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DOCTORAL RESEARCHERS

1. Cohort (from 2019 to 2022)

Adeel Ahmed

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Research interest

  • Mathematical Modeling and Simulation.
  • Scientific Computing

 

Academic history

  • 2019 – 2020: Lecturer Mathematics University of Gujrat Pakistan.
  • 2017 – 2019: M.Sc. Computational Mathematics COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan.  Thesis: “A Discontinuous Galerkin Scheme to Solve a Non-Equilbrium and Non-Isothermal Model of Liquid Chromatography”
  • 2012-2016: B.Sc. Applied Mathematics University of Gujrat Pakistan.

Dr. Caroline Ganglo

 Research interest

  • Floodplain mesocosms
  • Biogeochemistry
  • Greenhouse gases
  • Sediments


 Academic history

  • Master of Environmental sciences and Engineering; Title: Chromium (III) coordination capacity of chitosan.
  • Bachelor of Environmental sciences

 

Publication

Dr. Verena Gerstle

Verena Gerstle

Research interest

  • Amphibian ecotoxicology and ecology
  • Food web ecology and trophic interaction
  • Aquatic ecotoxicology
  • Mosquito control agent Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis
  • Non-target organisms


 Academic history

  • 2019 – 2023: PhD student – University of Koblenz-Landau
  • 2016 – 2019: M.Sc. Ecotoxicology University of Koblenz-Landau Thesis: “Lethal and sublethal effects of folpet and glyphosate formulations on juvenile European common frogs (Rana temporaria) at field relevant exposure levels”.
  • 2012 –2016: B.Sc. Environmental Sciences – University of Koblenz-Landau Thesis: “Effects of TiOnanoparticles, UV light and natural organic matter on the acute toxicity of two different pesticides – A study with the test organism Daphnia magna.
 

Publications and Presentations

  • Lüderwald S, Meyer F, Gerstle V, Friedrichs L, Rolfing K, Bakanov N, Schulz R, Bundschuh M (2019): Reduction of pesticide toxicity under field relevant conditions? The interaction of titanium dioxide nanoparticles, UV, and NOM. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 
  • Gerstle V, Adams E, & Brühl CA (2019): Lethal and sublethal effects of viticultural pesticides (folpet and glyphosate) on juvenile Rana temporaria. 8th Young Environmental Scientists Meeting, Ghent, Belgium (Poster presentation).
  • Gerstle, V., Manfrin, A., Kolbenschlag, S., Gerken, M., Islam, A. S. M. M. U., Entling, M. H., Bundschuh, M., & Brühl, C. A. (2023). Benthic macroinvertebrate community shifts based on Bti-induced chironomid reduction also decrease Odonata emergence. Environmental Pollution, 316, 120488. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120488

Johanna Girardi

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 Research interest

  • Plant-soil-microbe interactions
  • Rhizosphere processes
  • Carbon and Nitrogen cycling
  • Chemical stressors

 

Academic history

  • October 2019: PhD student at the Department Geoecology and environmental chemistry, University of Koblenz-Landau within the project of SystemLink Topic: The impact of anthropogenic stressors on biogeochemical cycling at the root-microorganism-soil interface.
  • 2016-2019: University of Koblenz-Landau Master: Ecotoxicology Thesis: Environmental parameters driving the functional response of soil microbiome in mulching systems based on substrate-induced respiration.
  • 2012-2016: Fachhochschule Bingen, Bachelor environmental engineering Thesis: “Comparison of different procedures for the preparation of microplastic particles in freshwater samplesat Federal institute of hydrology (BfG).

Dr. Maike Huszarik

Maike H

Research interest

  • Aquatic and terrestrial ecotoxicology
  • Food web ecology and trophic interactions
  • DNA Metabarcoding

 

Academic history

  • October 2019: Fast-track Ph.D. student in the SystemLink research training group and in the Ecosystem Analysis research group at the University of Koblenz-Landau.
  • October 2018: M.Sc. in Ecotoxicology at the University of Koblenz-Landau.
  • Sept. 2014 – April 2018: B.Sc. (Agricultural and Environmental Sciences) Honours Life Sciences and Wildlife Biology at McGill University in Montréal, Canada. (Thesis topic: Effects of jasmonate defences on caterpillar development under elevated carbon dioxide and varied nitrogen fertilization).

