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TEACHING

Current courses I teach at the University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany:
  • Ecology of Alien Invasive Plants and Weeds (MSc, starting WS2024/25)
  • Landscape Ecology (MSc block course, since 2014)
  • Conservation Biology (MSc block course, since 2014)
  • Intensive Course Landscape Ecology (MSc block course, since 2015)
  • Community and Evolutionary Ecology (MSc block course, since 2019)
  • Project in Landscape Ecology (MSc independent project work, since 2015)
  • Agrarbiologisches Projekt (BSc block course, 2015-2017)
Previously taught courses at the University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand:
  • Predicting Geographic Distributions (Postgraduate invasion biology course, 2011-2013)
  • Tutor in biology labs and ecology field trips (BSc, 2011-2012)

STUDENTS

Current PhD students:
  • Alica Lipinski: "The impact of Impatiens glandulifera on interactions between native plants and pollinators based on traits" (PhD, since 2024, pictured on the right top row)
  • David Becker: "Fitness consequences of trait-mediated interactions between the invasive plant Impatiens glandulifera, native plants and their pollinators (from the pollinator perspective)" (PhD co-supervisor, since 2024) 
  • Vera Joedecke: "Distribution and impacts of evergreen, neophytic shrubs on the floristic diversity in Central European forests" (PhD co-supervisor, since 2024)
  •  Lena Reimann: "From novel to native: long-term dynamics of biotic interactions" (PhD, since 2022, pictured on the right bottom row)
Current MSc and BSc students:
  • ​Verena Hartmann: ”The impact of the invasive plant species Impatiens glandulifera on native plant-pollinator interactions: A floral-trait-based approach” (MSc Landscape Ecology 2024/25)
  • Lukas Geier: “Establishment of rare arable plants in intensively used agricultural landscapes” (BSc Agrarbiologie 2024/25)​
Previous postdoctoral fellows and PhD students:
  • Marco Brendel: “From alien to native Asteraceae: how effects of climate, functional traits, and biotic interactions on population growth change with residence time” (PhD, 2016- 2023; pictured on the right after his successful defence)
  • Viktoria Ferenc: “The performance of and interactions between multiple co-occurring alien and native plant species” (PhD, 2018 - 2023; pictured on the right after her successful defence)
  • Dr. Abdallah Khatib: “Performance of native and alien Asteraceae in the field depending on residence time, biotic interactions and abiotic factors” (Postdoc, 2018 - 2019)
Previous MSc and BSc students:
  • Tamara Sheiffer: “Herbivory of native and alien Asteraceae species by generalist caterpillars” (MSc Landscape Ecology 2024/25)
  • Undine Schöllkopf: "Belowground niche partitioning, diversity, and productivity in grasslands" (MSc Landscape Ecology, 2023/24, co-supervisor) 
  • Johanna Harrison: "The relationship between belowground niche partitioning and land-use in semi-natural grasslands" (MSc Landscape Ecology, 2023/24, co-supervisor)
  • Maria Kunle: "Temporal changes of plant community functional diversity at vegetated roofs in Helsinki" (MSc Landscape Ecology, 2022/23)
  • Luise Franke: "Effects of diversification measures on the functional diversity of field margin vegetation" (MSc Landscape Ecology, 2021/22, co-supervisor)
  • Ronja Günther: "Analyse der Abundanz von Neophyten und Problemunkräutern auf Blüh- und Ackerrandstreifen" (BSc Agrarwissenschaften, 2021)
  • Manuel Schäuble: "Establishment of alien and native communities: effects of alien-native status, species richness and time of arrival" (MSc Landscape Ecology, 2020/21)
  • Rebeca Rodrigues Crespo Teixeira: “The role of botanic gardens in the introduction of invasive alien species in Europe: history, problems and possible solutions” (MSc Environmental Sciences – Soil, Water and Biodiversity, 2021, co-supervisor)
  • Nora Lüpke: “Do aliens perform better than natives? A meta-analysis on the influence of performance measurements” (MSc Environmental Protection and Agricultural Food Production, 2020/21)
  • Magdalena Rose: “Plant soil feedback of multiple neophytes” (BSc Agrarbiologie, 2019/20)
  • Frederik Zilles: “Native-alien plant interactions – direct and indirect effects in a multispecies environment” (BSc Agrarbiologie, 2019/20)
  • Christian Merkert: “Priority effects of native versus alien species depending on functional group and traits” (BSc Agrarbiologie, 2019)
  • Muhammad Hamza: “Factors affecting invasion success of alien Asteraceae in ruderal communities in Southern Germany” (MSc Landscape Ecology, 2018/19)
  • Stephanie Hansen: “Recovery of native and alien Asteraceae populations and their invaded communities after a disturbance event” (MSc Landscape Ecology, 2018/19)
  • Tara Sukic: “Invasion of the plant species Parthenium hysterophorus inside and outside of Kruger National Park, South Africa” (MSc Environmental Protection and Agricultural Food Production, 2017/18, co-supervisor)
  • Anna Corli: “Effects of residence time, auto-fertility and pollinator dependence on reproductive output and spread of alien and native Asteraceae” (intern project, 2016)
  • Juliane Fix: “Können sich südliche Felspflanzen in Baden-Württemberg etablieren?” (MSc Agrarbiologie, 2015)