Ongoing Projects
BETA-FOR - DFG FOR 5375
Enhancing the structural diversity between patches for improving multidiversity and multifunctionality in production forests
Effect of enhanced structual complexiy on dead-wood microbial diversity and wood decomposition
Doctoral student: Bronwyn Lira Dyson
Homepage: https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/for5375/
Funded by: German Research Foundation (DFG) - Project number: 5375/1 - BETA-FOR
Fungal Conservation in Bavaria – with a focus on open habitats and wetlands
Pilzartenschutz in Bayern – mit Schwerpunkt auf Offenlandlebensräume und Feuchtgebiete
from 2025/10 to 2029/12
Doctoral student: Henrik Oechler
Collaborators: Ralf Hotzy & Lotte Krüger (LBV), Dr. Christoph Hahn (Bayerische Mykologische Gesellschaft e.V.)
Funded by: Bayerischer Naturschutzfonds
FunDive
Monitoring and mapping fungal diversity for nature conservation
Investigating fungal diversity and uniqueness based on existing and de novo data (Work Package 5)
from 2024
Project leader (Work Package 5): Dr. Franz Krah
PostDoc: Dr. Max Zibold
Homepage: https://fun-dive.eu/diversity-investigation/
Funded by: Biodiversa+
Reintroduction of threatened fungi in Central European forests
from 2024/03/01 to 2027/02/28
PostDoc: Dr. Franziska Zahn
Collaborators: Dr. Harald Kellner (TU Dresden)
Homepage: https://www.dbu.de/projektdatenbank/38686-01/
Funded by: German Federal Environment Foundation (DBU) - Project number: 38686/01
Collaborative Research Centre 1357 Microplastics
Understanding the mechanisms and processes of biological effects, transport, and formation: from model to complex systems as a basis for new approaches to solutions.
Synthesis of polymeric additives to enhance microplastic degradation by fungi
Exploring Innovative Solutions for Biodegradation in Environmental Remediation
from 2024/07/16 to 2025/07/16
Doctoral student: Toktam Mercede Farzaneh
Collaborators: Prof. Dr. Meike Leiske, Dr. Theresa Lutz
Funded by: German Research Foundation (DFG)
ResEt-Fi
Reforestation under climate change: A supra-regional field trial in Thuringia/Germany to test different management options for the development of multifunctional forests on disturbed spruce areas
from 2023/02/01 to 2028/01/31
Doctoral student: Henrik Oechler
Homepage: https://www.reset-fi.de/
Funded by: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) as part of the Strategy for Research for Sustainability (FONA) - Project number: 033L304F
© Andreas Marten / Harz National Park Administration
Leaving Wildlife Carcasses in the Landscape – A Case Study in National Parks
BfN carrion ecological project
from 2022/10/01 to 2025/09/30 (main project) and 2023/01/01 – 2027/06/30 (scientific support)
Research Collaboratoration with Dr. Christian von Hoermann (project coordinator) & Prof. Dr. Jörg Müller (project leader), University of Würzburg, Conservation Biology & Forest Ecology
Funded by: Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety, and Consumer Protection (BMUV) - Project number: FKZ: 3522 89 2070 (main project), FKZ: 3522 89 2120 (scientific support)
Alien tree species in Central European forests
Effects on fungal diversity and associated ecosystem functions
from 2024/12/01 to 2027/11/30
Doctoral student: Joshua Ferenczy
Funded by: German Federal Environment Foundation (DBU) - Doctoral scholarship programm