Jellian Jamin

Jellian Jamin

Research interest

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Soil Chemistry
  • Physical Chemstriy
  • Soil-Plant-Interactions
  • NMR Relaxometry
  • Rheology
  • Environmental Chemistry and Analytics

 

Academic history

  • Bachelor of Science (Chemsitry) at Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen.
  • Master of Sciene (Chemistry) at Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Thesis at Karlsruher Instit für Technologie (Collaboration with Tübingen) : Synthesis of Nanoscopic materials via Supercritical Fluid Reactive Deposition and application in sensoric.
  • Research assistant student in Prof. Udo Weimars Group at Eberhard Karls-Universität Tübingen (Research on Semi Conducting Metal Oxide Sensors).

 

Publications

  • Jamin, J.; Schreiner, V.C.; Munoz, K.; Jungkunst, H.F.; Schaumann, G.E.; Diehl, D. Copper retention influenced by an invasive and a native plant in riparian soil. Environ. Adv. 2023, 14, 100442; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envadv.2023.100442
  • Schmitz, D.; Girardi, J.; Jamin, J.; Bundschuh, M.; Geng, B.; Feldmann, R.; Rösch, V.; Riess, K.; Schirmel, J. Copper uptake and its effects on two riparian plant species, the native Urtica doica, and the invasive Fallopia Japonica. Plants 2023, 12, 481. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12030481
  • Manfrin, A.; Schirmel, J.; Mendoza-Lera, C.; Ahmed, A.; Bohde, R.; Brunn, M.; Brühl, C.A.; Buchmann, C.; Burgis, F.; Diehl, D.; Entling, M.H.; Ganglo, C.; Geissler, S.; Gerstle, V.; Girardi, J.P.; Graf, T.; Huszarik, M.; Jamin, J.; Joschko, T.J.; Jungkunst, H.F.; Knäbel, A.; Kolbenschlag, S.; Lorke, A.; Munoz, K.; Ogbeide, C.; Osakpolor, S.E.; Pietz, S.; Riess, K.; Roodt, A.P.; Rovelli, L.; Röder, N.; Rösch, V.; Schaumann, G.E.; Schäfer, R.B.; Schmitt, T.; Schmitz, D.; Schwenk, K.; Stehle, S.; Schulz, R. SystemLink: moving beyond aquatic-terrestrial interactions to incorporate food-web studies. Bulletin Limnol. Oceanogr. 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lob.10557
  • Jamin, J.; Diehl, D.; Meyer, M.; David, J.; Schaumann, G.E.; Buchmann, C. Physico-chemical soil properties affected by invasive plants in southwest Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) – A case study. Soil Syst. 2022, 6, 93. https://doi.org/10.3390/soilsystems6040093
  • Girardi, J.P.; Korz, S.; Muñoz, K.; Jamin, J.; Schmitz, D.; Rösch, V.; Riess, K.; Schützenmeister, K.; Jungkunst, H.F.; Brunn, M. Nitrification inhibition by polyphenols from invasive Fallopia japonica under copper stress. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci. 2022, 185, 923-934. https://doi:10.1002/jpln.202200255
  • Krebs, K.M.; Jamin, J.; Wesemann, L. Reaction of an allylstannylene with adamantyl phosphaalkyne. Dalton Trans. 2016, 45, 5933; http://xlink.rsc.org/?DOI=c5dt03792a

Dr. Sara Kolbenschlag

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Research interest

  • Effects of anthropogenic stressors in aquatic ecosystems
  • Riparian food webs (aquatic-terrestrial)
  • Subsidy dynamics
  • Bottom-up effects
  • Insect communities

Academic history

  • 2019 – 2023: RTG SystemLink, University Kaiserslautern-Landau.
  • 2016 – 2019: Msc. Ecotoxicology, University Koblez-Landau, Topic master thesis: “Do juvenile common toads (Bufo bufo) behaviourally avoid pesticide-contaminated areas?”.
  • 2012 – 2016: B. Sc. Biosciences, TU Kaiserslautern, Topic bachelor thesis: “Effects of respiratory chain mutations on petit- and ρ0-cells in Saccharomyces cerevisiae”.

Publications and Presentations contributions

  • SETAC GLB Neustadt: Assessing the influence of microgram natural organic carbon levels on cationic polymer toxicity to algal growth.

Dr. Stephen Osakpolor

Osakpolor

Research interest

  • Spatial Ecology
  • Environmental modeling

 

Academic history

  • MSc. Environmental Sciences. Thesis: Comparasion of spatial and non-spatial statistical modeling of pesticides in small streams. 
  • BSc Geography and Regional Planning.

