Dr. Michael Andreas Eisenring

Function

Scientific staff member

Forest health and biotic interactions

Forest Entomology

Contact

michael.eisenring(at)wslto make life hard for spam bots.ch

+41 44 739 23 10+41 44 739 23 10

Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf

Site

Birmensdorf Bi HL D 35

Curriculum vitae

2022 – present Research scientist, at Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL). Forest entomology research group
2020 – 2022 Postdoctoral research at Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL). Forest entomology research group
2018 – 2020 Postdoctoral research at University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. Lindroth Lab of Chemical Ecology
2017– 2018 Research Associate, Swiss Federal Research Station, Research Division Agroecology and Environment
2014 – 2017 PhD at Agroscope, Swiss Federal Research Station, Research Division Agroecology and Environment and University of Bern, Switzerland
2013 Research assistant at the Swiss Federal Research Institute (WSL), Forest Entomology Group
2010 – 2012 Master of Science in Biology, Ecology and Evolution at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Switzerland

FURTHER INFORMATION

Projects

Spectral screening for the early detection of a highly invasive beetle in Switzerland

The emergence of visible tree-stress symptoms caused by the emerald ash borer occurs only several years after its arrival and are hard to tell apart from those caused by soil drought. Here, we investigate the potential of reflectance spectroscopy as an early-warning screening tool.

RESISTASH: Resistance mechanisms of ash to Ash dieback and the emerald ash borer

Switzerland’s ash trees are currently decimated by an invasive fungal pathogen causing the “Ash dieback” (ADB) disease. In addition, the emerald ash borer (EAB) might reach Switzerland in the near future. The joint project between WSL and IAP aims to establish a nation-wide ash monitoring that informs on the spread of ADB in Switzerland and to identify potential chemical resistance mechanisms against ADB.

DEFENDASH

Ash is currently suffering from Ash dieback ADB and a new threat, the Emerald Ash Borer EAB, is spreading towards Central Europe. The project aims at understanding the milti-trophic interactions between different ash genotypes, ADB, EAB and its natural enemies under different climatic conditions.

Publications WSL

Scientific publication article peer reviewed

Eisenring, M.; Lindroth, R.L.; Flansburg, A.; Giezendanner, N.; Mock, K.E.; Kruger, E.L., 2023: Genotypic variation rather than ploidy level determines functional trait expression in a foundation tree species in the presence and absence of environmental stress. Annals of Botany, 131, 1: 229-242. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcac071

Eisenring, M.; Best, R.J.; Zierden, M.R.; Cooper, H.F.; Norstrem, M.A.; Whitham, T.G.; Grady, K.; Allan, G.J.; Lindroth, R.L., 2022: Genetic divergence along a climate gradient shapes chemical plasticity of a foundation tree species to both changing climate and herbivore damage. Global Change Biology, 28, 15: 4684-4700. doi: 10.1111/gcb.16275

Wolf, S.; Barmettler, E.; Eisenring, M.; Romeis, J.; Collatz, J., 2021: Host searching and host preference of resident pupal parasitoids of Drosophila suzukii in the invaded regions. Pest Management Science, 77, 1: 243-252. doi: 10.1002/ps.6013

Eisenring, M.; Unsicker, S.B.; Lindroth, R.L., 2021: Spatial, genetic and biotic factors shape within-crown leaf trait variation and herbivore performance in a foundation tree species. Functional Ecology, 35, 1: 54-66. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.13699

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Magazine article and brochures

Britt, E.; Eisenring, M.; Prospero, S.; Perret-Gentil, A.; Dubach, V.; Gossner, M.; Rigling, D.; Queloz, V., 2021: Wird es Eschen in der Zukunft noch geben?. Wald und Holz, 9, 21: 16-19.

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