wir sind die Vertreter von BSc, MSc, Praktikant*innen, Doktorand*innen und Postdocs aller Senckenberg Standorte. Wir fungieren als Schnittstelle zwischen Studierenden, Betreuenden und unserer Verwaltung.
Alle Jungwissenschaftler*innen sind eingeladen bei den Young Scientists mitzuwirken und sich einzubringen.
Worum geht es bei uns?
Vernetzung über die Senckenberg-Standorte hinweg durch monatliche Treffen und unseren jährlichen Young Scientists Retreat.
Vertretung für Nachwuchswissenschaftler durch unsere Rolle im Wissenschaftsausschuss (wissenschaftlicher Beirat des Direktoriums) und regelmäßige Treffen mit einem Mitglied des Direktoriums.
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Save the date! Unser nächster Retreat ist vom 15. bis 16. Juli 2020 in Görlitz
Wir veranstalten jährliche Young Scientists Retreats, die 2008 in Wilhelmshaven begonnen haben und abwechselnd in Frankfurt und an den anderen Senckenberg-Standorten stattfinden.
Unser Young Scientists Retreat ist eine großartige Möglichkeit um sich zu vernetzen, mehr über Senckenberg zu erfahren und Deine Forschung zu teilen.
Sehen und gesehen werden: Präsentiere Deine aktuelle Forschung, Abschlussarbeit oder ein (geplantes) Projekt durch Science Slams, Vorträge und Poster.
Einblicke in Senckenberg: Erfahre mehr über Strukturen und Prozesse innerhalb Senckenbergs und diskutiere mit dem Senckenberg Direktorium.
Profitiere vom Senckenberg-Netzwerk: Lerne andere Wissenschaftler*innen kennen, tausche Dich aus und profitiere von neuen Kooperationen und unseren Erfahrungen. Eingeladene Gäste halten Vorträge über interessante Forschungsarbeiten oder zu spezifischen Themen des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses, wie z.B. Mentoring, Drittmittel etc.
Reisen zu neuen Orten: Lerne die anderen Senckenberg-Standorte, ihre Forschungsgebiete, Einrichtungen und Mitarbeiter*innen kennen.
Have fun! Zu jedem Young Scientists Retreat gehört eine Exkursion – wir sind durch das Watt in Wilhelmshaven gewatet, haben uns geologische Formationen in der Sächsischen Schweiz angeschaut, Fossilienlagerstätten in der Grube Messel erkundet und im Spessart nach Bibern gesucht.
Monthly meetings
Am ersten Montag eines jeden Monats um 16 Uhr sind alle Young Scientists zu unseren Monthly Meetings über Skype eingeladen. Die Diskussionen werden von den Haupt- und Standortsprecher*innen geleitet, die immer auf der Suche nach Feedback und Ideen von anderen Jungwissenschaftler*innen sind. Wir diskutieren über Themen aus den verschiedenen Senckenberg-Standorten, aus unseren Arbeitsgruppen (siehe unten) und planen unsere Treffen der Standortsprecher*innen und die Young Scientists Retreats. Bitte schreibe uns eine E-Mail, wenn Du an einem Treffen teilnehmen möchtest. Wir freuen uns immer über neue Teilnehmer*innen, auch wenn Du einfach nur zuhören und lernen wollen, was sich bei uns abspielt. Häufig nimmt bereits eine Gruppe deines Standortes teil, sodass Du dich am besten direkt bei den Standortsprecher*innen meldest (siehe unten). Unsere Monthly Meetings sind auch eine gute Möglichkeit um zu erfahren, wie man sich bei uns einbringen kann.
Die Young Scientists werden von den Promovierenden der Senckenberg Institute gebildet. Jeder Jungwissenschaftler ist eingeladen bei den Young Scientists mitzuwirken und sich einzubringen.
Bei Fragen zu den Young Scientists, zur Promotion, Problemen, Kritik, Verbesserungsvorschläge oder zur aktiven Teilnahme bitte eine Email schicken an youngscientists@senckenberg.de.
YS Speaker Meeting im Juni 2018.
Jedes Jahr stimmen wir auf dem Young Scientists Retreat über die Besetzung der unten aufgeführten Positionen ab.
