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EESLMU board of directors
The Board of Directors consists of Susanne Foitzik, Susanne Renner, John Parsch, Bart Kempenaers, Justyna Wolinska, Jonathan Jeschke and Gert Wörheide. See below for email addresses and telephone numbers.
Who is involved in the EESLMU Master's program? (EES core faculty)
Prof. Dr. Reinhard AgererSystematic Mycology Botanical Institute Tel: +49-89-17861-234, Fax: +49-89-172638 reinhard.agerer"at"lrz.uni-muenchen.de Role in EES program: Reinhard Agerer is member of the curriculum committee and the selection committee and teaches several courses in the master's program.
Dr. Andreas BeckBavarian 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 Scientific Data & Evidence course in the first semester and offers a course on lichens in the third semester.
Dr. Elena BergResearch Website Biozentrum B02.007 Tel: +49-(0)89-2180-74-208 Fax: +49-(0)89-2180-74-104 berg"at"biologie.uni-muenchen.de Role in EES program: Elena Berg is the coordinator of the EES program and co-teaches the scientific writing (first semester) and grant writing (third semester) courses.
Prof. Dr. Susanne FoitzikBehavioral Ecology Biozentrum B02.008 Tel: +49-(0)89-2180-74-209, Fax: +49-(0)89-2180-74-204 foitzik"at" zi.biologie.uni-muenchen.de Role in EES program: Susanne Foitzik is the speaker of the program. She is the head of the board of directors, the curriculum committee and the examination board. She teaches several courses in behavioral ecology and together with Dirk Metzler the Seminar & Discussion course in the third semester. She is also one of the teachers of the EES Excursion in June.
Prof. Dr. Wilfried GabrielEvolutionary 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 selection 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.
Prof. Dr. Gisela GrupeAnthropology 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 selection committee and teaches courses in anatomy and archaeobiology.
Prof. Dr. Gerhard HaszprunarSystematic 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 part of the organizational committee for the PhD program and teaches courses in animal phylogenetics and marine biology.
Prof. Dr. Günther HeublSystematic 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 HutterEvolutionary Biology Biozentrum B01.007 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 the evolution tutorials in the first semester and a population genetics computer practical in the second semester.
Dr. Martin HutzenthalerStatistical Genetics Tel: +49-(0)89-2180-74-103, Fax: +49-(0)89-2180-74-104 hutzenthaler"at"biologie.uni-muenchen.de Role in EES program: Martin Hutzenthaler recently joined our program. He teaches a course on mathematical modeling and a course on statistical analysis using the program R.
Dr. Jonathan JeschkeEvolutionary Ecology Biozentrum B02.003 Tel: +49-(0)89-2180-74-205, Fax: +49-(0)89-2180-74-204 jonathan.jeschke"at"gmx.net Role in EES program: Jonathan Jeschke is member of the board of directors and the curriculum committee. Together with Justyna Wolinska he teaches the Seminar & Discussion course during the second semester and the Poster & Discussion skills course in the second semester.
Prof. Dr. Bart KempenaersBehavioral 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.
Dr. Christian LaforschEvolutionary Ecology Biozentrum C02.024 Tel: +49-(0)89-2180-74- 252 / -241 laforsch"at"zi.biologie.uni-muenchen.de Role in EES program: Christian Laforsch is member of the curriculum committee and teaches Experimental Evolutionary Ecology in the third semester. He is one of the teachers of the EES Excursion.
Prof. Dr. Dirk MetzlerBiozentrum Statistical genetics Dirk Metzler joined LMU from the University of Frankfurt Start date at LMU: October 2008 Role in EES program: Dirk Metzler is member of the curriculum and IRT3 committee. He teaches statistical methods and mathematical models for evolution and ecology, a course in Computational Methods in Population Genetics and together with Susanne Foitzik the Seminar & Discussion course in the third semester.
Dr. Ryan OyamaSystematic Botany Botanical Institute Tel: +49-89-17861-194 royama"at"lrz.uni-muenchen.de Role in EES program: Ryan Oyama is member of the selection committee.
