Sciences in iDiv’s building (Photo: Kati Kietzmann/iDiv)

    • Celebration of 10 years of iDiv with the Minister Presidents of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia and the Federal Government Commissioner for Eastern Germany (Photo: Stefan Bernhardt/iDiv)

    • ERC Advanced Grant for Jonathan Chase (iDiv/MLU) (Photo: Volker Hahn/iDiv)

    • 2500th participant at of an sDiv working group meetingParliamentary evening (Photo: Carolin Kögler/iDiv)

    • Parliamentary evening at the State Representation of Saxony-Anhalt in Berlin (Photo: iDiv/Henning Schacht)

    Milestones in 2022

    • Sixth iDiv Summer School on Molecular Evolutionary Ecology in Biodiversity in Leipzig

    • Junior research group Soil Biodiversity and Functions (Anton Potapov, iDiv/UL)

    • Junior research group Symbiont Evolution (Michael Gerth, iDiv/MLU)

    • Seventh annual iDiv Conference with more than 300 participants – again virtual

    • Christian Wirth (iDiv, UL, MPI BGC) receives Leipzig Science and Humanities Prize 2022

    Milestones in 2021

    • Beginning of the third funding phase of iDiv

    • 3,000 scientific publications with iDiv affiliation since mid 2013

    • Inauguration of the new iDiv building with the Minister Presidents of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia

    • Virtual iDiv evaluation by the DFG (Deutsche Forschungs­gemeinschaft)

    • Nico Eisenhauer (iDiv, UL) awarded with the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (Photo: Swen Reichhold)

    Milestones in 2020

    • Evolutionary Ecology research group (Omer Nevo, iDiv/FSU)

    • Sixth annual iDiv Conference for the first time virtual

    • Start of the yDiv Postdoctoral Programme

    • Move to the new iDiv building

    • iDiv member Markus Reichstein (MPI BGC) awarded with the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (Photo: MPI BGC)

    Milestones in 2019

    • Fifth annual iDiv Conference on biodiversity science with more than 300 participants at the Leipziger Kubus (UFZ)

    • Fifth iDiv Summer School on Citizen Science – Innovation in Open Science, Society and Policy in Leipzig

    • States take over financing for iDiv after 2024

    • 2,000 scientific publications with iDiv affiliation since mid 2013

    • Inauguration of iDiv research greenhouse at the Botanical Garden of Leipzig University

    • Ulrich Brose (iDiv, FSU) awarded with the Thuringian Research Prize

    • Roofing ceremony for iDiv building

    • iDiv Science-Policy coordinator (Andrea Perino) starts

    Milestones in 2018

    • Fourth annual iDiv Conference on biodiversity science with more than 310 participants at the Leipziger Kubus (UFZ)

    • Professorship Biodiversity Economics appointed (Martin Quaas, iDiv/UL)

    • Fourth iDiv Summer School on Ecological Theory of Modelling for the Biodiversity Crisis in Leipzig

    • iDiv member Markus Reichstein (MPI BGC) honoured with the Piers J. Sellers Mid-Career Award (Photo: MPI BGC)

    • Junior research group Evolution and Adaptation (Renske Onstein, iDiv/UL)

    • Groundbreaking of the new iDiv building with Minister President of Saxony Michael Kretschmer

    • Roofing ceremony of research greenhouse at the Botanical Garden of Leipzig University

    • Max Planck Fellowship for Christian Wirth (iDiv, UL, MPI BGC) extended for another five years

    Milestones in 2017

    • Visit by the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) at the iDiv core centre in Leipzig

    • Third annual iDiv Conference on biodiversity science with more than 240 participants at the Leipziger Kubus (UFZ)

    • Third iDiv Summer School on “Synthesising and Modelling Biodiversity Data” in Leipzig

    • Saxon Prime Minister Stanislaw Tillich and Minister of Science Eva-Maria Stange visit iDiv core centre in Leipzig

    • iDiv Ecotron inauguration at the UFZ experimental facility in Bad Lauchstädt

    • 1,000 scientific publications with iDiv affiliation since mid 2013

    • Over 1,000 participations in sDiv working group meetings since 2013

    Milestones in 2016

    • Second iDiv Annual Conference on biodiversity science with more than 200 participants at the Leipziger Kubus (UFZ).