Für den Zeitraum August 2019 – Juli 2020 wurden folgende Personen gewählt:
Hauptsprecher
Theresa Stratmann
Ph.D. Student, Member of Research Group 'Movement Ecology'
My research interest is in conservation biology and how we can use math and modeling to make better decisions regarding conservation. While studying my master’s degree I used bog turtles (Glyptemys muhlenbergii) as a case study for how we can resource-efficiently locate and survey rare and elusive species. This work combined species distribution modeling and intensive field work in close collaboration with state wildlife agencies in the United States to give me first-hand experience into what it means to conserve species at ground-level. For my Ph. D. I am changing my focus to examine how movement affects population dynamics in highly mobile animals. My study system is the Eastern Steppe of Mongolia and the nomadic Mongolian Gazelles (Procapra gutturosa). I will simulate this system by programming an herbivore-vegetation model. To do this I am combining expertise from the two working groups I am involved in. I am a part of Thomas Müller’s group, whose focus is on movement ecology and conservation, and Thomas Hickler’s group, whose focus is on vegetation modeling and effects of climate change. We hope this modeling approach will help us better understand how important mobility is to long-term population persistence of animals living in unpredictable and dynamic landscapes.
Past Projects:
B.S. Ecology, Minor Mathematics, summa cum laude, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA, (Lab of Dr. John Maerz: click here)
M.S. Wildlife and Fisheries Biology, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA, (Lab of Dr. Kyle Barrett: click here)
CURRENT PROJECTS
My work is part of the BMBF project MoreStep which brings together social and ecological sciences to identify societal drivers that can lead to an ecological tipping point of the Mongolian steppe ecosystem. Our role is to use the herbivore-vegetation model to examine the importance of movement in maintaining sustainable numbers of wild and domestic herbivores. The model will also be used to disentangle the effects of climate and grazing on vegetation.
Check out the animation I made for the paper here.
Stratmann, T. S. M., T. Floyd, and K. Barrett (2016): Locating suitable habitat for a rare species: evaluation of a species distribution model for Bog Turtles ( Glyptemys muhlenbergii) in the southeastern United States. Herpetological Conservation and Biology. 11(1): 199-213.
Munscher, E., A. Walde, T. S. M. Stratmann, and B. Butterfield (2015): Exceptional Growth Rates Observed in Immature Pseudemys from a Protected Spring System in Florida. Herpetology Notes. 8: 133-140.
Pierson, T., T. S. M. Stratmann, E. White, A. Clause, C. Carter, M. Herr, A. Jenkins, H. Vogel, M. Knoerr, and B. Folt (2014): New County Records of Amphibians and Reptiles Resulting from a Bioblitz Competition in North-Central Georgia, USA. Herpetological Review. 45(2): 296-297.
Floyd, T.M., T.S.M. Stratmann, G.J. Brown, III, and C.S. Pfaff (2013): Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis. Terrestrial Movement. Herpetological Review. 44:651.
ProteaNet: Spatiotemporal dynamics of plant-animal interaction networks
ProteaNet is the follow-up project of ProteaBird and investigates Protea communities in South African fynbos. I will extend spatial and short-term analyses of ProteaBird, conducted by Baptiste Schmid and Henning Nottebrock, and will study how plant-based resources determine long-term dynamics of animal communities. I will address fundamental ecological questions about mechanisms that underlie life-history variation, species coexistence, and the structuring of mutualistic and antagonistic plant-animal interaction networks.
I will specifically study the resource allocation for animal-mediated indirect interactions among Protea plants. I will also test how the spatiotemporal dynamics of Protea-based resources (nectar, pollen, seeds) affect the functional and interaction diversity of bird, rodent, and insect pollinators and seed predators. This will enable us to investigate how mutualistic and antagonistic plant-animal interaction networks assemble in space and time and how the spatiotemporal dynamics of these networks affect plant community dynamics.
Functional diversity of birds along land-use and elevational gradients on Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
For my Diploma thesis, I worked within the DFG-funded research unit KiLi. The aim was to test whether differences in avian ecomorphological traits depict the functional roles (dietary and foraging preferences) of bird species on Mount Kilimanjaro. I also investigated changes in the functional diversity of the bird communities along an elevational gradient and with land-cover change. This research gives insights into how anthropogenic impacts could modify ecosystem functions of birds.
