Leitung
Hanieh Saeedi
Dr. Hanieh Saeedi
Koordinatorin
Datenmanager Ozean-Biogeographisches Informationssystem (OBIS), Tiefseeknoten, UNESCO
Vorsitz: Data Quality Control Task Team, OBIS
Forschungsinteressen
Ich bin daran interessiert, die treibenden Faktoren (ökologischer und evolutionärer Prozess) zu verstehen, die die Muster der biologischen Vielfalt und die Biogeographie in marinen Arten (Flach- und Tiefsee) mit Hilfe großer Datenmengen formen. Darüber hinaus bin ich daran interessiert, vorherzusagen, wie sich diese Muster der biologischen Vielfalt und die Verbreitungsgebiete der Arten unter dem künftigen Klimawandel verändern werden. Ich bin auch der Datenmanager für OBIS (Ocean Biogeographic Information System) Tiefseeknotenpunkte bei der UNESCO, spezialisiert auf die Verwaltung großer Datensätze, Biodiversitäts-Datenstandards und Qualitätskontrollaufgaben. Zur Durchführung meiner Forschung verwende ich verschiedene Fertigkeiten und wende verschiedene Methoden und Techniken an, wie z.B. Taxonomie (Morphologie und Molekularbiologie), Phylogenie, Biogeographie, Verwaltung großer Datenmengen, Biodiversitätsinformatik, Makroökologie sowie Modellierung der Artenverteilung und ökologische Modellierung.
Gegenwärtig leite ich Projekte in den Bereichen Digitalisierung von Museumssammlungen, Biogeographie, Biodiversitätsinformatik unter Verwendung von Großdaten auf regionaler (z.B. NW-Pazifik) und globaler Ebene. Ich arbeite auch für wissenschaftspolitische zwischenstaatliche Gremien wie IPBES (Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services), um grundlegende Informationen für Biodiversitäts-Bewertungsberichte als Reaktion auf politische Entscheidungsträger bereitzustellen, um den globalen Status der biologischen Vielfalt in den Weltmeeren besser zu verstehen und folglich effizientere strategische Managementpläne zur Erhaltung der biologischen Vielfalt der Ozeane aufzustellen.
Aktuelle Forschungsprojekte
– Biogeographie der Tiefseefauna des NW-Pazifiks und ihre möglichen zukünftigen Invasionen in den Arktischen Ozean (Benefizprojekt)
– Abschätzung der zukünftigen globalen Verlagerungsmuster von Flachwasser- und Tiefsee-Krebsen
– Biodiversität und Biogeographie der Muscheln entlang des NW-Pazifiks und des Arktischen Ozeans
– Biodiversität und zukünftige Verteilung von Korallen entlang des NW-Pazifiks und des Arktischen Ozeans
– Biogeographie des marinen Artenreichtums und Auswirkungen des Klimawandels
– IPBES thematische Bewertung von invasiven gebietsfremden Arten und deren Bekämpfung
Gelegenheiten für Studenten
Verschiedene Forschungsprojekte für Postdocs, Doktoranden, MSc- und BSc-Studenten sowie für Kurzpraktika stehen dieses Jahr und das ganze Jahr über zur Verfügung. Diese Möglichkeiten liegen vor allem in den Bereichen Biogeographie, Ökologie, Biodiversitätsinformatik und ökologische Modellierung. Weitere Postdoc- und PhD-Projekte können ebenfalls diskutiert und gemeinsam entwickelt werden. Bitte kontaktieren Sie mich für weitere Details.
Lehre
Ich habe mehr als 15 Jahre internationale Erfahrung im Unterrichten und Betreuen von Studenten vom Gymnasium bis zum MSc. Programmen.
Ausgewählte Publikationen
Saeedi, H., Simoes, M., Brandt, A. (2020). Biodiversity and distribution patterns of deep-sea fauna along the temperate NW Pacific. Progress in Oceanography, 183: 102296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102296.
Saeedi, H., Simoes, M., Brandt, A. (2019). Endemicity and community composition of marine species along the NW Pacific and the adjacent Arctic Ocean. Progress in Oceanography. Progress in Oceanography, 178: 102199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2019.102199.
Saeedi, H., Costello, M. J., Warren, D., Brandt, A. (2019). Latitudinal and bathymetrical species richness patterns in the NW Pacific and adjacent Arctic Ocean. Scientific Reports, 9:9303. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-45813-9.
Saeedi, H., Reimer, D. J., Brandt, J. M., Dumais, P. O., Jażdżewska, M. A., Jeffery, W. N., Thielen, M. P. (2019). Global marine biodiversity and prediction in the context of achieving the Aichi Targets: ways forward and addressing data gaps. Peerj, 7: e7221. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7221.
Saeedi, H., Bernardino A. F., Shimabukuro M., Falchetto G., & Sumida P. Y. G (2019). Macrofaunal community structure and biodiversity patterns based on a wood-fall experiment in the deep South-west Atlantic. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 145:73-82.