 

Publications and Presentations

  • Osakpolor, S.E.; Manfrin, A.; Leroux, S.J.; Schäfer, R.B. Cascading impacts of changes in subsidy quality on recipient ecosystem functioning.  Ecology 2023, e4023. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4023
  • Manfrin, A.; Schirmel, J.; Mendoza-Lera, C.; Ahmed, A.; Bohde, R.; Brunn, M.; Brühl, C.A.; Buchmann, C.; Burgis, F.; Diehl, D.; Entling, M.H.; Ganglo, C.; Geissler, S.; Gerstle, V.; Girardi, J.P.; Graf, T.; Huszarik, M.; Jamin, J.; Joschko, T.J.; Jungkunst, H.F.; Knäbel, A.; Kolbenschlag, S.; Lorke, A.; Munoz, K.; Ogbeide, C.; Osakpolor, S.E.; Pietz, S.; Riess, K.; Roodt, A.P.; Rovelli, L.; Röder, N.; Rösch, V.; Schaumann, G.E.; Schäfer, R.B.; Schmitt, T.; Schmitz, D.; Schwenk, K.; Stehle, S.; Schulz, R. SystemLink: moving beyond aquatic-terrestrial interactions to incorporate food-web studies. Bulletin Limnol. Oceanogr. 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lob.10557
  • Osakpolor, S.; Kattwinkel, M.; Schirmel, J.; Feckler, A.; Manfrin, A.; Schäfer, R.B. Mini-review of process-based food web models and their application in aquatic-terrestrial meta-ecosystems. Ecol. Model. 2021, 458, 109710. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2021.109710

Dr. Sebastian Pietz

Sebastian P

Research interest

  • Aquatic-terrestrial linkages
  • Food web ecology
  • Impacts of (chemical) stressors on these processes

Academic history

  • 2019 – 2023: PhD RTG SystemLink, University of Kaiserslautern-Landau, Germany.
  • 2016-2019: M.Sc. (Ecotoxicology) at the iES Landau, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany. Thesis: Effects of heavy metals and temperature fluctuation on the development and emergence of Chironomus riparius in spiked-sediment bioassays.
  • 2012-2016: B.Sc. (Env. Sci.) at the iES Landau, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany. Thesis: Implications of Thiaclopid on Gammarus fossarum: a 21-day study to determine the relevance of different exposure pathways.

Publications and Presentations

  • Pietz, S.; Kolbenschlag, S.; Röder, N.; Roodt, A.P.; Steinmetz, Z.; Manfrin, A.; Schwenk, K.; Schulz, S.; Schäfer, R.B.; Zubrod, J.P.; Bundschuh, M. Subsidy quality affects common riparian web‐building spiders: Consequences of aquatic contamination and food resource. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 2023, 42, 1346-1358. https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.5614
  • Manfrin, A.; Schirmel, J.; Mendoza-Lera, C.; Ahmed, A.; Bohde, R.; Brunn, M.; Brühl, C.A.; Buchmann, C.; Burgis, F.; Diehl, D.; Entling, M.H.; Ganglo, C.; Geissler, S.; Gerstle, V.; Girardi, J.P.; Graf, T.; Huszarik, M.; Jamin, J.; Joschko, T.J.; Jungkunst, H.F.; Knäbel, A.; Kolbenschlag, S.; Lorke, A.; Munoz, K.; Ogbeide, C.; Osakpolor, S.E.; Pietz, S.; Riess, K.; Roodt, A.P.; Rovelli, L.; Röder, N.; Rösch, V.; Schaumann, G.E.; Schäfer, R.B.; Schmitt, T.; Schmitz, D.; Schwenk, K.; Stehle, S.; Schulz, R. SystemLink: moving beyond aquatic-terrestrial interactions to incorporate food-web studies. Bulletin Limnol. Oceanogr. 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lob.10557
  • Pietz, S.; Kainz, M.J.; Schröder, H.; Manfrin, A.; Schäfer, R.B.; Zubrod, J.P.; bundschuh, M. Metal exposure and sex shape the fatty acid profile of midges and reduce the aquatic subsidy to terrestrial food webs. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2023, 57, 951-962. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c05495
  • Roodt, A.; Röder, N.; Pietz, S.; Kolbenschlag, S.; Manfrin, A.; Schwenk, K.; Bundschuh, M.; Schulz, R. Emerging midges transport pesticides from aquatic to terrestrial ecosystems: importance of compound- and organism-specific parameters. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2022, 56, 5478-5488. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c08079
  • Bundschuh, M.; Pietz, S.; Roodt, A.P.; Kraus, J.M. Contaminant fluxes across ecosystems mediated by aquatic insects. Curr. Opin. Insect Sci. 2022, 53, 1-6.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2022.100885
  • Englert, D.; Zubrod, J.P.; Pietz, S.; Stefani, S.; Krauss, M.; Schulz, R.;  Bundschuh, M. Relative importance of dietary uptake and waterborne exposure for a leaf-shredding amphipod exposed to thiacloprid-contaminated leaves. Sci. Rep. 2017, 7, 16182; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-16452-9

