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1 EESLMU board of directors
2 Who is involved in the EESLMU Master's program? (EES core faculty)
3 Extended faculty
4 Former Staff
5 Master's students
6 PhD students

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 Agerer

Systematic 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 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 Scientific Data & Evidence course in the first semester and offers a
course on lichens in the third semester.

Dr. Elena Berg

Research 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 Foitzik

Behavioral 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 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 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 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 selection 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 part of the 
organizational committee for the PhD program 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 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 Hutzenthaler
 
Statistical 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 Jeschke

Evolutionary 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 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.

Dr. Christian Laforsch

Evolutionary 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 Metzler 

Biozentrum
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 Oyama

Systematic 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 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 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 Pennings

personal 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 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 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 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
Role in EES program: Laura Rose is member of the selection committee and the curriculum committee.

Dr. Alexis Stamatakis

The 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 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

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.

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 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 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 Wörheide

Paleontology
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 Baines

Evolutionary 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 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.

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
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 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.

Christoph Jäger

Aquatic 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 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. Herwig Stibor

Aquatic 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.