(Co-)supervised theses / projects
ongoing	Paavo Bergmann (PhD): Development of the reproductive system in the parthenogenetic oribatid mite Archegozetes longisetosus Sebastian Schmelzle (PhD): Evolution and functional morphology of ptychoidy in Ptyctima, Mesoplophoridae and Protoplophoridae (Acari, Oribatida) Lars Koerner (PhD): Molecular phylogeny of the genus Stenus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)
2011	Franz Langer (Diplom): The chelicarae of Solifugae: Functional morphology and bite performance.
2010	Dr. Michael Laumann (PhD): Reproductive and developmental biology of parthenogenetic oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) / Parthenogenetic radiations in oribatid mites Heiner Götz (Examensarbeit): Untersuchungen zum Beutefangverhalten und zur Nahrungsbiologie von Walzenspinnen (Solifugae)
2009	Uwe Kurz (Diplom): Untersuchungen zur Funktionsmorphologie des Ovipositors bei Hornmilben (Acari, Oribatida)
2008	Sebastian Schmelzle (Diplom): Evolution und Funktion von Ptychoidie bei verschiedenen Hornmilben (Acari, Oribatida) Dominik Maier (Diplom): Auswahl von Evolutionsmodellen und Einfluss verschiedener Parameter auf phylogenetische Stammbaumrekonstruktionen anhand eines künstlichen Genom-Datensatzes
2006	Paavo Bergmann (Diplom): Untersuchungen zur Reproduktionsbiologie der parthenogenetischen Hornmilbe Archegozetes longisetosus (Acari: Sarcoptiformes: Trhypochthoniidae) Verena Koller (Diplom): Untersuchung der Paternitätsverhältnisse von Eisvögeln (Alcedo atthis) mittels DNA-Fingerprinting und molekularer Geschlechtsbestimmung
2004	Katja Domes (Diplom): Variabilität des hsp82-Lokus bei der parthenogenetischen Hornmilben-Art Platynothrus peltifer (Acari: Oribatida)
2003	Michael Laumann (Diplom): Nachweis für den Meselson-Effekt in der parthenogenetischen Oribatiden-Gattung Tectocepheus Berlese, 1895
2001	Katharina Etzold (Examensarbeit): Genetische Variabilität bei der parthenogenetischen Regenwurmart Octolasion tyrtaeum
Teaching
SS 2010	- BSc Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (ÖEB I), lecture and course "Principles of phylogenetic inference
WS 2009 / 2010	- Evolutionary biology course "Principles of phylogenetic inference" - Course "Developmental biology, histology and functional morphology of Acari" - Course "Quantitative 2D image analyses and 3D imaging"
SS 2009	- Lecture and course "Zoology for students of Biochemistry" - BSc Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (ÖEB I), lecture and course "Principles of phylogenetic inference"
WS 2008 / 2009	- Evolutionary biology course "Principles of phylogenetic inference" - Course "Developmental biology, histology and functional morphology of Acari" - Lecture and course "Morphology and systematics of the Arthropoda" - Lecture series "Current topics in Evolution & Ecology": "The Evolution of Sex" - Mentoring
SS 2008	- Lecture and course "Zoology for students of Biochemistry and Geology"
WS 2007 / 2008	- Mentoring
SS 2007	- Evolutionary biology course "Principles of phylogenetic inference"
WS 2006 / 2007	- Lecture and course "Zoology for students of Biochemistry and Geology" - Course "Philosophy of biology" - Lecture and course "Morphology and systematics of the Arthropoda"
SS 2006	- Evolutionary biology course "Principles of phylogenetic inference" - Excursion "Limnic fauna", Tübingen
WS 2005 / 2006	- Course "Molecular evolutionary biology, ecology and systematics" - Course "Philosophy and history of biology" - Zoological course "Morphology and systematics of the Chelicerata"
SS 2005	- Excursion "Limnic fauna", Tübingen - Course "Evolutionary biology" - Evolutionary biology course "Principles of phylogenetic inference" - Ecological excursion "Limnology", Erlache, Bensheim
WS 2004 / 2005	- Evolutionary biology course "Large scale phylogenies" - Course "Molecular evolutionary biology, ecology and systematics"
SS 2004	- Excursions "Limnic fauna", Tübingen - Zoological course "Morphology and systematics of the Chelicerata"
TU Darmstadt student assistance (1996-2003)	- Zoological course "Animal anatomy" - Ecological course "Determination of the German fauna" - Animal physiology course "Osmotic resistance of mammal erythrocytes" - Ecological course "Limnology", Erlache, Bensheim - Ecological excursion "Marine living spaces", Elba - Ecological excursion "Terrestrial living spaces" - Evolutionary biology course "Principles of phylogenetic inference - molecular phylogenetics" - Zoological course "Anatomy and physiology of Arthropoda"