Institute of Evolution and Ecology

 

Welcome to the

Institute of Evolution and Ecology

At the new Institute of Evolution and Ecology we follow integrative approaches to address a broad range of research questions in organismal biology (see below). We teach in the Bachelor and Master degrees in biology, geo-ecology, and biochemistry and provide extensive individual research opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students (see details on the home pages of the constituent groups).


We are part of the Evolution and Ecology Forum Tübingen (EvE), a meeting platform for scientists working in the broad field of evolution and ecology. The institute comprises six groups.
Director: Prof. Dr. Heinz-R. Köhler (Animal Physiological Ecology)
Vice-Director: Prof. Dr. Katja Tielbörger (Plant Ecology).

 

Contact: Brigitte Hinderer, secretary, phone: +49-(0)7071-2972610, fax: +49-(0)7071-295344

 

New Master program: MSc in Biology, Major in Evolution and Ecology

 

 

Groups

Fields / facilities

Research groups

Animal Evolutionary Ecology
(Head: Prof. Dr. Nico Michiels)

Reproduction
Hermaphroditism
Sexuality versus asexuality
Marine biology

Prof. Dr. Nico Michiels
Dr. Nils Anthes
NN
Dr. Dennis Sprenger
Dr. Klaus Reinhardt
Dr. Katja Heubel

Animal Physiological Ecology
(Head: Prof. Dr. Heinz-R. Köhler)

Stress ecology
Ecotoxicology
Histopathology
Stream bypass mesocosms

Prof. Dr. Heinz-R. Köhler
Prof. Dr. Rita Triebskorn
Dr. Volker Scheil

Comparative Zoology
(Head: Prof. Dr. Katharina Foerster)

Comparative vertebrate zoology
Zoological collection
Federsee laboratory

Prof. Dr. Katharina Foerster
Dr. Erich Weber
Dr. Klaus Eisler
Dr. Henri Thomassen

Evolutionary Biology of Invertebrates
(Head: Prof. Dr. Oliver Betz)

Functional & ecological morphology
Bionics
Electron microscopy
Molecular phylogeny

Prof. Dr. Oliver Betz
Dr. Michael Heethoff

Plant Evolutionary Ecology
(Head: N.N.)

Molecular phylogeny
Mycorrhizal research
Electron microscopy
Culture collection
Botanical Garden
Herbarium Tubingense

N.N.
Dr. Sigisfredo Garnica
Dr. Ingeborg Haug

Plant Ecology
(Head: Prof. Dr. Katja Tielbörger)

Plant ecology
Ecological modeling

Prof. Dr. Katja Tielbörger
Dr. Merav Seifan
Dr. Mirka Macel

Lecturer for Botany
(Dr. Sandra Dietz)

Teaching in botany

Dr. Sandra Dietz

Research group Mycology 1

Phylogeny of the heterobasidiomycetes

PD Dr. Robert Bauer

Research group Mycology 2

Ecology of wood-decomposing fungi

Dr. Angelika Honold

Private Lecturers (without regular occupation at the University)

Prof. Dr. Sven Gemballa
PD Dr. Reinhard Gerecke
PD Dr. Alfons Renz
PD Dr. Michael Weiß