Forest Entomology

Our group Forest Entomology investigates forest insects in their broadest sense: ecology of potential forest pests, natural enemies, diversity of forest insects.

Research topics

  • Infestation dynamics of bark beetles, effect of natural enemies
  • Interactions between host trees and bark beetles
  • Recolonization of windthrow and wildfire areas by insect communities
  • Dependency of dead wood (saproxylic) insects on tree and stand characteristics

Mitarbeitende

Forest Entomology

Martin Gossner

Group leader

Carl-Michael Heimo Andersson

Technical staff member

Astrid Bächli

Technical staff member

Mojtaba Moe Bakhtiari

Postdoctoral Scientist

Janine Bolliger

Senior Scientist

Giulia Casciano

PhD student

Francesca Cerroti

PhD student

Fabio Costa

Temporary employee / Scientific staff member

Bastiaan Drost

PhD student guest

Michael Andreas Eisenring

Scientific staff member

Federico Ferrari

PhD student

Maja Ilic

Visiting scientist

Thibault Lachat

Visiting scientist

Felix Neff

Visiting scientist

Anouchka Perret-Gentil

Lab technician

Aditi Rawal

PhD student

Caio Graco Rodriguez Leandro Roza

Visiting scientist

Thibaut Rota

Visiting scientist

Nicolas Roth

Visiting scientist

Doris Schneider

Technical staff member

Jan Scholl

Master student

Leila Anna Schuh

Postdoc

Christoph Sperisen

Visiting scientist

Nicola Van Koppenhagen

Postdoc

Beat Wermelinger

Visiting scientist

Fengping Yang

Visiting scientist

Carlotta Bruna Andrée Zamboni

Temporary employee / Scientific staff member