Function and Responsibilities:

Postdoctoral researcher

Research Interests:

I am broadly interested in biogeography and macroecology. I used various statistical, numerical, and computational techniques to investigate drifting microbes, marine megafauna, coral reefs, environmental pollution, human-resource interactions and recently the macroevolution of organisms and their links to geomorphological and climatic events.

Education:

2014 PhD in Biology, Jacobs University Bremen, Germany

2010 MSc in Aquatic Tropical Ecology, Universität Bremen, Germany.

2007 BSc in Marine Biology, Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica.

Projects:

Current:

• 2021-present: Co-evolution of life and landscapes in arid communities as part of the DFG-CRC 1211 project - Earth evolution at the dry limit

Previous

• 2018-2021: Inter- and intraspecific size diversity of phytoplankton and its impacts on ecosystem functions as part of DFG-PP 1407 - Dynatrait
• 2014-2018: Modelling the adaptive capacity of  planktonic communities in a changing ocean as part of DFG-PP 1407 - Dynatrait