  • “Effects of an antimicrobial mixture on the leaf-shredding amphipod Gammarus fossarum uder different exposure pathways” 8th Young Environmental Scientists Meeting, Ghent, Belgium, 2019.

  • “Transcending borders? Effects of heavy metals on the development and emergence of Chironomus riparius in spiked-sediment bioassays” SETAC Europe 30th Annual Meeting, SETAC SciCon, 2020.

Dr. Alex Roodt

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Research interest

  • Applied analytical chemistry

  • Biomonitoring

  • Aquatic insects as pesticide vectors in riparian ecosystems

 

Academic history

  • 2016-2018: Master of Science in Analytical Chemistry, University of Pretoria, ZA. Thesis: “A new sampling method for human skin volatile analysis by comprehensive gas chromatography and mass spectrometry”.
  • 2015: Bachelor of Science Honours in Chemistry, University of Pretoria, ZA.

  • 2012–2014: Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, University of Pretoria, ZA.

 

Publications and Presentations

  • Huszarik, M.; Roodt, A.P.; Wernicke, T.; Chávez, F.; Metz, A.; Link, M.; Lima-Fernandes, E.; Schulz, R.; Entling, M.H. Increased bat hunting at polluted streams suggests chemical exposure rather than prey shortage. Sci. Total Environ. 2023, 905, 167080; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167080
  • Pietz, S.; Kolbenschlag, S.; Röder, N.; Roodt, A.P.; Steinmetz, Z.; Manfrin, A.; Schwenk, K.; Schulz, S.; Schäfer, R.B.; Zubrod, J.P.; Bundschuh, M. Subsidy quality affects common riparian web‐building spiders: Consequences of aquatic contamination and food resource. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 2023, 42, 1346-1358. https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.5614
  • Roodt, A.P.; Huszarik, M.; Entling, M.H.; Schulz, R. Aquatic-terrestrial transfer of neonicotinoid insecticides in riparian food webs. J. Hazard. Mater. 2023, 455, 131635. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131635
  • Manfrin, A.; Schirmel, J.; Mendoza-Lera, C.; Ahmed, A.; Bohde, R.; Brunn, M.; Brühl, C.A.; Buchmann, C.; Burgis, F.; Diehl, D.; Entling, M.H.; Ganglo, C.; Geissler, S.; Gerstle, V.; Girardi, J.P.; Graf, T.; Huszarik, M.; Jamin, J.; Joschko, T.J.; Jungkunst, H.F.; Knäbel, A.; Kolbenschlag, S.; Lorke, A.; Munoz, K.; Ogbeide, C.; Osakpolor, S.E.; Pietz, S.; Riess, K.; Roodt, A.P.; Rovelli, L.; Röder, N.; Rösch, V.; Schaumann, G.E.; Schäfer, R.B.; Schmitt, T.; Schmitz, D.; Schwenk, K.; Stehle, S.; Schulz, R. SystemLink: moving beyond aquatic-terrestrial interactions to incorporate food-web studies. Bulletin Limnol. Oceanogr. 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lob.10557
  • Roodt, A.P.; Schaufelberger, S.; Schulz, R. Aquatic-Terrestrial Insecticide Fluxes: Midges as Neonicotinoid Vectors. Toxicol. Chem. 2022, 42, 60-70. https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.5495
  • Roodt, A.; Röder, N.; Pietz, S.; Kolbenschlag, S.; Manfrin, A.; Schwenk, K.; Bundschuh, M.; Schulz, R. Emerging midges transport pesticides from aquatic to terrestrial ecosystems: importance of compound- and organism-specific parameters. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2022, 56, 5478-5488. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c08079
  • Bundschuh, M.; Pietz, S.; Roodt, A.P.; Kraus, J.M. Contaminant fluxes across ecosystems mediated by aquatic insects. Curr. Opin. Insect Sci. 2022, 53, 1-6.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2022.100885
  • Roodt A.P.; Naudé, Y.; Stoltz, A.; Rohwer, E. Human skin volatiles: Passive sampling and GC × GC-ToFMS analysis as a tool to investigate the skin microbiome and interactions with anthropophilic mosquito disease vectors. J. Chromatogr. B 2018, 1097-1098, 83-93; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchromb.2018.09.002

