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Dr. Mike Thiv

Ferns and Flowering Plants (Pteridophytae and Phanerogamae)
Head of Department

contact Dr. Mike Thiv
Tel.: 0049-(0)711-8936-205
Fax: 0049-(0)711-8936-200

  • Born in 1970
  • 1991-1995
  • Study of Biology, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Germany
  • 1995
  • Diploma thesis (Prof. W. Sauer): "Caryological and biogeographic studies on Pulmonaria L. (Boraginaceae) in Southwest-Germany"
  • 1995-1999
  • Research Scientist at the Institut für Spezielle Botanik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany
  • 2000
  • Dissertation (Prof. J. W. Kadereit): "Molecular and morphological phylogeny and biogeography of Gentianaceae-Chironieae and a revision of Canscora, Cracosna, Duplipetala, Hoppea, Microrphium, Phyllocyclus, and Schinziella (Gentianaceae-Canscorinae)"
  • 2000-2001
  • Curatorial work (internship) at Botanic Garden and Botanic Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Germany
  • 2001-2003
  • Postdoc at the Institute of Systematic Botany, University of Zurich, Switzerland; Project "Molecular phytogeography of selected plant taxa of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen)" with Prof. H. P. Linder
  • since 2003
  • Curator at Natural History Museum Stuttgart, Herbarium STU, Germany
  • since 2004
  • Head of Botany department at Natural History Museum Stuttgart, Germany