Vita
2018 – present
PhD student at HIFMB
2017 – 2018
Whalewatching guide in Norway & Iceland
2015 – 2017
Volunteering in South America
2013 – 2015
International M.Sc. in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation at Universiteit Gent, Belgium; Universidad de Oviedo, Spain; Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2010 – 2013
B.Sc. in Geoecology at Universität Potsdam, Germany
Research Interests
I am interested in benthic filter feeders and how they and their microsymbionts affect biogeochemical cycles. More detailed, I study sponge holobionts and their role in changing the composition of dissolved organic matter and what impact this might have on the surrounding ecosystem. Therefore, I am involved in the working groups “Environmental Biochemistry” and “ICBM-MPI Bridging Group for Marine Geochemistry” both at the ICBM.