iDiv is mourning the loss of Diana Wall
Diana Wall (Picture: William A. Cotton/CSU Photography)
Diana Wall passed away on the 25th of March 2024. Diana Wall, a leading environmental scientist and soil ecologist, has been a longstanding member of iDiv's Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) and part of several research endeavours at iDiv.
It is with great sadness that we received the news that Diana Harrison Wall passed away. Diana Wall, a professor of biology and a Distinguished Professor at Colorado State University, was a soil ecologist whose interdisciplinary research uncovered dramatic impacts to invertebrate communities in response to climate change, the key role nematode species play in soil carbon turnover, and how they survive such extreme environments like the dry valleys of the Antarctic.
Diana Wall has been a long-standing member of iDiv's Scientific Advisory Board and part of the sDiv groups sOILDIV and sWORM as well as several research endeavours at iDiv.
„Diana was a truly inspiring scientist, a global leader in soil ecology, and the most friendly and supportive colleague you can imagine. Her loss is a huge shock to the community, but we will keep her important work alive with continuing projects like Soil BON and the Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative.”
Professor Dr Nico Eisenhauer, head of Experimental Interaction Ecology (EIE) at iDiv and Leipzig University
"As a leading scientist in ecology, Diana Wall has been a great inspiration to me and many other female scientists alike. When she was visiting iDiv for a workshop, she made time to join one of our female scientist career lunches to informally share her experiences with all female scientists over a pizza and some sodas. Thanks, Diana, for inspiring us to never give up!"
Professor Dr Nicole van Dam, iDiv Member and Scientific Director of the Leibniz Institute for Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ)
Contact:
Prof Dr Nico Eisenhauer
Head of the research group Experimental Interaction Ecology
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
Leipzig University
Phone: +49 341 97 33167
Email: nico.eisenhauer@idiv.de
Web: www.idiv.de/en/groups_and_people/employees/details/eshow/eisenhauer_nico.html
Kati Kietzmann
Media and Communications
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
Phone: +49 341 9739222
Email: kati.kietzmann@idiv.de