Keywords
Mutualistic and antagonistic plant-animal interaction Networks, Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, Functional diversity, Pollination by animals, Observational and experimental field studies, Trait-based network Analysis
ProteaNet: Spatiotemporal dynamics of plant-animal interaction networks
ProteaNet is the follow-up project of ProteaBird and investigates Protea communities in South African fynbos. I will extend spatial and short-term analyses of ProteaBird, conducted by Baptiste Schmid and Henning Nottebrock, and will study how plant-based resources determine long-term dynamics of animal communities. I will address fundamental ecological questions about mechanisms that underlie life-history variation, species coexistence, and the structuring of mutualistic and antagonistic plant-animal interaction networks.
I will specifically study the resource allocation for animal-mediated indirect interactions among Protea plants. I will also test how the spatiotemporal dynamics of Protea-based resources (nectar, pollen, seeds) affect the functional and interaction diversity of bird, rodent, and insect pollinators and seed predators. This will enable us to investigate how mutualistic and antagonistic plant-animal interaction networks assemble in space and time and how the spatiotemporal dynamics of these networks affect plant community dynamics.
Functional diversity of birds along land-use and elevational gradients on Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
For my Diploma thesis, I worked within the DFG-funded research unit KiLi. The aim was to test whether differences in avian ecomorphological traits depict the functional roles (dietary and foraging preferences) of bird species on Mount Kilimanjaro. I also investigated changes in the functional diversity of the bird communities along an elevational gradient and with land-cover change. This research gives insights into how anthropogenic impacts could modify ecosystem functions of birds.
Keywords
Mutualistic and antagonistic plant-animal interaction Networks, Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, Functional diversity, Pollination by animals, Observational and experimental field studies, Trait-based network Analysis
General Information
Maria Franziska Patzold
franziska.patzold@senckenberg.de
Education
01/2018 — today PhD Position; Senckenberg Gesellschaft fur Naturforschung, Research
Museum of Zoology, Dresden, Topic: Evolutionary Genomics of Central Asian
Hawkmoths
10/2015 — 12/2017 Master Biology; Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg; Halle(Saa1e)
Topic of the master thesis: Identification of QTL for resistance against Puccinia
hordei in selected families of Hordeum vulgare ssp. vulgare in an nested
association mapping population (NAM HEB-25)
10/2012 — 10/2015 Bachelor Biology; Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle(Saa1e);
Topic of the bachelor thesis: The correlation between populationsize and
epigenetic Variation in Phyteuma spicatum
10/2007 — 10/2012 Study of Law; Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg; Halle (Saale),
University of Leipzig, Leipzig
08/1996 – 10/2007 — higher education entrance qualification, Johann-Gottfried-Herder
Gymnasium; Halle(Saa1e)
Professional Experience
08/2016 Habit.art — Ecology and Faunistik; biologic consultant;
Tasks: location and dokumentation of stroke Victims in bats at wind power
stations
12/2015 — 01/2016 Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg; research assistant;
Tasks: data processing
O7/2014 — O8/2014 Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg; research assistant;
Tasks: structuring and dokumentation of the status of planting projects within
the DFG project BE LOW.
O8/2014 — O9/2014 Landwirtschaftliche Untersuchungs- u. Forschungsanstalt
Saatgutpriifung u. — anerkennung; student employee;
Tasks: preparation of seeds for the examination of the germination ability
and differentiation of seed traits in Barley
Project: Genomic traces of introgressive hybridization and its impact on local Adaptation
Research interests In my PhD project I focus on introgressive hybridization on the genomic level within multiple phyla. Since at least around 10% of animal and 25% of plants species are known to occasionally hybridize, studying the evolutionary consequences of introduced genetic material is mandatory (e.g. enhanced adaptation to local biotic and abiotic factors). To find genomic traces of introgressive hybridization, whole genome sequencing of two Radix, Chironomus and Felis MOTUs as well as their respective hybrids will be conducted. By comparing the impact of hybridization on the genome level of these distantly related phyla we will reveal general genomic pattern as well as differences that occur when species hybridize.
