Research Portfolios

Sustainable Agroecosystems

Elucidating and promoting sustainable agriculture across the world

Prof. Dr. Johan Six, Zurich-Basel PSC, ETH Zurich, Department of Environmental System Sciences

In order to understand sustainable agriculture and implement it, we need to elucidate the feedbacks between ecosystem...

Plant Ecology and Evolution

Modern approaches to important environmental problems

Prof. Dr. Peter J. Edwards, Zurich-Basel PSC, ETH Zurich, Institute of Integrative Biology

The study of plant evolution is not only fascinating scientifically but is also of great environmental importance. Human...

Plant Pathology

Plant pathology

Dr. Monika Maurhofer Bringolf, Zurich-Basel PSC, ETH Zurich, Institute of Integrative Biology

Monika Maurhofer is the leader of a research group with interest in elucidating the multitrophic interactions going on...

Ecology of Plant Reproduction

Plant-animal interactions and ecosystem function

Prof. Dr. Jaboury Ghazoul, Zurich-Basel PSC, ETH Zurich, Institute for Terrestrial Ecosystems

The ecology of plant reproductive processes underlies the composition and dynamics of ecosystems and is essential for...

Plant and Ecosystems Ecology

Species coexistence and ecosystem functioning in relation to C:N:P stoichiometry

Dr. Harry Olde Venterink, Zurich-Basel PSC, ETH Zurich, Institute of Integrative Biology

In several postdoc and PhD projects we are studying interactions between nutrient cycling, plant growth and the species...