Saeedi, H. & Costello M. J. (2019). A world dataset on the geographic distributions of Solenidae razor clams (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Biodiversity Data Journal, 7:e31375. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.7.e31375.
Saeedi, H., Kamrani, E., Shayesteh, F., Nordhaus, I., Diele, K., Raeisi, H. (2018). Sediment Temperature Impact on Population Structure and Dynamics of the Crab Austruca iranica Pretzmann, 1971 (Crustacea: Ocypodidae) in Subtropical Mangroves of the Persian Gulf. Wetlands, 38(3): 539–549.
Saeedi, H., Costello, M. J. and Dennis, T. (2017). Modelling present and future global distributions of razor clams (Bivalvia: Solenidae). Helgoland Marine Research, 70: 23.
Chaudhary, C., Saeedi, H., & Costello, M. J. (2017). Marine species richness is bimodal with latitude. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 32(4): P234-237.
Saeedi, H., Costello, M. J. and Dennis, T. (2016). Bimodal latitudinal species richness and high endemicity in razor clams (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Journal of Biogeography. 44(3): 592–604.
Chaudhary, C., Saeedi, H., & Costello, M. J. (2016). Bimodality of latitudinal gradients in marine species richness. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 3(9): 670-676.
Research Affiliates
Saeideh Habibi Motlagh
Doktorandin
Educational background
2021 – present PhD Candidate, Marine Biology,Hormozgan University, Bandar Abbas, Iran
Proposal title: Molecular adaptation of amphipod, Parhyale darvishi to thermal stress in Persian Gulf
Cumulative GPA: 18.20/20
2014 – 2017 Master degree, Marin Biology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
Thesis title: Species assemblage and distribution of turtle barnacles (Cirripedia: Coronuloidea) on foraging green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the Persian Gulf
Cumulative GPA: 18.02/20
2008 – 2012 Bachelor degree, Marine science,Golestan University, Gorgan, Iran.
Cumulative
PUBLICATIONS
2021 Journal of Natural History
Species assemblage and distribution of turtle barnacles (Cirripedia: Coronuloidea) on foraging green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the Persian Gulf, Journal of Natural History, 54:33-34,2113-2123
2024 Journal of Applied Biology
Investigation of the effects of temperature and salinity fluctuations on the survival and activity of antioxidant enzymes, catalase (CAT) and peroxidase (POD), in the amphipod Parhyale darvishi in Persian Gulf
Paper CONFERENCES
27 -28 Feb 2024 Second International Conference on Marine Sciences with a Focus Innovation in Aquatic Ecosystems and Marine-Based Economy. University of Tehran. Qheshm Island, Iran.
Title: Investigating the Impact of the Lunar Cycle on the Reproductive Cycle of the Shore Barnacle
Microeuraphia permitini in Bandar Abbas Coast.
24-25, Apr 2024 Eleventh National Conference on Ichthyology of Iran University of Hormozgan, Iran.
Title: Barnacles: Ecosystem Role and Environmental Impacts
Aug 2015 The 19th National and 7th International Congress of Biology, Tabriz, Iran.
Title: Spatial distribution of turtle barnacles on green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas, from coastal waters of Qeshm Island, the Persian Gulf.
Diana Sattelmeier
Masterstudentin
Education
04/2023 – 05/2025 Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt, Physical Geography (M.Sc.)
Thesis: The global distribution and diversity of sea turtles (families Cheloniidae and Dermochelyidae) and their drivers (Supervised by Dr. Hanieh Saeedi & Prof. Dr. Thomas Hickler)
10/2019 – 12/2022 Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt, Physical Geography (B.Sc.)
Thesis: Islands below the sea surface – a transfer of classical concepts of island biogeography to seamounts (Supervised by Prof. Dr. Severin Irl & Prof. Dr. Thomas Hickler)
Internships & research experience
07/2024 – 08/2024 Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt
Research Internship (Supervised by Dr. Hanieh Saeedi)
10/2023 – 03/2024 Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt/La Palma
Own research project (Supervised by Dr. Pia Eibes, Prof. Dr. Severin Irl & Dr. Gianluigi Ottaviani)
Topic: Understanding the topographic distribution and influence of Salt Spray on the vegetation dynamics in lapilli fields of La Palma, Canary Islands
07/2021 – 09/2021 German Oceanographic Museum Stralsund
Internship (Supervised by Dr. Dorit Visbeck-Liebers)
Awards & Grants
10/2023 – 09/2024 Scholarship holder of the Deutschlandstipendium of the Goethe University Frankfurt
05/2021 – 05/2022 Participation in the ProCareer.MINT funding program
Negar Mazhari
Negar Mazhari
Bachelorstudentin
Mein besonderes Interesse gilt der Biodiversitätsforschung und der Analyse biologischer Daten. Durch meine Arbeit mit großen Datensätzen sowie räumlichen Analysemethoden gewinne ich wertvolle Erkenntnisse über ökologische Muster und Artverbreitung.
