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Nicolas Valiente Parra receives EU Marie Sklodowska Curie Postdoc Fellowship

13.04.21

People

Nicolas was awarded a highly competitive, 2-year Marie Sklodowska Curie Postdoc fellowship from the European Commission. He also receives funding for an extra year from the University of Vienna as one of the 10 top-ranked MSCA European Fellowships at the University of Vienna.
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- CORDIS
Empirical support for the biogeochemical niche hypothesis in forest trees

08.01.21

Publication

The possibility of using the elemental composition of species as a tool to identify species/genotype niches has been tested at the global scale by investigating the relationship between the foliar elemental compositions (the “elementome”) of trees with phylogeny, climate, N ...
- Article in Nature Ecology and Evolution
Congratulations – MSc Alexander König

10.12.20

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Congratulations to Alex, who successfully defended his MSc thesis on Thursday, December 10^th 2020. His thesis on “Soil Microscale Priming: Concept and Method of Reverse Microdialysis” was very well received. Excellent, Alex!
Andreas Richter and Wolfgang Wanek are Highly Cited Researchers 2020

18.11.20

News

Congratulations to Andreas and Wolfgang, who are listed among the top-cited scientists internationally. In total 37 scientists from Austria are on this list, including Michael Wagner and Thomas Rattei from CMESS, the Centre for Microbiology and Environmental ...
EGU Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award

23.10.20

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Congratulations to Lucia Fuchslueger, who was awarded the EGU Soil Science Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award!
The EGU, the European Geosciences Union, is the leading organization for Earth science research in Europe with about 20,000 members worldwide. Division ...
- EGU 2021 Awards and Medals
Open Position: Independent Group Leader

08.10.20

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TER has an open 4-year Group Leader Position for an exceptional early career scientist. We are looking for highly qualified and ambitious candidates, who have recently completed their PhD and wish to establish an ...
Congratulations – MSc Julia Horak

28.09.20

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Congratulations to Julia, who successfully defended her MSc thesis on Monday, September 28^th 2020. Her thesis on “Life in a Jar – How to Build Synthetic Soil” was very well received.
Excellent, Julia!
15 FULLY FUNDED PHD POSITIONS IN THE DOCTORAL SCHOOL IN MICROBIOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

01.09.20

News

The Doctoral School in Microbiology and Environmental Sciences offers 15 fully funded PhD positions in diverse research areas ranging from molecular microbiology, ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry, computational and evolutionary biology to environmental geosciences. More information and online application at ...
- Online Application
Congratualtions – MSc Carolina Urbina / MSc Chupei Shi

20.08.20

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Congratulations to Carolina and Chupei, who successfully defended their MSc thesis on Thursday August 20^th.
Their theses on “Long-term responses of soil microbial activities to soil warming in a temperate forest demonstrate strong changes in element cycling and microbial ...
Hannes Schmidt appointed Senior Scientist

17.08.20

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We are very happy that Hannes will join the staff of TER as a Senior Scientist on a permanent contract. He will strengthen our expertise in isotope application in microbial ecology. Congratulations, Hannes!