  • Alexis P. Roodt, Yvette Naudé, Anton Stoltz, Egmont R. Rohwer, “A new method for sampling of volatile human skin chemicals in a malaria context for analysis by GC×GC-TOFMS”, The 2nd South African Malaria Research Conference 2016, 27-29 July 2016, Pretoria, South Africa.
  • Alexis P. Roodt, Yvette Naudé, Anton Stoltz, Egmont R. Rohwer, “A new approach for the collection and comparison of volatile skin chemicals for analysis by GC×GC- ToFMS”, ISCC & GC×GC conference 2017, 14-19 May 2017, Fort Worth, USA.
  • Alexis P. Roodt, Yvette Naudé, Anton Stoltz, Egmont R. Rohwer, “A new methodology for passive sampling of human skin volatiles”, ChromSA Student Seminar, 8 September 2017, Pretoria, South Africa.

  • Alexis P. Roodt, Yvette Naudé, Anton Stoltz, Egmont R. Rohwer, “A new method for the collection and comparison of human skin volatile chemicals” ISSS conference 2017, 19-22 September 2017, Vienna, Austria.

Nina Röder

Nina Röder

Research interest

  • Adaptation of natural populations to anthropogenic stress

  • Evolutionary ecotoxicology

  • Adaptation genomics

  • Eco-evolutionary dynamics

 

Academic history

  • 2010 – 2017: Studies in Environmental Sciences, University of Koblenz-Landau.
  • 2017: Master of Science, Thesis: “Does fungicide exposure alter interspecific relationships of aquatic leaf – decomposing fungi? A case study using modern biochemical tools”.

 

Publications and Presentations

  • Röder, N.; Stoll, V.S.; Jupke, J.F.; Kolbenschlag, S.; Bundschuh, M.;  Theißinger, K.; Schwenk, K. How non-target chironomid communities respond to mosquito control: Integrating DNA metabarcoding and joint species distribution modelling. Sci. Total Environ. 2024, 913, 169735; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169735.
  • Röder, N.; Schwenk, K. Direct PCR meets high-throughput sequencing – metabarcoding of chironomid communities without DNA extraction. Metabarcoding Metagenom. 2023, 7, e102455. https://doi.org/10.3897/mbmg.7.102455
  • Huszarik, M.; Röder, N.; Eberhardt, L.; Kennedy, S.; Krehenwinkel, H.; Schwenk, K.; Entling, M.H. External DNA contamination and efficiency of bleach decontamination for arthropod diet analysis. Environ. DNA 2023, 5, 540-550. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.410
  • Pietz, S.; Kolbenschlag, S.; Röder, N.; Roodt, A.P.; Steinmetz, Z.; Manfrin, A.; Schwenk, K.; Schulz, S.; Schäfer, R.B.; Zubrod, J.P.; Bundschuh, M. Subsidy quality affects common riparian web‐building spiders: Consequences of aquatic contamination and food resource. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 2023, 42, 1346-1358. https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.5614
  • Manfrin, A.; Schirmel, J.; Mendoza-Lera, C.; Ahmed, A.; Bohde, R.; Brunn, M.; Brühl, C.A.; Buchmann, C.; Burgis, F.; Diehl, D.; Entling, M.H.; Ganglo, C.; Geissler, S.; Gerstle, V.; Girardi, J.P.; Graf, T.; Huszarik, M.; Jamin, J.; Joschko, T.J.; Jungkunst, H.F.; Knäbel, A.; Kolbenschlag, S.; Lorke, A.; Munoz, K.; Ogbeide, C.; Osakpolor, S.E.; Pietz, S.; Riess, K.; Roodt, A.P.; Rovelli, L.; Röder, N.; Rösch, V.; Schaumann, G.E.; Schäfer, R.B.; Schmitt, T.; Schmitz, D.; Schwenk, K.; Stehle, S.; Schulz, R. SystemLink: moving beyond aquatic-terrestrial interactions to incorporate food-web studies. Bulletin Limnol. Oceanogr. 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lob.10557
  • Roodt, A.; Röder, N.; Pietz, S.; Kolbenschlag, S.; Manfrin, A.; Schwenk, K.; Bundschuh, M.; Schulz, R. Emerging midges transport pesticides from aquatic to terrestrial ecosystems: importance of compound- and organism-specific parameters. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2022, 56, 5478-5488. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c08079
  • Theissinger, K.; Röder, N.; Allgeier, S.; Beermann, A.J.; Brühl, C.A.; Friedrich, A.; Michiels, S.; Schwenk, K. Mosquito control actions affect chironomid diversity in temporary wetlands of the Upper Rhine Valley. Mol. Ecol. 2019, 28, 4300-4316; https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15214
  • Baudy, P.; Zubrod, J.P.; Konschak, M.; Röder, N.; Baschien, C.; Feckler, A.; Schulz, R.; Bundschuh, M. A glance into the black box: Novel species-specific quantitative real-time PCR assays to disentangle aquatic hyphomycete community composition. Fungal Ecol. 2019, 42, 100858;  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2019.08.002DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2019.08.002
  • Krell, B.; Röder, N.; Link, M.; Gergs, R.; Entling, M.H.; Schäfer, R.B. Aquatic prey subsidies to riparian spiders in a stream with different land use types. Limnologica 2015, 51, 1-7; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.limno.2014.10.001
  • Röder, N.; Theissinger, K.; Allgeier, S.; Beermann, A.J.; Brühl, C.A.; Friedrich, A.; Michiels, S.; Schwenk, K. (2019): „Metabarcoding enthüllt Effekte von Stechmückenbekämpfung auf Zuckmückengemeinschaften“, poster presentation at the SETAC GLB 24th Annual Meeting in Landau, Germany.
  • Röder N, Baudy P, Zubrod JP, Englert D, Konschak M, Baschien C, Schulz R, Bundschuh M (2018): „Does fungicide exposure alter interspecific relationships of aquatic fungi during leaf-decomposition? – A case study using species-specific qPCR assays“, poster presentation at the SETAC Europe 28th Annual Meeting in Rome, Italy.