Mit Erfahrung als Laborantin und biologisch-technische Assistentin habe ich umfassende Kenntnisse in klinischer Chemie, Serologie und wissenschaftlichen Studien erworben. Zudem habe ich in der Sozialbetreuung organisatorische und interkulturelle Kompetenzen entwickelt.
Educational background
09/2021 – Present Goethe Universität Frankfurt
Bachelor Biowissenschaften
09/2020 – 09/2021 Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
Bachelor Biologie
03/2019 – 03/2020 Johannes Gutenberg- Universität Mainz
Medizinisches Studienkolleg, Studienkolleg
Professional experience
03/2020 – 03/2022 DRK Blutspendedienst Frankfurt am Main
Laborantin, Biologisch-technische Assistentin
08/2022 – 08/2023 Markus Krankenhaus
Laborantin
08/2025 – Present Deutsches Rotes Kreuz (DRK)
Sozialbetreuung
Mitarbeitende im Senckenberg Daten- und Modellierzentrum (SDMC)
Hanieh Saeedi
Dr. Hanieh Saeedi
Leitung SDMC Geobiodiversity Information and Data Management
Datenmanager Ozean-Biogeographisches Informationssystem (OBIS), Tiefseeknoten, UNESCO
Vorsitz: Data Quality Control Task Team, OBIS
Forschungsinteressen
Ich bin daran interessiert, die treibenden Faktoren (ökologischer und evolutionärer Prozess) zu verstehen, die die Muster der biologischen Vielfalt und die Biogeographie in marinen Arten (Flach- und Tiefsee) mit Hilfe großer Datenmengen formen. Darüber hinaus bin ich daran interessiert, vorherzusagen, wie sich diese Muster der biologischen Vielfalt und die Verbreitungsgebiete der Arten unter dem künftigen Klimawandel verändern werden. Ich bin auch der Datenmanager für OBIS (Ocean Biogeographic Information System) Tiefseeknotenpunkte bei der UNESCO, spezialisiert auf die Verwaltung großer Datensätze, Biodiversitäts-Datenstandards und Qualitätskontrollaufgaben. Zur Durchführung meiner Forschung verwende ich verschiedene Fertigkeiten und wende verschiedene Methoden und Techniken an, wie z.B. Taxonomie (Morphologie und Molekularbiologie), Phylogenie, Biogeographie, Verwaltung großer Datenmengen, Biodiversitätsinformatik, Makroökologie sowie Modellierung der Artenverteilung und ökologische Modellierung.
Gegenwärtig leite ich Projekte in den Bereichen Digitalisierung von Museumssammlungen, Biogeographie, Biodiversitätsinformatik unter Verwendung von Großdaten auf regionaler (z.B. NW-Pazifik) und globaler Ebene. Ich arbeite auch für wissenschaftspolitische zwischenstaatliche Gremien wie IPBES (Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services), um grundlegende Informationen für Biodiversitäts-Bewertungsberichte als Reaktion auf politische Entscheidungsträger bereitzustellen, um den globalen Status der biologischen Vielfalt in den Weltmeeren besser zu verstehen und folglich effizientere strategische Managementpläne zur Erhaltung der biologischen Vielfalt der Ozeane aufzustellen.
Aktuelle Forschungsprojekte
– Biogeographie der Tiefseefauna des NW-Pazifiks und ihre möglichen zukünftigen Invasionen in den Arktischen Ozean (Benefizprojekt)
– Abschätzung der zukünftigen globalen Verlagerungsmuster von Flachwasser- und Tiefsee-Krebsen
– Biodiversität und Biogeographie der Muscheln entlang des NW-Pazifiks und des Arktischen Ozeans
– Biodiversität und zukünftige Verteilung von Korallen entlang des NW-Pazifiks und des Arktischen Ozeans
– Biogeographie des marinen Artenreichtums und Auswirkungen des Klimawandels
– IPBES thematische Bewertung von invasiven gebietsfremden Arten und deren Bekämpfung
Gelegenheiten für Studenten
Verschiedene Forschungsprojekte für Postdocs, Doktoranden, MSc- und BSc-Studenten sowie für Kurzpraktika stehen dieses Jahr und das ganze Jahr über zur Verfügung. Diese Möglichkeiten liegen vor allem in den Bereichen Biogeographie, Ökologie, Biodiversitätsinformatik und ökologische Modellierung. Weitere Postdoc- und PhD-Projekte können ebenfalls diskutiert und gemeinsam entwickelt werden. Bitte kontaktieren Sie mich für weitere Details.
Lehre
Ich habe mehr als 15 Jahre internationale Erfahrung im Unterrichten und Betreuen von Studenten vom Gymnasium bis zum MSc. Programmen.
