Biodiversity and Conservation Biology

The Research unit "Biodiversity and Conservation Biology" investigates the influence of ecological and anthropogenic factors on biological diversity in its various forms. We combine field-based data collection with modern laboratory and remote sensing techniques to study genetic richness, species and habitat diversity, and their interactions. To support our scientific activities, we operate a molecular genetics lab and an eDNA lab. In collaboration with partners at the federal and cantonal level and internationally active organisations, we develop scientific foundations for evidence-based biodiversity conservation and the sustainable use of natural resources at the regional, national and international levels.

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Biodiversity and Conservation Biology

Kurt Bollmann

Interim Head of Research Unit

Fabio Bontadina

Visiting scientist

Thomas Hertach

Visiting scientist

Markus Holzner

Visiting scientist

Felix Morsdorf

Visiting scientist

Rea Magdalena Pärli

Research Associate / Manager in TCBC

Christoph Scheidegger

Senior Scientist, Visiting scientist

Polina Slavna

Guest

Ladina Moana Steinegger

Scientific assistant

Petr Vlcek

Visiting scientist

Evolutionary genetics

Katalin Csillery

Group leader

Marjorie Bison

Visiting scientist

Alberto Jose Garcia Jimenez

Visiting scientist

Azzurra Pistone

PhD student

Boris Rantasa

PhD student guest

Camilla Stefanini

PhD student

Fabian Suter

Temporary employee

Leo Zeitler

Postdoc

Ecosystem Dynamics

Ariel Bergamini

Group leader

Angéline Bedolla

Specialist

Irene Bisang

Visiting scientist

Steffen Boch

Scientific staff member

Irene Bühlmann

Temporary employee

Francesco Caponi

Visiting scientist

Klaus Ecker

Scientific staff member

Sabine Franziska Fink

Scientific staff member

David Johannes Frey

Visiting scientist

Ulrich Graf

Visiting scientist

Ilaria Rita Guiducci

PhD student

Charlotte Loft

Master student

Luis Ferdinand Meissner

Master student

Nino Melgar

Master student

Tobias Moser

Technical specialist

Juliana Oliveira

PhD student

Markus Peintinger

Visiting scientist

Noémie Pichon

Scientific staff member

Francesca Pittino

Visiting scientist

Sinziana Florina Rivera Rocabado

Postdoc

Leonia Schaller

Temporary employee

Martin Schütz

Temporary employee

Hallie Seiler

Temporary employee

Anina Wacker

PhD student

Conservation Biology

Marco Moretti

Group leader

Bruno Auf der Maur

Scientific assistant

Stefan Blaser

Technical staff member

Jonas Brännhage

Scientific assistant

Tala Bürki

Visiting scientist

Joan Casanelles Abella

Visiting scientist

Merin Reji Chacko

Postdoc

Mathieu Cretton

Technical specialist

Peter Duelli

Visiting scientist

Markus Gabathuler

Technical specialist

Ninetta Elena Graf

Technical staff member

Majken Leonie Grimm

Visiting scientist

Andrin Gross

Scientific staff member

Thimo Haab

Trainee

Dominik Andrin Hummel

Technical specialist

Christine Keller

Scientific staff member

Aline Laube

Bachelor student

Emiliano Medici

Visiting scientist

Gregor Mühlematter

Temporary employee

Yves Dominique Niederer

Trainee

Cécile Nyffeler

Software engineer

Alexandra Megan Paish

Visiting scientist

Marie-Lou Pijnenburg

Visiting scientist

Franziska Richter

Postdoc

Sebastian Richard Ruile

PhD student

Elia Sartoris

Temporary employee

Markus Schlegel

Scientific staff member

Jan Schneeberger

Lab technician

Beatrice Senn

Visiting scientist

Silvia Stofer

Scientific staff member

Sindhura Stothra Bhashyam

Temporary employee

Artemis Diana Treindl

Visiting scientist

Rebecca Utiger

Master student

Jan Vigués Jorba

PhD student

Lucia Villarroya-Villalba

Scientific assistant

Gesa von Hirschheydt

Visiting scientist

Ecological Genetics

Martina Peter

Group leader

Sabine Brodbeck

Technical staff member

Corine Buser-Schöbel

Scientific staff member

Gözde Cilingir

Scientific staff member

Benjamin Dauphin

Scientific staff member

Félix Fracchia

Visiting scientist

René Graf

Technical staff member

Christine Grossen

Scientific staff member

Felix Gugerli Künzle

Senior Scientist

Celine Kalberer

PhD student guest

Tina Kesseli

Apprentice

Rahel Sophia Keusen

Bachelor student

Maria Leunda

Visiting scientist

Simone McNamara

Visiting scientist

Lars Opgenoorth

Visiting scientist

Aksel Palsson

Visiting scientist

Alessandro Pasini

Trainee

Christian Rellstab

Scientific staff member

Mara Wieser

Lab technician

Felix Zimmermann

PhD student

Spatial Evolutionary Ecology

Rhizosphere Processes

Beat Frey

Group leader

Ivano Brunner

Visiting scientist

Basil Burri

Master student

Jessica Cuartero Monino

Postdoc

Benedikt Gruntz

Scientific assistant

Franziska Marie Knop

Trainee

Christoph Schwörer

Visiting scientist

Beat Stierli

Technical staff member

Gilda Varliero

Postdoc

Anja Werz

Scientific assistant

Community Ecology

Anita Christina Risch

Member of Directors Board, Senior Scientist, Groupleader

Pia Anderwald

Visiting scientist

Guilherme Barros Villela

Bachelor student

Kajsa Bornhauser

Master student

Irene Cordero Herrera

Scientific staff member

Jonathan Donhauser

Visiting scientist

Aline Frossard

Scientific staff member

Tomas Garcia

PhD student guest

Christian Geckeler

PhD student guest

Luca Girardi

PhD student guest

Sophie Gombeer

Technical staff member

Zeeshan Khan

PhD student guest

Elena Kramer

Bachelor student

Annina Maier

PhD student guest

Gabriel Maquignaz

PhD student guest

Stefano Mintchev

Visiting scientist

Valentin Moser

PhD student

Eduarda Rodrigues Sproesser

Bachelor student

Zoe Adriana Rodriguez Marvaldi

PhD student guest

Jose Schreckinger

Postdoc

Josef Senn

Visiting scientist