Scientific staff
Univ.-Prof.
DDr. Andreas Wanninger
Head of the Department of Evolutionary Biology
Lophotrochozoan MorphoEvoDevo
Marine invertebrates group
room: 4.049
phone: +43 1 4277 76300
mobile: +43 664 8175807
andreas.wanninger@univie.ac.at
Dr. Georg Brenneis
Sea spider evo-devo, neuroanatomy, morphology, taxonomy and phylogeny
room: 4.042
phone: +43 1 4277 76307
georg.brenneis@univie.ac.at
Dr.
Barbara-Amina Gereben-Krenn
Biology of alpine insects
room: 4.048
phone: +43 1 4277 76362
mobile: +43 664 8176111
barbara-amina.gereben@univie.ac.at
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Andrea Möller
Head of the Austrian Educational Competence Centre Biology
(AECC Biology)
Science education
room: 201, Porzellangasse 4/2
phone: +43-1-4277-603 10
mobile: +43-664-60277-60310
andrea.moeller@univie.ac.at
Nikolaos Papadopoulos, Ph.D.
Bioinformatics, imaging,
single-cell transcriptomics,
evo-devo
room: 4.042
phone: +43 1 4277 76308
email
room: 4.053
phone: +43 1 4277 76327
emanuel.redl@univie.ac.at
PD Dr. Thomas Schwaha
Evolutionary zoology of various animal phyla with focus on bryozoans, microscopy and imaging
Marine invertebrates group
room: 4.047
phone: +43 1 4277 76316
thomas.schwaha@univie.ac.at
Ao. Univ.-Prof.
Dr. Gerhard Steiner
Mollusk systematics
Marine invertebrates group
room: 4.043
phone: +43 1 4277 76347
gerhard.steiner@univie.ac.at
Assistenz-Prof. Dr. Dipl.-Biol. Tim Wollesen
room: 4.046
phone: +43 1 4277 76313
fax: +43 1 4277 876313
tim.wollesen@univie.ac.at
Dr. Elisabeth Zieger
(on leave)
Evolution and development of invertebrate nervous systems
Marine invertebrates group
room: 4.047
phone: +43 1 4277 76330
elisabeth.zieger@univie.ac.at
Technical staff
Mag. Christian Baranyi
Labmanager Molecular Lab
room: 4.051
phone: +43 1 4277 76329
christian.baranyi@univie.ac.at
Julia Bauder, PhD
Labmanager Histology (on leave)
room: 4.051
phone: +43 1 4277 76366
julia.bauder@univie.ac.at
Julian Bibermair, MSc
Labmanager Histology
room: 4.051
phone: +43 1 4277 76314
julian.bibermair@univie.ac.at
Nadja Hattinger
Lab Technician, responsible for Cluster Room 4.114
room: 4.050
phone: +43 1 4277 76311
nadja.hattinger@univie.ac.at
Mag. Martin Hepner
Teaching media,
multiple choice exams
room: 4.051
phone: +43 1 4277 50014
martin.hepner@univie.ac.at
Mag. Sonja Matuš
IT management,
system administrator and webmaster
room: 4.050
phone: +43 1 4277 76372
mobile: +43 664 60277 76372
sonja.matus@univie.ac.at
Anita Morth
Organizational assistant
room: 4.008
phone: +43 1 4277 76301
fax: +43 1 4277 876301
anita.morth@univie.ac.at
Doris Nemeth
Organizational assistant
room: 4.008
phone: +43 1 4277 76302
fax: +43 1 4277 876302
doris.nemeth@univie.ac.at
Lecturers
room: 4.053
phone: +43 1 4277 76367
florian.karolyi@univie.ac.at
Associated researchers
Dr. Nesrine Akkari
Curator of Myriapoda Collection
Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
Dr. Ulrike Aspöck
Ao. Univ.-Prof. i.R.
Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
Priv.-Doz. Dr. Luise Kruckenhauser
Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
Dr. Doris Preininger
Tiergarten Schönbrunn
phone: T +43 1 877 92 94 602
d.preininger@zoovienna.at
Dipl.-Ing. Mag. Dr. Michael Seiter
Behavior, Functional Morphology, Systematics and Evolution of Pedipalpi (Amblypygi, Uropygi). Life History, Taxonomy and Biogeography of Scorpiones.
Dr. Janek von Byern
Bioadhesives
Priv.-Doz. Dr. habil. Frank Emmanuel Zachos
Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
phone: +43 1 52177 550
fax: +43 1 52177 234
frank.zachos@nhm-wien.ac.at
Dr. Klaus Peter Zulka
Environment Agency Austria
phone: +43 1 31304 3391
klaus.peter.zulka@univie.ac.at
Staff alumni
Andrew Calcino, PhD
Molecular EvoDevo of bivalve mollusks
Marine invertebrates group
Dr. Helge Hilgers
Ao. Univ.-Prof. i.R.
Mag. Dr. Walter Hödl
Ao. Univ.-Prof. i.R.
Dr. Helmut Kratochvil
Ao. Univ.-Prof. i.R.
phone: +43 1 4277 76328
helmut.kratochvil@univie.ac.at
Ao. Univ.-Prof.
Mag. Dr. Harald W. Krenn
Insect funtional morphology
Terrestrial arthropods group
room: 4.045
phone: +43 1 4277 76368
harald.krenn@univie.ac.at
Dr. Günther Pass
Ao. Univ.-Prof. i.R.
Dr. Hannes Paulus
emer. o. Univ.- Prof.
room: 4.040
phone: +43 1 4277 76317
fax: +43 1 4277 876317
hannes.paulus@univie.ac.at
Mag. Dr. Manfred G. Walzl
Ao. Univ.-Prof. i.R.
PhD students
Cristian Camilo Barrera Grijalba, MSc
FWF Project: Revealing ancestral bilaterian cell types in chaetognaths.
Advisor: Tim Wollesen
room: 4.052
phone: +43 1 4277 76352
email
Anna-Chiara Barta, MSc
Phylogeny and Evolution of Peracarida (Crustacea)
Advisor: Luise Kruckenhauser, Martin Schwendtner
Natural History Museum
email
Julian Bibermair, MSc
Embryonic development of phylactolaemate bryozoans
Advisor: Thomas Schwaha
room: 4.051
phone: +43 1 4277 76314
email
Willy De Mattia, MSc
Anatomical revision of Allopiinae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Clausiliidae): testing anatomical characters in clausiliid systematics
Advisor: Elisabeth Haring
Margret Eckhard, MSc
Characterisation of defense secretions of centipedes
Advisors: Andreas Wanninger, Janek von Byern
Iris Fischer, MSc
Ecological status of aquatic habitats in Vienna: critical comparison of classical monitoring and molecular genetic methods to assess species distribution and composition of the dragonfly fauna
Advisor: Elisabeth Haring
Alice Frisinghelli, BSc MSc
Mesoderm formation in chaetognaths
Advisor: Tim Wollesen
room: 4.052
phone: +43 1 4277 76352
email
Antonia Grausgruber, MSc
EvoDevo of vermitids
Advisor: Andreas Wanninger
room: 4.042
phone:+43 1 4277 76320
email
Matthäus Greilhuber, MSc
Bridging the gap between population genetics and historic landscape ecology for large Branchiopods
Advisor: Luise Kruckenhauser
Natural History Museum Vienna
email
Sophie Greistorfer, MSc
Glowing mucus – Characterisation of the unique defence secretion of Latia neritoides (Gastropoda)
Advisors: Gerhard Steiner, Janek von Byern
Mildred Johnson, MSc
Systematics and diversity of boring bryozoans
Advisor: Thomas Schwaha
room: 4.052
phone: +43 1 4277 76318
email
Giulia Manso Marchioro MSc
Functional diversity of coral fluorescent proteins in mesophotic reefs
Advisor: Luise Kruckenhauser
Natural History Museum Vienna
email
Mag. Katharina Mason
When genetics contradicts morphology: how does this affect our species concepts?
