Functional Ecology
The Research Group Functional Ecology studies plant, soil and ecosystem processes and how they are affected by global change. Our research topics include a.o. biogeochemical cycles with a focus on carbon cycling, greenhouse gas emissions and the role of plants and their traits in above- and belowground ecosystem processes. In situ experimental manipulations and isotopic tracers of carbon, nitrogen and water are used to unravel the mechanisms underlying the ecosystem responses to environmental change.
Group Members
- Michael Bahn Dr. PD Univ.-Prof. (Head)
- Bernice Hwang PhD
- Christina Biasi Dr.
- Lisa Capponi MSc (PhD student)
- Lumnesh Joseph Swaroop Kumar (PhD student)
- Fabrizzio Protti Sanchez MSc (PhD student)
- Elena Stoll MSc (PhD student)
- Maud Tissink MSc (PhD student)
- Álex Tunas Corzón MSc (PhD student)
- Matej Znaminko MSc (PhD student)
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Yeye Zhang Msc (PhD student)
MSc Students
Valentin Heimer
Jela Kohse
Maren Jabs
Louisa Kanis
Former group members
Post-Docs & PhD students: Johannes Ingrisch Dr., Florian Oberleitner, PhD, Kathiravan Mohamed Meeran, PhD, Jesse Radolinski Dr., Eliza Harris Dr. PD, Rüdiger Kaufmann Dr. Ao. Univ.-Prof. (part-time), Natalie Oram Dr., Akira Yoshikawa, Andrew Giunta, Dina in 't Zandt, Roland Hasibeder, Jasper Bloemen, Thomas Ladreiter-Knauss, Dagmar Rubatscher, Michael Schmitt, Ute Szukics (Krainer)
master students: Sandra Djabarow, Johannes Cunow, Michael Künig, Carmen Telser, Deniz Scheerer, Trinidad Cerda, Melissa Morcote-Martinez, Michael Metzler, Sarah Geiger, Sonja Pirchmoser, Alexander Kiessling, Magdalena Haidegger, Sylvia Flucher, Lena Drexler, Helene Solderer, Veronika Brune, Claudia Gstir, Sebastian Gertloff, Stefanie Hörbst, Michaela Krohn, Lisa Schwarz, Stefan Roth, Karina Fritz, Eric Walter, Sarah Scheld, Andrea Weinfurtner, Arne Schultz; co-supervised master students: Camilla Bateni, Martino Gambacorti-Passerini, Lukas Huss, Oliver Rohrmoser, Florian Senoner
Interns: Jérémie Mempiot (ENGEES Strasbourg), Camille Halais (ENGEES Strasbourg) Erasmus+ Traineeship, Paolo Roberti (University of Bologna) Erasmus+ Traineeship, Suzanne Guyard (École Nationale de Strasbourg, internship), Chris Bowden (University of Manchester), Sacha Ribeyron (Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Etienne)
Guest scientists
LFUI Guest Professor Markus Reichstein (MPI Jena) Jan - Mar 2021
LFUI Guest-Professor Richard Bardgett (University of Manchester)
LFUI Guest-Professor David Bowling (University of Utah)
Fulbright Professor Chris Still (University of Oregon)
Christina Biasi (University of Eastern Finland, visiting scientist)
Konstantin Gavazov (EPFL Lausanne)
Sara Vicca (University of Antwerp)
Lucia Fuchslueger (University of Vienna, co-supervised PhD student)
Stefan Karlowsky (Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry Jena, co-supervised PhD student)
Alba Anadon Rosell (University of Barcelona, co-supervised PhD student)