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9 April 2026|Network ecologyMaster’s thesis opportunity available!
We are looking for MSc students:
As part of the research project PoToMa (“Dead Norway spruce monocultures in mid-rotation age – potentials of deadwood management”), in cooperation with Friedrich Schiller University Jena, we offer a Master’s thesis with a focus on arthropod ecology.
Focus of the thesis:
You will investigate...
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10 November 2025|Network ecologyOur TreeDivNet-Paper highlighted on the cover of Nature Ecology & Evolution
Our TreeDivNet paper on tree growth and herbivory, published online on 25 August 2025, is highlighted on the cover of the latest issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution!
Find out more here:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-025-02835-z
https://www.nature.com/natecolevol/volumes/9/issues/11
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12 September 2025|Network ecologyAward for outstanding young researchers: Dr. Rebecca Oester wins the Schwoerbel-Benndorf Young Scientist Award from the DGL
Congratulations to our colleague, Rebecca Oester, on winning first place in the 2025 Schwoerbel-Benndorf Young Scientist Award from the German Society for Limnology (DGL)!
Her scientific work and presentation at the DGL's annual conference in September were highly impressive, earning her first place, prize money and the...
Forschung im Loki Schmidt Garten
Wir untersuchen, wie sich Lebensgemeinschaften und ihre Wechselwirkungen – insbesondere zwischen Insekten, Spinnen und Pflanzen – auf der in 2023 angelegten Blühwiese entwickeln.
Im Video bekommt ihr einen Einblick in die Forschungsarbeiten unserer Studierenden.



