Prof. Dr. Sara Diana Leonhardt

CURRICULUM VITAE
Since 2019 Professor in Plant-Insect Interactions at the Research Department Life Science Systems at the Technical University of Munich (Germany)
2013-2019 Group leader at the Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology at the University of Würzburg (Germany), and Adjunct Lecturer at the University of the Sunshine Coast (USC)
2011-2013 Postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Ecosystem Functions at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg (Germany)
2010-2011 Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Würzburg (Germany) and USC (Australia)
2007-2010 PhD student (fellowship) in the Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology at the University of Würzburg
ORCID: 0000-0002-8154-9569
COMISSIONS OF TRUST
Since 2021 Member of the Wild Bee Specialist Group (WBSG)
Since 2020 Associate Editor for Apidologie
Since 2015 Associate Editor for the Journal of Insect Conservation
2007-2014 Chair of the initiative “Synagieren” for a sustainable future
Referee activities for more than 40 international journals and nine funding agencies
MEMBERSHIPS
Ecological Society of Germany (GFÖ), Germany
Society for Tropical Ecology (GTÖ), Germany
German Association of University Professors and Lecturers (Deutscher Hochschulverband, DHV), Germany
German Zoological Society (Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft, DZG), Germany
International Union for the Study of Social Insects (IUSSI)
AWARDS
2017 Bosch Fast Track Career Development Fellowship
2014 Graduate School of Life Sciences PostDocPlus Research Award
2011 “Eon Kulturpreis Bayern” Award for outstanding PhD
2010 Postdoctoral Fellowship of the Graduate School of Life Sciences
2009 Talk Prize at the International Meeting of the Society of Chemical Ecologists (ISCE)
2007 PhD Scholarship of the Graduate School of Life Sciences
2006 Molly Glander & Luke Dollar Research Award (Duke University, USA)
2005 DAAD Fellowship (Duke University)