
born 04/12/1983
Professional activity
since 2018
PostDoc (research assistant)
Senckenberg Museum for Natural History Görlitz
Department of Soil Zoology, Section Mesofauna
Within MediAN Projekt
2015 – 2018
PostDoc (research assistant)
Georg-August-University Göttingen, Institute for Anthropology and Zoology, Department of Animal Ecology
2009 – 2015
PhD student
Georg-August-University Göttingen, Institute for Anthropology and Zoology, Department of Animal Ecology
2008 – 2008
Research trainee
Technical University Darmstadt, Institute of Zoology
2007 – 2009
Student assistant
Technical University Darmstadt, Institute of Zoology
Education
2010 – 2015
Georg-August-University Göttingen
Doctoral candidate in the study programme Biodiversity and Ecology
Degree: Dissertation (Dr. rer. nat.)
Title of dissertation: “Carbon flow in belowground food webs assessed by isotope tracers”.
2003 – 2009
Darmstadt University of Technology
Study of Biology
Main subjects: ecology, zoology, animal physiology
Degree: Diploma (Dipl. biol.)
Title of diploma thesis: “Variations in leaf litter food webs between biomes”.
2024
Russell, D., Tebbe, C., Ashwood, F., Scheunemann, N. & Hohberg, K. (2024). Beeindruckendes Bodenleben. Natur und Landschaft, Schriften des BfN 99: 426-435, doi 10.19217/NuL2024-09-01.
Eisenhauer N, Ristok C, Guerra CA, Tebbe CC, Xylander WER, Babin D, Bartkowski B, Burkhard B, Filser J, Glante F, Hohberg K, Kleemann J, Kolb S, Lachmann C, Lehmitz R, Rillig MC, Römbke J, Rueß L, Scheu S, Scheunemann N, Steinhoff-Knopp B, Wellbrock N (2024) Bodenbiodiversität. – In Wirth, C.; Bruelheide, H.; Farwig, N.; Marx, J.; Settele; J.: Faktencheck Artenvielfalt – Assessment zum Erhalt der biologischen Vielfalt in Deutschland. München, oekom. DOI: https://doi.org/10.14512/9783987263361
Guerra, C., Eisenhauer, N., Tebbe, C., Xylander, W., Albert, C., … Scheunemann, N., … & Ristok, C. (2024). Foundations for a national assessment of soil biodiversity. J Sustain Agric Environ 3:e12116
Russell, D., Tebbe, C., Ashwood, F., Scheunemann, N. & Hohberg, K. (2024). Beeindruckendes Bodenleben. Natur und Landschaft 99, 426-435
Eisenhauer, N.; Ristok, C.; Guerra, C.A.; Tebbe, C.C.;- … Scheunemann, N.; … & Wellbrock, N. (2024). Bodenbiodiversität. – In Wirth, C.; Bruelheide, H.; Farwig, N.; Marx, J.; Settele; J. (2024): Faktencheck Artenvielfalt – Assessment zum Erhalt der biologischen Vielfalt in Deutschland. München, oekom.
Leibniz Research Network Biodiversity: Thonicke, K., Rahner, E., Arneth, A., Bonn, A., …, Scheunemann, N., … & Wesche, K. (2024). 10 Must Knows from Biodiversity Science 2024.
Potapov, A. M., Chen, T. W., Striuchkova, A. V., Alatalo, J. M., Alexandre, D., Arbea, J., …, Scheunemann, N., … & Scheu, S. (2024). Global fine-resolution data on springtail abundance and community structure. Scientific data, 11(1), 22.
2023
Scheunemann, N., & Russell, D. J. (). Hydrological regime and forest development have indirect effects on soil fauna feeding activity in Central European hardwood floodplain forests. Nature Conservation, 53, 257-278.
Potapov, A. M., Guerra, C. A., Van den Hoogen, J., Babenko, A., Bellini, B. C., Berg, M. P., … Scheunemann, N., … & Scheu, S. (2023). Globally invariant metabolism but density-diversity mismatch in springtails. Nature Communications, 14(1), 674.
