BayCEER Members at the University of Bayreuth

Agroecology

Johanna Pausch
Hotspots of C input, rhizosphere processes, soil CO2 efflux, rhizodeposition on field scale

Agroecology

Khatab Abdalla
Rhizospere soil C fluxes and allocations, SOM decomposition mechanisms & stabilization

Animal Ecology I

Heike Feldhaar
Endosymbionts, biological invasions, effects of land-use intensification on insect communities

Animal Ecology I

Christian Laforsch
Multiple stressor ecology, micro-plastics in the environment, aquatic ecology, predator-prey interactions

Animal Ecology I

Martin Löder
Microplastics: Sampling and spectroscopic analysis, impact on organisms

Animal Ecology I

Bastian Schauer
Deadwood ecology, species diversity in special forest habitats

Animal Ecology I

Matthias Schott
Aquatic chemical ecology, machine vision, influence of anthropogenic stressors, non-target analytics

Atmospheric Chemistry

Anke Nölscher
Atmosphere-ecosystem interactions, detection of trace gases

BayCEER - IBG

Gerhard Gebauer
C and N cycle, climate changing trace gases, plant nitrogen metabolism, mycoheterotrophy

BayCEER - IT

Stefan Holzheu
Software for sensor data collection, database-supported content and conference management systems

BayCEER Office

Birgit Thies
Science communication, public relations, science management, alumni networking

BayCenSI

Alexander Frank
stable isotopes, microbial oceanography, community metabolomics

Biogeography

Carl Beierkuhnlein
Climate change impact research, large scale biodiversity patterns, island biogeography, macroecology

Biogeography

Stephanie Thomas
Nexus between climate change, biodiversity and health

Biogeography

Anna Walentowitz
Island biogeography in the Anthropocene, invasion ecology, Terrestrial Biomes

Biogeography

Frank Weiser
Remote sensing, island biogeography, forest disturbances and recovery, endemism

Climatology

Cyrus Samimi
Interdependencies & change of climatic, eco-climatological, and environmental patterns

Climatology

Behnaz Arabi
Climate Change and Global Warming, Remote Sensing, GIS, (Geo) Statistics, Radiative Transfer Modelling

Climatology

Nina Rholan Hounguè
climate change scenarios, flood simulation, collaborative management of transboundary basins

Didactics of Biology

Franz X. Bogner
Teaching and learning research on environment & ecology, computer in class, learning in the lab

Disturbance Ecology

Anke Jentsch
Vegetation science, biodiversity, plant community ecology, climate change experiments, resilience

Disturbance Ecology

Yujie Niu
Vegetation science, restoration ecology, human influence on terrestrial ecosystems, ecosystem degradation and restoration

Disturbance Ecology

Tyson Terry
microclimate & plants; resource limitation; Recruitment/ recovery after disturbance

Disturbance Ecology

Andreas von Heßberg
Sustainable use of alpine grassland soils, aquatic ecology, vegetation science, forestry

Ecol.-Botanical Garden

Elisabeth Obermaier
Insect-plant/ host-parasitoid inter­actions, land-use influence, bio­logi­cal pest control, resistance breeding

Ecol.-Botanical Garden

Lena Muffler-Weigel
Forest ecosystems in climate change, phenotypic plasticity of plants, phenology of tree species

Ecol.-Botanical Garden

Robert Weigel
Forest ecology, forest growth dynamics in climate change, phenotypic plasticity of plants

Ecol.-Botanical Garden

Gregor Aas
Forest and tree species in climate change, diversity & ecology of rare tree and shrub species.

Ecol.-Botanical Garden

Marianne Lauerer
Invasive plant species, tropical fruit production under greenhouse conditions

Ecological Microbiology

Tillmann Lüders
degradation of pollutants in groundwater, biofilms in the water cycle, rhizosphere interactions

Ecological Microbiology

Dimitri Meier
microbial niche partitioning, chemolithoautotrophy, microbial 'dormancy', biofilms

Ecological Microbiology

Daniel Thomas
microbial dynamics of forests

Ecological Microbiology

Milan Varsadiya
Microbial carbon use efficiency and thermodynamics

Ecological Services

Thomas Koellner
Ecosystem services facing land use change and climate change

Ecology of Sport

Manuel Steinbauer
Outdoor sport impacts on ecological systems, island and mountain ecosystems

Ecology of Sport

Volker Audorff
Influence of outdoor sports on ecosystem functions

Ecosystem Analysis and Simulation

Lisa Hülsmann
Ecosystem dynamics in space & time, process-based models, transitioning forest ecosystems

Environmental Geochemistry

Britta Planer-Friedrich
Speciation of redox-sensitive trace elements, identification of transformation, mobility, toxicity

Evolutionary Animal Ecology

Prof. Dr. Sandra Steiger
Evolutionary, behavioural and chemical ecology of insects, insect family life, carrion ecology

Evolutionary Animal Ecology

Johannes Stökl
Evolution of the chemical communication of insects, pheromones, Genus Leptopilina

