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EESLMU Board of Directors
The Board of Directors consists of Niels Dingemanse, Alice Edler, Gerhard Haszprunar, Dirk Metzler, John Parsch, Susanne Renner, Volker Witte, Gert Wörheide and Justyna Wolinska. See below for email addresses and telephone numbers.
EESLMU Coordination
Dr. Alice Edler
Biozentrum B02.007
Tel: +49-(0)89-2180-74-234, Fax: +49-(0)89-2180-74-204
ees"at"bio.lmu.de
Alice is the EES Coordinator.
Core Faculty Involved in the EESLMU Master's Program
Dr. Andreas Beck
Bavarian State Collection for Botany
Research Scientist and Curator of Lichens and Bryophytes
Scientific Head of the Laboratory
beck"at"bsm.mwn.de
Tel. +49-(0)89-17861-266, Fax. +49-(0)89-17861-193
Role in EES program: Andreas Beck co-teaches the Systematic Data & Evidence course in the first semester and offers a
course on lichens in the third semester.
Prof. Dr. Niels Dingemanse
MPI for Ornithology
Biozentrum B02.008
Role in EES program: Niels Dingemanse is a member of the Board of Directors. He teaches several courses, including part of the Evolutionary Ecology module in the first semester
and the EES Excursion in the second.
Prof. Dr. Wilfried Gabriel
Evolutionary Ecology
Biozentrum B02.002
Tel: +49-(0)89-2180-74-202, Fax: +49-(0)89-2180-74-204
wilfried.gabriel"at"lmu.de
Role in EES program: Wilfried Gabriel is member of the Admissions Committee and the IRT3 Committee. He teaches several courses
in the Master's program, including part of the Evolutionary Ecology module in the first semester and Evolutionary Ecology Modeling in
the second semester.
PD Dr. Marc Gottschling
Systematic Botany and Mycology
Tel: +49-(0)89-17861-271, Fax: +49-(0)89-172638
gottschling"at"bio.lmu.de
Role in the EES program: Marc Gottschling is a member of the IRT3 Grant Committee, as well as of the Curriculum Committee. He also teaches several courses in the program.
PD Dr. Wolfgang Goymann
Behavioral Neurobiology,
MPI Seewiesen
Tel: +49(0)8157 932 - 301, Fax: +49(0)8157 932 - 285,
goymann"at"orn.mpg.de
Role in EES program: Wolfgang Goymann recently joined EES. He is a member of the Admissions Committee,
and starting in 2011 he will be teaching a summer field course on migration physiology.
Prof. Dr. Gisela Grupe
Anthropology
Biozentrum B03.036
Tel: +49-(0)89-2180-74-320
G.Grupe"at"lrz.uni-muenchen.de
Role in EES program: Gisela Grupe is member of the Admissions Committee and teaches courses in anatomy and archaeobiology.
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Haszprunar
Systematic Zoology,
Biozentrum B01.058 and Zoological State Collections
Tel: +49-(0)89-2180-74-136 or +49-(0)89-8107-104,
haszi"at"zsm.mwn.de
Role in EES program: Gerhard Haszprunar is the Director of the Zoological State Collections of Munich. He is a member of the
Board of Directors and the EES PhD Committee and teaches courses in animal phylogenetics and marine biology.
Prof. Dr. Günther Heubl
Systematic Botany
Botanical Institute
Tel: +49-(0)89-17861-207, Fax: +49-(0)89-172638,
heubl"at"lrz.uni-muenchen.de
Role in EES program: Günther Heubl teaches courses in plant phylogenetics and palynology.
Dr. Stephan Hutter
Evolutionary Biology
Biozentrum C01.054
Tel: +49-(0)89-2180-74-160, Fax: +49-(0)89-2180-74-104
hutter"at"zi.biologie.uni-muenchen.de
Role in EES program: Stephan Hutter is part of the organizational committee for the PhD program.
He teaches a population genetics computer practical in the second semester and a Perl programming course in the third semester.
Prof. Dr. Bart Kempenaers
Behavioral Ecology,
MPI Seewiesen
Tel: +49-(0)8157-932-334, Fax: +49(0)8157-932-400,
b.kempenaers"at"orn.mpg.de
Role in EES program: Bart Kempenaers is member of the Board of Directors and teaches several courses in behavioral ecology.
Prof. Dr. Dirk Metzler
Biozentrum
Statistical genetics
Biozentrum B01.007
Tel: +49-(0)89-2180-74-108
metzler"at"bio.lmu.de
Role in EES program: Dirk Metzler is a member of the Board of Directors, the chair of the Admissions Committee, the chair of the
Curriculum Committee, and a member of the IRT3 Committee. He teaches statistical methods and mathematical models for evolution
and ecology, a course in Computational Methods in Population Genetics, and a course in Multivariate Statistics in Ecology and
Quantitative Genetics, and together with Susanne Foitzik the Seminar & Discussion course in the third semester.
