Prof. Dr. Ansgar Kahmen

Physiological Plant Ecology

Plants are fundamental components of the earth system. Their ability to assimilate atmospheric carbon dioxide shapes the way ecosystems function.

Prof. Dr. Yvonne Willi

Plant Ecology and Evolution

Our main research topics are adaptation to climate and climate change, distribution limits and genetic conflicts.

Prof. Dr. Klaus Schlaeppi

Plant Microbe Interactions

Plants continuously interact with a diverse microbiota that impacts its nutrition and health and determines yields in agriculture.

FG Prof. Dr. Dieter Ebert

Experimental Zoology and Evolution

The main focus of the group are the evolution, genomics and ecology of host-parasite and host-mutualist interactions.

FG Prof. Dr. Walter Salzburger

Animal Diversity and Evolution

Our research deals with the question of how new species - and thus biological diversity - arise.

FG Prof. Dr. Patrick Tschopp

Developmental Biology and Regulatory Evolution

Our research deals with the question of how morphological diversity arises during embryonic development of vertebrates.

Prof. Dr. Sabine Rumpf

Ecology

We investigate how the environment and its changes affect the distribution and diversity of plants in Arctic and alpine ecosystems.

Prof. Dr. Alejandra Morán Ordóñez

Landscape Ecology and Ecosystems Conservation

Prof. Dr. Dr. Verena Schünemann

Integrative Prehistory and Archeological Science (IPAS)

IPAS is a unique combination of humanities and natural science research areas and archaeology courses all under one roof.

Prof. Dr. Moritz Lehmann

Aquatic and Isotopic Biogeochemistry

Research activities of our group deal with biogeochemical processes in aquatic systems and sedimentary environments.

Prof. Dr. Nemiah Ladd

Organic Geochemistry

Our group focuses on using chemical markers to reconstruct interactions between plants, humans, and climate in the recent geological past.

Prof. Dr. Christine Alewell

Environmental Geosciences

We are interested in terrestrial biogeochemical cycling with an emphasis on soil processes. We investigate soil-atmosphere interactions.

Prof. Dr. Ruth Delzeit

Landuse Change / Human Geography

The Global and Regional Land Use Change Research Group aims to understand interlocking processes of global change and their impact on the scarce resource of land, as well as possible trade-offs in the use of biomass.

FG Prof. Dr. Dominik Fleitmann

Quaternary Geology

The Quaternary period comprises the last 2.66 million years and is characterized by cyclic changes in global ice volume. These glacial-interglacial cycles had a profound impact on climate and ecosystems.

FG Prof. Dr. Oliver Heiri

Geoecology

Research of the Geoecology group focusses on past, present and potential future effects of environmental drivers on species, assemblages and ecosystems.

FG Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Kuhn

Physical Geography and Environmental Change

Physiogeography records, organizes and explains the natural environment of humans.

FG Prof. Dr. Markus Kalberer

Atmospheric Sciences

Our group investigates the role of aerosols in the atmosphere and performs studies elucidating different meteorological processes.

Prof. Dr. Oliver Schilling

Hydrogeology

In the Hydrogeology research group, we aim to improve the conceptual and quantitative understanding of surface water-groundwater interactions in diverse environments.

FG PD Dr. Jannis Epting & Dr. Horst Dresmann

Applied and Environmental Geology

Current research focuses also on urban geology and hydrogeology as well as the management of subsurface resources (water & energy).