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
Biodiversity Economics Research Group

Dr Jula Zimmermann

Representative for Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ

Prof Robert Paxton

Representative for Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
General Zoology

Dr Christopher Barratt

Representative for the postdoctoral researchers

Susanne Horka

Representative for the yDiv doctoral researchers

Melanie Eulitz

Coordinator of the postdoc career support programme at iDiv

Prof Alexandra Muellner-Riehl

Representative for Leipzig University
Molecular Evolution and Plant Systematics

Dr Jes Hines

Representative for the postdoctoral researchers

Prof Nicole van Dam

Representative for Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Molecular Interaction Ecology Research Group

Sanne Evers

Representative for the yDiv doctoral researchers

Dr Nicole Sachmerda-Schulz

yDiv coordinator

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.