yDiv board and representatives
The yDiv board
The yDiv board is the „think tank“ of the graduate school yDiv, where we develop and discuss ideas, concepts and strategies. In addition to the speaker and the yDiv coordinator, the yDiv board includes representatives from each of the participating universities and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), as well as representatives of the doctoral researchers and the postdoctoral researchers.
Prof Martin Quaas

Speaker of yDiv board
Biodiversity Economics Research Group
Dr Jula Zimmermann

Representative for Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ
Prof Robert Paxton

Representative for Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
General Zoology
Dr Christopher Barratt

Representative for the postdoctoral researchers
Susanne Horka

Representative for the yDiv doctoral researchers
Melanie Eulitz

Coordinator of the postdoc career support programme at iDiv
Prof Alexandra Muellner-Riehl

Representative for Leipzig University
Molecular Evolution and Plant Systematics
Dr Jes Hines

Representative for the postdoctoral researchers
Prof Nicole van Dam

Representative for Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Molecular Interaction Ecology Research Group
Sanne Evers

Representative for the yDiv doctoral researchers
Dr Nicole Sachmerda-Schulz

yDiv coordinator
PhD Representatives
Whenever you should come across a broader issue or are unsure who to contact specifically, you can easily get in touch with all the PhD representatives via phdrepresentatives@idiv.de.
Susanne Horka

Representative at yDiv Board
Jaya Upadhyay

Representative at Equal Opportunity Committee
Romy Zeiss

Representative at iDiv council
Sanne Evers

Representative at yDiv Board
Linh Mai Nhat Nguyen

Representative at iDiv council
Ana Asato

Chair of PhD meetings
Postdoc Representatives
Get in contact with the representatives of the postdocs at iDiv:
Dr Jes Hines

Representative at yDiv board
Dr Matthias Grenié

Representative at iDiv council
Dr Christopher Barratt

Representative at yDiv board
Dr Malte Jochum

Representative at iDiv council