Ausgewählte Publikationen
Saeedi, H., Simoes, M., Brandt, A. (2020). Biodiversity and distribution patterns of deep-sea fauna along the temperate NW Pacific. Progress in Oceanography, 183: 102296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102296.
Saeedi, H., Simoes, M., Brandt, A. (2019). Endemicity and community composition of marine species along the NW Pacific and the adjacent Arctic Ocean. Progress in Oceanography. Progress in Oceanography, 178: 102199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2019.102199.
Saeedi, H., Costello, M. J., Warren, D., Brandt, A. (2019). Latitudinal and bathymetrical species richness patterns in the NW Pacific and adjacent Arctic Ocean. Scientific Reports, 9:9303. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-45813-9.
Saeedi, H., Reimer, D. J., Brandt, J. M., Dumais, P. O., Jażdżewska, M. A., Jeffery, W. N., Thielen, M. P. (2019). Global marine biodiversity and prediction in the context of achieving the Aichi Targets: ways forward and addressing data gaps. Peerj, 7: e7221. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7221.
Saeedi, H., Bernardino A. F., Shimabukuro M., Falchetto G., & Sumida P. Y. G (2019). Macrofaunal community structure and biodiversity patterns based on a wood-fall experiment in the deep South-west Atlantic. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 145:73-82.
Saeedi, H. & Costello M. J. (2019). A world dataset on the geographic distributions of Solenidae razor clams (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Biodiversity Data Journal, 7:e31375. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.7.e31375.
Saeedi, H., Kamrani, E., Shayesteh, F., Nordhaus, I., Diele, K., Raeisi, H. (2018). Sediment Temperature Impact on Population Structure and Dynamics of the Crab Austruca iranica Pretzmann, 1971 (Crustacea: Ocypodidae) in Subtropical Mangroves of the Persian Gulf. Wetlands, 38(3): 539–549.
Saeedi, H., Costello, M. J. and Dennis, T. (2017). Modelling present and future global distributions of razor clams (Bivalvia: Solenidae). Helgoland Marine Research, 70: 23.
Chaudhary, C., Saeedi, H., & Costello, M. J. (2017). Marine species richness is bimodal with latitude. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 32(4): P234-237.
Saeedi, H., Costello, M. J. and Dennis, T. (2016). Bimodal latitudinal species richness and high endemicity in razor clams (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Journal of Biogeography. 44(3): 592–604.
Chaudhary, C., Saeedi, H., & Costello, M. J. (2016). Bimodality of latitudinal gradients in marine species richness. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 3(9): 670-676.
Andreas Allspach
Sammlungsmanager
SDMC Geobiodiversity Information and Data Management
SDMC Geobiodiversity Information and Data Management
Der Sammlungsmanager ist überwiegend für die sach/fachliche Weiterentwicklung der Sammlungsdatenbank SeSam und AQUiLA und die Unterstützung der Anwender bei der Dateneingabe bzw. für den überwiegenden Teil des Datenimports aus den Altdateien von Excel- Word- und Access-Dateine verantwortlich.
Zu seinen Aufgaben gehören auch der Benutzerkatalog, Anlage neuer Benutzerkonten und der Support der SeSam-Instanzen außerhalb der Frankfurter Sammlungen.
Mithilfe bei Projekten, die überwiegend SeSam für Dateneingabe und AQUiLA zur Datenpräsentation nutzen und Unterstützung deren User wird supportet.
M.Sc. Anke Penzlin
Wissenschaftliche Datenkuratorin, SDMC Geobiodiversity Information and Data Management
04/2018-11/2021 GFBio
12/2021 Scientific Data Curator SGN
Vijaya Nawale
Vijaya Arun-Nawale
Wissenschaftliche Programmiererin, SDMC Geobiodiversity Information and Data Management
Ehemalige
Dr. Farzaneh Momtazi
Postdoc
Fax +49 0 69/746238
Research Interests
I am an amphipod taxonomist. I am interested to know everything about amphipods; taxonomy, phylogeny, biogeography and speciation. After ten years working on amphipod taxonomy, I focused on biodiversity patterns of amphipods across space and time and the impact of climate change on amphipod species diversity in the past, present and future. In past projects, I have explored the unknown diversity of amphipods in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman and described 17 new species from the region. My work in Senckenberg as host for Humboldt fellowship is revealing the global and regional biodiversity pattern of amphipods, driving environmental factor and habitat suitability modelling.
