About us
The GfÖ-Specialist Group Plant Population Biology (short: PopBio) was founded in 1988. Our aims are the promotion of modern research in population biology, national and international scientific exchange in this field, and the promotion of young researchers. We are interested in population ecology and population genetics in connection with related disciplines such as evolutionary ecology, ecophysiology, biogeography, biosystematics, community ecology and conservation biology. Particularly noteworthy is the demographic structure of our Specialist Group, with a balanced gender ratio, many young scientists, and an increasing number of international colleagues.
The Annual Meeting of our Specialist Group, which takes place every year in late May/early June, has already a long tradition. Initially starting with members from the GfÖ core countries Germany, Austria and Switzerland, meetings have become more and more international, with participants from all over Europe. Meetings are characterized by a familiar atmosphere with mostly only one parallel session and end with an excursion to a botanically interesting location. Our Specialist Group also has an attractive mailing list, sharing job opportunities and information from the participants – please contact the speakers in case of interest.
Our next PopBio conference will take place at the Charles University Prague, Czech Republic, on 22-24 May 2025: popbio2025.ibot.cas.cz/index.php
Team
Dr. Solveig Franziska Bucher
Senckenberg Institut für Pflanzenvielfalt Jena (SIP)
Philosophenweg 12
D-07743 Jena, Germany
solveig.franziska.bucher (at) uni-jena.de
+49 3641 949986
plantbiodiv.uni-jena.de
Dr. Tobias Sandner
Institut für Pflanzenökologie
Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32
35392 Gießen
tobias.sandner (at) uni-giessen.de
+49 3641 949986
https://www.uni-giessen.de/de/fbz/fb08/Inst/pflanzenoek/mitarbeiter/sandner
News
Our next PopBio conference will take place at the Charles University Prague, Czech Republic, on 22-24 May 2025: popbio2025.ibot.cas.cz/index.php
Our latest activities:
- PopBio 2024 at the University of Frankfurt, Germany
- PopBio 2023 at the University of Hohenheim, Germany
- PopBio 2022 in Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
- PopBio 2021 online in Prague, Czech Republic
- Planned PopBio 2020 in Prag, Czech Republic (cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic, popbio2020.ibot.cas.cz).
- PopBio 2019 at the University of Warsaw, Poland
- PopBio 2018 at the University of Innsbruck, Austria
- PopBio 2017 organized by UFZ, the Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg and iDIV in Halle, Germany
- PopBio 2016 at the Institute of Botany CAS, Třeboň, Czech Republic
- PopBio 2015 at the University of Tubingen