    • Beginning of the second funding phase of iDiv

    • ‘Freigeist’ Fellowship of the VolkswagenStiftung for Carsten Meyer (iDiv/UL)

    • Extension of iDiv’s funding for another four years by the DFG (Deutsche Forschungs­gemeinschaft)

    • International GEO BON Conference hosted by iDiv (Photo: Niels A. Petersen)

    • Second iDiv Summer School on Biodiversity Synthesis and Integration in Leipzig

    • Chief Operating Officer appointed (Sabine Matthiä)

    • First iDiv Annual Lecture by Paul R. Ehrlich in Halle (Photo: Paul R. Ehrlich – CC BY 2.5)

    • iDiv evaluation by the DFG (Deutsche Forschungs­gemeinschaft)

    • ERC Starting Grant for Nico Eisenhauer (iDiv/UL)

    Milestones in 2015

    • Celebrating 3 Years of iDiv

    • First iDiv Annual Conference on biodiversity science with more than 230 participants and 80 lectures in Leipzig.

    • iDiv member Georg Pohnert (FSU) appointed as Max Planck Fellow (Photo: MPI CE)

    • First iDiv Summer School with 24 participants from 16 countries in Leipzig

    • Humboldt Professorship for Tiffany Knight (Spatial Interaction Ecology research group, MLU/UFZ/iDiv)

    • Professorship Theory in Biodiversity Sciences appointed (Ulrich Brose, iDiv/FSU)

    • Junior research group Domestication Genomics (Martin Mascher, iDiv/IPK)

    Milestones in 2014

    • Starting point professorships and research groups Biodiversity Synthesis (Jonathan Chase, iDiv/MLU) and Physiological Diversity (Stan Harpole, UFZ, iDiv, MLU)

    • Re-commissioning canopy crane as a research platform

    • Commissioning High-Performance Computing Cluster at UFZ (Photo: André Künzelmann/UFZ)

    • Starting point professorship Ecosystem Services/Aletta Bonn (UFZ/iDiv/FSU)

    • Junior research group Sustainability and Complexity in Ape Habitat (Hjalmar Kühl, iDiv/MPI EVA)

    • Starting point professorships Molecular Interaction Ecology (Nicole M. van Dam, iDiv/FSU) and Experimental Interaction Ecology (Nico Eisenhauer, iDiv/UL; Photo: Christian Hüller)

    • Hjalmar Kühl (iDiv/MPI EVA) receives Robert Bosch Junior Professorship

    Milestones in 2013

    • yDiv accredited to InGrA (International Graduate Academy MLU), JGA (Graduate Academy FSU), Research Academy Leipzig (UL)

    • First professorship appointed (Biodiversity Conservation, Henrique M. Pereira, iDiv/MLU)

    • iDiv becomes a central facility of Leipzig University

    • Opening Symposium “Integrative Biodiversity Research – a young discipline under time pressure”

    • First sDiv workshop took place (sPlot)

    • First yDiv doctoral researcher employed

    • Junior research groupNiche Detector for Hyperdiverse Tropical Forests (Nadja Rüger, iDiv/UL)

    • Visit Saxon Minister of Science, Sabine von Schorlemer

    • Christian Wirth (iDiv, UL) appointed as Max Planck Fellow

    Milestones in 2012

    • Launch Website www.idiv.de

    • iDiv moves into BioCity

    • Beginning of the first funding phase of iDiv

    • First General Member Assembly with press conference at the Botanical Garden in Leipzig (Photo: Leipzig University)

    • Acceptance Initial Proposal, DFG funds iDiv

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