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 speaker 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 Martin Quaas

Speaker of yDiv board
Head of Biodiversity Economics Research Group
Leipzig University
Dr Jula Zimmermann

Representative for Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ
Prof Robert Paxton

Representative for Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Dr Christopher Barratt

Representative for the postdoctoral researchers
Leipzig University
Jennifer Gabriel

Representative for the yDiv doctoral researchers
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Ulrike Krumrey

Coordinator of the postdoc career support programme at iDiv
Prof Tiffany Knight

Head of Spatial Interaction Ecology Research Group
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Prof Kirsten Küsel

Representative for Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Prof Alexandra Muellner-Riehl

Representative for Leipzig University
Dr Jes Hines

Representative for the postdoctoral researchers
Leipzig University
Thore Engel

Representative for the yDiv doctoral researchers
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Dr Nicole Sachmerda-Schulz

yDiv coordinator
Leipzig University
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.
Jennifer Gabriel

Representative at yDiv Board
Marie Sünnemann

Representative at Equal Opportunity Committee
Axel Touw

Representative at iDiv council
Thore Engel

Representative at yDiv Board
Alexandra Werner

Representative at iDiv council
Tobias Pross

Chair of PhD meetings
Postdoc Representatives
Get in contact with the representatives of the postdocs at iDiv:
Dr Jes Hines

Representative at yDiv board
Dr Hanna Schenk

Representative at iDiv council
Dr Christopher Barratt

Representative at yDiv board
Dr Malte Jochum

Representative at iDiv council