Dr. Daniel Schmitz

Daniel Schmitz Portrait

Research interest

  • Biodiversity
  • Global change
  • Invasivon ecology
  • Conservation biology

 

Academic history

  • since Oct 2019: PhD Student in the Research Training Group SystemLink and in the group of Ecosystem Analysis at the University of Koblenz-Landau
  • Oct 2015 – Mar 2019: Master of Science in Biological Sciences at the University of Konstanz and the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Radolfzell, Thesis: Analysis of causes of population change in Lake Constance breeding birds over four censuses
  • Oct 2012 – Sep 2015: Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences at the University of Konstanz, Thesis: Exploring leaf and root trait relationships under varying environmental conditions

 

Publications and Presentations

  • Manfrin, A.; Schirmel, J.; Mendoza-Lera, C.; Ahmed, A.; Bohde, R.; Brunn, M.; Brühl, C.A.; Buchmann, C.; Burgis, F.; Diehl, D.; Entling, M.H.; Ganglo, C.; Geissler, S.; Gerstle, V.; Girardi, J.P.; Graf, T.; Huszarik, M.; Jamin, J.; Joschko, T.J.; Jungkunst, H.F.; Knäbel, A.; Kolbenschlag, S.; Lorke, A.; Munoz, K.; Ogbeide, C.; Osakpolor, S.E.; Pietz, S.; Riess, K.; Roodt, A.P.; Rovelli, L.; Röder, N.; Rösch, V.; Schaumann, G.E.; Schäfer, R.B.; Schmitt, T.; Schmitz, D.; Schwenk, K.; Stehle, S.; Schulz, R. SystemLink: moving beyond aquatic-terrestrial interactions to incorporate food-web studies. Bulletin Limnol. Oceanogr. 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lob.10557
  • Schmitz, D.; Girardi, J.; Ulrich, E.; Munoz-Sepulveda, K.; Bundschuh, M.; Riess, K.; Schirmel, J. Fallopia japonica and Impatiens glandulifera are colonized by species-poor root-associated fungal communities but have minor impacts on soil properties in riparian habitats. Biol. Invassions 2023, 25, 2199-2218. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-023-03034-2
  • Schmitz, D.; Girardi, J.; Jamin, J.; Bundschuh, M.; Geng, B.; Feldmann, R.; Rösch, V.; Riess, K.; Schirmel, J. Copper uptake and its effects on two riparian plant species, the native Urtica doica, and the invasive Fallopia Japonica. Plants 2023, 12, 481. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12030481
  • Girardi, J.P.; Korz, S.; Muñoz, K.; Jamin, J.; Schmitz, D.; Rösch, V.; Riess, K.; Schützenmeister, K.; Jungkunst, H.F.; Brunn, M. Nitrification inhibition by polyphenols from invasive Fallopia japonica under copper stress. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci. 2022, 185, 923-934. https://doi:10.1002/jpln.202200255
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2. Cohort (from 2022 to 2025)