Current research projects
Recent Postdoc: Predicting the effect of climate change on amphipods community in the Persian Gulf
Now: SOSA – Senckenberg Ocean Species Alliance
Research experience
2013-2022 Assistant Professor at Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science, Tehran, Iran
- Research project (2019-2022) PI for macrobenthic studies of oceanographic expedition in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman
- Research project (2016-2019) Taxonomy of subtidal benthic amphipods (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from the Gulf of Oman, PGGOOS Collection
- Research project (2013-2016) Gathering, standardization/digitization and interpretation of existing biological data of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman based on Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)
- Research project (2013-2015) Study of taxonomy and species richness of supralittoral amphipods from Iranian coastal waters of the Persian Gulf
2008-2013 PhD student at School of Biology and Centre of Excellence in Phylogeny of Living Organisms, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
- PhD thesis “Taxonomy and morphological variation of intertidal marine Amphipoda in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman” (A Score)
2006 – 2008 MSc student at Department of Biology, Fersowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran (2006-2008)
- M.Sc. Thesis “the anatomical study of tympanic bullae in genus Meriones and investigation of its character state values in taxonomic and phylogenic studies” (A Score)
Teaching experience
- Department of Biology, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran (2012-2020), teaching zoology, mammalogy and insects
- Department of Biology, Azad University, Tehran, Iran (2009-2014), teaching Biosystematics, vertebrate and invertebrate zoology, lab of vertebrate zoology
Achievements
- Humboldt fellowship for research on “Predicting the effect of climate change on amphipods community in the Persian Gulf”, December 2022
- Research grant from Iran National Science Foundation, 2021, primary study on effects of climate change on marine ecosystems in Iran
- Research grant from Leibniz Association, 2019, on “making DELTA database for marine amphipods of the Persian Gulf”.
- Selecting as a best researcher at Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science, 2018.
- UNESCO/IOC- fellowship for attending at UNESCO/IOC- Crustacean Taxonomy Training, Indonesia 2016
- The highest score in the doctoral exam, University of Tehran, 2008.
Dr. Chhaya Chaudhary
Postdoc
Research Interests
I am a biodiversity analyst interested in the patterns of biodiversity across space and time. I am focusing on the questions relating to the latitudinal, longitudinal, and depth gradient in species diversity and their potential drivers. I am also interested in understanding and quantifying the impact of climate change on species diversity in the past, present and future. In past projects, I have explored the patterns in a variety of taxa, including nearly 50,000 marine species, and 330 genera of ants. The work ranged from exploring spatial gradient to defining biogeographic realms on a global scale. My work in Senckenberg includes habitat suitability modelling to explore species-climate-space dynamics in the NW Pacific and the Arctic Ocean.
Current research projects
Beneficial project- extension phase
- Marine species distribution range along the NW Pacific and the Arctic Ocean in the present and future
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Chhaya_Chaudhary
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
February 2019 –August 2020: Post Doctoral Researcher, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Project Title: Identifying the biogeographic realms using ants’ locations from the GABI (Global Ants Biogeographic Information System) database.
Project Title: Geographic bias in conservation funding allocated to threatened and non- threatened species at a global scale.
May 2014 – February 2019: PhD student, The University of Auckland, Institute of Marine Science
Thesis Title: Global scale distribution of marine species diversity (an analysis of latitudinal and bathymetric gradients)
Jan 2011 – June 2011: Research Intern, Indian Institute of Sciences, Civil Engineering Department
Project Title: Simulation of Spatial Distribution of Aquatic Species on the basis of Water Quality of River Tungabhadra, Karanataka, India.
Project Title: Modelling of Urban Floods in Bangalore City, Karnataka, India.
July 2009 – Dec 2010: Research Trainee, Forest Research Institute, India
Project Title: A review of Waste Water Treatment in North India.
Project Title: Diversity of Alternaria spp. in Forest Research Institute campus using microbiological techniques.
Project Title: Mapping of the Deodar forest in Garhwal division of Uttarakhand, India, with the help of Remote sensing tools.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
March 2017 – February 2019, Teaching Assistant (Marine 202), University of Auckland
July 2015 – February 2019, Exam supervisor, University of Auckland
February 2015, Demonstrator (BioSci 104), University of Auckland
August 2012- August 2013: Lecturer, Sai Institute of Paramedical Sciences, Dehradun, India
ACHIEVEMENTS
The Division of Ecology and Biodiversity PDF Research Award, 2019 by The University of Hong Kong, to fulfil the computational requirements for ants’ biogeographic realms project.
Institute of Marine Science PBRF fund, 2018 by The University of Auckland, to support the paper publications from my PhD thesis.
EMODNET scholarship (for analysing species distribution traits data from WoRMS and OBIS), September 2015 – July 2016; Funded by the Flanders Marine Institute.
The University of Auckland U21 Doctoral Student Mobility Scholarship for 2016: for two months to visit University of Queensland (July – September 2016).
Qualified the examination conducted by CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research)/ UGC (University Grant Commission) (2012) in India for the eligibility for lectureship in Life Sciences.
Merit Scholarship, (July 2010), Forest Research Institute (Deemed) University, India.
SKILLS
Data base management, Data analysis, Species distribution modelling
Databases hands on: OBIS, GBIF, FISHBASE, GMED, GABI.
Software: Arc GIS, R, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SIGMA PLOT, Maxent, SWMM, QUAL2K.
