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
2026
Till, A., Ulrich, S., Cantrill, D. J., & Grimsson, F. (2026). Pollen morphology of Pseudanthus (Picrodendraceae). Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 344, Article 105426. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2025.105426
Ulrich, S., Purgina, C., Bouchal, J. M., Geier, C., & Grimsson, F. (2026). The use of transmission electron microscopy when investigating fossil angiosperm pollen: A review and suggestions for future applications. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 344, Article 105423. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2025.105423
2025
Geier, C., Engel, M. S., Bouchal, J. M., Ulrich, S., Schönenberger, J., Uhl, D., Wappler, T., Wedmann, S., Boudet, L., & Grimsson, F. (2025). 24 million years of pollination interaction between European linden flowers and bumble bees. New Phytologist, 248(4), 2111-2127. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70531
Bouchal, J. M., Geier, C., Ulrich, S., Wilde, V., Lenz, O. K., Zetter, R., & Grimsson, F. (2025). Qualitative LM and SEM study of the Messel palynoflora: Part II. Fabales to Caryophyllales. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 341, Article 105349. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2025.105349
Geier, C., Ulrich, S., Bouchal, J. M., Zetter, R., Ngô Muller, V., Jacobs, B. F., Uhl, D., & Grimsson, F. (2025). Morphology and ultrastructure of Tilioideae pollen: how to differentiate Craigia, Mortoniodendron, and Tilia. Botanical studies, 66(1), Article 15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40529-025-00463-1
Möller, M., Middleton, D. J., Ulrich, S., & Weber, A. (2025). Bournea is not supported as separate from Oreocharis (Gesneriaceae). Edinburgh Journal of Botany: an international journal of plant systematics and biodiversity, 82, 1-9. Article 2028. https://doi.org/10.24823/ejb.2025.2028
Chartier, M., Kopper, C., Münch, M., Messinger Carril, O., Díaz-Infante, S., Lachmayer, M., Ulrich, S., Wilson, J. S., Schönenberger, J., & von Balthazar, M. (2025). Pollination biology and secondary pollinators in seven North American Aquilegia species. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 186(1), 20-37. https://doi.org/10.1086/733068
Geier, C., Bouchal, J. M., Ulrich, S., & Grimsson, F. (2025). Identifying Tilioideae pollen in the fossil record using electron microscopy. In Abstract EGU25 Article EGU25-17212 https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-17212
Boudet, L., Geier, C., Engel, M. S., Grimsson, F., Bouchal, J. M., Ulrich, S., & Wedmann, S. (2025). Majesties among the insects - new crown wasps (Hymenoptera: Stephanidae) from the Eocene Messel Pit. In S. Wedmann, & K. T. Smith (Eds.), The World at the Time of Messel. Back to the Future?: International Senckenberg Conference. Conference Volume (pp. 27). Senckenberg-Ges. für Naturforschung.
Geier, C., Bouchal, J. M., Boudet, L., Uhl, D., Engel, M. S., Nel, A., Ngo-Muller, V., Schönenberger, J., Ulrich, S., Wappler, T., Wedmann, S., & Grimsson, F. (2025). Paleo-pollination by Hymenoptera in the paleogene of Europe. In S. Wedmann, & K. T. Smith (Eds.), The World at the Time of Messel. Back to the Future?: International Senckenberg Conference. Conference Volume (pp. 38). Senckenberg-Ges. für Naturforschung.
Boudet, L., Geier, C., Grimsson, F., Bouchal, J. M., Ulrich, S., Wappler, T., & Wedmann, S. (2025). Scoliid wasps from the eocene of Messel: pollinivory and pollination. In S. Wedmann, & K. T. Smith (Eds.), The World at the Time of Messel. Back to the Future?: International Senckenberg Conference. Conference Volume (pp. 26). Senckenberg-Ges. für Naturforschung.
2024
Grimsson, F., Geier, C., Bouchal, J. M., Ulrich, S., Zetter, R., & Vieira, M. (2024). Fossil Hyaenanche Pollen from the Eocene of Kenya: The Paleophytogeograpy and Paleoclimate of a Relict Plant Genus Endemic to the Cape Province, South Africa. Biology, 13(12), Article 1079. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology13121079
Purgina, C., Grimsson, F., Weber, M., & Ulrich, S. (2024). Pollen dispersal units of selected Orchidoideae and their morphological, ultrastructural, and chemical features. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 331, Article 105211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2024.105211
Wuttke, M., Poschmann, M. J., Wappler, T., Bouchal, J. M., Geier, C., Ulrich, S., & Grimsson, F. (2024). Pollen-feeding in a giant pelobatid tadpole from the late Oligocene of Enspel, Germany. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, 104(4), 999-1026. Article 104831. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12549-024-00603-8
Purgina, C., Grimsson, F., & Ulrich, S. (2024). Proximal aperture in Cephalanthera longifolia (L.) Fritsch (Orchidaceae) pollen: a rare germination site for angiosperms. Botanical studies, 65(1), Article 33. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40529-024-00439-7
Geier, C., Engel, M. S., Bouchal, J. M., Ulrich, S., Grimsson, F., Wedmann, S., & Wappler, T. (2024). The earliest large carpenter bee (Xylocopa) and its adhering pollen (Araliaceae, Theaceae). Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, 104(4), 949-962. Article s12549-024-00604-7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12549-024-00604-7
Sutthinon, P., Meesawat, U., Ulrich, S., & Schönenberger, J. (2024). Histochemical and ultrastructural analysis of tapetum and sporoderm development in relation to precocious pollenkitt production of Garcinia dulcis (Roxb.) Kurz. Protoplasma, 261(6), 1281-1295. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00709-024-01969-4
Geier, C., Bouchal, J. M., Ulrich, S., Uhl, D., Wappler, T., Wedmann, S., Zetter, R., Schönenberger, J., & Grimsson, F. (2024). Potential pollinators and paleoecological aspects of Eocene Ludwigia (Onagraceae) from Eckfeld, Germany. Palaeoworld, 33(4), 1079-1104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palwor.2023.07.003
Purgina, C., Ulrich, S., Weber, M., & Grimsson, F. (2024). Morphological and Ultrastructural Features of Selected Epidendroideae Pollen Dispersal Units and New Insights into Their Chemical Nature. Plants, 13(8), Article 1114. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13081114
Ulrich, S., Vieira, M., Coiro, M., Bouchal, J. M., Geier, C., Jacobs, B. F., Currano, E. D., Lenz, O. K., Wilde, V., Zetter, R., & Grimsson, F. (2024). Origin and Early Evolution of Hydrocharitaceae and the Ancestral Role of Stratiotes. Plants, 13(7), Article 1008. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13071008