Institut für Evolution und Ökologie

Oliver Betz
Professor
  +49 7071 29 72995
room E2A14
email

Margarita Yavorskaya
Assistant Professor
  +49 7071 29 74832
room E2P07
email

Manfred Drack
Research Associate
 +49 7071 29 74854
room E4P25
email

Bernadette Fauser
Secretary
+49 7071 29-72613
room E4P22
email

Further group members

Technical staff

Michael AxtE2H11email+49 (0) 7071 / 29 76961
Julia StraubeE2A03email+49 (0) 7071 / 29 77587
Glencora Wolffhugel-ParraE2A03email+49 (0) 7071 / 29 77587

Postdoc

Dr. Qing CaoE2P10email+49 (0) 7071 / 29 74830
PD Dr. Manfred DrackE4P25email+49 (0) 7071 / 29 74854
Dr. Lea von BergE2P10email+49 (0) 7071 / 29 74830

PhD candidates

Viviane Campos da Silva NunesE2P10email+49 (0) 7071 / 29 74830
Simon SommerfeldE2P18email+49 (0) 7071 / 29 76949
Erich Lara SpiessbergerE2P18email+49 (0) 7071 / 29 76949

Master

Marielle Arold   
Abby Holder   
Sophia Kull   

Bachelor

Johannes Duj   
Sarah Schaufert   
Elina Schmitt   
Jiseop Shin   

Associate Professor

Prof. Dr. Reinhard Gerecke email 

Associate Scientist

Dr. Christoph Allgaier   

Scientific research - current

  • Elina Schmitt: “Morphologische Transformationen vom Abdomen in Palpenkäfern (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae).”
  • Abby Holder: "Assessing the Aricia species complex in the Swabian Alb using DNA barcoding."
  • Sophia Kull: “Seasonal and diurnal activity patterns in common European butterflies.”
  • Jiseop Shin: "Behavior and morphological adaptations of pselaphine beetles (Pselaphinae, Staphylinidae) associated with ants (Formicidae)."
  • Lea von Berg: "INSOEL – Insect chasing devices for organic farming."
  • Simon Sommerfeld: “Ecomorphology and Phylogeny of Steninae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in Northeast India.”
  • Sarah Schaufert: "Ökomorphologie von Käfern der Unterfamilie Steninae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) aus dem nordöstlichen Himalaya Indiens."
  • Johannes Duj: "
  • Marielle Arold: "Insekten-Blüten-Interaktionen im Hinblick auf das Landeverhalten von Insekten auf zu Landeplattformen umgestalteten Petalen.“
  • Viviane Campos da Silva Nunes: “Evolutionary morphology of the hyperdiverse Pselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) and possible reasons for their ecomorphological radiation in the context of cave-dwelling, predation and association with ants.”
  • Qing Cao: "Functional morphology and ultrastructure of the adhesive exocrine glands and the abdominal musculature in Stenus rove beetle larvae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)"
  • Manfred Drack - "Organism concepts in biology and architecture as the basis for an interdisciplinary synopsis of constructional biomimetics".
  • Erich Lara Spiessberger - "Comparative functional head morphology in modern rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)"