Prof. Dr. John Parsch
Evolutionary and Functional Genomics,
Biozentrum B01.006
Tel: +49-(0)89-2180-74-107, Fax: +49-(0)89-2180-74-104,
parsch"at"zi.biologie.uni-muenchen.de
Role in EES program: John Parsch is the new Speaker of the EES Program. He is also a member of the Admissions Committee and the
Examination Committee. He teaches several courses and was the main organizer of one of the summer schools and of the human evolution week.
Prof. Dr. Susanne Renner
Systematic Botany
Botanical Institute
Tel: ++49-(0)89-17861-250, Fax +49-(0)89-17863-8
renner"at"lrz.uni-muenchen.de
Role in EES program: Susanne Renner is member of the Board of Directors and the head of the EES Prize Committee. She is the main
organizer of the Systematic Data and Evidence course in the first semester and teaches the first Seminar & Discussion course together
with Volker Witte.
Prof. Dr. Florian Siegert
GeoBio-Center
siegert"at"bio.lmu.de
Role in the EES program: Florian Siegert teaches elective courses for Master's students, including a GIS course and a seminar on Tropical Rainforests.
Prof. Dr. Matthias Starck
Functional Morphology
Biozentrum B01.056
Tel: +49- (0)89-2180-74-134, Fax: +49- (0)89-2180-99-74-134
starck"at"uni-muenchen.de
Role in EES program: Matthias Starck teaches several EES elective courses.
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Stephan
Evolutionary Biology
Biozentrum B01.002
Tel: +49-(0)89-2180-74-102, Fax: +49-(0)89-2180-74-104
stephan"at"zi.biologie.uni-muenchen.de
Role in EES program: Wolfgang Stephan is responsible for the Evolutionary Genetics course in the first semester and teaches
Theoretical Population Genetics in the third semester.
Prof. Dr. Herwig Stibor
Aquatic Ecology
stibor"at"lmu.de
Role in EES program: Herwig Stibor is the new professor for Aquatic Ecology and offers several courses in aquatic ecology.
He also organizes the required EES Excursion during the summer semester with other members of the ecology department.
Dr. Volker Witte
Behavioral Ecology
Biozentrum B02.054
Tel: +49-(0)89-2180-74-265, Fax: +49-(0)89-2180-74-204
witte"at"zi.biologie.uni-muenchen.de
Role in EES program: Volker Witte teaches several courses in behavioral ecology and is one of the teachers of the EES
Excursion. Together with Susanne Renner he also teaches the Seminar & Discussion course in the first semester.
Dr. Justyna Wolinska
Evolutionary Ecology
Biozentrum B02.001
Tel: +49-(0)89-2180-74-201, Fax: +49-(0)89-2180-74-204
wolinska"at"biologie.uni-muenchen.de
Role in EES program: Justyna Wolinska is member of the Board of Directors, the Admissions Committee and of the organizational
committee of the PhD program. She teaches Experimental Evolutionary Ecology in the third semester and is one of the teachers of
the EES Excursion. She co-teaches the Presentations skills course in the first semester, the Poster & Discussion and
Seminar & Discussion courses in the second semester, and the grant writing course in the third semester.
Prof Dr Gert Wörheide
Paleontology and Geobiology
LMU Geosciences
Richard-Wagner-Straße 10
Tel: +49 (0) 89 2180 6718
woerheide"at"lmu.de
Role in EES program: Gert Wörheide is member of the Board of Directors and the Admissions Committee. He teaches Earth Life Interactions II in the third semester,
field courses on marine biodiversity and geobiology (e.g. Red Sea coral reefs), and lab courses in Molecular Palaeobiology.
Extended Faculty
The following people contribute regularly to courses in the EESLMU graduate programs.
- Prof. Dr. Thomas Cremer: thomas.cremer"at"lrz.uni-muenchen.de, Human Biology, LMU biology
- Prof. Dr. Karl Eibl: karl.eibl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de, German philology LMU language and literature
- Prof. Dr. Benedikt Grothe: grothe"at"zi.biologie.uni-muenchen.de, Neurobiology, LMU biology
- PD Dr. J. Jeschke: jonathan.jeschke"at"gmx.de, Invasion Ecology Group, TU München
- PD Dr. M. Krings: m.krings"at"lrz.uni-muenchen.de, Palaeontology, Collections
- Prof. Dr. Rainer Matyssek: matyssek"at"wzw.tum.de, [1], TUM Weihenstephan
- Prof. Dr. Martin Parniske: Parniske@lmu.de, genetics, LMU biology
- Prof. Dr. rer.nat. Dr. med. vet. habil. Joris Peters: joris.peters"at"palaeo.vetmed.uni-muenchen.de, [2], LMU vet med and Collections
- Prof. Dr. Bettina Reichenbacher: b.reichenbacher"at"lrz.uni-muenchen.de, [3], LMU earth sciences
- Prof. Dr. Wulf Schiefenhövel: schiefen"at"erl.ornithol.mpg.de, [4], MPI Seewiesen
- Prof. Dr. Karsten Suhre: karsten.suhre"at"gsf.de, Bioinformatics, GSF Neuherberg
- Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Weiss: Elisabeth.Weiss"at"lmu.de, molecular human genetics, LMU biology
- Prof. Dr. med. Dr. phil. Lorenz Welker: Welker"at"lrz.uni-muenchen.de, [5], LMU history and arts
- Prof. Dr. Eckhard Wolf: ewolf"at"lmb.uni-muenchen.de, applied genetics and animal breeding, gene center and LMU vet med
Former Staff
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Agerer
Systematic Mycology
Botanical Institute
Tel: +49-89-17861-234, Fax: +49-89-172638
reinhard.agerer"at"lrz.uni-muenchen.de
Dr. John Baines
Evolutionary and Functional Genomics,
Baines"at"zi.biologie.uni-muenchen.de
Where is he now: John Baines is now a professor at the University of Kiel.
