Agnes Dellinger
Pollination and Plant Evolution including: Plant-pollinator interactions – Floral function and morphology – Melastomataceae (Neotropics/Paleotropics) – Biotic and abiotic niche evolution along altitudinal gradients
Selected former theses:
Testing pollination syndromes in Melastomataceae ⇗
Urban pollination: Plant-pollinator interactions of two Trifolium species in relation to green area size ⇗
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Florian Etl
Pollination Biology and Plant-Animal Communication including: Floral scent in pollinator attraction – Pollination of tropical Araceae by orchid bees and beetles – Scanning electron microscopy of floral structures, pollen and insects – Pollinator conservation – Biological corridors for insects and their floral resources in Austria and Costa Rica
Selected former theses:
Bestäubungsbiologie ausgewählter Anthurium und Spathiphyllum Arten (Araceae) im südwestlichen Costa Rica ⇗
Pollination biology of four sympatric Spathiphyllum species (Araceae) in Costa Rica ⇗
For more information check out the Structural and Functional Botany Research Group's homepage
Irmgard Greilhuber
Mycology including: Micromorphology of fungi — Fungal taxonomy — DNA barcoding — Fungal and lichen flora of Austria — Ethnomycology — Fungi in education
Selected former theses:
Colonization of plants and mycorrhizal fungi on newly arisen small islands in Denmark ⇗
Species delimitation and phylogenetic analyses of the genus Hohenbuehelia in central Europe ⇗
Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der phytopathogenen Pilze des Nationalparks oö. Kalkalpen ⇗
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Fridgeir Grimsson
Palynology including: Palynotaxonomy – Melissopalynology – Aeropalynology – Paleopalynology – Archaeopalynology – Angiosperm pollen – Gymnosperm pollen – Spores – Flowers with in situ pollen – Pollen adhering to insects – Flower-Insect interactions –Paleophytogeography – Paleoclimate – Paleoecology – Paleofloras – Origin and Evolution of Plants – Cretaceous – Cenozoic
Selected former theses:
The late Middle Miocene palynoflora of Gratkorn, Styria, Austria ⇗
Pollen morphology and ultrastructure of selected Orchidaceae species ⇗
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Ingeborg Lang
Structural and functional plant cell biology including: structure of cells and tissue in plants — response to environmental stress — labelling and visualization of subcellular structures — linking structure to function — microscopy — bryophytes and model plants
Selected former theses:
Use of flow cytometry and confocal microscopy to investigate the infection of Arthrospira fusiformis by cyanophages. ⇗
Das kortikale endoplasmatische Retikulum vor und nach Plasmolyse in Physcomitrella patens. ⇗
Are heavy metal tolerant mosses defined by lamina cell size? ⇗
Schwermetalltoleranz von Bryophyten und die mögliche Aufnahme und Akkumulierung über das Rhizoid. ⇗
For more information check out the Structural and Functional Plant Cell Biology Research Group's homepage
Ovidiu Paun
Plant Ecological Genomics including: Adaptive radiation – Epigenomics – Hybridization – Adaptation to extreme environments – Phylogenomics – Speciation
Selected former theses:
The impact of recurrent origins and gene flow on the genetic structure of allopolyploid marsh orchids ⇗
Ecological and evolutionary consequences of smRNA activity after allopolyploidization in marsh orchids (Dactylorhiza majalis s.l.) ⇗
Evolution of the Primula auricula complex (Primulaceae) in the Eastern Alps ⇗
Phylogenomics of Nicotiana sect. Suaveolentes (Solanaceae) ⇗
For more information check out the Plant Ecological Genomics group's homepage
Michael Schagerl
Phycology including: Algal ecology — Algal taxonomy and physiology — Ecolohy of saline environments — Calcifying algae — Applied phycology
Selected former theses:
Down by the riverside – impacts of the "Frequency Festival" on river communities ⇗
Effects of cell density on chlorophyll fluorescence in liquid algal cultures ⇗
Thermal springs of eastern Austria – comparison and conservation importance based on phytobenthos ⇗
For more information check out the Team Phycology Vienna's homepage
Gerald M. Schneeweiss
Systematic and Evolutionary Botany including: Plant taxonomy — Biogeography and Phylogeography — Molecular phylogenetics — Austrian flora — Evolution in high mountain plants
Selected former theses:
Phylogenetic relationships of the Galium lucidum complex in the Eastern Alps ⇗
Phylogeny and taxonomy of Draba pacheri ⇗
Postzygotic isolation in the polyploid complex of a high mountain plant (Senecio carniolicus, Asteraceae) ⇗
For more information check out the Plant Biogeography Research Group's homepage
Hanna Schneeweiss
Plant Evolutionary Cytogenetics including: Chromosomal evolution — Origin and evolution of polyploids — Repetitive DNA evolution — Genome size evolution — Microscopy
Selected former theses:
Evolution of the repeatome of several diploid and polyploid Prospero autumnale (Hyacinthaceae) genomes ⇗
Genome evolution of European Polygonatum Mill. (Asparagaceae) species ⇗
Comparative analysis of repetitive DNA fractions in selected species of Capsicum (Solanaceae) ⇗
Phylogenetic relationships and incidence of polyploidy in aquatic species of genus Ranunculus (Ranunculus sect. Batrachium) in Austria ⇗
For more information check out the Plant Evolutionary Cytogenetics Group's homepage
Jürg Schönenberger
Evolution and Diversity of Flowers including: Comparative floral morphology — Floral structure and function — Pollination biology — Floral development — Fossil flowers — Character evolution — Computer tomography
Selected former theses:
Structure and function of explosive fruits and seed dispersal in Acanthaceae ⇗
Anther threads in the balsaminoid families (Ericales) ⇗
Pollination biology of European Euphorbia species ⇗
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Karin Vetschera
Plant Chemodiversity including: Phytochemical analysis of Specialized Plant Metabolite diversity — Systematic and ecological/functional aspects — Primulaceae (temperate), Rubiaceae and Clusiaceae (Neotropics) — Biotic Interactions
Selected former theses:
Diversification of flavonoid profiles in selected Primula species ⇗
Comparative analysis of exudate production and composition in selected Primula species ⇗
Comparative analysis of secondary metabolites in selected Notopleura species ⇗
For more information check out the Plant Chemodiversity Research Group's homepage
Hermann Voglmayr
Mycology including: Fungal phylogeny — Fungal taxonomy — Fungal speciation — Plant pathogenic fungi — Host-pathogen co-evolution — Ant-fungus symbioses
Selected former theses:
Specificity of the fungi used in carton runway galleries in the Azteca brevis / Tetrathylacium macrophyllum association ⇗
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