Evolutionary Animal Ecology

Taina Conrad
Biotremology, mate choice, sexual selection, family life

Evolutionary Animal Ecology

Maximilian Körner
Evolution of group life, social immunity, family life

Experimental Biogeochemistry

Martin Obst
Microscale, redox reactions, biofilms

Experimental Biogeochemistry

Kerstin Hockmann
Iron, sulfur and trace element geochemistry; element-mineral interactions

Functional and Tropical Plant Ecology

Bettina Engelbrecht
Climate and land use change, plant functional traits & species distribution

Functional and Tropical Plant Ecology

Norbert Kunert
Trees & forest ecosystems in climate change

Functional and Tropical Plant Ecology

Leonor Álvarez-Cansino
Plant physiological ecology, water relations, drought, global change ecology

Fungal Ecology

Claus Bässler
Fungal diversity at various spatial scales, Fungal-Biodiversity-Functioning relationships

Fungal Ecology

Franz-Sebastian Krah
Consequences of global change on fungi – individuals, species, communities

Genomics and Bioinformatics

Alfons Weig
Fingerprinting, marker, expression & metagenome analyses, identification of organisms, genotyping, NGS

Geomorphology

Oliver Sass
Weathering, rockfall, sediment budgets, man-environment-interaction

Geomorphology

Joachim Götz
Sediment budgets, sediment dynamics, alpine geohazards, mountain permafrost

Geomorphology

Klaus-Martin Moldenhauer
Fluvial morphodynamics, periglacial cover-beds, holocene landscape development

Hydrological Modelling

Jan Fleckenstein
Groundwater-surface water interactions, heat as natural tracer, biogeochemical processes

Hydrology

Stefan Peiffer
Waters protection, water quali­ty, aquatic biogeochemistry, sub­sur­face anaerobic redox processes

Hydrology

Luisa Hopp
Water and material flows in multidimensional hydrologic models, isotope and tracer hydrology

Hydrology

Sven Frei
Hydrogeology, numerical modeling, interactions between hydrology and biogeochemistry

Limnological Research Station

Ben Gilfedder
Coupling of hydrological/­biogeo­chemical processes, hyporheic exchange, radon as natural tracer

Micrometeorology

Christoph Thomas
Turbulence in micrometeorology, trends in climate change science, observational tools

Micrometeorology

Wolfgang Babel
Surface - atmosphere exchange of energy and carbon, impact of land-use changes

Micrometeorology

Johannes Lüers
Urban Climatology, climate change, energy, matter fluxes

Plant Ecology Group

Steven Higgins
Processes influencing distribution and dynamics of plants, prediction of future land-surface states

Plant Ecology Group

Timo Conradi
Vegetation dynamics, megafauna ecosystems, restoration and conservation ecology

Plant Ecology Group

Fatih Fazlioglu
Plant strategies, phenotypic plasticity, phenological change, shifts in species occurrences

Plant Genetics

Angelika Mustroph
Plant responses to oxygen defi­ciency: gene expression, metabolic & morphological adaptation

Plant Physiology

Stephan Clemens
Metal hyperaccumulation, phytoremediation, biofortification, metabolomics

Plant Systematics

Sigrid Liede-Schumann
Biogeography, floral biology, phylogeny, pollination, taxonomy, Rubiaceae, Apocynaceae

Plant Systematics

Ulrich Meve
Biogeography, floral biology, phylogeny, pollination, taxonomy, Rubiaceae, Apocynaceae

Plant Systematics

Nicolai M. Nürk
Biodiversity, biogeography, evolution, phylogenetics /-genomics, plant systematics, integrative taxonomy

Plant Systematics

Andreas Hemp
Vegetation ecology, paleobotany, ethnobotany

Plant Systematics

Martin Feulner
Function of floral scents, genetic structure of Sorbus latifolia, biodiversity of terrestrial plants

Soil Ecology

Eva Lehndorff
Soil as a resource: optimization of material cycles, soil pollution

Soil Ecology

Werner Borken
Forest soils, coarse woody debris, peatlands, isotopes (14C, 13C, 15N)

Soil Ecology

Mohammad Rahmat Ullah
Carbon storage microbes; permafrost areas

Soil Physics

Efstathios Diamantopoulos
understanding and characterization of mass and energy fluxes in soils

Soil Physics

Frederic Leuther
Formation, dynamics and turnover rates of soil structure, soil as water and carbon reservoir

Statistical Ecotoxicology

Magdalena Mair
Prediction of toxic effects and hazard assessment of micro- and nanoplastics, Statistics in ecotoxicology

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BayCEER Colloquium:
Th. 2024-04-18
The Canvas of Change: Creative Marketing for Behaviour Change, Sustainability and Social Good
Th. 2024-04-18
Survival, 'dormancy', and resuscitation of microorganisms in water-limited environments: insights from coastal salt flats and desert soil crusts
BayCEER Short Courses:
Tu. 2024-04-16
Geographical information system and R environment for conservation biology
Ecological-Botanical Garden:
Su. 2024-04-07
Führung | Talking Tree: Was Bäume über´s Klima erzählen
Fr. 2024-04-19
Führung | Gesteine im Ökologisch-Botanischen Garten
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