
Alumni and their doctoral theses
Thesis - PhD (232)
2023
Thesis - PhD
Diversity, evolutionary history and functional characterization of plant cell wall degrading enzymes in beetles of the family Cerambycidae. Dissertation (2023)
2022
Thesis - PhD
Insect olfactory learning in the context of feeding and oviposition. Dissertation (2022)
Thesis - PhD
Strategies against herbivory in the carnivorous plant Nepenthes x ventrata. Dissertation (2022)
Thesis - PhD
Experience-dependent plasticity of olfactory circuits. Dissertation (2022)
Thesis - PhD
Specificity and regulation of chemical defenses in black poplar (Populus nigra, L.) against insect herbivores. Dissertation (2022)
Thesis - PhD
Biochemical, functional, and evolutionary aspects of flavonoid and benzoxazinoid O-methylation in grasses. Dissertation (2022)
Thesis - PhD
Characterization and regulation of insect odorant receptors. Dissertation (2022)
Thesis - PhD
Induced intra- and interplant signaling mechanisms upon biotic interactions in Ipomoea batatas and Arabidopsis thaliana. Dissertation (2022)
Thesis - PhD
Effects of the main secondary metabolites of Physalis plants on a specialist and a generalist species of Lepidoptera. Dissertation (2022)
Thesis - PhD
Characterization of mutualistic plant-fungus interactions and the participating fungal chemical mediators. Dissertation (2022)
Thesis - PhD
Fungal endophytes mediate tree-insect interactions. Dissertation (2022)
2021
Thesis - PhD
Neural mechanisms underlying innate and learnt olfactory-dependent behavior in insects. Dissertation, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2021)
Thesis - PhD
Colour development and pigment characterisation in flowers of Papaver nudicaule and Papaver rhoeas. Dissertation, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2021)
Thesis - PhD
Sucrase-transglucosidases and the interplay between detoxification and osmoregulation in phloem feeding insects. Dissertation, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2021)
Thesis - PhD
The evolution of host plant use and adaptation to Brassicaceae in the leaf beetle genus Psylliodes. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena (2021)
Thesis - PhD
Ecological and evolutionary drivers of metabolic cross-feeding. Dissertation, Universität Osnabrück, Osnarbrück (2021)
Thesis - PhD
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)
Thesis - PhD
Evolution, biosynthesis and regulation of diterpene resin acids in Norway spruce (Picea abies) specialized defense metabolism. Dissertation, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2021)
Thesis - PhD
Phloem associated signaling and defenses. Dissertation, IX, 142 pp., Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2021)
Thesis - PhD
Regulation of the MEP pathway under biotic and abiotic stress in woody plants. Dissertation, 171 pp., Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2021)