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

Rolf Holderegger

Head of Research Unit

Ingolf Kühn

Fellow

Rea Magdalena Pärli

Christoph Scheidegger

Senior Scientist, Senior Scientist

Ecosystem Dynamics

Ariel Bergamini

Groupleader

Ioana Violeta Ardelean

Temporary employee / Scientific staff member

Angéline Bedolla

Technical staff member

Irene Bisang

Visiting scientist

Steffen Boch

Scientific staff member

Melina Bucher

Master student

Irene Bühlmann

Scientific staff member

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

Jana Horbach

Bachelor student

Helen Küchler

Temporary employee

Meinrad Küchler

temporary employee

Maeve Lin

Master student

Helen Moor

Visiting scientist

Tobias Moser

Technical staff member

George Müller

Bachelor student

Juliana Oliveira

PhD student

Markus Peintinger

Visiting scientist

Noémie Pichon

Postdoc

Francesca Pittino

Visiting scientist

Mattia Schmid

Trainee

Kristel Van Zuijlen

Visiting scientist

Anina Wacker

Trainee

Conservation Biology

Kurt Bollmann

Groupleader;Senior Scientist

Bruno Auf der Maur

Scientific assistant

Oliver Bauer

Civil service employee

Stefan Blaser

Technical staff member

Fabio Bontadina

Visiting scientist

Jonas Brännhage

Scientific assistant

Joan Casanelles Abella

Visiting scientist

Mathieu Cretton

Scientific assistant

Alena De Roos

Visiting scientist

Michael Dietrich

Scientific staff member

Andreas Dietzel

Visiting scientist

Peter Duelli

Visiting scientist

Bertrand Fournier

Visiting scientist

Markus Gabathuler

Scientific assistant

Friederike Gebert

Visiting scientist

Ninetta Elena Graf

Technical staff member

Andrin Gross

Scientific staff member

Thimo Haab

Temporary employee

Thomas Hertach

Visiting scientist

Christine Keller

Scientific staff member

Dominik Landolt

Civil service employee

Margaux Leisi

Scientific assistant

Daria Lipsky

Temporary employee

Nicole Manser

PhD student guest

Emiliano Medici

Scientific assistant

Marco Moretti

Senior Scientist

Felix Morsdorf

Visiting scientist

Martin Obrist

Scientific staff member

Kilian Perrelet

PhD student guest

Maik Rehnus

temporary employee

Sebastian Richard Ruile

PhD student

Markus Schlegel

Scientific staff member

Beatrice Senn

Visiting scientist

Silvia Stofer

Scientific staff member

Artemis Diana Treindl

Scientific staff member

Jan Vigués Jorba

PhD student

Lucia Villarroya-Villalba

Temporary employee

Petr Vlcek

Scientific assistant

Gesa von Hirschheydt

PhD student

Vera von Wartburg

Temporary employee

Thomas Zimmermann

Civil service employee

Evolutionary genetics

Spatial Evolutionary Ecology

Catherine Graham

Senior Scientist, Groupleader

Morgane Brosse

Visiting scientist

Nadia Cristina Castro Izaguirre

Technical staff member

Esther Elizabeth Dale

Visiting scientist

Francois Duchenne

Postdoc

Melina Forgiarini Maxwell

Visiting scientist

Isabela Galarda Varassin

Visiting scientist

Anna Sofia Görlich

PhD student

Esteban Guevara

Visiting scientist

Pincelli Marie Hull

Fellow

Roman Manuel Marti

Guest

Ian Ramsey McFadden

Postdoc

Marco Túlio Pacheco Coelho

Postdoc

Robert Pazur

Scientific staff member

Luca Pegoraro

Postdoc

Amira Sharief

Visiting scientist

Rafael Wüest Karpati

Technical staff member

Ecological fluid dynamics

Markus Holzner

Senior Scientist, Groupleader

Stefano Brizzolara

PhD student

Samuel Jacques Castonguay

Postdoc

Marius Mihai Neamtu-Halic

Postdoc

Alon Nissan

Visiting scientist

Francesco Parrella

PhD student guest

Laura Maria Stancanelli

Visiting scientist

Till Zeugin

PhD student

Ecological Genetics

Martina Peter

Groupleader

Chiara Altendorfer

Alicja Agnieszka Babst-Kostecka

Visiting scientist

Simon Baltensweiler

Temporary employee

Dalinda Bouraoui

Technical staff member

Sabine Brodbeck

Technical staff member

Corine Buser-Schöbel

Scientific staff member

Gözde Fatma Cilingir

Scientific staff member

Sevil Cosgun

PhD student guest

Benjamin Dauphin

Scientific staff member

Félix Fracchia

Visiting scientist

Leandra Fritsi

Apprentice

René Graf

Technical staff member

Christine Grossen

Scientific staff member

Felix Gugerli Künzle

Deputy Groupleader;Senior Scientist

Cristina Haldemann

Scientific assistant

Annatina Hassler

Temporary employee

Deborah Marie Leigh

Scientific staff member

Simone McNamara

Master student

Maike Tabea Notter

Lars Opgenoorth

Visiting scientist

Christian Rellstab

Scientific staff member

Nadine Schütz

Master student

Felix Zimmermann

Master student