Alumni
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Andrea Christine Alexa (Bachelor) | Phylogeny, biogeography and evolution of C4-photosynthesis in Tribuloideae (Zygophyllaceae).*
May 2016 - October 2016. |
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Pia Bauer (Bachelor) | Gene copies of the phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase in species of Crassulaceae with C3, obligate CAM and facultative CAM photosynthesis.*
April - October 2017. |
| Svetlana Beer | Short term DAAD grant.* | |
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Maria Julia Bena (Postdoc)
Home institution: Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. Mailbox 22B1642HYD. San Isidro, Argentina |
C3 and C4 species germination and growth under differential temperature conditions in South American Gomphrenoideae (Amaranthaceae s.s.).*
February – May 2018. |
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Kerstin Bissinger (Bachelor, Master) |
Master:Abundance of GDC and SHORTROOT transcripts in C3, C2 and C4 species of Salsoleae (Chenopodiaceae) growing at two different temperatures.* In cooperation with Dr. Nouria Koteyeva and Prof. Elena Voznesenskaya. Laboratory of Anatomy and Morphology, VL Komarov Botanical Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg, Russia. End: November 2019. Bachelor:Gene copies of the glycine decarboxylase in the C2-species Salsola divaricata.* March - September 2017. |
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Kerstin Bissinger (Master) | Phylogeny and evolution of Gisekia (Gisekiaceae).*
January 2012 - September 2012. |
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Susanne Elisabeth Bleser (Master) | CAM photosynthesis in Aeonium (Crassulaceae).*
September 2020. |
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Nadine Bobon (Bachelor, Master) | Master: Phylogeny and biogeography of Monanthes (Crassulaceae) and the evolution of CAM photosynthesis.*
March 2018 - April 2019. Bachelor: Phylogeny of Australian Dysphania (Chenopodiaceae) and the development of DNA barcode.* October 2016 - March 2017. |
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Katharina Bohley (Master, Dissertation) | Dissertation: C4-Evolution in Sesuvioideae (Aizoaceae) with Focus on Sesuvium L.*
Supported by a PhD stipend of the Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung June 2014 - December 2018. Master: Phylogeny and systematics of Sesuvium (Sesuvioideae, Aizoaceae) and the evolution of C4 photosynthesis within the genus.* October 2012 - November 2013. |
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Nicolas Brignone (PhD)
Home institution: Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. Mailbox 22B1642HYD. San Isidro, Argentina |
PhD student (visiting PhD funded by DAAD)
Using RadSeq to resolve phylogenetic relationships among South American Atriplex species.* October 2018 – January 2019.
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Yette Brockelmann (Bachelor) | Genetic diversity in Eurasian Sarcocornia (Chenopodiaceae) - search for a DNA barcode in a morphologically difficult group.*
April - September 2014. |
| Jonathan Cabrera (PhD) | PhD with DAAD grant* | |
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Jean-Baptiste Chazalon (Master) | Comparative floral scent study of Cypripedium (Orchidaceae) & Post-pollination effects on the floral fragrance in Cypripedium henryi Rolfe 13 March 2023 - 28 August 2023
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Giagkos-Ion Chlomoudis (Master) | Phylogenetic analysis of the genus Calvoa Hook. f. (Melastomataceae)
19 July 2021- 03 January 2022 |
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Svenja Decker (Bachelor) | Evolution of PEPC in C3-, C2- und C4-species of Salsoleae (Chenopodiaceae).* March 2016 - September 2016. |
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Lara Engfer (Bachelor) | Phylogeny and biogeography of Larreoideae (Zygophyllaceae) - from the tropics to the desert?*
May 2016 - October 2016. |
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Karin Fehr (Bachelor) | Phylogeny and biogeography of Dysphania (Chenopodiaceae).*
In collaboration with Prof. Pertti Uotila (Botanical Museum, Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, Finland). April - August 2013. |
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Annkathrin Frenger (Bachelor) | Molecular phylogeny of Dissochaeteae based on cp data.*
In cooperation with Abdulrokhman Kartonegoro, PhD Student, Naturalis, Leiden, The Netherlands. November 2019 - May 2020.
