Thomas Borsch

Biography

Visiting scientist at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA (1997-1999), Visiting scientist at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew (1990, 6 months), at the Missouri Botanical Garden (1992, 3 months), and research stays (1-3 months) in Ethiopia, Bolivia, Mexico and Venezuela. Scientific career / Employments 1992-1994 Research Assistant (part-time), Senckenberg Research Institute, Frankfurt 1999-2000 Research Assistant, Institute of Botany, Universität Bonn 2000-2005 Scientific Assistant (C1), Nees Institute, Universität Bonn 2005-2007 Privatdozent, Nees Institute, Head of the laboratories of molecular systematics 2007-2008 Professor (W2) for Biodiversity and Evolution of plants, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Director of the Botanic Garden of the Universität Oldenburg 2008- Professor (W3) at the Institute of Biology, Systematic Botany and Plants Geography at the Freie Universität Berlin and Director of the Botanic Garden and the Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Freie Universität Berlin

Research Interest

Research interests  Evolution of flowering plants; molecular phylogenetics and especially mutational dynamics on non-coding genomic regions and their application of molecular markers; pollen morphology and ultrastructure research; genesis of biological diversity (based on the study of model groups such as the plant families Amaranthaceae and Nymphaeaceae); Assessment of plant diversity and taxonomy; endemism and biogeography of plants in biodiversity hotspots (especially Cuba and the Caucasus); conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.