Staff directory
Directorate
Botany
Head of Department:
- PD Dr. Mike Thiv – Fern- and flowering plants (Pteridophyta and Phanerogamae)
Deputy head of Department:
- Dr. Holger Thüs – Fungi (incl. lichenised taxa), horn-, livermosses and Bryophyta, Algae
Curators:
- PD Dr. Mike Thiv – Fern- and flowering plants (Pteridophyta and Phanerogamae)
- Dr. Holger Thüs – Fungi (incl. lichenised taxa), horn-, livermosses and Bryophyta, Algae
- N.N. – Fern- and flowering plants (Pteridophyta and Phanerogamae)
Research associates:
- Dr. Ursula Eberhardt – Fungi
- M.Sc. Johanna Klüßendorf – PhD student – Fungi incl. lichenised taxa
- Dipl.-Biol. Cornelia Krause – Fern- and flowering plants
- Dipl.-Biol. Monika Voggesberger – Flowering plants, floristic mapping
- Dipl.-Chemikerin Ulrike Bildstein – Flowering plants, floristic mapping
Molecular lab:
- Dipl.-Biol. Anne-Kristin Schilling – temporarily out of office
- Clara Dehlinger (stand-in Ms. Schilling)
Preparation:
Entomology
Head of Department:
- Prof. Dr. Lars Krogmann – Hymenoptera
Deputy head of Department:
- Dr. Hossein Rajaei – Lepidoptera
Curators:
- Dr. Arnaud Faille – Coleoptera
- Prof. Dr. Lars Krogmann – Hymenoptera
- Dr. Hossein Rajaei – Lepidoptera
- Dr. Arnold H. Staniczek – Ephemeroptera, Odonata, Plecoptera, Trichoptera (Aquatic Entomology)
- Dr. Daniel Whitmore – Diptera
Research associates:
- M.Sc. Jessica Awad – PhD student – Hymenoptera
- M.Sc. Sonia Bigalk – Hymenoptera
- M.Sc. Roy Canty – PhD student – Diptera
- M.Sc. Valerio Caruso – PhD student – Diptera
- M.Sc. Raffaele Gamba – Aquatic Entomology
- Dr. Sebastian Görn – Coleoptera
- M.Sc. Michael Haas – Hymenoptera
- Dr. Joachim Holstein – Araneae, Saltatoria
- Dr. Petr Janšta – Hymenoptera
- M.Sc. Vangelis Mizerakis – PhD student – Coleoptera
- M.Sc. Marina Moser – PhD student – Hymenoptera
- M.Sc. Pauline Pfeiffer – PhD student – Hymenoptera
- M.Sc. Maura Renninger – PhD student –
- M.Sc. Jonah Ulmer – PhD student – Hymenoptera
- M.Sc. Cristina Vasilița – Hymenoptera
- M.Sc. Dominic Wanke – PhD student – Lepidoptera
- Dipl.-Biol. Ingo Wendt – Chelicerata – temporarily out of office
Molecular lab:
- Dipl.-Biol. Anne-Kristin Schilling – temporarily out of office
- Clara Dehlinger (stand-in Ms. Schilling)
Preparation:
- Daniel Bartsch
- Aron Bellersheim
- Dr. Lucas Camargos – temporarily out of office
- Jörn Dietl
- Susanne Leidenroth – temporarily out of office
- Gabriele Miksch
- Milan Pallmann
- Tanja Schweizer, geb. Kothe
Honorary Office:
- Dr. Wolfgang Schawaller – Coleoptera
- Dr. Helmut Schmalfuss – Isopoda
- Dr. Hans-Peter Tschorsnig – Diptera
Paleontology
Head of Department:
- Prof. Dr. Rainer Schoch – Amphibia, Reptilia
Deputy head of Department:
- PD Dr. Michael W. Rasser – Invertebrates (Cenozoic) and contact for Invertebrates (Paleozoic and Triassic) and Sedimentary rocks
Curators:
- Dr. Eli Amson – Fossil mammals
- Dr. Erin Maxwell – Fossil aquatic vertebrates
- PD Dr. Anita Roth-Nebelsick – Fossil plants
- PD Dr. Michael W. Rasser – Invertebrates (Cenozoic) and contact for Invertebrates (Paleozoic and Triassic) and Sedimentary rocks
- PD Dr. Rainer Schoch – Amphibia, Reptilia
