by Agnes | Mar 31, 2025 | fieldwork
In the past month, Agnes had the great opportunity to travel to two of the world’s most outstanding islands: Madagascar and Borneo. Madagascar is the world’s oldest island, fourth largest in size, and a global biodiversity hotspot, with over 80% of its...
by Agnes | Feb 25, 2025 | fieldwork
The start of 2025 also signified the start of my big ERC Starting grant MountBuzz: relating context-dependent plant-pollinator interactions to macroevolution. Our aim in this project is to study the evolution of reproductive strategies in the plant family...
by Agnes | Nov 28, 2024 | fieldwork
We, that’s Viki Wieser and Johan Urrea, have just finished two months of intense field work in Colombia, exploring the tribe Pyxidantheae and the ecology of these plants. We’ve travelled to the departments Boyacá, Antioquía, Valle del Cauca and Magdalena, and...
by Agnes | Oct 1, 2024 | student research
by Benjamin Lazarus (PhD student) Over the past year, we have been gathering a bourgeoning collection of Melastome species housed in the Botanical Garden of Vienna … and we have been putting these new specimens to good use! Our new undergraduate student, Benjamin...
by Agnes | Jul 21, 2024 | reflections and news
The past months have been a little different for my lab with me being on maternity leave and dividing my time between childcare and work during nap times. First, I have to say – while it is challenging sometimes, it is also tremendously rewarding, and I enjoy...