Selected publications
Costello, M. J., Tsai, P., Cheung, A. K. L., Basher, Z., & Chaudhary, C. (2018). Reply to ‘Dissimilarity measures affected by richness differences yield biased delimitations of biogeographic realms’. Nature communications, 9(1), 5085.
Costello, M. J., Tsai, P., Wong, P. S., Cheung, A. K. L., Basher, Z., & Chaudhary, C. (2017). Marine biogeographic realms and species endemicity. Nature Communications, 8(1), 1057.
Costello, M. J., & Chaudhary, C. (2017). Marine Biodiversity, Biogeography, Deep-Sea Gradients, and Conservation. Current Biology, 27(11), R511-R527.
Chaudhary, C., Saeedi, H., & Costello, M. J. (2017). Marine Species Richness Is Bimodal with Latitude: A Reply to Fernandez and Marques. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 32(4), 234-237.
Chaudhary, C., Saeedi, H., & Costello, M. J. (2016). Bimodality of latitudinal gradients in marine species richness. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 31(9), 670-676.
PUBLICATIONS
Costello, M. J., Tsai, P., Cheung, A. K. L., Basher, Z., & Chaudhary, C. (2018). Reply to ‘Dissimilarity measures affected by richness differences yield biased delimitations of biogeographic realms’. Nature communications, 9(1), 5085.
Costello MJ, Arifanti T, Chaudhary C, Jayathilake D, Lin H, Pagès M, Pamungkas J, Saeedi H, Sucharitakul P, Zhao Q. (2018). Mapping marine species richness and endemicity at global scales. PeerJ Preprints 6:e26501v1https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26501v1
Costello, M. J., Tsai, P., Wong, P. S., Cheung, A. K. L., Basher, Z., & Chaudhary, C. (2017). Marine biogeographic realms and species endemicity. Nature Communications, 8(1), 1057.
Costello, M. J., & Chaudhary, C. (2017). Marine Biodiversity, Biogeography, Deep-Sea Gradients, and Conservation. Current Biology, 27(11), R511-R527.
Chaudhary, C., Saeedi, H., & Costello, M. J. (2017). Marine Species Richness Is Bimodal with Latitude: A Reply to Fernandez and Marques. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 32(4), 234-237.
Chaudhary, C., Saeedi, H., & Costello, M. J. (2016). Bimodality of latitudinal gradients in marine species richness. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 31(9), 670-676.
Chaudhary, C. (2014) Simulation of spatial distribution of fish species in 200 km stretch of Tungabhadra River on the basis of oxygen variability. Journal of Ecosystem and Ecography, 4(2), 1. doi:10.4172/2157-7625.1000143.
PUBLICATIONS (UNDER REVIEW)
Chaudhary, C., & Costello, M. J. Latitudinal gradients in marine beta diversity.
Chaudhary, C., Richardson, A., Schoeman, D., & Costello, M. J. Global latitudinal gradients in benthic and pelagic species change with climate warming.
Costello, M.J., Bates, A., Burrows, M., Chaudhary, C., Edgar, G., Wei, C. L., Stuart-Smith, R., Yasuhara, M., & Corkrey, R. Biological, ecological and evolutionary significance of 20°C.
PUBLICATIONS (TO BE SUBMITTED)
Chaudhary, C., & Guenard, B. Geographic bias in conservation funding allocated to threatened and non- threatened species at a global scale.
Chaudhary, C., Wang, R., Haas, J., Economo, E., & Guenard, B. Biogeographic realms of ants based on taxonomic and phylogenetic beta diversity.
PRESENTATIONS
June 20- 22, 2018: Presented “The effect of temperature on species diversity and change in latitudinal gradients in species diversity over time”, in the “Role of temperature on marine biodiversity” at the University of Auckland.
September 25- 28, 2017: Presented “Latitudinal gradients in marine species richness” as a contributed speaker, at International Biogeographic meeting 2017, Bangalore, India.
August 3, 2016: Presented talk entitled “Latitudinal gradients in marine species richness and its possible reasons”, at CSIRO, Brisbane, Australia.
July 4-8, 2016: Conference talk entitled “Bimodality of latitudinal gradients in marine species richness”, at GEO BON Open Science Conference and all Hands Meeting, Leipzig, Germany
February 9-12, 2016: Poster presented (online) entitled “Bimodality of latitudinal gradients in marine species richness”, at “Species on the move” conference, Tasmania, Australia.
July 6-9, 2015: Conference talk entitled “Latitudinal gradients in marine species richness at global scale”, at an annual conference associated with the New Zealand Marine Sciences Society hosted by The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
February 6- 7, 2010: Presented poster entitled “Waste Water Treatment in North India” in 2nd Rashtriya Yuva Vaigyanik Sammelan – 2010 hosted by Doon University, Dehradun.