- Dr. Günter Schweigert – Invertebrates (Jurassic and Cretaceous) and contact for Microfossils
Research associates:
- Dr. Eudald Mujal Grané – PostDoc – Triassic vertebrate fossillagerstaetten
- Dipl.-Geol. Olaf Höltke – PhD student – Miocene Gastropods
- M.Sc. Feiko Miedema – PhD student
- Dr. Cristina Rebelo – Coralline algae of the Azores
- M.Sc. Joep Schaeffer – PhD student – Plateosaurids
- Dr. Daniel Schwarz – PostDoc – Early tetrapods
- Dr. Gabriela Sobral – PostDoc – Triassic reptiles – currently on leave
- Dr. Stephan Spiekman – PostDoc – Triassic reptiles
- M.Sc. Janina Wypich – PhD student – currently on leave
Preparation:
- Martina Battenstein
- Matthias Boller
- Cristina Gascó Martín
- Martin Kapitzke
- Matthias Krause
- Achim Lehmkuhl
- Olav Maaß
- Andreas Radecker
- Isabell Rosin
- Christoph Wimmer-Pfeil
Volunteer Service:
- Emanuel Viesel
Honorary Office:
- Dr. Gert Bloos – Jurassic-Subcommission, Lias-Ammonites
- Dr. Ronald Böttcher – Mesozoic fishes, cenozoic basal vertebrates
- Dr. Gerd Dietl – Jurassic-Subcommission, Dogger-Stratigraphy, Nusplingen-Project
- Prof. Dr. Johanna Eder – Flora and vegetation development in the Cenozoic
- Dr. Elmar P. J. Heizmann – Steinheim Meteorkrater Museum, Geopark Schwäbische Alb, Paleogene and Neogene Mammals
- Dr. Sandra I. Kaiser – Biostratigraphy, Palaeoclimate, D/C Boundary, Triassic
- Thomas Rathgeber – Collection of fossil mammals, Quaternary exhibition
- Dipl.-Min. Franz Xaver Schmidt – Mineral collection
- Dr. Max Urlichs – Triassic Cephalopods, Triassic and Jurassic Ostracods
- Dr. Reinhard Ziegler – Fossil mammals
Zoology
Head of Department:
- Dr. Stefan Merker – Mammalogy
Deputy head of Department:
- Dr. Friederike Woog – Ornithology
Curators:
- Dr. Ronald Fricke – Ichthyology
- PD Dr. Alexander Kupfer – Herpetology
- Dr. Stefan Merker – Mammalogy
- Dr. Ira Richling – Malacology
- Dr. Friederike Woog – Ornithology
Research associates:
- Dipl.-Biol. Holger Haag – Ornithology
- Dr. Laura Hagemann – Postdoc – Mammalia
- Dipl.-Biol. Nadine Hammerschmidt – LAK BW coordinator
- Dipl.-Biol. Cornelia Krause – Malacology
- M.Sc. Sabrina Mai – PhD – Ornithology
Molecular lab:
- Dipl.-Biol. Anne-Kristin Schilling – temporarily out of office
- Clara Dehlinger (stand-in Ms. Schilling)
Preparation:
- Dagmar Beermann
- Joseph Kälberer
- Carsten Leidenroth
- Steffen Lässle
- M.Sc. Markus Weinhardt
- Christiane Zeitler
Federal voluntary service:
- Käßner, Leonie
Communication
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Digital Communication:
Library:
Scientific trainees:
Stabsstelle Ausstellungen, Szenografie und Grafikdesign
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Graphics:
Stabsstelle IT-Infrastruktur und Biodiversitätsinformatik
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IT/Media:
Biodiversity informatics:
Central services / Administration
Head of Deparment:
Administration:
- Lucia Banholzer
- Anja Dehner
- Maren Neubauer
- Rainer Postruschnigg
- Ute Ruhland
- Angelika Schäfer
- Daniela Scherer
Central services:
- Xhafer Salihu (Head of Department)
- Tuema Alarab
- Martina Battenstein
- Adem Bulic
- Vjekoslav Matkovic
- Sandra Romano