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Note: PSC successfully completed the ProDoc doctoral program in 2012.
In 2009, the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) provided financial support to the PSC for the ProDoc Doctoral Program Plant Sciences and Policy. Initial program funding ended in 2012. Thereafter the Science & Policy program was continued as a regular PhD program of the PSC.
Program participants get the opportunity to complete a PhD in the plant sciences, and in addition they obtain specialized training at the interface of research and policy work.
Between 2009–2011, PSC members submitted research proposals to the program; 11 PhD projects were approved and funded.
| Project Title | Project Leader(s) | PhD Student | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plant Reproductive Isolation: from Mechanisms to Evolution | U. Grossniklaus (UZH), F. Schiestl (UZH) | Daniel Gervasi | 2014 |
| Plant competitive interactions under soil nutrient transport limitation | P. Niklaus (UZH) | Janina Milkereit | 2015 |
| Adaptation and biodiversity in alpine habitats – integrating genomic and ecological perspectives | K. Shimizu (ETH), A. Widmer (ETH) | Reinhold Stockenhuber | 2015 |
| Soil biodiversity and functioning in agricultural ecosystems: Developing science for evidence based policy | B. Schmid (UZH), M.vd Heijden (ART) |
Sarah Pellkofer, Kyle Hartmann | 2014 |
| Forest ecosystem responses to climatic drivers | N. Buchmann (ETH) | Matthias Häni | 2014 |
| Biodiversity in Tropical Forests | A. Hector (UZH), J. Gazhoul (ETH) | Dzaeman Dzulkifli, James Smith | 2014 |
| Effects of climate change on past, recent, and future biodiversity of alpine/arctic plants: Integrative evidence from phylogenies, population genetics, ecological niche modeling and new insights for conservation | E. Conti (UZH), C. Randin (UniBS) |
Theofania Patsiou, Spyros Theodoridis |
2014 |
| Mechanisms of Vernalization | L. Hennig (ETH) | Walid Mahrez | 2012 |