Education
2017 - present |
PhD Student Department of Biogeographie, University of Bayreuth, Germany Focus on habitat fragmentation and climate change in protected areas |
2015 - 2017 |
M.Sc. Student Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, CA, USA Focus on the effects of habitat fragmentation and biodiversity on the Lyme disease causing pathogen Borrelia burgdorferi |
2010-2014 |
B.Sc. Student Department of Geography, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Germany Focus on population dynamics of the invasive American mink in Europe |
Experience
2020 |
Carpathian Wolf Watch: Slovak Wildlife Society, Slovakia Winter tracking of wolf and lynx. Identification and sampling of wolf and lynx markings and kill-sites. Wildlife camera work. |
2019 - present |
University of Bayreuth, Germany Teaching instructor for biogeographical seminars |
2015 - 2017 |
San Francisco State University, CA, USA Teaching assistant in General Biology, Ecology, Disease Ecology, and Genetics |
2015 - 2017 |
Small Mammal Undergraduate Research, Santa Cruz, CA, USA Trapping, identifying, and anaesthetizing small mammals, mark-and-recapture studies |
2014 - 2016 |
Santa Cruz Puma Project, CA, USA Field wildlife assistant. Focus on tracking, monitoring, baiting, capturing and collaring the local puma population in the Santa Cruz mountains |
2013 |
Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC, USA Identifying, organizing, archiving, and digitizing modern and historic maps. Working with ArcGIS, Photoshop, and Microsoft access database |
2010 |
Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association, Kenai, Alaska, USA Sole live-in manager of remote environmental research station. Daily salmon counts, station and supply maintenance, biological sampling of salmon specimens |
2006 - 2014 |
National Park Berchtesgaden, Berchtesgaden, Germany Ranger assistant and long-term member. Blazing and repairing of trails, leading of educational programs, training in mountain and wilderness safety techniques |
2005 - 2010 |
Herpetological Institute, Salzburg, Austria Identified, counted and sampled amphibian and reptile populations during their yearly migration for the management and protection of their population |
Scientific Skills
Distinctions and Awards
First prize for young scientists during 13th intern. Symposium on Tick and Tick-borne Diseases for oral presentation „The factors that shape vector aggregation on small mammal hosts “
Competitive, merit-based grant for graduate research on the effects of habitat fragmentation on the genetic diversity of Lyme disease pathogens
Competitive, merit-based DAAD scholarship for internship in Washington DC.
Provides distinguished undergraduate students with funding and internship opportunities in ecological conservation
Invited to hold nature documentation exhibition (05/2009)
Awarded twice in the youth Category of the international photography competition 2008
BayCEER-Kolloquium: |
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Do. 16.05.2024 Dimethylated thioarsenates: potentially dangerous hidden arsenic species in rice and rice products |
Dialog: |
Fr. 17.05.2024 Forum Zukunftswald: Bodenvegetation: Erkennen und deren Bedeutung für den Waldbau |
Ökologisch-Botanischer Garten: |
Mi. 15.05.2024 Kurzführung | "Botanische Mittagspause" |
So. 19.05.2024 Führung | "Den ÖBG Kennenlernen: Allgemeine Gartenführung" |
Mi. 29.05.2024 Führung | "Grüne Apotheke: Heilpflanzen" |