Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jürg Schönenberger

Head of Division
4. floor, room 415
t: +43 (0)1 4277-540 80
m: juerg.schoenenberger@univie.ac.at

© Jürg Schönenberger

Research interests


Our primary research interests are in organismal evolution and phylogenetics of angiosperms. We have particular interests in the comparative analysis of floral structure and function, both of extant and of fossil angiosperms, the study of floral ontogeny, and the analysis of character evolution in a phylogenetic framework. We integrate results from comparative morphology, palaeobotany, and molecular phylogenetics in order to shed light onto the early evolution and diversification of the angiosperms and their flowers. Systematically, our current research focuses on the order Ericales. However, we am involved in a series of research projects in other phylogenetic lineages including Acanthaceae, Araceae, Malvaceae, Melastomataceae, and Orchidaceae). Three topics that we have become interested only more recently and that we hope to develop further in the coming years include pollination biology (particularly in the tropics), novel technical approaches to the study of floral structure (High Resolution X-Ray Computed Tomography) and modern theoretical approaches (morphospace analysis) for the analysis of plant evolution and diversity.

 Teaching

Current Courses

 Curriculum Vitae

Current position

  • 2009– Professor in Structural Botany

Education and scientific career

  • 2007 Docent in Plant Systematics, Stockholm University, Sweden
  • 2004–2009 Lecturer in Plant Systematics, Department of Botany, Stockholm University, Sweden
  • 2002–2004 Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
    Funded through a fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation
  • 2000–2002 Institute of Systematic Botany, University of Zurich, Switzerland
  • 1998–2000 Department of Palaeobotany, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden
  • 1998 Dr. phil. (PhD) in Systematic Botany, University of Zurich, Switzerland
  • 1994 Diplom (MSc) in Systematic Botany, University of Zurich, Switzerland

 Publications


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2024


2023


Anderson, B., Pannell, J., Billiard, S., Burgarella, C., de Boer, H., Dufay, M., Helmstetter, A. J., Méndez, M., Otto, S. P., Roze, D., Sauquet, H., Schoen, D., Schönenberger, J., Vallejo-Marin, M., Zenil-Ferguson, R., Käfer, J., & Glémin, S. (2023). Opposing effects of plant traits on diversification. Iscience, 26(4), [106362]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.106362

Helmstetter, A. J., Zenil-Ferguson, R., Sauquet, H., Otto, S. P., Méndez, M., Vallejo-Marin, M., Schönenberger, J., Burgarella, C., Anderson, B., de Boer, H., Glémin, S., & Käfer, J. (2023). Trait-dependent diversification in angiosperms: Patterns, models and data. Ecology Letters, 26(4), 640-657. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14170

2022


Delpeuch, P., Jabbour, F., Damerval, C., Schönenberger, J., Pamperl, S., Rome, M., & Nadot, S. (2022). A flat petal as ancestral state for Ranunculaceae. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13, [961906]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.961906

Dellinger, A. S., Kopper, C., Kagerl, K., & Schönenberger, J. (2022). Pollination in Melastomataceae: A Family-Wide Update on the Little We Know and the Much That Remains to Be Discovered. In R. Goldenberg, F. A. Michelangeli, & F. Almeda (Eds.), Systematics, Evolution, and Ecology of Melastomataceae (pp. 585-607). Springer International Publishing Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99742-7_26

Helmstetter, A. J., Zenil-Ferguson, R., Sauquet, H., Otto, S. P., Méndez, M., Vallejo-Marin, M., Schönenberger, J., Burgarella, C., Anderson, B., de Boer, H., Glémin, S., & Käfer, J. (2022). Trait-dependent diversification in angiosperms: patterns, models and data. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.05.18.490882

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2020


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