Short CV
Since 05/2017 PhD on “Genomic traces of introgressive hybridization and its impact on local adaptation” in the Molecular Ecology Group at the Senckenberg Biodiversity & Climate Research Centre Frankfurt
10/2014 – 03/2017 M.Sc. Environmental Biosciences, University of Trier,
Study emphasis: Biodiversity and Ecology, Master thesis: “Climate Niche Differentiation in Radix balthica”
10/2010 – 03/2015 B.Sc Environmental Sciences, University of Koblenz-Landau, Campus Landau
Bachelor thesis: “Diversity of earthworm communities in field margins: influence of the distance to the field on biodiversity”
As a molecular ecologist, I have always been amazed by the rapid-evolving fields of genomics and genetics and its underlying potential. I am mainly interested in applying genomic and genetic methods to elucidate evolutionary uncertainties and to contribute to the conservation of our biodiversity. During my Msc thesis, I have worked on the genetics of the endangered Eurasian Black Vulture, resulting in a general interest in the (highly conserved) genome of birds. Currently, I am working on evolutionary genomics and geneticsin passerine birds. The aim is to resolve phylogenies, examine evolutionaryhistories and to link this data with varying ecological and morphologicaltraits.
Short CV
2018 – present Ph.D. student at the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F), Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Working group of Prof. Dr. Axel Janke
2015 – 2017 Msc Environmental Biology at the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands. Thesis topic: “First insights in the reintroduction of the Eurasian Black Vulture (Aegypius monachus) in Southern-France – evaluating individual contribution, genetic diversity and population genetic structure”. Supervised by dr. Peter Galbusera and Philippe Helsen
2014 – 2015 Student assistant at the department of Biology and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands.
2009 – 2013 Bsc Biology at the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands.
2011 – 2014 Bachelor of Science (B. Sc.) Geowissenschaften an der Universität Bremen
Thema der Bachelorarbeit: Impact of simulated ocean acidification on the sediment production of the sponge Cliona orientalis Thiele, 1900 (Porifera: Clionaidae), durchgeführt am Senckenberg am Meer
2014 – 2017 Master of Science (M. Sc.) Marine Geosciences an der Universität Bremen
Thema der Master Arbeit: Bioerosion Patterns in a Polar Carbonate Factory (Mosselbukta, Svalbard), durchgeführt am Senckenberg am Meer
2015 ein Auslandssemester an der University of Waikato, Hamilton, Neuseeland
seit 2017 wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin im Projekt: Patterns and Pace of Polar Bioerosion (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft WI 3754/3-1) in der Abteilung Meeresforschung, Arbeitsgruppe Meeresgeologie, Senckenberg am Meer
seit 2017 Doktorandin an der Universität Bremen, Fachbereich Geowissenschaften (FB5)
seit 2018 Local Young Scientist Speaker / (Social) Media Officer der Young Scientists
Forschungsschwerpunkte
Bioerosion
Ichnotaxonomie
M. Wisshak, A. Bartholomä, L. Beuck, J. Büscher, A. Form, A. Freiwald, J. Halfar, S. Hetzinger, B. van Heugten, K. Hissmann, P. Holler, N. Meyer, H. Neumann, J. Raddatz, A. Rüggeberg, S. Teichert, A. Wehrmann (2017) Habitat characteristics and carbonate cycling of macrophyte-supported polar carbonate factories (Svalbard) – Cruise No. MSM55 – June 11 – June 29, 2016 – Reykjavik (Iceland) – Longyearbyen (Norway). MARIA S. MERIAN-Berichte, MSM55, 58 pp., DFG-Senatskommission für Ozeanographie, DOI:10.2312/cr_msm55
Wisshak M, Meyer N, Radtke G & Golubic S (2018) Saccomorpha guttulata – a new marine fungal microbioerosion trace fossil from cool- to cold-water settings. Paläontologische Zeitschrift https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-018-0407-7
CHL Schönberg, FH Gleason, N Meyer, M Wisshak (2019) Close encounters in the substrate: when macroborers meet microborers. Facies 65 (2) 22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10347-019-0567-2
N Meyer, M Wisshak, CHL Schönberg (2019) Sponge bioerosion versus aqueous pCO2: morphometric assessment of chips and etching fissures. Facies 65 (3), 27. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10347-019-0558-3
