Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Nicole Scheunemann

Head of section
born 04/12/1983
Professional activitysince 2025
Head of Section Oligochaeta
Senckenberg Museum for Natural History Görlitz
Department of Soil Zoology, Section Oligochaeta
2023 – 2024
Parental leave cover as Head of Section Oribatida
Senckenberg Museum for Natural History Görlitz
Department of Soil Zoology, Section Oribatida
2018 – 2023
PostDoc (research assistant) within MediAN Projekt
Senckenberg Museum for Natural History Görlitz
Department of Soil Zoology, Section Mesofauna
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”.
Publications
2026
Kaiser J, Keil P, Bartz R, Albert C, Mayer F, Mascarenhas A, Wellmann T, Knapp S, Scheunemann N, Siebert U, Sommer M, Haase D (2026) Biodiversität in urbanen Räumen fördern. Naturschutz und Landschaftsplanung 2026.
Zhou Z, Eisenhauer N, Barnes AD, Pollierer MM, Jochum M, Grass I, Zhang Y, Brose U, Hyodo F, Scheunemann N , Schmidt O, Huang Y, Klarner B, Goncharov AA, Krause A, Korobushkin DI, Gorbunova A, Lyubechanskii I, Tsurikov SM, Seeber J, Steinwandter M,Zryanin V, Rozanova OL, Susanti WI, Crotty F V., Prameswari D, Li Z, Melody C, Xie Z, Pan X, Wu D, Maraun M, Sam K, Tiunov A V., Scheu S, Potapov AM (2026) Greater trophic diversity of soil animal communities under agricultural land use and tropical climate. Nature Ecology & Evolution 10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-026-03014-4
2025
Scheunemann N, Doms-grimm LX, Ristok C, Lehmitz R (2025) Sustainable measures for the protection and restoration of soil biodiversity in Germany. Soil Organisms 97: 173–187.
Ristok C, Babin D, Bartkowski B, Burkhard B, Filser J, Hohberg K, Kleemann J, Kolb S, Lehmitz R, Rillig MC, Römbke J, Ruess L, Scheu S, Scheunemann N, Schmidt A, Steinhoff-Knopp B, Eisenhauer N, Tebbe CC, Xylander WER (2025) Towards a comprehensive assessment of soil biodiversity in Germany: status quo, challenges, and policy implications. Soil Organisms 97: 143–157.
Lehmitz R, Hohberg K, Husemann M, Peters RS, Scheunemann N, Bálint M, Balke M, Bieberich J, Bista I, Borsch T, Bourlat SJ, Bussmann RW, Damm U, Dey L, Flocco CG, Grossart H, Orr MC, Otte V, Overmann J, Pauls SU, Pereira RJ, Peters J, Reumont BM Von, Rossel S, Schmelz RM, Schmitt T, Scholler M (2025) Unknown Germany – An integrative biodiversity discovery program. NPJ Biodiversity 4: 1–8.
González AL, Merder J, Andraczek K, Brose U, Filipiak M, Harpole WS, Hillebrandt H, Jackson MC, Jochum M, Leroux SJ, Nessel MP, Onstein RE, Paseka R, Perry GL, Peace A, Rugenski A, Sitters J, Sperfeld E, Striebel M, Zandona E, Moszar A, Bluhm S, Doi H, Eisenhauer N, Farjalla VF, Hood J, Kratina P, Lovelock C, Moody EK, Pollierer MM, Potapov AM, Romero GQ, Roussel J-M, Scheu S, Scheunemann N, Seeber J, SteinwandterM, Susanti WI, Tiunov A V., Dezerald O (2025) Nitrogen deposition reveals global patterns in plant and animal stoichiometry. Nature Communications 16: 1–12.
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.