2021
Doblas-Miranda E (2021) Soil Ecosystems Change With Time. Frontiers for Young Minds 9:543498. Translation into German.
2020
Potapov A (2020) Springtails—Worldwide Jumpers. Frontiers for Young Minds 8:545370. Translation into German.
Li, Z., Scheunemann, N., Potapov, A. M., Shi, L., Pausch, J., Scheu, S., & Pollierer, M. M. (2020). Incorporation of root-derived carbon into soil microarthropods varies between cropping systems. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 56, 839-851.
2019
Li, Z., Scheunemann, N., Potapov, A. M., Shi, L., Pausch, J., Scheu, S., Pollierer, M. (accepted). The role of root-derived carbon for Collembola nutrition depends on plant type, functional group and species identity.
2018
Pausch, J., Hünninghaus, M., Kramer, S., Scharroba, A., Scheunemann, N., Butenschoen, O., Marhan, S., Bonkowski, M., Kandeler, E., Scheu, S., Kuzyakov, Y., Ruess, L., (2018). Carbon budgets of top- and subsoil food webs in an arable system. Pedobiologia – Journal of Soil Ecology 69, 29-33
2016
Müller, K., Kramer, S., Haslwimmer, H., Marhan, S., Scheunemann, N., Butenschoen, O., Scheu, S., Kandeler, E. (2016). Carbon transfer from maize roots and litter into bacteria and fungi depends on soil depth and time. – Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 93: 79–89.
Pausch, J., Kramer, S., Scharroba, A., Scheunemann, N., Butenschoen, O., Kandeler, E., Marhan, S., Riederer, M., Scheu, S., Kuzyakov, Y., Ruess, L. (2016). Small but active – pool size does not matter for carbon incorporation in belowground food webs. – Functional Ecology, 30: 479–489.
Scheunemann, N., Pausch, J., Digel, C., Kramer, S., Scharroba, A., Kuzyakov, Y., Kandeler, E., Ruess, L., Butenschoen, O., Scheu, S. (2016). Incorporation of root C and fertilizer N into the food web of an arable field: Variations with functional group and energy channel. – Food Webs, 9: 39–45.
2015
Scheunemann, N., Digel, C., Scheu, S., & Butenschoen, O. (2015). Roots rather than shoot residues drive soil arthropod communities of arable fields. – Oecologia, 179(4): 1135–1145.
Scheunemann, N., Maraun, M., Scheu, S., & Butenschoen, O. (2015). The role of shoot residues vs. crop species for soil arthropod diversity and abundance of arable systems. – Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 81: 81–88.
2012
Kramer, S., Marhan, S., Ruess, L., Armbruster, W., Butenschoen, O., Haslwimmer, H., Kuzyakov, Y., Pausch, J., Scheunemann, N., Schoene, J., Schmalwasser, A., Totsche, K. U., Walker, F., Scheu, S., Kandeler, E. (2012). Carbon flow into microbial and fungal biomass as a basis for the belowground food web of agroecosystems. – Pedobiologia, 55(2): 111–119.
2010
Scheunemann, N., Scheu, S., & Butenschoen, O. (2010). Incorporation of decade old soil carbon into the soil animal food web of an arable system. – Applied Soil Ecology 46(1): 59–63.

