Fungal Diversity & Conservation
Ongoing Projects
MicroAdapt
Linking microclimate, deadwood microbial diversity, adaptation mechanisms and ecosystem processes
since 2021
Doctoral student: Jasper Schreiber
Collaborators: Dr. Harald Kellner (TU Dreseden), PhD Vendula Brabcová (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic)
Funded by: German Research Foundation (DFG) - Project number: 391977956
BETA-FOR - DFG FOR 5375
Enhancing the structural diversity between patches for improving multidiversity and multifunctionality in production forests
Effect of enhanced structual complexiy on dead-wood microbial diversity and wood decomposition
Doctoral student: Bronwyn Lira Dyson
Homepage: https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/for5375/
Funded by: German Research Foundation (DFG) - Project number: 5375/1 - BETA-FOR
ResEt-Fi
Reforestation under climate change: A supra-regional field trial in Thuringia/Germany to test different management options for the development of multifunctional forests on disturbed spruce areas
from 2023/02/01 to 2026/01/31
Doctoral student: Henrik Oechler
Homepage: https://www.reset-fi.de/
Funded by: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) as part of the Strategy for Research for Sustainability (FONA) - Project number: 033L304F
Reintroduction of threatened fungi in Central European forests
from 2023/03/01 to 2027/02/28
PostDoc: Dr. Franziska Zahn
Collaborators: Dr. Harald Kellner (TU Dreseden)
Homepage: https://www.dbu.de/projektdatenbank/38686-01/
Funded by: German Federal Environment Foundation (DBU)
Collaborative Research Centre 1357 Microplastics
Understanding the mechanisms and processes of biological effects, transport, and formation: from model to complex systems as a basis for new approaches to solutions.
Synthesis of polymeric additives to enhance microplastic degradation by fungi
Exploring Innovative Solutions for Biodegradation in Environmental Remediation
from 2024/07/16 to 2025/07/16
Doctoral student: Toktam Mercede Farzaneh
Collaborators: Prof. Dr. Meike Leiske, Dr. Theresa Lutz
Funded by: German Research Foundation (DFG)
Alien tree species in Central European forests: Effects on fungal diversity and associated ecosystem functions
from 2024/12/01 to 2027/11/30
Doctoral student: Joshua Ferenczy
Funded by: German Federal Environment Foundation (DBU) - Doctoral scholarship programm