Mag. Dr. Silvia Ulrich
Technical assistant (half-time) and Lecturer
Ground floor, room 11
t: +43 (0)1 4277-540 07
m: silvia.ulrich@univie.ac.at
Research interests
- Forensic palynology
- Ultrastructure research and palynology
- Evolution of trapping inflorescences in the aroid family
Teaching
Cooperations
- Bundesgärten_Wien
- Botanischer Garten München
- Kew Gardens, England
- P. Boyce, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Curriculum Vitae
Derzeitige Anstellung
- 2020/10– Technical assistant (half-time) and Lecturer
Ausbildung und wissenschaftliche Laufbahn
- 2020/10–2021/8 Scientific Collaborator (half-time) and Lecturer
- 2019–2020 Scientific Collaborator and Lecturer
- 2016–2019 Associate Researcher and Lecturer
- 2010–2016 PhD at the Department of Structural and Functional Botany, University Vienna
- 2009–2012 Scientific project collaborator FWF-Project P 20666-B03
- 2006–Technical Assistant (half day) at the Department of Ultrastructure Research and Palynology
- 2006–2008 Editing pictures and data input for PalDat (palynological database)
- 2004–2007 Tutor at the Institute of Botany, University of Vienna (Department of Palynology and Structural Botany)
- 2003–2006 Thesis Research at the Institute of Botany, University of Vienna (Department of Palynology and Structural Botany)
- 1995–2006 Study of Biology at University of Vienna
- 1994 Study of History of Art for one semester and study of History for a semester at University of Vienna. Study of Pharmacy for three semesters at University of Vienna
- 1993/94 Study of Philosophy and Anglistics for a year at University of Vienna
Publications
2024
Purgina, C., Ulrich, S., & Grimsson, F. (2024). Ultrastructural variability and chemical composition of Orchidaceae pollen. In J. Bek, & J. Votočková Frojdová (Eds.), XV International Palynological Congress - XI International Organization of Palaeobotany Conference: Abstract Book (pp. 44). Article O-078 CZECH-IN s. r. o..
von Balthazar, M., Löfstrand, S., da Silva Graciano, D., Carmello-Guerreiro, S. M., Lachmayer, M., Ulrich, S., Suetsugu, K., & Schönenberger, J. (2024). What does the floral morphology of the holoparasitic family Mitrastemonaceae (Ericales) tell us about its systematic position? In XX International Botanical Congress IBC 2024, Spain. Book of Abstracts. Posters (pp. 824). Article P.1626 FASE 20 EDICIONES, Madrid, Spain.
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, Article 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. Article 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 Article EGU23-6116 https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-6116
Koelzer, K., Weber, M., & Ulrich, S. (2023). Integration of the pollen database PONET into PalDat with new features for light microscopy. Grana, 62(4), 221-227. https://doi.org/10.1080/00173134.2023.2256328
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 Abstracts of the European Geosciences Union General Assembly (Vol. 2023) 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, Article 104767. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2022.104767
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).
2021
Grimsson, F., Ulrich, S., Coiro, M., Graham, S. A., Jacobs, B. F., Currano, E. D., Xafis, A., & Zetter, R. (2021). Hagenia from the early Miocene of Ethiopia: Evidence for possible niche evolution? Ecology and Evolution, 11(10), 5164-5186. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7408
Grimsson, F., Ulrich, S., Zetter, R., Hörnschemeyer, T., Engel, M. S., & Wedmann, S. (2021). How to extract and analyze pollen from internal organs and exoskeletons of fossil insects? STAR Protocols, 2(4), 1-19. Article 100923. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xpro.2021.100923
2020
Weber, M., Ulrich, S., Ciarallo, A., Henneberg, M., & Henneberg, R. J. (2020). Pollen analysis of volcanic ash in Pompeian human skeletal remains. Grana, 59(1), 107-113. https://doi.org/10.1080/00173134.2019.1638448
Ulrich, S., & Grímsson, F. (2020). The single-grain method: adding TEM to the equation. Grana, 59(1), 44-57. https://doi.org/10.1080/00173134.2019.1666915
2018
Halbritter, H., Ulrich, S., Grímsson, F., Weber, M., Zetter, R., Hesse, M., Buchner, R., Svojtka, M., & Frosch-Radivo, A. (2018). Aperture. In Illustrated Pollen Terminology (2. ed., pp. 207–294). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71365-6_9
Halbritter, H., Ulrich, S., Grímsson, F., Weber, M., Zetter, R., Hesse, M., Buchner, R., Svojtka, M., & Frosch-Radivo, A. (2018). Glossary of Palynological Terms. In Illustrated Pollen Terminology (2 ed.) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71365-6_13
Halbritter, H., Ulrich, S., Grímsson, F., Weber, M., Zetter, R., Hesse, M., Buchner, R., Svojtka, M., & Frosch-Radivo, A. (2018). How to Describe and Illustrate Pollen Grains. In Illustrated Pollen Terminology (2 ed.) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71365-6_5
Halbritter, H., Ulrich, S., Grimsson, F., Weber, M., Zetter, R., Hesse, M., Buchner, R., Svojtka, M., & Frosch-Radivo, A. (2018). Illustrated Pollen Terminology, Second Edition. (2 ed.) Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71365-6
Halbritter, H., Ulrich, S., Grímsson, F., Weber, M., Zetter, R., Hesse, M., Buchner, R., Svojtka, M., & Frosch-Radivo, A. (2018). Methods in Palynology. In Illustrated Pollen Terminology (2 ed.) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71365-6_6