Alumni and their doctoral theses

Kanyile, S. N.: The ecological implications of tyrosine-supplementing symbiosis in grain pest beetles. Dissertation (2024)

Fenizia, S.: Signals or resources?: biosynthesis and accumulation of zwitterionic compatible solutes in marine phytoplankton and their role in environmental stress responses. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2023)

Fischer, M. L.: Drugs from bugs - Venomics of predatory Heteroptera. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2023)

Shin, N. R.: Diversity, evolutionary history and functional characterization of plant cell wall degrading enzymes in beetles of the family Cerambycidae. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2023)

Adam, E.: Insect olfactory learning in the context of feeding and oviposition. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2022)

Dávila-Lara, A.: Strategies against herbivory in the carnivorous plant Nepenthes x ventrata. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2022)

Fabian, B.: Experience-dependent plasticity of olfactory circuits. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2022)

Fabisch, T.: Specificity and regulation of chemical defenses in black poplar (Populus nigra, L.) against insect herbivores. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2022)

Förster, C.: Biochemical, functional, and evolutionary aspects of flavonoid and benzoxazinoid O-methylation in grasses. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2022)

Halty, L.: Characterization and regulation of insect odorant receptors. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2022)

Meents, A.: Induced intra- and interplant signaling mechanisms upon biotic interactions in Ipomoea batatas and Arabidopsis thaliana. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2022)

Sell, M. P.: Effects of the main secondary metabolites of Physalis plants on a specialist and a generalist species of Lepidoptera. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2022)

Tseng, Y.-H.: Characterization of mutualistic plant-fungus interactions and the participating fungal chemical mediators. Dissertation, Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences Jena, Jena (2022)

Walther, C.: Fungal endophytes mediate tree-insect interactions. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2022)

Wekesa, C.: Isolation, identification, and characterization of novel aluminium tolerant rhizobia strains from Kenyan soils. Dissertation (2022)

Campetella, F.: Neural mechanisms underlying innate and learnt olfactory-dependent behavior in insects. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2021)

Dudek, B.: Colour development and pigment characterisation in flowers of Papaver nudicaule and Papaver rhoeas. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2021)

Easson, M. E. A. M.: Sucrase-transglucosidases and the interplay between detoxification and osmoregulation in phloem feeding insects. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2021)

Gikonyo, M. W.: The evolution of host plant use and adaptation to Brassicaceae in the leaf beetle genus Psylliodes. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2021)

Giri, S.: Ecological and evolutionary drivers of metabolic cross-feeding. Dissertation, Osnabrück University, Osnabrück (2021)