FB17 - Biology

• Prof. N. Farwig The Farwig group investigates how biodiversity and species interactions respond to environmental change, with a focus on ecosystem functioning, land use, and conservation ecology.
• Prof. R. Junker The Junker Lab works on mechanisms underlying ecosystem functionality and stability by integrating approaches from vegetation science, chemical ecology, and microbial ecology.
• Prof. A. Lampei Bucharova The Bucharova group focuses on conservation biology and restoration ecology, studying how plant communities and other organisms respond to ecosystem restoration and environmental change, with a special emphasis on evolutionary processes in restored habitats.
• Prof. A. Mupepele The Mupepele group conducts research in evidence-based ecology and biodiversity science, focusing on understanding biodiversity change and developing robust scientific evidence to support conservation and sustainable land-use decision-making.
• Prof. L. Opgenoorth The Opgenoorth group investigates how forests and high-mountain ecosystems adapt to environmental change, integrating ecological, genomic, and sensor-based approaches to understand biodiversity, ecosystem resilience, and climate-driven dynamics.
• Prof. D. Schabo The Farwig group investigates how biodiversity and species interactions respond to environmental change, with a focus on ecosystem functioning, land use, and conservation ecology.
• Prof. S. Thorn The Thorn group focuses on applied ecology and biodiversity research, studying the impacts of natural and human-driven disturbances such as forest management, windthrow, and bark beetle outbreaks on species diversity and ecosystem functioning, with a strong emphasis on evidence-based conservation and forest ecosystems.
• Prof. A. Zizka The Biodiversity of plants lab combines field work with the analysis of "big data", often from specimens in natural history collections to understand the evolution and geographic distribution of flowering plants.