P1: Spatial above- and belowground complementarity

Tama Ray
Doctoral Researcher
Phone: +49 351 463-31313
Email: tama.ray@idiv.de

Alexander Täuber
Doctoral Researcher
Email: alexander.taeuber@
idiv.de

Xianglu Deng
Doctoral Researcher (P1C/3)
Email: dengxianglu@
ibcas.ac.cn

Zhuo Yang
Doctoral Researcher (P1C/3)
Email: yangzhuo@
ibcas.ac.cn

Prof. Dr. Goddert von Oheimb
PI
Phone: +49 351 463 31288
Email: Goddert_v_Oheimb@
tu-dresden.de



Phone: +86 10 62836051
Email: liuxiaojuan06@
ibcas.ac.cn

Prof. Dr. Keping Ma
Co-PI
Phone: +86 10 62836223
Email: kpma@ibcas.ac.cn

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Wensheng Bu
Co-PI
Email: bws2007@163.com

Dr. Yi Li
Postdoctoral Researcher
Email: liyi2021@ibcas.ac.cn
P2: Complementarity through trait variation

Pablo Castro Sánchez-Bermejo
Doctoral Researcher
Phone: +49 345 55 26263
Email: pablo.castro@idiv.de

Akhil Murali
Doctoral Researcher
Phone:
Email: akhil.murali@
leuphana.de

Xiaoxiao Han
Doctoral Researcher (P2C/2)
Email: 2593072192
@qq.com

Mengchen Duan
Doctoral Researcher (P2C/3)
Email: duanmengcheng00
@163.com
P3: Tree interaction history and temporal complementarity

Lena Sachsenmaier
Doctoral Researcher
Phone:
Email: lena.sachsenmaier
@idiv.de

Michèle ter Huurne
Doctoral Researcher


P4: Herbivory

Julia Imola Piko
Doctoral Researcher
Phone: +49 (0)551 39-26086
Email: julia.piko
@uni-goettingen.de

Rachit Pratap Singh
Doctoral Researcher
Phone: +491636910184
Email: rachit.singh@
uni-goettingen.de

Yiwei Lu
Doctoral Researcher (P4C/3)
Email: luyiwei2023@
ioz.ac.cn


Phone: +49 (0)551 39-24486
Email: andreas.schuldt@
forst.uni-goettingen.de
P5: Leaf fungal pathogens

Mariem Saadani
Doctoral Researcher
Phone: +49 345 5526263
Email: mariem.saadani@
botanik.uni-halle.de

Michael Köhler
Doctoral Researcher
Phone: +49 345 55 26267
Email: michael.koehler@ idiv.de



Prof. Dr. Helge Bruelheide
PI, Speaker of TreeDì
Phone: + 49 345 55 26222
Email: helge.bruelheide@
botanik.uni-halle.de

Tibor Drost
Doctoral Researcher
Phone: +49 345 55 26267
Email: tibor.drost@idiv.de


P6-2: Plant metabolomes and complementarity in root functions

Gabriela Escaliante
Doctoral Researcher
Email: gabriela.escaliante@
idiv.de

Sirong Zhang
Doctoral Researcher
Email: zhangsr@ibcas.ac.cn



Phone: +49 341 9733165
Email: nicole.vandam@
idiv.de

Phone: +49 341 9733279
Email: omer.nevo@idiv.de

Dr. Steffen Neumann
Co-PI
Phone: +49 345 5582 1470
Email: Steffen.Neumann@
ipb-halle.de

Phone: +86 10 64889813
Email: xuxingl@hotmail.com

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Naili Zhang
Co-PI
Email: zhangnaili@bjfu.edu.cn
P6-3: Drivers of soil micro-eukaryote richness


Justus Aisu
Doctoral Researcher
Phone: +49 345 55 26254
Email: justus.aisu@idiv.de
P7: Rhizosphere and root microbes

Hafeez Ul Haq
Doctoral Researcher
Phone: +49 345 5585316
Email: hafeez.ulhaq@ufz.de

Thomas McNeil
Doctoral Researcher
Phone: +49 341 60253772
Email: thomas.mcneil@
ufz.de
P8: Functional diversity of soil organisms

Henriette Christel
Doctoral Researcher
Phone: +49 341 9733116
Email: henriette.christel@
idiv.de

Tobias Käcks
Doctoral Researcher
Phone: +49 341 9739221
Email: tobias.kaecks@idiv.de

Kui Wang
Postdoctoral Researcher
Email: wangkui15@
mails.ucas.ac.cn

Kening Zhang
Doctoral Researcher
Email: zhangkening@
ucas.ac.cn


Prof. Dr. Nico Eisenhauer
Co-PI
Phone: +49 341 9733167
Email: nico.eisenhauer@
idiv.de