 

Aira Sacha Ferrer

Ferrer

Research topic

Floodplain C-N dynamics

 

Research interest

  • Aquatic biogeochemistry
  • C-N dynamics in the floodplain

 

Current project

 

Academic history

2011-2015 Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, University of the Philippines

2015-2020 scientific co-worker, University of the Philippines

2020-2022 Master of science in Environmental Chemistry, University of Bayreuth

Since 10/2022 scientific co-worker at the iES Landau, Department of Environment and Soil Chemistry, University of Koblenz-Landau

 

Elyssa Dubois

Dubois

Research topic

Interactive effects of fungicide contamination and invasive plants on soil and food webs

 

Research interest

  • Microbial ecology
  • DNA metabarcoding
  • riparian plant communities

 

Current project

 

Academic history

  • 2015-2018: B. Sc. Human, Cell and Molecular Biology, french-german cooperation between Strasbourg and Saarland University
  • 2018-2021: M. Sc. Biology/Ecology, TU Kaiserslautern
  • As of 2022: PhD student in the Ecosystem Analysis department of Landau University (RPTU), Project SystemLink

 

Publications

Forster D.; Letendu G.; Filker S.; Dubois E.; Wilding T.A.; Stoeck T. Improving eDNA-based protist diversity assessments using networks of amplicon sequence variants. Environ. Microbiol. 2019, 21, 4109-​​​​4124; https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.14764

Tobias Elsässer

Elsaesser

Research topic

Modelling of aquatic-terrestrial flows

 

Research interest

  • Mathematical modelling in biology
  • Metapopulation ecology
  • Freshwater ecology
  • Scientific computing
  • Food webs

 

Current project

 

Academic history

2013-2017: Bachelor of Science in Bioscience, University of Heidelberg

2017-2020: Master of Science in Molecular Bioscience, Systems Biology major, University of Heidelberg

Since 2022: Group member of Quantitative Landscape Ecolgy and at the University Koblenz-Landau

 

Publications

Aguilera, L.; Bergmann, F.T.; Dalmasso, G.;  Elmas, S.; Elsässer, T.; Großeholz, R.; Holzheu, P.; Kalra, P.; Kummer, U.; Sahle, S.; Veith, N. Robustness of frequency vs. amplitude coding of calcium oscillations during changing temperatures. Biophys. Chem. 2019, 245, 17-24; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpc.2018.11.003

Ken Mauser

Mauser

Research topic

Top down effects and pollutant system analysis

 

Research interest

  • Pesticide fate
  • Analytics
  • Non-target organisms
  • Mosquito control agent Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis

 

Current project

 

Academic history

September 2019: B. Sc. Environmental Sciences  at the University of Koblenz-Landau

December 2021: M. Sc. Environmental Sciences at the Justus Liebig University Gießen

Since 2022: PhD student at the University of Koblenz-Landau

Franziska Middendorf

Middendorf

Research topic

Hydrological effects on riparian food-webs

 

Research interest

  • Food web analysis
  • Aquatic-terrestrial linkages
  • Aquatic and riparian ecology
  • Arthropod and Insect community analysis

 

Current project

 

Academic history

Since 10/2022: PhD student in the Ecosystem Analysis department of Landau University, Project SystemLink
2020-2022: research assistant at the federal institute of hydrology in the department of animal ecology
2017-2020: M.Sc. Landscape ecology, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg (Thesis: Review und
Freilandstudie über den Einfluss von Eisen auf die aquatische Wirbellosenfauna mit dem Schwerpunkt Verockerung)
2013-2017: B.Sc. Biology, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg (Thesis: Die invasive Braunalge Sargassum muticum: ein neues Habitat im Niedersächsischen Wattenmeer)

 

Stéphane Mutel

Mutel

Research topic

Aquatic-terrestrial food-web interactions

 

Research interest

  • Aquatic and riparian ecology
  • Community analysis and responses to stressors
  • Foodweb and trophic niche analysis
  • Top down and bottom-up effects
  • Freshwater ecology and river restauration

 

Current project

 