November10-12, 2010: Presented poster entitled “Diversity of Alternaria in Forest Research Institute Campus using Microbiological Techniques”, at 5th Uttarakhand State Science and Technology Congress- 2010 conference hosted by Doon University, Dehradun.
Joan Alfaro-Lucas
Postdoc
I am a community ecologist interested in the patterns of multiple facets of biodiversity and their drivers, and how human activities may change them, especially but not exclusively in the deep sea. This includes not only species but functional diversity and the compositional change in species and functional entities along space and time.
Personal site: https://alfarolucas.wixsite.com/deepecology
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.es/citations?user=-d2DF1sAAAAJ&hl=en&authuser=1
Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/JOAN_MANEL_ALFARO_LUCAS
Current research project
Beneficial Project – Extension phase:
- Species richness patterns and compositional species change (β-diversity) of shallow and deep-sea fauna of the NW Pacific and Arctic Ocean along latitude and depth gradient
- Biogeography of the shallow and deep-sea fauna of the NW Pacific and Arctic Ocean.
Professional experience:
Postdoc Researcher Angelika Brandt Lab, Senckenberg Research Institute, Germany.
September 2020-Current.
Role: Beneficial Project: extension phase. Creation of marine Arctic & NW Pacific species occurrences databases. Data analyses including biogeography and biodiversity analyses along latitude and depth gradients.
Education:
Ph.D. Marine Ecology University of Bretagne Occidentale (UBO) & French Institute of Research for the Exploitation of the Sea (Ifremer), France.
October 2016-December 2019.
Dissertation: Influence of hydrothermal activity and substratum types on faunal colonization processes in the deep-sea.
M.Sc. Oceanography Oceanographic Institute of the University of São Paulo (IO-USP), Brazil.
March 2013-November 2015.
Specialization: Biological Oceanography.
Thesis: Community structure and ecology of the worldwide deepest and first deep-sea Atlantic whale-fall community: implications for the stepping-stone hypothesis and whale-fall biogeography.
B.A. Biology Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain.
January 2006–September 2012.
Specialization: Organisms and Systems.
Thesis: Creation and organization of the fish taxonomic collection of the University of Minas Gerais (Brazil).
Others: UAB Overseas Study Program at University of Minas Gerais (UMG), Brazil. Specialization: Ecology. 2011/2012.
Experience:
• R environment (7-year experience) for data analysis, statistical tests & figure creation.
• Species & functional biodiversity analyses including -diversity. Creation & analysis of large databases. Experience with vegan, adespatial, betapart and FD R packages.
• Stable isotope analyses (13C, 15N and 34S) for trophic and niche analyses.
• Sampling of marine fauna (box- & multi-corer, landers). Sorting & identification of deep-sea taxa.
Peer-reviewed Publications:
Articles
J.M., Alfaro-Lucas, F., Pradillon, D., Zeppilli, L.N., Michel, P., Martinez-Arbizu, H., Tanaka, M., Foviaux, J., Sarrazin. 2020. High environmental stress and productivity enhance functional richness along a deep-sea hydrothermal vent gradient. Ecology 00(00), e03144. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3144
M., Shimabukuro, O., Carrerette, J.M., Alfaro-Lucas, A.E., Rizzo, K.M., Halanych, P.Y.G., Sumida. 2019. Diversity, distribution and phylogeny of Hesionidae (Annelida) colonizing whale falls: new species of Sirsoe and connections between ocean basins. Frontiers in Marine Science 6, 478. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00478
J.M., Alfaro-Lucas, M., Shimabukuro, I. V., Ogata, Y., Fujiwara, P. Y. G., Sumida. 2018. Trophic structure and chemosynthesis contributions to heterotrophic fauna inhabiting an abyssal whale carcass. Marine Ecology Progress Series 596, 1-12. *Editor’s Feature Article. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12617
M., Shimabukuro, C.S.G., Santos, J.M., Alfaro-Lucas, Y., Fujiwara, P.Y.G., Sumida. 2016. A new eyeless species of Neanthes (Annelida: Nereididae) associated with a whale-fall community from the deep Southwest Atlantic Ocean. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 146, 27-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2017.10.013
M., Shimabukuro, A.E., Rizzo, J.M., Alfaro-Lucas, Y., Fujiwara, P.Y.G., Sumida. 2016. Sphaerodoropsis kitazatoi, a new species and the first record of Sphaerodoridae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) in SW Atlantic abyssal sediments around a whale carcass. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 146, 18-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2017.04.003
