Join the lab!
Interested students are welcome to participate in the research conducted in our lab throughout the year. Open PhD and Postdoc positions will be announced at this page. We offer different topics for bachelor and master theses and also welcome your ideas and suggestions for other thesis topics. Please find a selection of topics listed or request further topics by contacting Prof. Nico Eisenhauer.
PhD positions
Doctoral researcher (m/f/d) “The role of tree-nematode interactions in the acclimation and adaptation of trees"
Within in the DFG funded research unit PhytOakmeter we offer two PhD positions. One at UFZ Leipzig (application process closed) with a stronger focus on environmental gradients and abiotic drivers, whereas the other at iDiv, Leipzig University (link to the job advertisement) focusses stronger on biotic drivers. Both doctoral researchers will strongly work together and link abiotic and biotic drivers in their theses.
Contact: Simone Cesarz
Application deadline: June 18, 2023
Doctoral researcher (m/f/d) “Multidiversity-Multifunctionality”
Leipzig University seeks to fill the above position at the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig at the earliest opportunity.
Contact: Malte Jochum and Nico Eisenhauer
Application deadline: 05/05/2023
Promotionsprojekt „Trockenes Grünland“
Haben Sie einen Master-Abschluss in der Ökologie (oder in einem verwandten biologischen Teilgebiet) und möchten den Einfluss von extremen Dürre-Ereignissen auf Ökosysteme erforschen und zu diesem Thema auch promovieren? Suchen Sie nach einer Möglichkeit, unter sehr guter fachlicher Betreuung einen eigenen Projektantrag für eine solche Promotionsstelle an die Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU) zu richten?
Wir – Prof. Nico Eisenhauer (iDiv Leipzig: Experimentelle Interaktionsökologie) und Dr. Harald Auge (UFZ Halle: Experimentelle Ökologie von Populationen und Lebensgemeinschaften) – möchten Sie gern dabei unterstützen, einen solchen DBU-Antrag anzufertigen, und möchten Ihre Promotionsarbeit bei einer Bewilligung dieses Antrags auch betreuen.
Mehr Infos finden Sie hier.
Bachelor theses
We offer many topics for bachelor and master theses in our working group. Finding the right topic is not easy and we are happy to introduce our topics to you in more detail or discuss further ideas.
Title: Impact of tree species richness and mycorrhizal types on leaf trait expression within the MyDiv experiment
Student profile: likes field and lab work, interested to learn and establish new methods
Thesis profile: field and lab work, data analysis
Start / Timeframe: May/June 2023
Language: English/German
Related to the project/more general information: MyDiv (tree-diversity experiment)
Contact: Elisabeth Bönisch
PDF with details
Title: Understory vegetation effect on air temperature
Student profile: Interest in climate and biodiversity indices with a strong taste for mathematics
Thesis profile: Data analysis and modelling. No lab or field work.
Start / Timeframe: The thesis can start at any time.
Language: English
Contact: Remy Beugnon
PDF with details
Title: Soil biodiversity change: extent, consequences, and sustainability
Student profile: Interested in soil biodiversity change
Thesis profile: Literature synthesis
Start / Timeframe: The thesis can start at any time
Language: English and German
Related to the project/more general information: Faktencheck - Artenvielfalt
Contact: Christian.Ristok@idiv.de
PDF with details
Title: Impacts of mycorrhizal fungi on leaf pathogen and herbivory
Student profile: Likes lab work and wants to learn statistical methods
Thesis profile: Lab and field work, plant data
Start / Timeframe: Sampling starts in September 2022
Language: English
Related to the project/more general information: MyDiv
Contact: Shan Luo
PDF with details
Title: Manipulation of soil biodiversity to investigate soil ecosystem functioning
Student profile: Likes lab work and to try things out, wants to develop own hypotheses
Thesis profile: Lab work such as microscopy work and a pot experiment in a climate chamber
Start / Timeframe: Somewhen after June 2023
Language: English or German
Contact: Simone Cesarz
PDF with details
Master theses
We offer many topics for bachelor and master theses in our working group. Finding the right topic is not easy and we are happy to introduce our topics to you in more detail or discuss further ideas.
Title: Impact of tree species richness and mycorrhizal types on leaf trait expression within the MyDiv experiment
Student profile: likes field and lab work, interested to learn and establish new methods
Thesis profile: field and lab work, data analysis
Start / Timeframe: May/June 2023
Language: English/German
Related to the project/more general information: MyDiv (tree-diversity experiment)
Contact: Elisabeth Bönisch
PDF with details
Title: Understory vegetation effect on air temperature
Student profile: Interest in climate and biodiversity indices with a strong taste for mathematics
Thesis profile: Data analysis and modelling. No lab or field work.
Start / Timeframe: The thesis can start at any time.
Language: English
Contact: Remy Beugnon
PDF with details
Title: Modelling soil microbial carbon dynamics in Germany
Student profile: Interested in ecology. Willing to learn statistics and computational methods.
Thesis profile: Data analysis and modelling using existing data. No lab or field work.
Start / Timeframe: The thesis can start at any time.
Language: English
Contact: Guillaume Patoine
PDF with details
Title: Impacts of mycorrhizal fungi on leaf pathogen and herbivory
Student profile: Likes lab work and wants to learn statistical methods
Thesis profile: Lab and field work, plant data
Start / Timeframe: Sampling starts in September 2022
Language: English
Related to the project/more general information: MyDiv
Contact: Shan Luo
PDF with details
Title: Manipulation of soil biodiversity to investigate soil ecosystem functioning
Student profile: Likes lab work and to try things out, wants to develop own hypotheses
Thesis profile: Lab work such as microscopy work and a pot experiment in a climate chamber
Start / Timeframe: Somewhen after June 2023
Language: English or German
Contact: Simone Cesarz
PDFwith details