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Sara García Aloy (PhD) | Phylogeny and evolution of the genus Monsonia (Geraniaceae).*
Based at the Institut Botànic de Barcelona, Pg. del Migdia, E-08038 Barcelona, Spain. Erasmus grant for a 4 month stay from April - July 2015.
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Tobias Gelz (Master of Education) | Intraspecific variation of the CO2 compensation point in Salsola divaricata (Chenopodiaceae).*
April 2014 - December 2015. |
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Nina Glaser (Bachelor) | Evolution of PEPC in Sesuvioideae (Aizoaceae).*
March 2016 - September 2016. |
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Stephanie Gödderz (Bachelor) | Identifying and characterizing the fungus associated with Suaeda monoica galls.*
In cooperation with Netta Dorchin, PhD. School of Zoology Curator of Entomology, The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History Tel Aviv University ISRAEL. Prof. E. Thines, IMP, University Mainz. Prof. M. Kaltenpoth, iOME, University Mainz. October 2018 - April 2019. |
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Dominique Jeton Groffman | Seed and fruit morphology explain dispersal and range of the Australian Atriplex L. (Amaranthaceae) complex; Review of the mechanisms and evolution of heterodiaspory.
September 2021 - March 2022 |
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Felia Christin Haffelder (Bachelor) | Abundance of PEPC transcripts in populations of the C2 species Salsola divaricata.*
October 2017 - May 2018. |
| Sophia Hammen (Master) | Global phylogeny and biogeography of Atriplex (Amaranthaceae).*
November 2019 - January 2021. |
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Lara Hennig (Bachelor, Master) | Master: Seed anatomy of Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae.*
In cooperation with Dr. Rosemary Newton, Millennium Seed Bank, RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place, GB. April 2014 - April 2015. Bachelor: Molecular phylogeny of Caroxyloneae (Chenopodiaceae).* October 2012 - February 2013. |
| Julia Höreth (Bachelor) | Breathing in Aeonium(Crassulaceae) – Relation of stomatal density and cuticular conductance.*
December 2019 - August 2020. |
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Janis Hötzel (Bachelor) | Variation of Glycine decarboxylase (GDC) at nucleotide and aminoacid level in C3, C4 and C2 members of Chenopodiaceae.*
October 2016 - March 2017. |
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Justine Hoffmann (Bachelor) | SSR-seq in Vitis: Do microsatellites contain SNPs useful for Vitis genotyping?*
In cooperation with Mareike Rij, Dr. Johanna Frotscher and Prof. J. Schmid, Hochschule Geisenheim, Institut für Rebenzüchtung, Geisenheim. October 2019 - April 2020
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| Sandra Hohmann (Master) | ||
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Isabella Hohmeister (Bachelor) | C3 or weak CAM? Discovering the CAM-type of Crassulaceae with C3-like carbon isotope values.*
October 2017 - April 2018. |
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Philipp Hühn (Master) | Phylogeny and Taxonomy of Australian Camphorosmeae using GBS and image analysis.*
January 2017 - March 2018. |
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Olga Joos (Master) | Phylogeny of Sesuvioideae (Aizoaceae) and evolution of C4 photosynthesis.*
In cooperation with Prof. S. Liede-Schumann, Univ. Bayreuth, Germany. January - October 2013. |
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Florian Jung (Bachelor) | Molecular Phylogeny of Aeonieae (Crassulaceae) based on chloroplast and nuclear sequence data.*
April - September 2018 |
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Gülsem Kara (Bachelor) | Relation of CAM activity, carbon isotope ratio and cuticular conductance in Aeonium(Crassulaceae) growing under different temperature and drought regimes.*
End: October 2019. |
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Elena Klein (Bachelor) | CAM performance and leaf anatomical traits in Mesembryanthemum.*
In cooperation with Dr. Cornelia Klak, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa. October 2019 - April 2020
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| Alexander Köhl (Master) | ||
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Cornelia Annika Köhle (Bachelor) | Leaf anatomy of Caroxyloneae (Chenopodiaceae).*