born 26/07/1977
Professional life
since 2009
Technical assistant
Senckenberg Museum for Natural History Görlitz
Department Soil Zoology, section Mesofauna
2006 – 2009
Volunteer
Senckenberg Museum for Natural History Görlitz
Department Soil Zoology
2005 – 2006
Staff
Senckenberg Museum for Natural History Görlitz
Department Soil Zoology
Education
2000 – 2005
University Zittau/Görlitz
Degree: Diplom-Ingenieur (FH)
Ecology and environmental protection
2012
Moll, S., Voigtländer, K. (2012): Untersuchungen an Laufkäfern (Coleoptera, Carabidae) auf Rekultivierungsflächen des Lausitzer Braunkohletagebaues Jänschwalde. – Berichte der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft der Oberlausitz 20: 3–14
2009
Moll, S., Brunk, I., Russell, D.J. (2009): Entwicklung von Carabidengemeinschaften auf unterschiedlich sedimentierten Substrat nach der Flut 2002 am Fluss Mulde (Sachsen). – Entomologie Heute 21: 87–100

Date of birth: 19.02.1991.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/borbala-szabo-61282332/
Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=kHAwV7MAAAAJ&hl=hu
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7587-1597
Education/Ausbildung
2014-2019
Szent István University, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, PhD School of Biological Science, Gödöllő, Hungary, Title of doctoral thesis: Trans- and multigeneration effects of Trebon pesticides on Folsomia candida Willem 1902 (Collembola)
2012-2014
Szent István University, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Biologist MSc, Budapest, Hungary, Title of master thesis: Folsomia candida (Collembola) growth and developing of the growth tests methods
2009-2012
Szent István University, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Biology BSc, Budapest, Hungary, Title of bachelor thesis: The effects of Trebon 10 F on the reproduction and food choice of the Folsomia candida (Collembola)
Research and teaching positions/Berufstätigkeit
Since 2025
Postdoc (Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin)
Senckenberg Museum for Natural History Görlitz, Soil Zoolgy Department, Section Oligochaeta, TrenDiv project, Görlitz, Germany
2022-2024
Alexander von Humboldt Postdoc Research Fellow
University of Bremen, General and Theoretical Ecology, AG Filser, Bremen, Germany
2021-2022
Postdoc (Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin)
Centre for Ecological Research, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Landscape and Conservation Ecology Group, Vácrátót, Hungary
2020-2021
Postdoc (Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin)
Centre for Ecological Research, Danube Research Institute, Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology Group, Budapest, Hungary
2018-2019
Department engineer (Predoctoral Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin)
Szent István University, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Department of Zoology and Animal Ecology, Gödöllő, Hungary
2017-2018
UNKP Predoctoral grant traineeship
Szent István University, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Department of Zoology and Animal Ecology, Gödöllő, Hungary
2017
Campus mundi Predoctoral traineeship
Vrije Universiteit, Department of Ecological Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2015
Erasmus Predoctoral traineeship
Vrije Universiteit, Department of Ecological Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Scientific publications
2025
Fischer, J., Szabó, B., Manikhin, L., & Filser, J. 2025. A hidden artefact: How surfactants can distort the results of springtail reproduction tests. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, vgaf051. https://doi.org/10.1093/etojnl/vgaf051
2024
Kiss, I., Erdélyi, G., Szabó, B. 2024 Nest site selection and fidelity of European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis) population of Babat valley (Gödöllő, Hungary), Frontiers in Zoology, 21, article: 20, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-024-00541-3
2023
Szabó, B., Korányi, D., Gallé, R., Lövei, G.L., Bakonyi, G., Batáry, P., 2023 Urbanization decreases species richness, and increases abundance in dry climates whereas decreases in wet climates: A global meta-analysis, Sci. Total Environ. 859 160145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160145
Szabó, B., Révész, A., Boros, G., 2023. Additive and dose-dependent mixture effects of Flumite 200 (flufenzin, acaricide) and Quadris (azoxystrobin, fungicide) on the reproduction and survival of Folsomia candida (Collembola). Ecotoxicol. Environ. Saf. 263, 115219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2023.115219
2022
