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
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2024
Geier, C. (Author), Bouchal, J. M. (Author), & Grimsson, F. (Author). (2024). Tilia chinensis. Web publication https://www.paldat.org/pub/Tilia_chinensis/306674;jsessionid=7B10BAA890DE3DAE472042A68807E52A
Geier, C. (Author), Bouchal, J. M. (Author), & Grimsson, F. (Author). (2024). Tilia mongolica. Web publication https://www.paldat.org/pub/Tilia_mongolica/306670;jsessionid=7B10BAA890DE3DAE472042A68807E52A
2023
Vieira, M., Bouchal, J. M., Geier, C., Ulrich, S., Zetter, R., & Grimsson, F. (2023). Earliest fossil pollen records of endemic African Sclerosperma palms and the palaeoecological aspects of the genus. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 317, [104954]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2023.104954
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
Geier, C., Bouchal, J. M., Ulrich, S., Wappler, T., & Grimsson, F. (2023). Fossil Onagraceae flower and insects with in situ or adhered pollen from the Eocene of Eckfeld, Germany. In Abstract EGU23 [EGU23-6116] https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-6116
Geier, C., Bouchal, J. M., Ulrich, S., Uhl, D., Wappler, T., Wedmann, S., Zetter, R., Schönenberger, J., & Grimsson, F. (2023). Potential pollinators and paleoecological aspects of Eocene Ludwigia (Onagraceae) from Eckfeld, Germany. Palaeoworld. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palwor.2023.07.003
Bouchal, J. M., Geier, C., Ulrich, S., Wilde, V., Lenz, O. K., Zetter, R., & Grimsson, F. (2023). Revisiting the Messel palynoflora using a combined LM and SEM approach. In Abstract EGU23 [EGU23-6499] https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-6499
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., 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., 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).
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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)