J.M., Alfaro-Lucas, G.D., Ferreira, M., Shimabukuro, H., Kitazato, P.Y.G., Sumida, Y., Fujiwara. 2016. Bone-eating Osedax worms (Annelida: Siboglinidae) regulate biodiversity of deep-sea whale-fall communities. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 146, 4-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2017.04.011
P.Y.G. Sumida, J. M. Alfaro-Lucas, M. Shimabukuro, H. Kitazato, J.A.A. Perez, A. Soares-Gomes, T. Toyofuku, A. O. S. Lima, K. Ara and Y. Fujiwara. 2016. Deep-sea whale fall fauna from the Atlantic resembles that of the Pacific Ocean. Scientific Reports 6, 22139. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep22139
C.F. Silva, M. Shimabukuro, J.M. Alfaro-Lucas, Y. Fujiwara, P.Y.G. Sumida, A.C.Z. Amaral. 2015. A new Capitella polychaete worm (Annelida: Capitellidae) living inside whale bones in the abyssal South Atlantic. Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 108, 23-31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2015.12.004
Book chapters
M., Shimabukuro, J.M., Alfaro-Lucas, A.F., Bernardino, R.B., Ramos, M.M., Mahiques, P.Y.G., Sumida. 2020. Chemosynthetic ecosystems on the Brazilian deep-sea margin. In book: Brazilian Deep-Sea Biodiversity. P.Y.G Sumida, A.F., Bernardino, & F., De Leo (Eds). Springer, Switzerland. https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030532215
Grants & Awards
Labex Mer Master II Salary Support Grant (M.Sc. Martin Foviaux)
2018 (€4000)
Dive Deeper Research Bursary – Deep-Sea Biology Society
2020 ($1000)
Scholarships:
Scholarships for University Studies of the Spanish Ministry of Education
2006/2009/2010 (€3000)
University of Minas Gerais Research Foundation Scholarship
2011 ($700)
Santander Bank Iberoamerica Scholarship
2012 (€3000)
University of São Paulo Teaching Assistant Scholarship (PAE)
2014 ($900)
Brazilian Federal Funding Agency (CNPQ) Scholarship
2013/15 ($16000)
Ifremer Ph.D. full-time contract
2016/19 (€54000)
Labex Mer Scholarship for International Symposiums Attendance
2017 ($1000)
Ifremer Scholarship for Short Specialized Visits
2018 (€1000)
Ifremer Scholarship for International PhD Mobility
2019 (€1000)
Presentations at Symposiums: *oral/flash talks only
J.M., Alfaro-Lucas, M., Foviaux, D., Zeppilli, F., Pradillon, J., Sarrazin. “The role of environmental filtering on community structure in the vicinity of hydrothermal vents in the Lucky Strike vent field”. 6th Chemosynthesis-Based Ecosystems Symposium, Woods Hole, USA
August 27th-September 1st 2017
J.M., Alfaro-Lucas, M., Foviaux, L.N., Michel, G., Schaal, D., Zeppilli, F., Pradillon, J., Sarrazin. “Environmental conditions, substratum nature and biotic interactions on hydrothermal fauna colonization patterns at Lucky Strike”. 15th Deep-Sea Biology Symposium, Monterey, USA.
September 9th-14th 2018
J.M., Alfaro-Lucas, M., Foviaux, L.N., Michel, G., Schaal, D., Zeppilli, F., Pradillon, J., Sarrazin. “Environmental conditions and substratum nature on hydrothermal fauna colonization patterns at the Lucky Strike vent field”. 3rd Colloque National sur la Biologie et l’Ecologie des Ecosystèmes à base de Chimiosynthèse, Roscoff, France.
November 14th-16th 2018
J.M., Alfaro-Lucas, D., Zeppilli, F., Pradillon, L.N., Michel, P., Martinez-Arbizu, H., Tanaka M., Foviaux, J., Sarrazin. “High environmental stress and productivity increase functional diversity along a deep-sea hydrothermal vent gradient”. InterRidge Theoretical Institute 2019, Banyuls, France.
November 18th-21st 2019
Oceanographic Cruises
Biosuor project cruises: deployment/recovery of box-core & landers (1500m and 3300m depth) off Brazil on-board the R/V Alpha Crucis (USP) (1st leg) & R/V Almirante Maximiano (Brazilian Navy) (2nd leg). 3000 nautical miles in total. PI: Dr Paulo Sumida.
May 29th-June 7th 2013 & May 18th-May 28th 2015
Bicose II project cruise: Sample collection & treatment at TAG/Snake Pit hydrothermal vent fields on board the R/V Pouquoi Pas? (Ifremer). Dive with the HOV Nautile (3600m depth). PI: Dr Marie Anne Cambon.
January 28th-March 10th 2018
Affiliations/Memberships/Working groups
Deep-Sea Biology Society.
2015-Current
Deep Ocean Stewardship Initiative (Climate Change WG).
2015-Current
MacroChess InterRidge Working Group: a global, open-source database of deep-sea chemosynthetic ecosystems lead by Dr. Lissette Victorero. Role: leader of organic-fall habitats.
January 2020-Current
Reviewer in International Journals
Marine Ecology Progress Series (IF 2.36).
Deep-Sea Research I: Oceanographic Research Papers (IF 2.85).
Languages:
Catalan (native), Spanish (bilingual), Portuguese (proficient), French (proficient) & English (proficient).