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

 Curriculum Vitae

Current position

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


Showing entries 1 - 12 out of 12

2024


2023


Geier, C., Bouchal, J. M., Nel, A., Ngo-Muller, V., Schönenberger, J., Uhl, D., Ulrich, S., Wappler, T., Wedmann, S., & Grimsson, F. (2023). The history of European Paleogene flower-insect interactions unraveled using fossil flowers and insects and their associated pollen grains. In 24th Annual Meeting of the Society of Biological Systematics: Programme and Abstracts (pp. 21-22)

Geier, C., Bouchal, J. M., Nel, A., Ngo-Muller, V., Oberleitner, S., Uhl, D., Ulrich, S., Wappler, T., Wedmann, S., Zimmermann, D., & Grimsson, F. (2023). Tilioideae-Anthophila interactions in the Cenozoic of Europe. In Life and Planet 2023: Full Programme with Abstracts (pp. 63-64)

2022


Geier, C., Bouchal, J. M., Wappler, T., & Grimsson, F. (2022). Linking fossil angiosperm flowers and insects using in-situ and adhered pollen. In S. McLoughlin (Ed.), 11th European Palaeobotany and Palynology Conference: Abstracts, Program, and Proceedings [O.052].

Wuttke, M., Poschmann, M. J., Bouchal, J. M., Geier, C., Ulrich, S., Grimsson, F., & Wappler, T. (2022). Pollen-feeding in a late Oligocene giant pelobatid tadpole from Lake Enspel (Westerwald Mountains, Germany). In Datz-Symposium & 30th International Workshop on Plant Taphonony: Program, Abstracts, Information (pp. 31).

Showing entries 1 - 12 out of 12

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)