About

Dr. Benjamin Fuchs

I am part of the University of Turku research community since I received a Research Council of Finland Postdoctoral Scholarship in 2019. During the past four years, I published numerous research article on plant-insect ecology in agricultural ecosystems and established in the field of Agricultural Biodiversity. My research utilizes molecular and chemical ecological methods to investigate species interactions in agro ecosystems. At the moment, I am starting my own group as Academy Research Fellow at the Biodiversity Unit.

Education and Employment

2023 - 2027 Academy Research Fellow - 671 950 € Research Council of Finland

University of Turku - Biodiversity Unit

2022 - 2023 Senior Research Fellow ~ 290 000 € Novo Nordisk Foundation

University of Turku - Biodiversity Unit

2019 - 2022 Academy Postoctoral Fellow - 243 578 € Research Council of Finland

2017 - 2019 Research Assistant

Freie Universität Berlin - Dept. of Applied Zoology

2013-2016 Dr. rer. nat (PhD)

University of Würzburg - Dept. of Animal Ecology + Pharmaceutical Biology

2006-2012 Diplom Biology (BSc + MSc)

University of Würzburg

Major Funding

2023- 2027 - Research Council of Finland Fellow 671 950 €

2023 - 2025 - Novo Nordisk Foundation Fellowship ~ 290 000 €

2022 - Elias Tillandz Price 12 000 €

2022 - Sakari Alhopuro Foundation, Research Grant 60 000 €

2022 - Finnish Cultural Foundation, Research Grant 105 000 €

2021 - EU Horizon 2020 Project INTERACT 14 300 €

2019 - 2022 - Academy of Finland Postdoctoral Fellow 243 578 €