Experience

Leibniz-Institut für Ostseeforschung Warnemünde

• Germany
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Feb 2022 - Present



Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology

• Bremen, Germany

• Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Nov 2017 - Dec 2019

  During the Polarstern expedition PS101 a giant assemblage of bacteriosponges, mostly dominated by Demospongiae Geodia spp. and Stelletta spp., was discovered at about 600 m depth at the Karasik Seamounts. My role is to investigate the mechanisms that facilitate the presence and stability of such dense sponge assemblage in such oligotrophic condition. Sponges are active filter feeders; they depend on hydrodynamics and water column processes for their feeding. In order to understand what sponges feed and how they can survive in such low productivity area, environmental samples as organic matter, fecal pellet, zooplankton and water samples for bacteria counts and nutrient analysis are examined to quantify potential sources of food available for sponges. Simultaneously, C and N isotope analysis on sponge tissue, water and sediment samples and lipid content in sponge tissue allow to reconstruct the diets, examine the food web dynamics and trophic ecology of these benthic inhabitants. Show less



co2ntribute/greensoeasy

• Berlino, Germania

• CSO and Co-founder

  • Nov 2016 - Nov 2017

  The greensoeasy team is working to develop a smartphone app that allows people measuring their personal CO2 footprint as well as starting activities to reduce their own carbon emission. Therefore people will be able to personally take action against climate change with the aim to have a healthy planet in the future. The app serves as easy tool to make people understand how they can reduce their carbon footprint in three easy steps. Firstly, by using simple visualization the app provides an easy way to understand what is the carbon footprint with respect to climate change and by how much the personal carbon footprint has to be reduced. Secondly, the app provides easy solutions (activities) to reduce the personal carbon footprint. The suggested activities are personalized, based on the footprint data calculated in the first step. Activities include changing some daily habits (e.g. going to school/work by bike, eat vegetarian), as well as hacking your lifestyle set-up, like considering buying a more efficient fridge or car or an electric car or switch to green energy. Thirdly, the CO2 reduction is then fed back into our system, so the customer can be informed in real time. Our app starts as social game for students (12-20 years). They compete between teams within the same class and also among different schools to reduce their CO2 emission. Making it fun, students actively participate (averaged percentage of participants per activity is 44±29% from our last competition) and they share their experiences with friends or parents. So in the end, there will be many people caring about the climate change issues as much as brushing their teeth every day. Show less



Institut de Ciències del Mar - CSIC

• Spain
• Research Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• PhD Scholar

  • Nov 2011 - Jul 2016

  During my PhD I studied how global change is affecting Mediterranean benthic communities, with special emphasis on Mediterranean sponges. With the aim to contribute understanding the causes of some mortality events of sponges that have recently affected the Mediterranean Sea, I studied how different environmental parameters, such as nutrients, oxygen, POM, DOM and temperature affect respiration and filtration rate of different sponge species under natural in situ conditions. During my PhD I studied how global change is affecting Mediterranean benthic communities, with special emphasis on Mediterranean sponges. With the aim to contribute understanding the causes of some mortality events of sponges that have recently affected the Mediterranean Sea, I studied how different environmental parameters, such as nutrients, oxygen, POM, DOM and temperature affect respiration and filtration rate of different sponge species under natural in situ conditions.