Email: yfwang@ucas.ac.cn

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kai Xue
Co-PI
Email: xuekai@ucas.ac.cn
P9: Modelling generalised diversity interactions / P11: Higher order interactions

Wentao Yu
Doctoral Researcher
Phone: +49 341 9733178
Email: wentao.yu@idiv.de

Sebastian Mader
Doctoral Researcher
Phone:
Email: sebastian.mader@
idiv.de

Lan Yang
Doctoral Researcher (P9C/2)
Email: 1097557081
@qq.com

Haozhen Chen
Doctoral Researcher (P11C/3)
Email: haozhen.chen@ stu.pku.edu.cn

Jinyu Zhao
Doctoral Researcher (P9C/3)
Email: 21302368@muc.edu.cn


Alexander Dyer
Postdoctoral Researcher
Phone: +49 341 9733206
Email: alexander.dyer@
idiv.de

Prof. Dr. Weiguo Sang
PI (P9C)
Email: swg@muc.edu.cn

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Shaopeng Wang
Co-PI (P9C) / PI (P11C)
Email: shaopeng.wang@
pku.edu.cn
Associated Doctoral Researchers
Mercator Fellows

Prof. Dr. John Connolly
School of Mathematics
University College Dublin
MLU Guest Professor
Email: john.connolly@ucd.ie

Prof. Dr. Charlotte Grossiord
EPFL + WSL
Plant Ecology Research Laboratory (PERL)
Email: charlotte.grossiord@epfl.ch

Prof. Dr. Merry Schuman
University of Zurich (UZH)
Spatial Genetics
Email: meredith.schuman@
geo.uzh.ch
Scientific Coordination

Dr. Stefan Trogisch
Phone: +49 345 55 26198
Email: stefan.trogisch@
botanik.uni-halle.de

Prof. Dr. Kai Xue
Email: xuekai@ucas.ac.cn
Alumni

Dr. Rémy Beugnon
Doctoral Researcher (P8G)
Doctoral degree: 2021
Email: remy.beugnon@
idiv.de

Dr. Florian Schnabel
Doctoral Researcher (P3G)
Doctoral degree: 2022

Dr. Georg Albert
Doctoral Researcher (P9G)
Doctoral degree: 2023
Email: georg.albert@
uni-goettingen.de


Dr. Perttu Anttonen
Doctoral Researcher (P4G)
Doctoral Degree: 2024
Email: perttu.p.anttonen@
gmail.com

Dr. Maria D. Perles-Garcia
Doctoral Researcher (P1G)
Doctoral degree: 2022
Email: mdperles@gmx.de

Dr. Andréa Davrinche
Doctoral Researcher (P2G)
Doctoral degree: 2023

Dr. Bala Singavarapu
Doctoral Researcher (P7G)
Doctoral degree: 2023

Dr. Tobias Proß
Assoc. Doctoral Researcher
Doctoral degree: 2024

Dr. Jianqing Du
Doctoral Researcher (P8C/1)
Doctoral degree: 2021
Email: jqdu@ucas.ac.cn

Dr. Hanjiao Gu
Doctoral Researcher (P1C)
Doctoral degree: 2021
Email: guhanjiao@qq.com

Dr. Chenyu Huang
Doctoral Researcher (P9C/1)
Doctoral Degree: 2022
Email: huangchenyu_im@
126.com

Dr. Huiyun Gan
Doctoral Researcher (P7C)
Doctoral degree: 2022
Email: ganhuiyun5@
163.com


Dr. Ting Tang
Doctoral Researcher (P1C)
Doctoral degree: 2024
Email: tangting19
@ibcas.ac.cn



Dr. Yi Li
Doctoral Researcher (P4C/1)
Doctoral degree: 2021
Email: liyi2021@ibcas.ac.cn

Dr. Min Liu
Doctoral Researcher (P6C)
Doctoral degree: 2022
Email: liumin_bj@qq.com

Dr. Tongyan Liu
Doctoral Researcher (P3C)
Doctoral degree: 2022
Email: tongyan.liu@
pku.edu.cn

Dr. Jianhui Ma
Assoc. Doctoral Researcher
Doctoral degree: 2023
Email: jianhma@ibcas.ac.cn

Dr. Jingting Chen
Doctoral Researcher P4C
Doctoral degree: 2024
Email: chenjingting
@ioz.ac.cn

Dr. Gaigai Ding
Doctoral Researcher (P2C/1)
Doctoral degree: 2024
Email: gai_gaiding
@163.com