Bakonyi, G., Vásárhelyi, T., Szabó, B., 2022. Pollution impacts on water bugs (Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha): state of the art and their biomonitoring potential. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 194, 301. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-022-09961-2
Korányi, D., Egerer, M., Rusch, A., Szabó, B., Batáry, P., 2022. Urbanization hampers biological control of insect pests: A global meta-analysis. Sci. Total Environ. 834, 155396. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155396
Szabó, B., Bálint, B., Balogh, K., Mézes, M., Seres, A., 2022. Changes in soil moisture and temperature modify the toxicity of sodium selenite and sodium selenate for Folsomia candida (Collembola) Willem 1902. Appl. Soil Ecol. 177, 104543. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2022.104543
2021
Szabó, B., Lang, Z., Kövér, S., Bakonyi, G., 2021. The inter-individual variance can provide additional information for the ecotoxicologists beside the mean. Ecotoxicol. Environ. Saf. 217, 112260. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.112260
Erdélyi G, Szabó B and Kiss I 2021 Basking site selection and usage strategies of the European Pond Turtle, Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758) in Babat Valley (Gödöllő, Hungary) Russ. J. Herpetol. 28 175–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-2021-28-4-175-184
Bálint B, Balogh K, Mézes M and Szabó B 2021 Differences in the effects of sodium selenate and sodium selenite on the mortality, reproduction, lipid peroxidation and glutathione redox status of Folsomia candida Willem 1902 (Collembola) Eur. J. Soil Biol. 107 103361, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2021.103361
Kiss, I., Erdélyi, G. and Szabó, B. 2021: Nesting activity and reproductive success of Emys orbicularis in Babat Valley (Gödöllő, Hungary). Herpetological Conservation and Biology 16(3):624–638
2020
Szabó, B., Bálint, B., Mézes, M., 2020. Effects of aflatoxin contaminated maize on Folsomia candida (Collembola). Eur. J. Soil Biol. 101, 103233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2020.103233
Szabó B., Bálint B., Mézes M., Balogh K., 2020. Agricultural trichothecene mycotoxin contamination affects the life-history and reduced glutathione content of Folsomia candida Willem (Collembola), Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 66 (4), 379–392, http://doi.org/10.17109/AZH.66.4.379.2020
Szabó B, Seres A, Bakonyi G (2020) Distinct changes in the life-history strategies of Folsomia candida Willem (Collembola: Isotomidae) due to multi- and transgenerational treatments with an insecticide. Applied Soil Ecology 152:103563. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2020.103563
2019
Erdélyi G, Szabó B, Kiss I (2019) Basking activity pattern of the European pond turtle, Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758) in Babat valley (Gödöllő, Hungary). Herpetozoa 32: 221-227. https://doi.org/10.3897/herpetozoa.32.e39059
Szabó B, Kocsis R, Mézes M (2019) Reproduction inhibiting effects of deoxynivalenol or T-2 toxin contaminated maize on Folsomia candida (Collembola), Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 65 (4), 323-334, https://doi.org/10.17109/AZH.65.4.323.2019
Szabó B; Lang Zs; Bakonyi G; Märien J; Roelofs D; van Gestel C.A.M, Seres A. (2019) Transgenerational and multigenerational stress gene responses to the insecticide etofenprox in Folsomia candida (Collembola), Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 175, 181-191 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.03.052
2018
Szabó B., Seres A., Bakonyi G. (2018) Folsomia candida (Collembola) locomotor activity pattern is changed by a neurotoxicant pesticide, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 64:4, 355-368. https://doi.org/10.17109/AZH.64.4.355.2018
2017
Szabó B., Bakonyi G. (2017) The influence of different substrates on the reproduction traits of Folsomia candida (Collembola) in an insecticide test, Columella, 4(2): 33-40. https://doi.org/10.18380/SZIE.COLUM.2017.4.2.33
Szabó B., Seres A, Bakonyi G. (2017) Long-term consumption and food replacement of near-isogenic by Bt-maize alter life-history traits of Folsomia candida Willem 1902 (Collembola), Applied Ecology and Environmental Research, 15(4):1275-1286. http://dx.doi.org/10.15666/aeer/1504_12751286
Szabó B., Bakonyi G. (2017) Multigenerational and transgenerational side-effects of an insecticide on eggs of Folsomia candida (Collembola), Polish Journal of Ecology, 65: 110–121, https://doi.org/10.3161/15052249PJE2017.65.1.010
2014
Bánszegi O, Kosztolányi A, Bakonyi G, Szabó B, Dombos M (2014) New Method for Automatic Body Length Measurement of the Collembolan, Folsomia candida Willem 1902 (Insecta: Collembola). PLoS ONE 9(6): e98230. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0098230