| Achury, Rafael, Dr. | Postdoc | Biodiversity Exploratories |
| Argens, Laura | Ph.D.-student | Jena Experiment |
| Bastidas Urrutia, Ana Maria | Ph.D.-student / Maternity leave | Island biogeography, functional diversity, DynaCom |
| Both, Heiner | Technical support | Biodiversity Exploratories |
| Brendel, Tanja | Technical support | |
| Edelmann, Pascal | Ph.D.-student | Biodiversity Exploratories, deadwood and insects |
| Ehrhardt, Michael | General technician | Biodiversity Exploratories |
| Fairbairn, Andrew | Postdoc | Bioacoustics, urban ecology |
| Franke, Anna Katharina, Dr. | Local manager | Biodiversity Exploratories |
| Goedecke, Barbara | Technical support, Forester | Biodiversity Exploratories |
| Graf, Marlene | Ph.D.-student | |
| Haber, Wolfgang, Dr.rer.nat., Dr.sc.agr.h.c. | Professor Emeritus | Landscape ecology |
| Heinen, Robin, Dr. | Research associate | Plant-insect ecology |
| Hentschel, Zoé | Ph.D.-student | Urban ecology, Pollinators |
| Hochheim, Hartmut | Technical support | Biodiversity Exploratories |
| Künast, Robert | Ph.D.-student | Biodiversity Exploratories |
| Mak, Brandon | Postdoc | |
| Merkens, Lisa | Ph.D.-student | Ecolopes, modelling |
| Meyer, Sebastian T., Prof. Dr. | Deputy Head of Research Group | Biodiversity, Ecosystem Functioning, Agro- and Urban Ecology, Synthesis and Statistics |
| Mühlbauer, Maximilian | Ph.D.-student | |
| Neuhaus, Annika | Ph.D.-student | Plant-insect ecology |
| Ojeda-Prieto, Lina | Ph.D.-student | Tansy chemodiversity, Plant-insect ecology |
| Ott, Lisa | Master´s student | |
| Pavlova, Irina | Technical support | Biodiversity Exploratories |
| Plaga, Monika | Technical support | |
| Pompe, Sven, Dr. | Local manager | Biodiversity Exploratories |
| Pundsack, Meret | Ph.D.-student | Ecological connectivity modeling, Urban ecology, CoCoNet project |
| Rubanschi, Sven | Ph.D.-student | Species distribution modeling, bayklif |
| Sanchez, Oriana | Ph.D.-student / Maternity leave | |
| Schiebel, Rachel | Ph.D.-student | CitySoundscapes project |
| Schmitt, Rolf Themba | Master´s student | |
| Seilwinder, Claudia | Technical support / Office Management | Biodiversity Exploratories-BELongDead, Animal-Aided-Design |
| Setordjie, Elikplim Aku | Ph.D.-student | Tansy chemodiversity, Plant-insect ecology |
| Sturm, Sarah | Office Management, Secretary office | |
| Sweet, Fabio Sefanjo Timothy | Postdoc | Baysics, Urban ecology |
| Teschke, Alexander | Technical support | Biodiversity Exploratories |
| Weisser, Wolfgang W., Prof. Dr. | Head of Research Group | |
| Windorfer, Laura | Ph.D.-student | PROTOHAB project |
| Yao, Xia | Ph.D.-student | Urban biodiversity |