October 2013 - February 2014. |
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Jasmin Kohl (Bachelor) | Do the clonal plantlets of Kalanchoeperform CAM?*
May 2020 - November 2020. |
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Jan Peter Kotrade (Bachelor) | C4 anatomy in Gisekiaceae.*
November 2011 - February 2012. |
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Sandra Krause (Bachelor) | The evolution of stomata density in Anabasis (Chenopodiaceae) and its ecological implications.*
April - August 2013. |
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Stefanie Krieg (Staatsexamen) | Phylogeny and biogeography of Australian Atriplex (Chenopodiaceae).*
February 2011 - September 2011. Supervised also by Prof. J.W. Kadereit. |
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Maximilian Lauterbach (Bachelor, Master, PhD) | PhD: C4 photosynthesis combined with water storage - a formula for evolutionary success in extremely dry and saline habitats.*
February 2014 - January 2018. Master: Phylogeny and biogeography of Zygophyllum (Zygophyllaceae).* In collaboration with Prof. Dirk Bellstedt, Univ. of Stellenbosch (South Africa) and Dr. M. Pirie (Univ. of Stellenbosch, South Africa, and Univ. of Mainz, Germany). March 2013 - January 2014. Bachelor: Biogeographie der Gattung Anabasis (Chenopodiaceae) auf der Grundlage von Sequenzdaten aus dem Chloroplastengenom.* Oktober 2011 - Februar 2012. |
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Oskar Liebisch (Bachelor) | Phylogenie der Salicornioideae (Chenopodiaceae) auf der Grundlage von ITS und ETS Sequenzdaten.*
June - November 2014. |
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Jessica Los (Bachelor, Master) | Master: Phylogeny and biogeography of Aichryson (Crassulaceae) and the evolution of CAM photosynthesis.*
March 2018 - April 2019. Bachelor: CAM photosynthesis is Crassulaceae - experiments with the living collection at the Botanical Garden Mainz.* November 2016 - April 2017. |
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Kristina Lust (Bachelor) | Phylogeny, biogeography and systematics of Dysphania (Chenopodiaceae).*
In collaboration with Prof. Pertti Uotila (University of Helsinki) and Dr. Alexander Sukhorukov (University of Moscow). April 2014 - November 2014.
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| Katharina Lüke (Master) | ||
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Rüdiger Masson (Master, Dissertation) | PhD: Tracing geographic and temporal patterns of Late Neogene and Pleistocene aridification in Eurasia using the drought- and salt-tolerant C4-shrub Anabasis (Chenopodiaceae).* May 2011 - January 2014 (thesis not completed). Master: Discovering Polycnemoideae – an old, rare, strangely distributed and largely unknown subfamily of the Amaranthaceae/Chenopodiaceae alliance.* June 2010 - June 2011. |
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Janine Matt (Diplom) | Synopsis of Salsola (Caroxyloneae, Chenopodiaceae) of Southern Africa.*
March 2016 - September 2016. |
| Susanne Maus (Master) | ||
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Hannah Mertes (Bachelor, Master) |
Master: Evolution of asexual reproduction and CAM photosynthesis in Kalanchoe (Crassulaceae). Start: May 2020 Bachelor: Phylogeny and systematics of Amphiblemma (Sonerileae, Melastomataceae).* October 2018 - April 2019. |
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Evgenia Nikitina (Bachelor) | Comparative leaf anatomy of cotyledons and adult leaves in Chenopodiaceae.*
In cooperation with Dr. Rosemary Newton, Millennium Seed Bank, RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place, GB. October 2013 - February 2014. |
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Johannes Pawlik (Bachelor) | Origin and phylogeny of the C3/C4 intermediate Salsola divaricata (Salsoleae s.s., Chenopodiaceae).*
January - May 2014. |
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Frederic Rauch (Bachelor) | Abundance of PEPC transcripts in C3, C2 and C4 species of Salsoleae (Chenopodiaceae) growing at two different temperatures.* End: June 2019. |
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Lena Reimann (Bachelor) | C3 and C4 species germination and growth under differential temperature conditions in South American Gomphrenoideae (Amaranthaceae s.s.).*
Co-supervised by Dr. Maria Julia Bena (Instituto de Botánica Darwinion San Isidro, Argentina) April - September 2018 |
