Kleinwalsertal

Sebastian Gebauer

Institute of Ecology and Evolution | Professorship of Biodiversity of Plants​
Kleinwalsertal
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Sebastian Gebauer, Dr
Scientist & Curator Vascular Plants Division
Sebastian Gebauer
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Universitätshauptgebäude, Room Herbarium Haussknecht (JE)
Fürstengraben 1
07743 Jena Google Maps site planExternal link

Research interests

  • Collection-based research (integrative taxonomy, SEM, digital & light microscopy, trait extraction).
  • Herbarium curation & botanical nomenclature.
  • Systematics, taxonomy & evolution of grass-like monocots (e.g., Cyperaceae, Poaceae) focusing on genus Carex.
  • Macroevolution, diversification, niche & trait evolution.
  • Biogeography (biome & range evolution).
  • Plant functional traits.
  • High mountain biota (e.g., Central Asia, Neotropics).
  • Ethnobotany
  • Curriculum vitae
    • Since 03/2025. Present Scientist & Curator at the Senckenberg Institute of Plant Form and Function Jena (SIP), Herbarium Haussknecht (JE), Plant Biodiversity group.
    • Since 02/2025. Associate Editor, Global Cyperaceae Database (GCypD: www.cyperaceae.orgExternal link), The International WFO Taxonomic Expert Network (TEN) for Cyperaceae, funded by TETTRIs-Horizon 2020 EU.
    • 05/2018 – 02/2025. Research associate (Postdoc/Assistant Professor, since 20 February 2019), Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Biology, Geobotany and Botanical Garden, Systematics and Biodiversity, Herbarium, Halle (Saale).
    • 04/2014 – 02/2019. PhD student, ibid. PhD thesis: “Systematics, taxonomy and biogeography of species-rich groups of the genus Carex (Cyperaceae)”.
    • 04/2017 – 04/2018. Research assistant / PhD student, with Graduate fellowship of the State of Saxony-Anhalt, ibid.
    • 04/2014 – 12/2017. Research assistant / PhD student, ibid. DFG project “Taxon recruitment and evolution of the Arctic flora – the synthesis” (HO2213/3-2).
    • 10/2011 – 02/2014. Studies in Biology (MSc), ibid. Major subjects: Plant systematics, Conservation biology. MSc thesis: “Systematik und Evolution von Carex sect. Racemosae G. Don (Cyperaceae)”.
    • 04/2013 – 07/2013. During MSc studies, Friedrich Schiller University, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Systematic Botany (Prof. Dr. Frank Hellwig), Jena. Visiting courses and lectures in Plant sociology, Agricultural biology (within the Middle German Network of Universities).
    • 06/2011 – 12/2013. Research assistant (graduate), ibid. DFG project “Taxon recruitment and evolution of the Arctic flora” (HO2213/3-1).
    • 01/2011 – 03/2011. Research assistant (undergraduate), ibid., Geobotany and Botanical Garden, Chorology group.
    • 10/2008 – 09/2011. Studies in Biology (BSc), ibid. Major subjects: Plant systematics, General zoology. BSc thesis: “Phylogenie von Carex sect. Vesicariae (Cyperaceae)”.
  • Publications