Geier Christian

Christian Geier, BSc MSc

Scientific project collaborator (prae doc)
PhD Student
Ground floor, room 1
t: +43 (0)1 4277-540 00
m: christian.geier@univie.ac.at

Title of the Doctoral Thesis

Flower-insect interactions in the Eocene to Oligocene of Central Europe

Research interests

Palynology
Ultrastructure of plants
X-Ray CT
Flower-insect interactions
pollination biology

Projects

Scientific project collaborator FWF-Project P 34303-B "Flower Power: can in-situ pollen link fossil plants to floral visitors?" (Friðgeir Grímsson)

Curriculum Vitae

Current position

2022– PhD student/Scientific project collaborator (prae doc) FWF-Project P 34303-B

Education and scientific career

2022– PhD Biology
2022 Master's Theses "The late middle Miocene palynoflora of Gratkorn, Styria, Austria"
2021 Student project collaborator FWF-Project P 29501-B25
2020–2022 Master's Programme Botany, University of Vienna
2016–2020 Bachelor's in biology with specialization in botany, University of Vienna (Thesis: Investigations to the distribution of Microthlaspi erraticum and Microthlaspi perfoliatum in eastern Austria using ITS based phylogeny)

Publications

2023

Geier, C., Bouchal, J. M., Ulrich, S., Uhl, D., Wappler, T., Wedmann, S., Zetter, R., & Grimsson, F. (2023). Collecting in situ/adhered pollen from fossil compressed angiosperm flowers. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 310, 1-6. [104831]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2022.104831

2022

Geier, C., Bouchal, J. M., Ulrich, S., Gross, M., Zetter, R., Denk, T., & Grimsson, F. (2022). Paleovegetation and paleoclimate inferences of the early late Sarmatian palynoflora from the Gleisdorf Fm. at Gratkorn, Styria, Austria. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 307, [104767]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2022.104767

Geier, C. (2022) The late middle Miocene palynoflora of Gratkorn, Styria, Austria. University of Vienna (Masterthesis)

Geier, C. (2020) Investigations to the distribution of Microthlaspi erraticum and Microthlaspi perfoliatum in eastern Austria using ITS based phylogeny. University of Vienna (Bachelorthesis)