Dietmar Quandt

Nees-Institut für Biodiversität der Pflanzen DQ_v2

Meckenheimer Allee 170 • D – 53115 Bonn

current projects

Earth – Evolution at the Dry Limit (CRC1211) Phase 2 (Co-Speaker)
1. B01: Biogeographic history of plant communities. (PI, joint application with Marcus Koch, University of Heidelberg)
2. B07: Desert transcriptomics: assessing the genetic basis of adaptation to aridity in desert dwellers. (Co-PI, PI: Julia Bechteler (University of Bonn), Co-PI: Thomas Wiehe (University of Cologne)
3. Z05: Integrated Research Training Group (IRTG). (PI, joint application with Karin Boessenkool and Martin Melles (both University of Cologne))
BIO-GEEC (German-Ecuadorian Biodiversity Consortium): Establishing barcoding pipelines for biological systems of public and economic relevance (Stage 1); (PI, DAAD/GIZ, Co-PIs: Danilo Harms (CENAK), Kai Müller (IEB Münster), Lars Podsiadlowski (ZfMK), Christian Betzel (Uni Hamburg), María Cristina Peñuela-Mora (Ikiam), Santiago Zarate Baca (UTN), Verónica Crespo-Pérez (PUCE), Maria Claudia Segovia Salcedo (ESPE))
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3transects: Unraveling the mechanisms determining the diversity of tropical plant communities (PI; D-A-CH; DFG & SNF, PI CH: M. Kessler, Zürich)
MesiCrust: Mechanisms of soil erosion under forest – the role of biological soil crusts (Co-PI, DFG; PI: Steffen Seitz, University of Tübingen)
DBAC: DNA-Barcode Analyser for CITES species (PI, BfN; Co-PIs: Markus Nöthen UKB Bonn, Bruno Hüttel MPIPZ)
TerraCode (PI; ABC-J Geoverbund; DBU)

completed projects

Earth – Evolution at the Dry Limit (CRC1211, vice-speaker of cluster B)
B01: Biogeographic history of plant communities. (PI, DFG CRC1211; joint application with Maximilian Weigend, Co-PIs: Federico Lübert (UoB) & Alexandra Stoll (CEAZA)
GBOL5: Sampling and barcoding of the German flora Phase 2 (PI, BMBF (www.gbol5.de); joint application with Kai Müller (IEB Münster), Co-PI Thomas Borsch (BGBM)
GBOL5: Sampling and barcoding of the German flora Phase 1 (PI, BMBF (www.gbol5.de); joint application with Kai Müller (IEB Münster), Co-PI Thomas Borsch (BGBM); (www.bolgermany.de)
ABA-Ecuador: Molecular identification of gametophytes of bryophytes and ferns, and their potential use as bioindicators (Co-PI, DFG; PI Marcus Lehnert)
Flora Briofítica Ibérica: Fase V (Co-PI; Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, PI
Jesús Muñoz (Real Jardin Botanico Madric (CSIC))
Character evolution in pleurocarpous mosses: a phylogenetic study focussing on the Lembophyllaceae/Neckeraceae - clade (PI; DFG)
Mutational dynamics of non-coding genomic regions and their potential for reconstructing evolutionary relationships in eudicots (PI jointly with Thomas Borsch; DFG)