Academic history

Since 10/22 : PhD student in the SystemLink group at Landau University
2019 – 2022 : Project leader in river restauration programs in conselling company (France)
2016-2018 : Engineering school, specialised in Aquatic Environment Engineering in University of Tours (France)
Internships : IGB Berlin : Baggersee Projekt : Assessing macroinvertebrate communities of gravelpit lakes
Tour du Valat / IGB Berlin : Seasonal variability of diets and trophic niches of two top predators in a drain canal : Wels Catfish and European Eel
2015-2016 : Bachelor Degree : Technical degree in Environmental Science

Agnes Schöndorfer

Schoendorfner2

Research topic

Subsidy quality in aquatic-terrestrial foodwebs

 

Research interest

  • Pesticide fate and effects
  • Aquatic ecotoxicology
  • Aquatic-terrestrial linkages
  • Subsidy quality

 

Current project

 

Academic history

2015-2018: B.Sc. Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen. Thesis: “Bioaccumulation potential of cestodes from marine fish”

2018-2021: M.Sc. Environmental Toxicology, University of Duisburg-Essen. Thesis: “Importance of experimental variables for the outcome of cytogenetic test methods on peripheral human lymphocytes in vitro after X-ray exposure”

Victoria Sophie Stoll

Stoll

Research topic

Aquatic subsidies determine terrestrial bioderversity

 

Research interest

  • DNA metabarcoding
  • Adaptation genomics
  • Influence of anthropogenic stress on insect communities
  • Evolutionary ecotoxicology

 

Current project

 

Academic history

2019: Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biomedicine, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn.Thesis: “Establishment of a system for the seamless modification of FR900359 biosynthesis in Chromobacterium vaccinii MWU205.”

2022: Master of Science in Ecotoxicology, University Koblenz-Landau.

Thesis: “The effect of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis on chironomid community composition, dynamics and synchrony.” Honored by the “Universitätspreis des Freundeskreises Landau 2023”.

Since 2022: PhD student in the DFG-funded project SystemLink and at the Department of Molecular Ecology.

 

Publications

Röder, N.; Stoll, V.S.; Jupke, J.F.; Kolbenschlag, S.; Bundschuh, M.;  Theißinger, K.; Schwenk, K. How non-target chironomid communities respond to mosquito control: Integrating DNA metabarcoding and joint species distribution modelling. Sci. Total Environ. 2024, 913, 169735; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169735.

Abdullah Rumi Shishir

Shishir

Research topic

Floodplain greenhouse gas emissions

 

Research interest

  • Greenhouse gas emissions
  • Floodplain biogeochemistry
  • Flooding pattern
  • Soil textures and sediments

 

Current project

 

Academic history

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the Islamic University of Technology; Thesis: Solid waste management of Gazipu city using the 3R strategy.

Master of Science in Environmental Science from the University of Koblenz-Landau; Thesis: The assessment of water retention of microaggregate soil with the effect of rainfall.

 

Publications

Anik, M.A.H.; Shishir, A.R.; Islam, P.; Naila, S.N.; Chowdhury, I. M. Sustainable solid waste management through 3R strategy in Gazipur City. Int. J. Environ. Waste Manag. 2018, 22, 228-238; https://doi.org/10.1504/IJEWM.2018.094110

Franziska Fiolka

Fiolka

Research topic

Aquatic-terrestrial pollutant transfer

 

Research interest

  • Aquatic ecotoxicology
  • Pesticide exposure
  • Aquatic-terrestrial linkages

 

Current project

 

Academic history

2020: B.Sc. Biological Sciences, University of Konstanz

2022: M.Sc. General Biology, Lund University

Sierra Grange

Research topic

Rhizosphere biogeochemistry

 

Research interest

 

Current project

 

Academic history

 

Publications

Alanah Kripp

Kripp

Research topic

Aquatic subsidies in terrestrial food webs

 

Research interest

  • Food web analysis
  • Spider ecology
  • Metabarcoding
  • Interactions between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems

 

Current project

 

Academic history

2019-2022: M.Sc. Environmental Science, University of Trier (Thesis: An eDNA metabarcoding based analysis of plant arthropod interactions in a German grassland)

2016-2020: B.Sc. Environmental Science, University of Trier (Thesis: Räumliche und zeitliche Dynamik von Wochenstuben der Zwergfledermaus im Siedlungsbereich)

Publications and Presentations

  • Weber, S.; Stothut, M.; Mahla, L.; Kripp, A.; Hirschler, L.; Lenz, N.; Junker, A.; Künzel, S.; Krehenwinkel, H. Plant-derived environmental DNA complements diversity estimated from traditional arthropod monitoring methods but outperforms them detecting plant-arthropod interactions. Mol. Ecol. Resour. 2024, 24, e13900; https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13900