Focal area of research: Evolution and biodiversity of model taxa: Asterales
Mercé Galbany-Casals, Departament de Biologia Vegetal, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain [Molecular systematics of helichrysoid endemics (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae) of Socotra archipelago]
Christoph Oberprieler, Institut für Botanik, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany [Evolution, phylogeny and systematics of Anthemideae, Asteraceae; molecular systematics of helichrysoid endemics (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae) of Socotra archipelago]
Zehuan Wang, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China [Evolution and molecular systematics of subtribe Lactucinae (Asteraceae: Cichorieae)]
Jianwen Zhang, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China [Phylogeny and fossil-calibrated molecular clock dating of subtribe Crepidinae (Asteraceae: Cichorieae)]
Christian Zidorn, Institut für Pharmazie, Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria [Phylogeny and systematics of the Cichorieae]
