Assoz. Prof. Dr. Sabine Agatha
Head of working group protistology
Hellbrunnerstr. 34, Room: E-2.084, 5020 Salzburg
Tel.: +43 (0) 662 / 8044-5540
Fax.: +43 (0) 662 / 8044-5698
E-Mail:
Dr. Maximilian Ganser
Project Assistant
Hellbrunnerstr. 34, Room: E-2.086, 5020 Salzburg
Tel.: +43 (0) 662 / 8044-5615
Fax.: +43 (0) 662 / 8044-5698
E-Mail:
Mag. Birgit Weißenbacher
Technical Assistant, Project assistant
Hellbrunnerstr. 34, Room: E-2.086, 5020 Salzburg
Tel.: +43 (0) 662 / 8044-5615
Fax.: +43 (0) 662 / 8044-5698
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ALUMNI:
Sylvia ANGERER (BSc student), University of Salzburg; “Planktonic from deep waters of the Mediterranean”.
Laura BÖLL (BSc student), University of Salzburg, “Volumetric analyses of the lorica forming material in the tintinnid genus Schmidingerella (Alveolata, Ciliophora, Spirotricha)”.
Ji Hye CHOI (MSc student, guest-student), Gangneung-Wonju National University, Korea; introduction into the evolution and taxonomy of planktonic ciliates.
Rene EGGERS (BSc student), University of Salzburg; “Ontogenesis in the tintinnid Favella panamensis (Alveolata, Ciliophora, Spirotricha) and comparison with related taxa”.
Mattia FEDRIZZI (BSc student), University of Salzburg; “Does the evolution of capsules reflect the tintinnid phylogeny (Alveolata, Ciliophora) inferred from genetic data?”.
Maximilian GANSER (BSc student), University of Salzburg; “Deciphering the Favella cluster – a redescription of Favella panamensis Kofoid and Campbell, 1929 (Ciliophora, Choreotrichida) based on protargol impregnation”.
Maximilian GANSER BSc (MSc student), University of Salzburg; “Redescription of Tintinnidium mucicola (Claparède & Lachmann, 1858) Daday, 1887 (Alveolata, Ciliophora, Tintinnina) and its Taxonomic Implications”
Maximilian GANSER MSc (PhD student), University of Salzburg; “Disclosing the biodiversity and evolutionary relationships of planktonic ciliates (Alveolata, Ciliophora, Oligotrichea) based on big data from the Northwest Pacific Biodiversity Hotspot and the North Atlantic”.
Michael GRUBER MSc (PhD student), University of Salzburg; “New morphologic features for explaining molecular phylogenies in Oligotrichea, an ecologically important group of planktonic protists (Alveolata, Ciliophora, Spirotricha)”.
Bettina HOFER (Master student), University of Salzburg; Limnological Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Mondsee, Austria; “Phylogeny of Polynucleobacter-endosymbionts of Euplotes spp.”; co-supervision.
Philip HÖLZL (School internship), Neue Mittelschule Walserfeld
Margit KAGERER BSc (MSc student), University of Salzburg; “Now and then” – Comparison of historic and current data on the tintinnid community composition in the eastern North Pacific”.
Michael KIRSCHNER (BSc student), University of Salzburg; “Ultrastructural study on the extrusomes of Strombidium biarmatum (Alveolata, Ciliophora, Spirotricha) and comparison with other oligotrichids”.
Magdalena LANDL (BSc student), University of Salzburg; “Evolution of somatic ciliary patterns in Oligotrichida (Alveolata, Ciliophora, Spirotricha) and its cladistic analysis”.
Eun Sun LEE (PhD student), Department of Biological Science, University of Ulsan, Ulsan, 680-749, Korea; introduction into the evolution and taxonomy of planktonic ciliates; co-supervison.
Ji Hye MOON (PhD student, guest-student), Gangneung-Wonju National University, Korea; introduction into the evolution and taxonomy of planktonic ciliates.
Alexandra MÜHLTHALER (BSc student), University of Salzburg; “Redescription of the tintinnid ciliate Tintinnopsis subacuta (Alveolata, Ciliophora, Spirotrichea) based on protargol-impregnated material”.
Alexandra MÜHLTHALER BSc (MSc student), University of Salzburg; “Ultrastructure of the somatic kinetids in a tintinnid ciliate (Alveolata, Ciliophora, Spirotricha) for inferring phylogenetic relationships”.
Melina NALMPANTI BSc (Erasmus student), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece; “Biodiversity of North Atlantic tintinnids”.
Atef OMAR (PhD student), University of Salzburg; FWF-Project “Ciliates from bromeliads” of Prof. W. FOISSNER; co-supervison.
Peter RADACHER (BSc student), University of Salzburg; “Morphology and ultrastructure of the resting cyst in the tintinnid ciliate Schmidingerella meunieri, and its taxonomic implications”.
Susanne RIEDL (Diploma student), University of Salzburg; “Unterrichtseinheiten zu Anpassungsmechanismen von Bodenorganismen, unter besonderer Berücksichtigung von Protisten”.
Ronja RÜDEL (BSc student), University of Salzburg; “Does the evolution of the lorica reflect the tintinnid phylogeny (Alveolata, Ciliophora) inferred from genetic data?”
Laura SCHICKER (BSc student), University of Salzburg; “Histochemical studies on loricae of the tintinnid ciliate genus Schmidingerella (Alveolata, Ciliophora, Spirotrichea)”
Sheng-Fang TSAI (PhD student), Institute of Environmental Biology and Fisheries Science, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung; Introduction into the evolution and taxonomy of planktonic ciliates; co-supervison.
Thomas Weißenbacher (FFG internship), AHS Hallein; “Einzellergehäuse”.
Viktoria ZECHNER (BSc student), University of Salzburg; “Lorica forming granules in the tintinnid model genus Schmidingerella (Alveolata, Ciliophora, Spirotricha)”.