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Lisa Mareike Rij (Master) | Classification of a Texan wild grapevine population within the genus Vitis.*
In cooperation with Dr. Johanna Frotscher, Prof. J. Schmid and Prof. E. Rühl, Hochschule Geisenheim, Institut für Rebenzüchtung, Geisenheim. August 2018 – July 2019. |
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Isabell Rupp (Diplom) | Comparative anatomy of cotyledons and adult leaves in Chenopodiaceae/Amaranthaceae.*
In cooperation with Dr. Rosemary Newton, Millennium Seed Bank, RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place, GB. May 2014 - January 2015
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| Peter Saalbach (Bachelor) | Revisiting the biogeography of Australian Camphorosmeae on the basis of an improved molecular phylogeny.*
September 2019 - February 2020 |
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Denise Schmidt (Bachelor, Master) | Master: Evolution of PEP-Carboxylase in Camphorosmeae.* October 2014 - December 2015 Bachelor: Molecular phylogeny of Salsoleae s.s. (Chenopodiaceae).* October 2012 - February 2013 |
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Elina Schmidt (Bachelor) | Gene copies of PEPC in Aeonieae (Crassulaceae) and their relation to CAM-types.*
October 2017 - April 2018. |
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Till Schröder (Bachelor) | C4 anatomy and biochemistry of selected species of Sesuvioideae (Aizoaceae).*
November 2015 - April 2016. |
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Christina Schüssler (Master) | Evolution of C4 photosynthesis in Salsoloideae (Chenopodiaceae) and the diversity of C3 and C4 leaf types.*
March - December 2013. |
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Claudia Simon (Bachelor) | Phylogeny of Kalanchoeand the origin of asexual reproduction.*
May 2020 - February 2021 |
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Martin Simon (Bachelor) | Phylogeny and biogeography of Zygophyllum sect. Annuae (Zygophyllaceae).* In collaboration with Prof. D. Bellstedt (Univ. Stellenbosch, South Africa). October 2013 - March 2014. |
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Sophie Celine Simon (Bachelor) | The relation of CAM activity and carbon isotope ratio in Aeonieae growing at two different temperatures.*
October 2018 - April 2019. |
| Anita Slenzka (Master) | ||
| Simone Steffen (Master) | ||
| Patrick Teege (PhD with DFG position) | ||
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Delphine Tanita Tefarikis (Master) | Phylogeography of Salsola divaricata (Chenopodiaceae) on the Canary Islands.*
March 2015 - March 2016 |
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Marie Claire Veranso (PhD) | Molecular Phylogeny, Systematics, Biogeography and Evolution of Floral Traits in Dissotis Benth. (Melastomataceae- Melastomeae).*
In cooperation with Dr Fongod Augustina (University of Buea, Cameroon), Dr. Dr. Thomas Couvreur (University of Buea, Cameroon) Dr. R. Douglas Stone (University of Kwa Zulu-Natal, South Africa). March 2014 - October 2017. |
| Kate Vickers (Sokrates grant) | ||
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Silvia Waldinger (Bachelor) | Bioinformatics of ddRAD data from long loci.*
November 2019 - May 2020. |
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Jana Weber (Bachelor) | Occurrence and function of an internal ring of photosynthetic tissue in stems of Salicornioideae.*
May - September 2014. |
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Judith Wehling (Bachelor, Master) | Master: Evolution of CAM photosynthesis in Mesembryanthemoideae (Aizoaceae).*
In cooperation with Dr. Cornelia Klak. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa. January 2020. Bachelor: CAM photosynthesis in Crassulaceae – an overview. March - September 2017. |
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Lisa Wernet (Staatsexamen) | Search for new C4 species in Zygophyllum (Zygophyllaceae).*
In collaboration with Prof. Dirk Bellstedt, Stellenbosch, South Africa. March - September 2012. |
| Emre Yaprak (short term DAAD grant) | ||
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Regina Zimmer (Master) | Leaf venation and the evolution of C4 photosynthesis in Tribuloideae (Zygophyllaceae).*
In cooperation with Dr. Julio V. Schneider, Department of Botany and Molecular Evolution, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, Germany. April 2017 - May 2018. |
* Affiliation: JGU Mainz