Division leader
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Franz Essl
- Email: franz.essl@univie.ac.at
- Webpage:
- Twitter: @FranzEssl1
- Interests:Biological Invasions – Macroecology – Conservation Biology – Biodiversity Policy – Climate Change
Senior Scientist
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Bernd Lenzner
- Email: bernd.lenzner@univie.ac.at
- Webpage:
- Twitter: @Bernd_le_
- Interests:Plant Invasion – Island biogeography – Biodiversity Policy – Biodiversity Scenarios – Time Lags
Postdocs
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Adrián García-Rodríguez
- Email: adrian.garcia@univie.ac.at
- Webpage:
- Twitter: @GarciarAdrian
- Interests:Macroecology – Evolution – Amphibians – Spatial Analyses – Global Change
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Michael Glaser
- Email: michael.glaser@univie.ac.at
- Interests:Agroecology – Weeds – Arable Biodiversity
- Thesis:Past, present and future weeds.
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Daijun Liu
- Email: daijun.liu@univie.ac.at
- Webpage:
- Twitter: @daijunliu
- Interests:Experimental Ecology – Biodiversity – Functional Traits – Biological Invasions – Ecosystem functions
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Fabio Mologni
- Email: fabio.mologni@univie.ac.at
- Webpage:
- Twitter: @fabio_mologni
- Interests:Biological Invasions – Island biogeography – Human biogeography – Functional traits – Macroecology
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Ali Omer
- Email: ali.haroon.ali.omer@univie.ac.at
- Twitter: @ali_haroon_ali
- Interests:Macroecology – Vascular Plant Invasions – Plant Characteristics – Plant Distribution
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Lisa Tedeschi
- Email: lisa.tedeschi@uniroma1.it
- Webpage:
- Twitter: @lisatede
- Interests:Alien Mammals – Macroecology – Drivers Of Global Change – Conservation Biology
PhD students
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Anna Schertler
- Email: anna.schertler@univie.ac.at
- Webpage:
- Interests:Biogeography – Macroecology – Conservation Biology – Wildlife Ecology – Fungal invasions
- Thesis:Macroecological perspectives in invasion biology – drivers of plant and fungal invasion patterns.
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Ekin Kaplan
- Email: ekin.kaplan@univie.ac.at
- Twitter: @ekinkaplan93
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Tom Vorstenbosch
- Email: tom.vorstenbosch@univie.ac.at
- Interests:Polar Invasions – Macroecology – Plant Biodiversity – Island Biogeography – Climate Change
- Thesis:Modelling future biological invasions in the sub-Antarctic under climate change.
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Gilles Colling
- Email: gilles.colling051@gmail.com
- Webpage:
- Interests:Biological Invasions – Spatio-Temporal Spread – Macroecology
- Thesis:Alien Species Accumulation Across Scales.
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Ana Isabel Martinez-Richart
- Email: ana-isabel.martinez-richart@bfw.gv.at
- Interests:Ecological connectivity – Forest Biodiversity – Conservation biology
- Thesis:Landscape connectivity in forests. A multi-taxa case study on stepping stones between the Dürrenstein-Lassingtal Wilderness Area, and the Kalkalpen and Gesäuse National Parks, Austria.
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Tobias Schernhammer
- Email: tobias.schernhammer@univie.ac.at
- Thesis:…starting in September 2023
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Jennifer Hennenfeind
- Email: jennifer.hennenfeind@univie.ac.at
- Interests:human-nature interactions, macroecology, global change
- Thesis:How biodiversity and climate change influence human conflicts
Research assistant
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Julia Fugger
- Email: julia.fugger@univie.ac.at
- Interests:Climate Change – Conservation Policy – Biological Invasions – Sustainable Development Goals
Former team members
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Janine Oettel
- Email: Janine.oettel@bfw.gv.at
- Webpage:
- Interests:Forest Biodiversity – Forest management – Deadwood – Saproxylic Insects – Habitat Trees
- Thesis:Deadwood characteristics, its dynamics, and feeding traces of saproxylic insects in the context of forest management and conservation.
Visiting researcher
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Gabriel Petuel [February-March 2024]
- Email: gabriel.petuel@entu.cas.cz
- Interests:Alien and Invasive plants – Biodiversity – Plant Ecology – Conservation Biology
- Thesis:The role of alien plant species in tropical rainforest succession in Papua New Guinea.
Intern
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David Umhauer [April-June 2024]
- Email: david.umhauer@kaufrob.de
- Interests:Biodiversity conservation