Advisor: Elisabeth Haring
Natural History Museum
email
June Feliciano Fronda Ordonez, BSc MSc
Neuronal cell type development in the chaetognath Spadella cephaloptera (Busch, 1851)
Advisor: Tim Wollesen
room: 4.052
phone: +43 1 4277 76352
email
Gudrun Schwarze, MSc
EvoDevo of vermitid gastropods
Advisor: Andreas Wanninger
room: 4.042
phone:+43 1 4277 76319
email
Mag. Katharina Wechselberger
Analysis of the main factors influencing the behavior of wireworms (Coleoptera: Elateridae) as a basis for the optimization of available crop protection measures on arable land.
Advisor: Harald Krenn
Congratulations!
Master students
Sara Angjeliu BEd
Aktivitätsmessungen an kleinen Bodentieren mittels modernen Körperschall-Messmethoden
Advisor: Helmut Kratochvil
Michaela Haas BEd
Morphology of the proboscis of Lycanidae, with focus on sensilla
Advisor: Harald Krenn
Paul Arthur Höller BSc
Nervous system development in sea spiders.
Advisor: Georg Brenneis
Room: 4.040
email
Lisa Kindler BSc
Expression of "segmentation genes" in vermitid gastropods
Advisor: Andreas Wanninger
Room: 4.053
Kathrin Lunzer BSc
Muscle development in the chaetognath Spadella cephaloptera
Advisor: Tim Wollesen
Laura Plazer BSc
In situ mini barcode sequencing and snip typing in cheetas using Oxford nanopore technologies (MinION).
Advisor: Elisabeth Haring
Christina Proßegger BSc
Mosquitoes in Austria - Ovitrap-Monitoring and Barcoding (2021)
Advisor: Harald Krenn
Bianca Sandgruber BSc
Schalenmorphologie bei Scaphopoda (Mollusca)
Advisor: Gerhard Steiner
Julia Straßl BEd
Functional morphology of the wasp waist.
Advisor: Harald Krenn
Congratulations!
Max Hämmerle BSc
Muscle development in the larval stages of Pycnogonum litorale
Advisor: Georg Brenneis
Abstract
Master's Defensio - Friday, December 13th, 2024, 14:00 CET
Augustina zu Löwenstein BSc
Lepidurus apus (L., 1758): A population genetic analysis through space and time
Advisor: Luise Kruckenhauser
Abstract
Master's Defensio - Thursday December 12th, 2024, 15:00 CE
Claudia Longin BEd
Morphology of the proboscis of Papilionidae (Lepidoptera)
Advisor: Harald Krenn
Abstract
Master's Defensio - Wednesday, December 4th, 2024
Seyedeh Saghar Sadraei BSc
The expression of anterior nervous system markers in the chaetognath Spadella cephaloptera
Advisor: Tim Wollesen
Abstract
Master's Defensio - Friday, November 29th, 2024, 13:15 am CET email
Mag. Philipp Maier
Morphology of the proboscis and stipes pump musculature of the sphingid moth Manduca sexta (Linnaeus,1763)
Advisor: Harald Krenn
Abstract
Master's Defensio - Monday, November 11th, 2024
Lukas Humer BEd
Wachstum und Effizienz der Mundwerkzeuge bei verschiedenen Entwicklungsstadien der Samtschrecke Peruphasma schultei
Advisor: Harald Krenn
Abstract
Master's Defensio - Wednesday, September 11th, 2024
Fabio Rozhon BEd
Tagfalter-Monitoring in und um das Auenreservat Marchegg.
Advisor: Harald Krenn
Master's Defensio - Wednesday, June 5th2024
Stella Langthaler BSc
The Intersection of Genetics and Conservation: a DNA-based Investigation of Wildlife Conservation Issues
Advisor: Frank Zachos
Master's Defensio - 2024