Dr. Steffen Beisswanger
Dept. Evolutionary Biology
Evolutionary Biology
Beisswanger"at"zi.biologie.uni-muenchen.de]
Where is he now: Steffen Beisswanger has accepted a position working for Novartis.
Dr. Elena Berg
Research Website
Biozentrum B02.007
Tel: +49-(0)89-2180-74-208
berg"at"biologie.uni-muenchen.de
Where is she now: Elena Berg has accepted a postdoc position in Uppsala, Sweden.
Elisabeth Brunner
Where is she now: Elisabeth is now a program coordinator for the University of Regensburg.
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Diehl
Aquatic Ecology and Limnology
diehl"at"zi.biologie.uni-muenchen.de
Where is he now: Sebastian Diehl is now a professor at the University of Umea in Sweden.
Prof. Dr. Susanne Foitzik
foitzik"at" zi.biologie.uni-muenchen.de
Where is she now: Susanne Foitzik is now a professor for zoology at the University of Mainz.
Dr. Thassilo Franke
Dept. Biology and GeoBio-Center
Organismic Biology: Mycology
thafra"at"web.de
Where is he now: Thassilo Franke left the university in pursue of a career in the film industry at Nautilus.
Dr. Joachim Hermisson
Dept. Theoretical Population Genetics
Theoretical Population Genetics
hermisson"at" zi.biologie.uni-muenchen.de
Where is he now: Joachim Hermisson has left LMU to become a professor of mathematics and biosciences at
the University of Vienna.
Dr. Martin Hutzenthaler
Statistical Genetics
Tel: +49-(0)89-2180-74-103, Fax: +49-(0)89-2180-74-104
hutzenthaler"at"biologie.uni-muenchen.de
Christoph Jäger
Aquatic Ecology and Limnology
jaeger"at"zi.biologie.uni-muenchen.de
Where is he now: Christoph Jäger is now a postdoc in Sweden. He taught the ecology tutorials in
the first semester in 2007.
Dr. Christian Laforsch
Evolutionary Ecology
Biozentrum C02.024
Tel: +49-(0)89-2180-74- 252 / -241
laforsch"at"zi.biologie.uni-muenchen.de
Where is he now: Christian Laforsch is now professor for animal ecology at the University of Bayreuth.
Beate Meyer-Schmidt
meyer-schmidt"at"biologie.uni-muenchen.de
Beate was the EES Secretary from Feb - July 2010. She is now helping to coordinate a program at the TUM, much closer to home.
Prof. Dr. Jörg Overmann
Microbiology
Botanical Institute
Tel: +49-(0)89-2180-6123, Fax: +49-(0)89-2180-6125,
j.Overmann"at"lrz.uni-muenchen.de
Where is he now: Jörg Overmann took over a professorship for microbiology and a directorship
of a Leibniz Institute in Braunschweig. Jörg Overmann was member of the board of directors and the
selection committee. He taught a section of the Systematic Data & Evidence course in the first semester.
Dr. Ryan Oyama
Systematic Botany
Botanical Institute
Tel: +49-89-17861-194
royama"at"lrz.uni-muenchen.de
Where is he now: Ryan Oyama is now a manager at Pioneer Hi-Bred in Hawaii. He taught part of the Skills courses.
Dr. Pleuni Pennings
personal website
pennings"at"lmu.de
Where is she now: Pleuni Pennings is now a postdoc in John Wakeley's lab at Harvard University.
She was the first coordinator of the EES program, and she co-taught the scientific presentations
and scientific writing courses in the first semester.
Prof. Dr. Laura Rose
Evolutionary Biology
BiozentrumC01.022
Tel: +49-(0)89-2180-74-150, Fax: +49-(0)89-2180-74-104
rose"at"zi.biologie.uni-muenchen.de
Where is she now: Laura Rose left the LMU last year and is now a professor for population genetics at the Heinrich-Heine-University in Duesseldorf.
Dr. Alexis Stamatakis
The Exelixis Lab
stamatak"at"in.tum.de
Where is he now: Alexis Stamatakis is now the group leader for Scientific Computing at the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies.
Dr. Christian Wild
c.wild"at"lrz.uni-muenchen.de
Where is he now: Christian Wild is now a professor for marine ecology at the University of Bremen.
Master's Students
See EES Master's Students.
PhD Students
See EES PhD Students.
