Alumni and their doctoral theses

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tseng, Y.-H.: Characterization of mutualistic plant-fungus interactions and the participating fungal chemical mediators. Dissertation (2022)

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

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

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

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

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

Häger, W.: Plant-derived inhibitors targeting a beetle’s pectin digestion: A biochemical study on the interaction between plant cell wall proteins and members of the glycoside hydrolase family 28 from the mustard leaf beetle Phaedon cochleariae. Dissertation, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2021)

O'Donnell, A. J.: Evolution, biosynthesis and regulation of diterpene resin acids in Norway spruce (Picea abies) specialized defense metabolism. Dissertation, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2021)

Paulmann, M.: Phloem associated signaling and defenses. Dissertation, IX, 142 pp., Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2021)

Perreca, E.: Regulation of the MEP pathway under biotic and abiotic stress in woody plants. Dissertation, 171 pp., Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2021)