Prof. Dr. John ParschEvolutionary 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 head of the selection committee and member of the board of directors and the examination board. He teaches several courses and was the main organizer of one of the summer schools and of the human evolution week.
Dr. Pleuni Penningspersonal website Biozentrum B02.007 Tel: 0049 89 2180 74 234 Fax: +49-(0)89-2180-74-104 pennings"at"lmu.de Role in EES program: Pleuni Pennings was the first coordinator of the EES program. She co-teaches the scientific presentations and scientific writing courses in the first semester.
Prof. Dr. Susanne RennerSystematic 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 prizes 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.
Dr. Laura RoseEvolutionary Biology BiozentrumC01.022 Tel: +49-(0)89-2180-74-150, Fax: +49-(0)89-2180-74-104 rose"at"zi.biologie.uni-muenchen.de Role in EES program: Laura Rose is member of the selection committee and the curriculum committee.
Dr. Alexis StamatakisThe Exelixis Lab stamatak"at"in.tum.de Role in EES program: Alexis is a member of the EES curriculum committee and teaches a course in Computational Phylogenetics in the third semester.
Prof. Dr. Matthias StarckFunctional Morphology Biozentrum B01.056 Tel: +49- (0)89-2180-74-134, Fax: +49- (0)89-2180-99-74-134 starck"at"uni-muenchen.de
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang StephanEvolutionary 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.
Dr Christian Wild[Coral Reef Ecology] Head, Junior Research Group Coral Reef Ecology (CORE) Center of Geobiology and Biodiversity Research & Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Tel: +49-(0)89-2180-6706 c.wild"at"lrz.uni-muenchen.de Role in the EES program: Christian Wild recently joined the EES program. He is a member of the IRT3 committee and is one of the instructors of the scientific writing course in the first semester.
Dr. Volker WitteBehavioral 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 WolinskaEvolutionary 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 selection 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 WörheidePaleontology LMU Geology Richard-Wagner-Straße 10 Tel: +49 (0) 89 2180 6718 woerheide"at"lrz.uni-muenchen.de Role in EES program: Gert Wörheide is member of the board of directors and the selection committee. He teaches Earth Life Interactions II in the third semester.
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. 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. Florian Siegert: GeoBio Center [5]
- 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, [6], 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
Dr. John BainesEvolutionary and Functional Genomics, Biozentrum B01.009 Tel: +49-(0)89-2180-74-110, Fax: +49-(0)89-2180-74-104, Baines"at"zi.biologie.uni-muenchen.de Where is he now: John Baines is now a professor at the University of Kiel.
Dr. Steffen BeisswangerDept. Evolutionary Biology Evolutionary Biology Beisswanger"at"zi.biologie.uni-muenchen.de] Where is he now: Steffen Beisswanger has accepted a position working for Novartis.
Elisabeth BrunnerWhere is she now: Elisabeth is now a program coordinator for the University of Regensburg.
Prof. Dr. Sebastian DiehlAquatic Ecology and Limnology Biozentrum B02.006 Tel: +49-(0)89-2180-74-207, Fax: +49-(0)89-2180-74-204 diehl"at"zi.biologie.uni-muenchen.de Where is he now: Sebastian Diehl is now a proffessor at the University of Umea in Sweden.
Dr. Thassilo FrankeDept. 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 HermissonDept. 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.
Christoph JägerAquatic Ecology and Limnology Biozentrum B02.026 Tel: +49-(0)89-2180-74-214, Fax: +49-(0)89-2180-74-204 jaeger"at"zi.biologie.uni-muenchen.de Where is he now: Christoph Jäger is now a post doc in Sweden. He taught the ecology tutorials in the first semester in 2007.
Prof. Dr. Jörg OvermannMicrobiology 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. Herwig StiborAquatic Ecology and Limnology BiozentrumB02.028 Tel: +49-(0)89-2180-74-215, Fax: +49-(0)89-2180-74-204 stibor"at" zi.biologie.uni-muenchen.de Where is he now: Herwig Stibor has recently moved to the European Institute for Marine Studies in Plouzane France.
Master's students
PhD students
See EES PhD Students.
