Meredith (Merry) C. Schuman studied at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and received her B.Sc. in molecular biology and philosophy. She was then awarded a Fulbright scholarship to conduct research at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology (MPICE) in Jena, Germany, where she continued to earn her doctorate from the Friedrich Schiller University, Jena in 2012, as part of the International Max Planck Research School. She was appointed to the position of group leader and then ecology platform leader in the Department of Molecular Ecology at the MPICE, where she initiated her own research program. From 2014 to 2017, she was affiliated as a Junior Group Leader with the German Center for Integrated Biodiversity Research (iDiv). In 2018, she moved to the UZH, first as a guest professor and now as an assistant professor. She has received several awards and scholarships including the Max Planck Society Otto Hahn Medal awarded in recognition of outstanding scientific achievement, initiated scientific working groups such as the International Team "Genes from Space", and is engaged in outreach. The research program of Professor Schuman is rooted in molecular ecology. Her group investigates spatial and temporal variation of genetic and functional diversity and its consequences at a landscape scale. More broadly, they want to know why plants are different, where it matters for ecology and for people.

Prof. Dr. Meredith C. Schuman is an assistant professor with dual affiliations to the Department of Geography and the Department of Chemistry at UZH.

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