Biodiversity and Conservation Biology

The research unit Biodiversity and Conservation Biology studies the diversity of life in its various forms, from genetic diversity to the diversity of species and ecosystems as well as their interactions. In collaboration with partners such as federal, cantonal and local authorities, we elaborate scientific knowledge for management strategies for the conservation of biodiversity and the preservation of natural resources in Switzerland and internationally.

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Research Groups and Staff

Biodiversity and Conservation Biology

Kurt Bollmann

Interim Head of Research Unit

Fabio Bontadina

Visiting scientist

Thomas Hertach

Visiting scientist

Markus Holzner

Visiting scientist

Maeve Lin

Visiting scientist

Felix Morsdorf

Visiting scientist

Martin Obrist

Temporary employee

Rea Magdalena Pärli

Research Associate / Manager in TCBC

Christoph Scheidegger

Senior Scientist, Visiting scientist

Petr Vlcek

Visiting scientist

Evolutionary genetics

Katalin Csillery

Group leader

Marjorie Bison

Visiting scientist

Justine Charlet de Sauvage

Postdoc

Yohann Chauvier

Visiting scientist

Aron Eggenberger

Temporary employee

Aurélien Estarague

Postdoc

Alberto Jose Garcia Jimenez

Visiting scientist

Azzurra Pistone

PhD student

Boris Rantasa

PhD student guest

Daniella Maria Schweizer

Scientific staff member

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

Roman Dirnberger

Master student

Klaus Ecker

Scientific staff member

Sabine Franziska Fink

Scientific staff member

David Johannes Frey

Visiting scientist

Jeremias Julien Gisler

Trainee

Ulrich Graf

Visiting scientist

Ilaria Rita Guiducci

PhD student

Helen Küchler

Visiting scientist

Meinrad Küchler

Visiting scientist

Hugo Timothée Lehmann

Trainee

Elias Liniger

Trainee

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

Martin Schütz

Temporary employee

Hallie Seiler

Master student

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

Andrin Gross

Scientific staff member

Dominik Andrin Hummel

Technical specialist

Christine Keller

Scientific staff member

Arthur Knecht

Temporary employee / Scientific staff member

Alessandra Knuser

Temporary employee / Scientific staff member

Aline Laube

Bachelor student

Emiliano Medici

Visiting scientist

Gregor Mühlematter

Temporary employee

Cécile Nyffeler

Software engineer

Alexandra Megan Paish

Trainee

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

Nils Thomann

Trainee

Artemis Diana Treindl

Visiting scientist

Jan Vigués Jorba

PhD student

Lucia Villarroya-Villalba

Assistante scientifique

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

Supriyo Dalui

Visiting scientist

Benjamin Dauphin

Scientific staff member

Félix Fracchia

Visiting scientist

René Graf

Technical staff member

Christine Grossen

Scientific staff member

Felix Gugerli Künzle

Senior Scientist

Annatina Hassler

Temporary employee / Scientific staff member

Celine Kalberer

PhD student guest

Tina Kesseli

Apprentice

Rahel Sophia Keusen

Bachelor student

Evangelia Kolovou

Software engineer

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