Alumni and their doctoral theses

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)

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 University Jena, Jena (2021)