Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum, Berlin-Dahlem Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum, Berlin-Dahlem

PhD student

Katharina Rabe

Contact:

Dipl.-Biol. Katharina RABE
Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Straße 6-8, D-14195 Berlin, Germany.
Phone: (+4930) 838-50210, E-mail: k.rabe@bgbm.org 

 

Functions

  • PhD Student
  • Freelance, curating collections and exhibitions

 

Curriculum

  • Studies of Economics, Political Science and Biology in Berlin and Vienna, 2001 Diploma in Biology at Freie Universität Berlin
  • 2001 Trainee at the exhibition section BGBM Berlin-Dahlem
  • Since 2002 Freelance, associated with the BGBM Berlin-Dahlem
  • 2001-2003 Research assistent in the BIOTA Yemen Project at the BGBM Berlin-Dahlem
  • Since 2003 PhD Student at the BGBM Berlin-Dahlem, Freie Universität Berlin, supported by NaFöG grant 2003-2005 and by a scholarship "Programm zur Förderung der Chancengleichheit für Frauen in Forschung und Lehre" of the state of Berlin 2006

 

Research interests

  • Old World Capparoideae/ Capparaceae
  • Life and work of Georg Schweinfurth (1836-1925)
  • Science communication and history of science

 

 

PhD thesis

Phylogeny of Old World Capparoideae (Capparaceae)

The objective of the PhD thesis is to resolve the phylogenetic relationships within the Capparoideae with special focus on the systematics of the Old World genera (e.g. Cadaba, Dhofaria, Boscia, Euadenia, Maerua, Ritchiea and Thilachium). This phylogenetic study is based on molecular analyses (e.g. trnL-F and ITS ), morphological and fruit anatomical characters as well as field studies.

The PhD project was integrated in the BIOTA (Biodiversity Monitoring Transect Analysis) Yemen Project at the BGBM.

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Werner Greuter

Publications and Exibitions

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