yDiv board and representatives
The yDiv board
The yDiv board is the „think tank“ of the graduate school yDiv, where we develop and discuss ideas, concepts and strategies. In addition to the yDiv board chair and the yDiv coordinator, the yDiv board includes representatives from each of the participating universities and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), as well as representatives of the doctoral researchers and the postdoctoral researchers.
Prof Robert Paxton

Representative for Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
General Zoology
Prof Martin Quaas

Chair of yDiv board
Biodiversity Economics Research Group
Dr Daniela Hoss

Representative for the postdoctoral researchers
Dr Leonore Jungandreas

Representative for the postdoctoral researchers
Susanne Horka

Representative for the yDiv doctoral researchers
Dr Nicole Sachmerda-Schulz

Coordinator of the yDiv graduate school
Prof Alexandra Muellner-Riehl

Representative for Leipzig University
Molecular Evolution and Plant Systematics
Prof Anke Hildebrandt

Representative for Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Terrestrial Ecohydrology
Dr Omer Nevo

Representative for iDiv Junior Research Groups
Rike Schwarz

Representative for the yDiv doctoral researchers
Dr Daniel Kaping

Representative for graduate academies/HIGRADE
Ulrike Krumrey

Coordinator of the iDiv postdoc career support programme
PhD Representatives
Whenever you should come across a broader issue or are unsure who to contact specifically, you can easily get in touch with all the PhD representatives via phdrepresentatives@idiv.de.
Susanne Horka

Representative at yDiv Board
Romy Zeiss

Representative at iDiv council
Carolin Plos

Representative at iDiv Mental Health Committee
Ana Asato

Chair of PhD meetings
Rike Schwarz

Representative at yDiv Board
Linh Mai Nhat Nguyen

Representative at iDiv council
Pratyaksh Singh

Representative at Equal Opportunity Committee and Internationalisation Committee
Postdoc Representatives
Get in contact with the representatives of the postdocs at iDiv:
Dr Leonore Jungandreas

Representative at yDiv board
Dr Matthias Grenié

Representative at iDiv council
Sandeep Sharma

Representative at Equal Opportunity Committee
Dr Daniela Hoss

Representative at yDiv board
Dr Julie Koch Sheard

Representative at iDiv council