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Dr Katharina Schiessl
Biography
Growing up on a farm near the Danube Valley in Austria, I had the freedom to explore wildflower meadows, orchards and forests from an early age. This childhood experience built the foundation for my life-long fascination for plants and the diversity we find among their organs in size, shape and function. Already back then, I was particularly fascinated by the odd-looking lumps and bumps we find growing on roots and leaves that we commonly refer as plant galls.
